Unfortunately, in spite of the California Fish and Game Commission’s own staff recommendation to “pull” the egregious GPS collar proposal for further study, plus great public comments and this petition’s over 29,300 signatures to NOT approve the GPS collars on hounds, the commission ignored all opposition and voted to approve GPS collars on hounds for deer and pig hunting and for hound training. End of story? NO WAY! After such an approval, California law allows a 30-day window to legally challenge the decision. On May 16, 2016, a lawsuit was filed by a grassroots group, “Public Interest Coalition” (PIC). Read more on Animal Legal Defense Fund’s blog (http://aldf.org/blog/the-animal-legal-defense-fund-files-lawsuit-to-advocate-for-wildlife-welfare). We will follow PIC’s blog (http://publicinterestcoalition.blogspot.com) and update as appropriate. You can help or reach them at P.O. Box 671, Loomis, CA 95650, or at public-interest@live.com. Thanks to all who signed the petition. Your support was important in many ways, which included exposing this horrific activity. Most citizens didn’t know deer-hound hunting was allowed at all. Now we wait for justice to prevail.