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PRESIDENT`S<br />
MESSAGE<br />
Hoping to see you all at our 8th<br />
Annual Call of The Wild!<br />
Coby Mahan, President<br />
SCI – Drayton Valley Chapter<br />
Hello Chapter Members,<br />
Having just returned from SCI Convention, I can tell you that the<br />
low price of oil and our low Canadian dollar is definitely affecting<br />
not just us as Albertans and Canadians, but North America as a<br />
whole. We have all tightened up our wallets, but as we have<br />
been, a group called Animal Justice has been directly attacking<br />
you and I as hunters in Canada!<br />
This group managed to get the African Hunting Show in Toronto<br />
shut down the day before their event when exhibitors and<br />
SCI members had their booths setup! Then they turned their<br />
attention to the show in Saskatchewan where they stirred<br />
up enough trouble that the event was in danger of also being<br />
shut down! One of the protestors at the Saskatchewan show,<br />
when asked by a SCI person where he was from, said he lived<br />
in Vancouver and Animal Justice had paid his room and flight<br />
to come out and protest! Are you kidding me? These are the<br />
people who are slowly taking over and are a direct threat to us<br />
as hunters.<br />
Concern now has switched to our fundraising banquet. A<br />
network of meetings has been taking place and SCI International<br />
has corporate lawyers looking into not only litigation against this<br />
group for what they have done closing shows, but also to protect<br />
us from this group so they cannot pressure venues that hold our<br />
banquets Canada wide.<br />
Fighting for our right to hunt in Canada is first priority for Canadian<br />
Chapters. We are going to start a “War Chest” together to help<br />
fund our fight in combination with the efforts of SCI International.<br />
Our chapter is strong, but we need your help even in tough times.<br />
Please help your right to hunt by maintaining a membership,<br />
coming to our great banquet this fall, donating to our cause, and<br />
spreading the word of our great organization and all the good<br />
things SCI does to protect us as hunters.<br />
If we don’t I can assure you Animal Justice (groups) will gladly<br />
watch our way of life as hunters/conservationists disappear.<br />
CHECK US OUT ONLINE!<br />
www.scidraytonvalley.com<br />
Hunter's Edge will now be distributed only<br />
twice per year in <strong>Feb</strong>ruary and August.<br />
Closing Date for Next <strong>Newsletter</strong> Submission<br />
July 1, 2015<br />
January 1, 2017<br />
Send your submissions to us at<br />
board@scidraytonvalley.com<br />
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