The Sportsmen’s & Animal Owners’ Voting Alliance, a nationwide nonpartisan organization of animal owners and sportsmen, today named Delegate Edward “Ed” Scott (R-30) Virginia “Legislator of the Year 2009.” Scott, representing Culpeper, Madison and Orange counties, serves on the General Assembly’s House Agriculture, General Laws and Transportation Committees, as well as the Science and Technology Committee.  
 
Susan Wolf, President of SAOVA, indicated that Scott’s commitment to continue working with animal owners and sportsmen to preserve property rights and assure protection of our sporting heritage clearly distinguished him among other nominees for this award. Bob Kane, SAOVA’s Chairman Emeritus presented the award on Wolf’s behalf. Kane indicated, “Ed Scott is himself a sportsman. He and his family own horses and dogs. In his four terms in Richmond, he has become very influential in policy issues affecting SAOVA’s members.”
 
A member of the General Assembly’s Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, Delegate

Scott thanked the Sportsmen’s and Animal Owners’ Voting Alliance for naming him their Legislator of the Year. “Representing the 30th District with its abundant natural resources and numerous outdoor sporting traditions, it is only natural that my work as Delegate includes being an advocate for sportsmen and women here at home and across the Commonwealth.” Scott added, “I appreciate the opportunity to work with a number of like-minded legislators and organizations that care about animals and our sporting heritage.”
 
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The Sportsmen’s and Animal Owners’ Voting Alliance (SAOVA) is a nonpartisan volunteer group working to protect U.S. citizens from the legislative and political threats of radical animal rightists. SAOVA’s members hunt, fish and own livestock, dogs, cats and other pets. Visit our website at http://saova.org to review this program’s goals and methodology.