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•••ACC-OWMODATING Ji-ABIDING: We came acrbst these IWo felines perched atop the hack of i^n old bench from thejCape May boardwalk, in the backyard of a Bank St. home In that Victorian city. It’s obvious they saw the camera. It’s also obvious that one is an extrovert (a '-jham"); the other an Introvert (or was it stubborn). Whatever the case.

John Andnil the cat in the foreground seemed to be saving: Hey mister, you wanta take my picture — wait’ll 1 turn around. And as the turn was made, the other just kept staring (or was it glaring), with nary a twitch ora whisker moved:

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Wc re turious! Some guy named Goodin or Godin or Well, long before the expert came into town wtlblrda of something, has this stupid idea to shoot birda-seagulls - the EBP had formed our own group and we've been S ind you’ Almhis exciting stuff takes place at the Cape deciding for months how to go about getting rid of,the airay County airport. Goodin or Godin or something came port. Our group, Move The Airport (MTA), is getting off to

down from the north coiinlry'of Jersey to tell the airport __ . is no 1V 011 people how to get rid of birds that are, or might be clogg .|—|yi our ||| n g |)0 V e JlHS Something tO LOO AbOUt

h good start and we’ve got bird pickets volunteering their services nftmd the clock. NOW WE’RE WILMNG TO COMPROMISE. If Goodin, Godin or something te willing to go back up north and leave the delisiort-making to airport personnel and a few smart birds, we’d be willing to negotiate. First of all, it is a known fact that seagulls«will congregate near, on and around dumps. We don't like dumps, but you humans have forced us to visit them because you’ve wiped out — yes, WIPED OUT all our natural feeding grounds. Just Ufke a look flTthe cemeat shopping

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It was really funny, or not so funny depending on how you look at it; to a bunch of us fellows who have been assigned to the Empty Beach Patrol (EBP), The fiBP has l*>er|ASoing a study"oT their own and we’re t&rious as to^ why the beaches* are so empty of birds. There used to be some really gre#t nesting sites at the Stone Harbor Point. The Least Terns, an endangered species I think, used tor consider that lirearhome. It was really interesting what our study uncovered. It seemed that human (ftficials couldn’t develop the Point without hurting an endangered species. Well, by the time man got around to enforcing his.endangered species law, why the whole darn species was extinct at the Point and there was no longer anything left to protect — so it was fulj-steam ahead for development. / „- NOW THESE MORTALS MAY HAVE other mortals or even themselves fooled into believing that they care about endangered species, but We birds of the EBP know better. We know that all those wildlife areas aren't set up to preserve anything except more game for the huntere. V/e think it’s kind of a joke that-at Brigantine Wildlife Preserve and most all those other preserves, there’s a nice, little adjoining hunting ground for all the happy hunters. f Now we understand hunting as well as the next guy, but we birds sure don't understand the politics that regulate such undertakings. We have birds that just go out and hunt and everyone knows their, habits and understands their traits, but humins tir.e different from, birds. They do things in a very roUnd-about fashion that sometimes, I must admit, even has birds confused. And now this about the gulls at the airport expert Goodin, Godin dr something is goijlg to show the boyk down south how to get rid of gulls at the'airport. [ .

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by Susan Russell Once again, the public in its concern for wildlife is being duped. Hunting interest, with the aid of handpicked legislators, are attempting to railroad bills (S3431-A3698) to put the mourning dove, a songbird on the game species hit list. The surreptitious manner in which these bills are beihg handled raises serious doubts about fulfillment of the democratic process. The AssenfBly bill was introduced and voted favorably on the same day. The bill hadn’t yet been

printed for pdblic inspection, much less comment. The Senate bill followed a similar pattern. Friends of Animals learned of its existence only one day before the hearings but. managed to convince three members of the committee that the bill would contravene their constituents' wishes. THE BILL remains in the Senate committee for voting at a future date. Ttye vote which was scheduled for the full Assembly on Dec. 7 is being postponed, thanks to the Speaker of the Assembly, Christopher

Jackman, whom we con-, ment that it is" a fine bird vinced of the lack of fair for the table, an. absolutely

play in the bill’s release f ridiculous ploy.

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The mourning dove is a gentle, cooing songbird, a favorite of countless citizens who enjoy its beauty, its song. The public spends a fortune in attracting this bird and others to Citheljackyard feeder simply x for (he joy of observing it — npt' to fatten it for the hunters’, guns. Minus its feathers’, beak and bones, the mourning dove weighs less than hn ounce which renders the hunters’ argu-

MOURNING DOVE populations have been declining nationally at the rate of 2 per cent annually , since about* 1963. In addition, the natural mortality rate of the eggs and young is very high — 70 per cent. The adults face a 55 per cent mortality rate annually. The breeding season extends from April to midOctober and it is a bird whose nesting patterns are

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The clamor about intimidation in the recent Nov Jersey gubernatorial election deserves more clarification and balanced reporting than it is getting. If the eleewbn had nokbeen so clbsfe with the incumbent party seemingly txlnind in the votes, this episode would have been worth

only a passing mention.

The intimidation ploy is being used to obscure the findings. Many thousands of voters on the official voting list in urban areas, which are predominently Democratic, were not living at the addresses listed, according to returned^ registered letters to those addresses. In small communities, poll watchers oft* know most voters, and can challenge those that are questionable. But in ‘cities, where few are known personally, fraudulent voting is a

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Some of the returned letters were from thdde who had died or moved, but the opportunities for chicanery were there, especially in such an important contest which was predicted to be close. We would hope that there would be an investigation into this aspect. As far as the intimidation charge itself goes — are bonds* people intimidated? If you are a legal registered voter, do you worry about policemen outside the polls? Are you concerned by posters warning you of a fine for voting illegally? Even if you are challenged, you know you have the right to be heard by the judge of elections. It seems that someone is trying to make us believe that numbers of bona fide voters were turned away from the polls because of these posters. It is rather insulting to the legitimate Democratic voters in cities to whom a victory would be important, to characterize them hs Mfewbeaten supplicants who are unsure of their right to votP It is not the law-abiding who are intimidated by the presence of Guardian Angels on subways, and it is not the

legal, voter who is intimidated by posters warning of fraud. Cunningham is former publisher of the

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