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the name implies, SCI is a worldwide organization of conservationists who are 

 hunters. We represent the mterests of more than one million sportsmen. Because our 

 members pursue their interests on a global scale, we are involved in many 

 international wildlife conservation issues. By the end of the year, we will have 

 approximately 1 50 chapters worldwide. Each one of them contributes to our global 

 conservation effort and is also involved with wildlife conservation at the local level. 



SCI also has major programs in conservation education. It owns and operates a 

 world-class natiu-al history museum in Tucson. Arizona. Children and visitors from 

 around the country come to see SCI's state-of-the-art educational computer displays 

 and dioramas depicting the role and place of wildlife in the world around us. 



SCI owns and operates a conservation education training facility on a private ranch 

 in the Bridger-Teton National Forest south of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Every year 

 we train secondary-level resource people and teachers. Besides studying basic 

 concepts of wildlife conservation and ecology, they learn about the role of the private 

 sector and how it interacts with the various government agencies. 



Through our chapters we also carry out community benefit programs such as Sensory 

 Safaris ("fingertip" tours of wildlife mounts for the sight-impaired) and Sportsmen 

 Against Hunger donations (game meat donated to the homeless and the poor). 



Thank you for this opportunity to present out views. 1 would be glad to answer any 

 questions, and request that Ms. Rihoy be allowed to participate. 



