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Rep. Vern Buchanan votes against bears, wolves

Voting for a bill to allow for cruelty to wild animals isn’t going to endear Rep. Vern Buchanan to many voters. Last week he voted in favor of a House resolution that will allow for killing bears and their cubs in their dens, as well as allowing locating bears and wolves from the air and then landing and killing them.

And this would be allowed on public lands! Those bears and wolves belong to us.

We can only hope and pray that the Senate votes this down!

Elizabeth Kercher

Bradenton

This story was originally published February 24, 2017 at 1:29 PM with the headline "Rep. Vern Buchanan votes against bears, wolves."

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