PRINTER'S NO. 513
No. 41 Session of 1995
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, STABACK, FICHTER, CAWLEY, NAILOR, HERMAN,
HALUSKA, BUXTON, NICKOL, FLICK, M. COHEN, TRUE, SANTONI,
FARGO, CAPPABIANCA, FLEAGLE, PETTIT, STAIRS, MAITLAND,
BARLEY, E. Z. TAYLOR, TRELLO, MILLER, CLARK, SAYLOR, STURLA,
GEIST, SCRIMENTI, HERSHEY, REBER, HUTCHINSON, HESS, PHILLIPS,
CLYMER, EGOLF, CIVERA, RUBLEY, HENNESSEY, TIGUE, SURRA,
LEVDANSKY, LAUGHLIN, STERN, YEWCIC, BATTISTO, BELFANTI,
COLAIZZO, WAUGH, PITTS, SCHULER, BUNT, B. SMITH, MARSICO,
MERRY AND LEH, FEBRUARY 1, 1995
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, FEBRUARY 1, 1995
A RESOLUTION
1 Encouraging Commonwealth hunters to share their harvest with the
2 needy; and calling upon the Department of Agriculture and the
3 Pennsylvania Game Commission to provide information about
4 donating big game and other lawfully taken wildlife to
5 interested individuals and groups.
6 WHEREAS, Big game season is upon us in this Commonwealth with
7 the opening of buck season on November 27; and
8 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Game Commission is forecasting a
9 harvest of approximately 350,000 deer this season; and
10 WHEREAS, This Commonwealth has an abundance of hungry
11 families; and
12 WHEREAS, The alleviation of hunger and malnutrition and the
13 supplementation of existing food assistance programs can be
14 achieved through increased donations of food; and
15 WHEREAS, It would be most beneficial to have Pennsylvania
16 hunters share their harvest with the needy; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage this
2 Commonwealth's hunters to share their harvest with the needy
3 this season and direct that copies of this resolution be
4 transmitted to the Department of Agriculture and the
5 Pennsylvania Game Commission; and be it further
6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives encourage the
7 Department of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Game Commission
8 to provide information about donating big game and other
9 lawfully taken wildlife to food banks, homeless shelters and
10 meat processors throughout this Commonwealth and any
11 individuals, nonprofit agencies, charitable organizations and
12 businesses requesting this information.
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