IN 2003, THE FUND FOR ANIMALS BEGAN LEGAL ACTION TO STOP HUNTING ON 37 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES, CLAIMING THAT THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (FWS) HAD NOT COMPLETED A SUFFICIENT ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF HUNTING ON THESE REFUGES. THE CASE WAS EXPANDED TO 70 REFUGES IN 2006.
IN APRIL 2011 AN OHIO FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THAT THE ANTI-HUNTING GROUP HAD RESOUNDINGLY FAILED IN ITS CHALLENGES TO HUNTING ON AMERICA'S NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES.
SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL, THE U.S. SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE FOUNDATION, DUCKS UNLIMITED, THE DELTA WATERFOWL FOUNDATION, THE CALIFORNIA WATERFOWL ASSOCIATION AND THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA PLAYED KEY DEFENSIVE ROLES IN THIS EIGHT-YEAR BATTLE AGAINST THE SCIENCE OF HUNTING.
AND ONX AND REMINGTON ARMS AND AMMUNITION SALUTE THE WORK OF THESE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS.
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