He recalled that as a boy, he once shot a pigeon. The bird's mate hung around his family's barn afterward, crying. The powerful lobby for guns and ammunition want to repeal every state law that protects these beautiful, friendly and trusting doves, who are often seen at backyard birdfeeders. No one imagined they could possibly be endangered by shooting them. But not one survives today.
Many mourning doves are crippled and die slowly and painfully when dove hunters leave the field.
That is why state laws banning mourning dove hunts have been passed and defended for so many years. Please ask friends and neighbors to join you in thanking Governor Vilsack for repelling this latest attack.