Please vote “yes” on I-713, which will appear on the ballot, Election

Day, Nov. 7, 2000. If Initiative 713 passes, it will forever ban cruel

body-gripping traps and poisons. These traps are

used to kill wildlife for sport, or for profit in the fur trade.

This form of trapping kills by slow torture or maims, not only

targeted species such as bobcats, foxes, beaver, otter and mink, but family pets

and poses a threat to children who have the misfortune of stepping into one

of these steel-jawed traps. The use of steel-jawed, leg-hold traps and

other body-gripping traps is extremely barbaric and must be banned.

Just for the record, these traps have nothing at all to do with the

cougar issue. They are not trapped by this method.

Please help protect our precious wildlife and ensure our safety

from traps and poisons that pose a lethal threat to our wildlife and pets.

Remember to vote “yes” on I-713 on Nov. 7.

Thank you for caring.

Vickie Woods

North Bend