News
Latest
Mourning Dove Public Opinion Poll Results
posted 3/10/2006
List of
Ballot Initiatives Longest Since '78
posted 3/10/2006
To Hunt,
or Not to Hunt
posted 2/13/2006
Mourning
Doves are Not Game Birds
posted 10/19/2005
Huron
Daily Tribune - Editorial
posted 10/15/2005
Dove Hunting
Ban Should Be Restored
posted 10/15/2005
Cheap Skeet
or Delectable Treat
posted 10/14/2005
Dove Fight
is About Right to Hunt
posted 9/16/2005
Are Mourning
Doves Fair Game in Michigan?
posted 9/11/2005
Opponents
of Dove Protection Form Committee
posted 9/4/2005
Shooting
Ban in Effect
posted 9/1/2005
Committee
Press Release - Sept. 1st Shoot Blocked
posted 9/1/2005
A Special
Message from Wayne Pacelle
posted 9/1/2005
Poll Shows
Support for Reinstating Ban
posted 8/12/2005
Bay City
Times - Editorial
posted 8/5/2005
South Bend
Tribune: Editorial
posted 6/15/2005
ASPCA News
Release
posted 6/10/2005
Greens
Welcome Success of Petition to Save Doves
posted 6/9/2005
Kalamazoo
Gazette: Editorial
posted 6/6/2005
Oakland
Press: Doves Come Back to Bite
posted 6/6/2005
State Certifies
Petitions - Doves are on the Ballot
posted 6/4/2005
Doves Spared
as Referendum Heads to Ballot
posted 6/3/2005
Petition
May Halt Hunts for Doves
posted 5/25/2005
Challenge
Deadline Passes, No Challenge
posted 5/20/2005
Dove Season
May Be Suspended
posted 4/6/2005
Skubick's Off the Record -
Good Numbers on Doves, Not on Gov
posted 4/1/2005
Scientists
Say Politics Trumps Research within the U.S.F.W.S.
posted 4/1/2005
Grassroots
Group Calls for Dove Referendum
posted 3/31/2005
MDN Editorial:
Let Voters Decide on Mourning Dove Hunt
posted 3/30/2005
Group Submits
Mourning Dove Petition
posted 3/30/2005
Dove Hunt
Opponents Submit Petitions
posted 3/29/2005
Committee
Press Prelease: Signatures Collected to Allow Vote
posted 3/28/2005
Eye On
Politics: New Move Squeezes Gov and Lawmakers
posted 3/28/2005
LSJ Editorial:
Lawmakers Fueled Petition Drive
posted 3/27/2005
Group
to Submit Petitions Seeking Ban
posted 3/25/2005
Dove Petition
Drive Beats Goal
posted 3/25/2005
Dove Campaign
Confident on Petitions
posted 3/25/2005
Group Has
Signatures
posted 3/25/2005
Outdoor
Writer: Dove Debate
posted 3/25/2005
Deadline
Nearing for Dove Petitions
posted 2/28/2005
Women Wrap
Up Crusade to Save Doves
posted 2/27/2005
Salem Residents
Join Quest to Save the Doves
posted 2/24/2005
Mourning
Dove Debate Not Over
posted 2/19/2005
Tim Skubick:
Flip-Flop Gov
posted 2/18/2005
Deadline
Approaches for Petition
posted 2/16/2005
MHS Press
Release
posted 1/20/2005
MUCC Off
the Mark
posted 1/8/2005
Macomb
Daily Editorial
posted 1/7/2005
Oakland
Press Editorial
posted 1/5/2005
Skubick's Off the Record -
Doves, Intensity of Outrage & Flip-Flop Gov
posted 12/31/2004
Songbirds
Go on the Menu
posted 12/30/2004
Drive to
Save Peace Symbol Still Flying
posted 12/19/2004
Rep Bieda
on His NO Vote
posted 12/2/2004
DAS: The
Ball is in Our Court
posted 12/1/2004
LSJ: House
Bill 6272
posted 11/21/2004
Oakland
Press Editorial: HB 6272
posted 11/16/2004
Tabor "Honored"
to be on Cruel List
posted 11/15/2004
Excerpt
from Detroit News on Mourning Doves
posted 11/14/2004
Tabor Talks
to Constituents
posted 11/06/2004
Wolves,
Cranes May Be Next on Game List
posted 11/05/2004
Gray Wolf
and Sandhill Cranes are Next
posted 10/26/2004
Dead Dove
Dining at the Capitol
posted 9/23/2004
Michigan
Humane Society Joins the Committee
posted 9/16/2004
Attacks
on Doves Weaken Agencies' Credibility
posted 9/16/2004
Hugh
McDiarmid Sr.: Dove Slaughter Begins
posted 9/15/2004
Cartoon: The Thrill of the Hunt
posted 9/12/2004
DNR
Aims at Doves and Kills its Credibilty
posted 9/11/2004
Free
Press: Editorial
posted 9/10 /2004
Commission
Unanimously Approves Michigan Season
posted 9/10/2004
Granholm
Serves Fringe Faction, Again
posted 9/10/2004
NRC
Reveals Decision on Dove Season
posted 9/10/2004
Dove
Protection Coalition Denounces Action by NRC
posted 9/9/2004
Likely
Friday Opening; Opponents Work for 2006 ballot
posted 9/9/2004
Dove
Hunting to Start Friday
posted 9/9/2004
Dove
Season Likely to Open Friday
posted 9/6/2004
Dove
Hunters Busted
posted 9/4/2004
Oakland
Press Editorial - Dove Alert!
posted 8/26/04
Dove
Hunt Vote Set for Next Month
posted 8/13/2004
South Bend Tribune: An Unfortunate
Dove Hunt
posted 8/13/2004
Dove
Decision Set for Next Month
posted 8/12/04
Groups
Vow to Fight Dove Shooting Law
posted 8/11/2004
MAS President's
Message
posted 8/6/2004
Dove-lovers
Petition to Repeal Law
posted 8/6/2004
Petition
Drive Aimed at 2006
posted 8/5/2004
Ballot
Committee Press Release
posted 8/5/2004
Inside
Michigan Politics
posted 7/19/2004
Dave Dempsey:
An Environmental Disappointment
posted 7/18/2004
NRC: Participation
of Violation
posted 7/15/2004
2004 Mourning
Dove Population Status Report
posted 7/1/2004
The Spin
Out of Govs Office
posted 6/30/2004
Cherry's
"Role," with NRA Ties
posted 6/29/2004
Gov Signs
Dove Hunt Legislation
posted 6/27/2004
Skubick's Off the Record -
Flip Flop Gov Signs Kill Bill
posted 6/25/2004
Dove Issue
Shows Granholm is a Pushover
posted 6/23/2004
Cartoon: Did you see the dove?
posted 6/23/2004
Mourning
Doves Never Had a Chance
posted 6/22/2004
Skubick:
Critics Question Leadership
posted 6/18/2004
Gov OK's
Two Step Plan for Statewide Hunt
posted 6/18/2004
Granholm
Signs Bill to Shoot Doves
posted 6/18/2004
Granholm
Signs Bill to Allow Hunters to Shoot Doves
posted 6/18/2004
Granholm
Sharply Criticized
posted 6/18/2004
HSUS Appeals
to Granholm Donors on Legislation
posted 6/16/2004
Saginaw
News: An Albatross in Dove Hunt
posted 6/15/2004
Granholm
Can't Afford to Sign Dove Hunting Bill
posted 6/14/2004
Supporters
Hope to Keep Issue Off Public Ballot
posted 6/13/2004
HB 5029:
Technically Flawed & Divisive
posted 6/12/2004
Wayne Pacelle:
Good Reasons to Keep State Dove Hunt Ban
posted 6/11/2004
TCRE:
Granholm Must Honor Vow to VETO Dove Bill
posted 6/11/2004
Skubick's Off the Record -
Doves and Gov Flip Flop
posted 6/11/2004
Greens
Still Say NO
posted 6/10/2004
Granholm
Eyes Controversial Bill
posted 6/10/2004
Dove
Bill Sent to Governor
posted 6/10/2004
HSUS:
Gov Should Honor Pledge to Veto
posted 6/8/2004
Dove
Kill Bill Headed to Gov's Desk
posted 6/8/2004
Rep
Phillips On His NO Vote
posted 6/8/2004
Granholm's Form Letter to Constituents
posted 6/1/2004
Ten
Reasons for Granholm to VETO
posted 5/24/2004
WI
Stats for 2003 - Facts They Don't "Tout"
posted 5/20/2004
Minnesota's
Political Tricks Create Dove Shooting Season
posted 5/19/2004
MN
Cartoon: The Trophy!
posted 5/13/2004
Oakland
Press - Granholm Should Do What's Right and Veto
posted 5/12/2004
Daily
Press - Wishy-Washy Governor, Stop Punting
posted 5/3/2004
LSJ
- Full Page Save the Doves Ad
posted 5/3/2004
Compromise
will get Granholm Nowhere
posted 4/27/2004
Granholm's
Campaign VETO Promise to Voters
posted 4/24/2004
Gov
Might "Compromise" Promise
posted 4/21/2004
Humane
Orgs Urge Gov Veto
posted 4/20/2004
Speaker
of House Assists Fringe Agenda
posted 4/18/2004
Lt
Gov Touts Dove Legislation
posted 4/16/2004
TCRE
- Dove Hunt Backers Take Aim at Voters Too
posted 4/6/2004
WI
Court Says OK to Kill Peace Symbol
posted 4/6/2004
Wisconsin
Court Ruling
posted 4/6/2004
Flint
Journal - Veto Dove Hunt Bill
posted 4/2/2004
Skubick's Off the Record -
Doves and Granholm
posted 4/2/2004
LSJ
- State Senate Passes Bill
posted 4/1/2004
AP
- Senate Approves Bill Allowing Shooting of Doves
posted 4/1/2004
Freep
- Granholm Expected to Veto
posted 4/1/2004
JCP
- Veto Likely for Dove Bill
posted 4/1/2004
Det
News - Dove Bill Passed Senate
posted 4/1/2004
Vote
Could Fly Either Way Today
posted 3/31/2004
Senate
Panel Moves Billl Forward
posted 3/31/2004
Dove
Hunting Legislation to be Revived in Senate
posted 3/30/2004
Audubon's
Legislator of the Year
posted 3/9/2004
Speak
Softly and Send a Big Stick
posted 3/8/2004
Voters
Don't Approve of Shooting Doves
posted 3/2/2004
EPIC/MRA
Opinion Poll
posted 3/1/2004
Dove
Bill Second to Death Penalty
posted 2/27/2004
Conservation
Observatory Opposes Bill
posted 2/25/2004
Christoff:
Lawmaker Impasse
posted 2/23/2004
Let
Voters Decide
posted 2/20/2004
Bay
City Times Editorial
posted 2/20/2004
Lawmaker
Takes Stand for System Integrity
posted 2/18/2004
Dove
Bill Stirs Passions
posted 2/17/2004
State
Has Enough Game, Don't Legalize Hunt
posted 2/17/2004
Bill
Stalls in Committee
posted 2/17/2004
Bishop
Faces Dove Decision
posted 2/15/2004
Mourning
The Mourning Dove
posted 2/07/2004
Skubick's Off the Record -
MHS and Tabor
posted 2/6/2004
Skubick:
Dove Bill Has Them Ducking
posted 2/6/2004
Stop
Dove Hunting Measure
posted 2/3/2004
Sikkema
Pushes Dove Shooting Agenda
posted 2/1/2004
Game
or Tame: Fiery Debates
posted 1/21/2004
Leaders
Should Protect Doves
posted 1/21/2004
Science
Fiction "Stats" and Flawed "Facts"
posted 1/2004
KY Residents
Sentenced for Illegal Hunt
posted 12/30/2003
Economic
Analysis Word Document
posted 12/08/2003
Doves
Just Don't Look Like Game
posted 11/29/2003
Greens:
NO Hunting Michigan's Bird of Peace!
posted 11/21/2003
Hunting
Exposes Dark Side
posted 11/18/2003
Shh!
Be Vewy Quiet
posted 11/16/2003
What's
Tabor Doing?
posted 11/16/2003
Keep
Target Off Mourning Dove
posted 11/13/2003
What
Budget Crisis? House Has Bigger Game
posted 11/13/2003
Chickadee
Croutons, Lots of Hunting Targets
posted 11/13/2003
Political
Buckshot in Dove Bill
posted 11/8/2003
Skubick's Off the Record
posted 11/8/2003
Appropriation
Could Be Out
posted 11/8/2003
House's
Dirty Bird Ploy Disgraceful
posted 11/7/2003
House
Vote Comes Down to Politics
posted 11/6/2003
Block
Dove Hunt
posted 11/6/2003
Dove Brochure
Scheme
posted 11/6/2003
Senate
Resolution No. 192
posted 11/5/2003
Nugent,
You Are No Rosa Parks
posted 11/5/2003
Switalski's
Insider
posted 11/5/2003
Detroit
Free Press: Emotions Count
posted 11/4/2003
Mourning
Possibility of Losing Little Doves
posted 11/4/2003
1000...NOT,
300 Tops
posted 11/4/2003
House
Resolved Michigan's Bird of Peace
posted 11/2003
Daily Bag
Limit
posted 11/2003
House
Dove Hunt Bill Tuesday
posted 10/30/2003
House Committee
Hearing Update
posted 10/30/2003
Taking
Aim at a Coo
posted 10/23/2003
Let the
Doves Laugh
posted 10/19/2003
Critics
Take Aim at Dove Hunting
posted 10/12/2003
No Dove
Soufflé Here
posted 10/10/2003
Oakland
Press Editorial
posted 10/8/2003
Hold Fire
on the Doves
posted 9/26/2003
Lawmakers
Take Aim at Mourning Dove
posted 9/14/2003
Bill Will
Diminish Public Input
posted 9/14/2003
Hunters
Aim, Shoot Self in Foot
posted 9/13/2003
The "Image"
- Songbirds for "Sport"
posted 9/12/2003
No Reason
to Hunt Mourning Doves
posted 9/9/2003
Dove-Hunt
Bill Has Pros, Cons
posted 9/7/2003
Doves Are
Songbirds, Not Hunting Targets
posted 9/7/2003
Are Mourning
Doves Fair Game?
posted 9/5/2003
Hunt Doves?
posted 9/1/2003
It's Sept.
1st, Is Your Vote Being Sold?
posted 9/1/2003
Wisconsin:
Aim at Respect and Harmony
posted 8/30/2003
Public
Should Shoot Down New Bid
posted 8/20/2003
LSJ - Enough
with Dove Bill
posted 8/17/2003
Tabor
Reintroduces Dove Bill
posted 8/14/2003
WI Utility
Warns Shooters
posted 8/11/2003
DNR - Skating
or Violating
posted 8/2003
Wisconsin
Hunt Could Be Illegal
posted 8/2003
2003 Mourning
Dove Population Status Report
posted 7/2003
Whad'Ya
Know?
posted 7/2003
People
Love Their Doves
posted 6/2003
Caucus
Threat to MI Doves
posted 6/2003
Minnesota
Safe This Session
posted 5/2003
WI Battle
for Bird of Peace
posted 4/2003
MN - No
Good Reason to Shoot Doves
posted 3/26/2003
MN - Keep
Peace, and Mourning Doves, Alive
posted 3/20/2003
Californians
Want Dove Protection
posted 3/2003
Dollars
for Doves
posted 2/2003
RI Legislation
Introduced
posted 1/2003
Doves Symbolize
Peace
posted 12/26/2002
All Creatures
Great and Small
posted 12/2002
Iowans
Keep Dove Gov
posted 11/2002
71st House
District - Freeman for the Future
posted 10/2002
Cruelty Of "Acceptable
Losses"
posted 9/2002
Mourning Dove
Mortality
posted 8/2002
Humane
USA Endorses Bonior and Schwarz
posted 7/2002
2002 Population
Status Report
posted 7/2002
SPC Goes
To D.C.
posted 6/2002
Dove Donors
Must Beware
posted 6/2002
Doves=Peace
Not Targets
posted 5/2002
WI Citizens
Win Continued Protection
posted 4/20/2002
The National
Assault, At Any Cost
posted 3/2002
MAS Resolution
posted 3/2002
Bird Hobbyists
Pay for Live Songbirds
posted 1/2002
Doves Are
Safe For The Holidays...Next Year?
posted 12/17/2001
In This
Season Of Peace?
posted 12/15/2001
Why Doves?
posted 12/13/2001
Here We
Go Again...
posted 12/11/2001
Mourning
Doves Again In Legislators' Sights
posted 12/11/2001
Lawmakers
Duck Dove Call
posted 12/10/2001
Proponents
Take Aim at Elected Officials
posted 12/9/2001
Dove Hunting
Ban May Be Lifted
posted 12/6/2001
Law May
Leave Doves Vulnerable
posted 12/4/2001
Legislators
Need Courage, Mourning Doves Need Help
posted 10/19/2001
Dove-Hunting
Debate Brewing Again
posted 10/15/2001
Wisconsin
Judge Halts Shooting Season
posted 9/2001
Toxic Shot
Problem Confirmed in Shooting Fields
posted 8/2001
Most Abundant
Gamebird Hunted to Extintion
posted 7/2001
Tabor Takes Heavy
Hits
posted 6/2001
Protected
Falcons Often Shot by Dove Hunters
posted 4/2001
Wildlife
Management and the Political Agenda
posted 4/2001
One Vote Kept
Doves Safe From Hunt
posted 3/2001
Permanent
Court Ordered Injunction
posted 3/2001
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