Long-time Pennsylvania Game Commission watchers think the 62 people who testified at the Jan. 27 meeting is an all-time record.
During the height of the “deer wars” in the early 2000s, there were meeting crowds larger than the close to 200 who packed the agency’s Harrisburg’s auditorium and lobby Jan. 27, but never before did that many speak. Twenty-six of them – mostly zoo officials, trappers, conservation organization members and avowed animal protectionists – said they supported reintroduction of the pine marten.
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Notes off a soiled cuff: Many show up to make their voices heard at Pennsylvania Game Commission meeting
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