Suggeting that Blog readers take a look at the Carnivore Hunting BaPetition for the Cape Cod National Seashore that can be referenced by clicking on the link in the body of this Post------"We request that Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) follow the December 2014 petition to ban carnivore hunting within the park and to shorten hunting seasons for game species such as deer, turkeys, and rabbits"....................... "There is no biological or ecological reason to continue to allow hunting within a national park unit and we suggest that park managers have an obligation to adhere to best science (indicating the ecological importance of carnivores) and not to listen to special interest such as hunting agencies"

Subject: Carnivore Hunting Ban Petition for Cape Cod National Seashore

Dear Colleagues/Friends,

            I thought you would be most interested in this petition to ban carnivore hunting at Cape Cod National Seashore: 

CLICK ON THIS LINK TO PUTTING YOUR NAME ON THE PETITION TO BAN CARNIVORE
HUNTING IN THE CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE

https://www.change.org/p/superintendant-of-national-seashore-and-other-park-staff-make-cape-cod-national-seashore-a-true-national-park-ban-carnivore-killing?recruiter=1262470&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=share_email_responsive.

 It is due time that the park service treats this area like the national 
park that it is and for more people in the East to have a chance to experience a national park setting without having to travel out west. 

This follows our attempts back in December 2014, of which many of you signed on to, to get the ban enacted (see attached). We are hoping that we can gather 1000s of signatures and that you might not only sign on but also forward this petition to your networks and help us recruit many other signers to force Seashore staff to recognize this important area and give it the proper protections it 
deserves. This is a great situation where someone can feel empowered in making a difference by singing on to a document that has a chance of achieving its intended goals.

  

            Many thanks in advance,

            

Make Cape Cod National Seashore a True National Park: Ban Carnivore Killing

"A man may stand there and put all America behind him." Henry David Thoreau

The great Outer Beach described by Thoreau in the 1800s is protected within the national seashore. Forty miles of pristine sandy beach, marshes, ponds, and uplands support diverse species. Lighthouses, cultural landscapes, and wild cranberry bogs offer a glimpse of Cape Cod's past and continuing ways of life. Swimming beaches and walking and biking trails beckon today's visitors.

The Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), created on August 7, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy,^[3][4] encompasses 43,607 acres (68.1 sq mi; 176.5 km²)^[1] onCape Cod, in Massachusetts. It includes ponds, woods and beachfront of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecoregion. The CCNS includes nearly 40 miles (64 km) of seashore along the Atlantic-facing eastern shore of Cape Cod, in the towns of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans and Chatham. It is administered by the National Park Service.