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By David W Tratzo—the CapitalAs the first animal rights activist appointed to Maryland's Wildlife Advisory Commission, Joseph Lamp of Arnold, shown here In 2S5, Is causing a stir among hunters. Hunting Should not he the Immediate default that we seem to turn to,” Mr. Lamp said. We've got to continue exploring the nontethal alternatives to hunting, with public education being given greater priority.”Causing quite a stir'Jj .«■!Anti-hunter on state game panel irks traditionalistsJoseph Lamp said he wasn’t hunting for controversy when he sought appointment to Maryland's Wiidlifer Advisory Commission But as the first antmal-rigbts activist on the citizens board that recommends hunting and trapping policies, the Arnold resident is in the thick of it.Anti-hunting groups praised Mr,. Lamp’s recent appointment by Gov. Parris Glendening as a national milestone for their movement. Hunters ' decried it as capitulation by the Department of Natural Resources to city dwellers with no sense of nature'srhythms“1 find it mind-boggling;' said Porter Hopkins, a former commission chairman ‘This is someone who is totally opposed to what the commission has tried to do for more than 100 years.” Mr Lamp, a soft-spoken speech professor at Anne Arundel Community College, said he wants to give the nine-member board a new perspective on wildlife management. He doesn’t oppose using hunting as a last resort to control ‘ animal populations but said other measures, such as contraception, should be considered first,“Hunting should not be the immediatedefault that we seem to turn to, Mr Lamp said. ‘‘We've got to continue exploring the nonlethal alternatives to hunting, with public edueatlonhetng given greater priority ”A former deer and rabbit hunter, Mr Lamp, 48, traces his conversion 20 years ago to a National Geographic television program about Dian Fossey's work with mountain gorillas in Africa. He belongs to 11 animal rights and animal welfare groups and participated in protests of managed deer hunts atSandy Point State Park in November 1996(See LAMP, Page A12)
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Capital Gazette
Annapolis, Maryland, US
Fri, Jan 23, 1998
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