Industry experts , including world-renowned animal-
husbandry consultant Dr.S.m.

WHERE:

All 760 PetSmart stores in the United States and Canada.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission: Youth Hunter Essay Contest Winners Honored; Mentored Youth Hunt Program To Be On Board's April Agenda

50 caliber Traditions
muzzleloading rifle. Finishing in second and third places in the senior
division were: Ronald J. "The quality time that can be shared between a youth and a mentor
is immeasurable., A new 10-week
undercover investigation of a Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) slaughterhouse in
Heflin, Ala.

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Every contest entrant received a Game Commission "Working Together for
Wildlife" embroidered patch. Mutilations, Ripping Heads Off, Scalding to Death of Live Birds by World's
Largest Chicken Producer Caught on Tape, Condemned by Experts

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.

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4, prior to the General Assembly's action on the measure, the
Board unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by Game Commissioner Gregory
J . "Live birds were observed entering
the scalder.


WHAT:

More than 14,000 abandoned and homeless pets hope to find homes during the
PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend. 16: 9 a. to 9 p.

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HARRISBURG, Pa.us.

PETA Launches TorturedByTyson.com Releases Undercover Investigation Of Tyson Slaughterhouse

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PETA's Vegan Campaign Director Bruce Friedrich says, "Tyson has been
claiming that it treats chickens well, but in fact, the company is scalding
them to death , mutilating them, and ripping their heads off as they hang, in
agony, by their injured legs.

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WHO:

Local animal welfare organizations, adoptable pets and potential adopters
in search of the perfect furry and four-legged family member.

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After gathering the
Commissioners Committee input, the staff will finalize the proposal to be
included in the agenda for the Board 's April meeting. The bi-annual event also will
help find homes for many of the shelter animals displaced by Hurricane
Katrina as part of an ongoing effort.org


WHEN:

Friday, Sept.

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Straw , 15, Curwensville, Clearfield County; and Jared I.
Details for the 2006 YHEC Essay Contest will be included in the 2006-07
Pennsylvania Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations, a future edition of
Pennsylvania Game News magazine and on the agency's website at
http://www.

MENTORED YOUTH HUNT PROGRAM TO BE ON BOARD'S APRIL AGENDA
With the recent enactment of legislation authorizing a "Mentored Youth
Hunt Program," Pennsylvania Game Commission staff is working to develop
proposed regulatory language for the Board of Game Commissioners to consider
at its upcoming meeting on April 17-18." Among PETA's findings
captured on videotape were the following:

* Chickens who were immersed in tanks of scalding-hot water while they
were still conscious; plant supervisors said that it is acceptable for
40 birds per shift to be scalded to death
* Workers who consistently ripped the heads off conscious chickens who had
missed the immobilization bath
* Malfunctioning equipment that cut, maimed, and mangled conscious
chickens

PETA has repeatedly urged Tyson to implement a new U. to 9 p.

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Prizes in both divisions include: second place, Sightron 8x42 binoculars;
third place, "Successful Hunting" KP book set; and fourth place, Buck Knives
limited edition knife.pgc.m.

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Vavreck, 16, Erie, Erie County. Roe, Game Commission executive
director. Grandin.com or call 1-877-473-8762 for the store nearest you.

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First prize honors in the junior division, went to Matthew R.
"Today, we all seem to have less and less free time, and we never seem to
place the proper value on the truly important things., revealed that workers were ripping conscious chickens' heads
off, that slaughter machinery was systematically mutilating chickens, and that
thousands of birds were entering the scalding tank completely conscious and
being scalded to death.

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Safari Club International Region 25 (Pa.
First through fourth place prizes were donated by: Traditions, Sightron,
KP Books and Buck Knives, respectively. Isabella to endorse the General Assembly's consideration of a Mentored
Youth Hunting Program.
Saturday , Sept.m.

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Oswald, of Sinking
Springs, Berks County, is headed for summer school and, unlike most youngsters
facing that task, he just can't wait to get started. Martin, 15,
of New Holland, Lancaster County . Temple Grandin, have unequivocally condemned what
they witnessed on the videotape: "If I had been doing a welfare audit, this
plant would have FAILED," says Dr.petsmartcharities.

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Zatko, 13, Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County;
Andrew M. He also will receive a .
Sportsmen's Alliance.
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Sunday, Sept.

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chapters)
donated the grand prize. There can be no greater
way to instill values, provide the ideal time and place to teach conservation,
respect, ethics and the responsibilities that we all have as caretakers of our
streams and forests, than through a Mentored Youth Hunting Program in
Pennsylvania. This is a total FAILURE on animal welfare. 17: 9 a.

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Winners were recognized at the January meeting
of the Board of Game Commissioners in Harrisburg.
The YHEC Essay Contest is open to youngsters who are Pennsylvania
residents, have successfully completed a hunter-trapper education course and
possess a current hunting or furtaking license. Department of
Agriculture -approved slaughter technology called controlled-atmosphere
killing, which would have prevented the suffering that PETA's investigator
encountered.
Families who adopt a pet during this event will receive a special New Pet &
Parent guide, with more than $35 in valuable PetSmart coupons.m. to 6 p.

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Jeremy D.
On March 6, the Board of Game Commissioners' Law Enforcement Committee
will be meeting to review a preliminary draft of regulatory language to
establish the Mentored Youth Hunting Program.

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Smith, 15,
Rome, Bradford County.
"The purpose of the Mentored Youth Hunting Program is to introduce new
people to Pennsylvania hunting," said Carl G."
The committee of organizations that promoted the Mentored Youth Hunting
Program are: the National Wild Turkey Federation , the Pennsylvania Federation
of Sportsmen's Clubs, the United Bowhunters of Pennsylvania, the National
Rifle Association, Big Brothers/Big Sisters Pass It On Program, the Quality
Deer Management Association , the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the U.S. Until it
can do so, particularly at the Heflin plant , we ask that line speeds be slowed
down, mechanical blades fixed and maintained, an additional 'backup killer'
hired, and a 'zero tolerance' policy adopted on cadavers.petsmart.

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For more information, please visit TorturedByTyson.

PRESS RELEASE Reminder - National Adoption Weekend Seeks Families for Homeless and Hurricane-Displaced Pets

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, James W.
Oswald, 14, is the grand prize winner of the junior division (ages 12-15)
of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's 2005 Youth Hunter Education Challenge
(YHEC) Essay Contest.50 caliber Traditions
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He will receive a .
In a letter faxed to John Tyson today, PETA consultant Dr. Gross
writes, "we renew our call for Tyson to install CAK at its plants. Chickens are as intelligent and worthy of our
concern as any dog or cat-but what Tyson is doing to more than 2 billion
chickens every year would put its executives in jail if they abused dogs or
cats so egregiously.

WHY:

The weekend initiative is another way for PetSmart and PetSmart Charities
to help unite homeless pets with families.

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As the top entry in the junior division, Oswald was awarded a scholarship
to the Safari Club International 's Apprentice Hunter Camp at the Indianhead
Ranch in Del Rio, Texas. Finishing second through fourth place in the junior
division were: Zachary T. Horning, 17, Denver, Lancaster County, was the first prize
winner of the senior division. Brynarsky III, 16, Ephrata, Lancaster County; and
Julie M .
The theme for the 2005 contest was: "How I support wildlife conservation. Steven J.

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Due to an insufficient number of entries in the senior division (ages 16-
18), prizes were awarded for first through third this year. There simply is no better way to introduce a young person to
safe , ethical and responsible aspects of hunting than with the close
supervision of an adult mentor.com . More than 4 million abandoned
and unwanted dogs and cats are euthanized each year in North America .

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