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April 23, 2007

Shut Down Horse Slaughter Plants for Good

Dear steven,

This week will be a make-or-break time in Congress for horses.

Thanks to our work in two federal courts, the last three horse slaughter plants in the United States, all foreign owned, have been shut down for now. But we are not in the clear just yet. In order to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States, and to prohibit horses from being exported for slaughter, where they face longer transports and an even more grisly death, Congress must enact permanent protections for horses. Starting on Tuesday morning, April 24, we need everyone who cares about ending horse slaughter to call Congress as part of our National Call-In Day.

TAKE ACTION
We need your help on two important actions this week:

On Wednesday, April 25, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on S. 311, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. Your U.S. Senator, John McCain, serves on this committee, and supports this legislation. Please call Senator McCain at (202) 224-2235 and thank him for co-sponsoring S. 311. When you make your call, you can say: "Hello, my name is [your name] and I'm calling from [your state] to thank Senator McCain for protecting American horses from ending up on the menu in foreign restaurants by co-sponsoring S. 311."

The very next day, Thursday, April 26, a bill (H.R. 249) to restore protections for wild horses from commercial sale and slaughter will be brought up for a vote in the full House of Representatives. Your U.S. Representative, John Shadegg, must hear from you. Please call Representative Shadegg at (202) 225-3361 and urge a yes vote on H.R. 249. After you say your name and where you are calling from, all you have to say is: "I'm calling to urge Representative Shadegg to save our wild horses from being sold and sent to slaughter by voting YES on H.R. 249." Then click here to send a follow-up email to Rep. Shadegg.

 

Thank you for taking action to save horses. We have made tremendous progress, and thousands of horses have already been saved from slaughter. But we need to finish the job and shutter this barbaric business for good.

 

Sincerely,




Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States

P.S. You can help spread the word about the National Call-In Day on Tuesday. Click here to download a flyer (PDF) to pass out to your friends and colleagues.

 

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The following link will take you to an article that includes some of the benefits of becoming a vegetarian

http://www.lifedynamix.com/articles/Nutrition/Benefits_Vegetarian.html

Most who help animals support other causes as well...so you may want to look at this list to make sure before you donate to a charity that the charity is not using any of the money for animal research.

Please spread this information around so that those charities who support animal testing may stop hurting animals and utilize other options.

The following charity information has been obtained from BUAV and for more information you can visit their site at www.buav.org

BUAV Survey Results:

Funds Animal Research

• Action Medical Research (formerly Action Research)

• Alzheimer's Society

• Animal Health Trust

• Arthritis Research Campaign

• Association for International Cancer Research

• Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)

• Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH)

• Ataxia

• Bardhan Research and Education Trust of Rotherham Ltd

• Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research

• Brain Research Trust

• Breakthrough Breast Cancer

• Breast Cancer Campaign (BCC)

• British Diabetic Association (formerly Diabetes UK)

• British Heart Foundation

• British Liver Trust

• British Lung Foundation (BLF)

• British Neurological Research Trust

• The British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society (BRPS)

• Cancer and Leukaemia in Childhood (CLIC)

• Cancer Research UK (CRUK) (merger of Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Cancer

Research Campaign)

• CFS Research Foundation (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

• Children with Leukaemia

• Children Nationwide Medical Research Fund

• Cystic Fibrosis Trust

• DebRA (Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association)

• Defeating Deafness (Hearing Research Trust)

• Digestive Disorders Foundation

• Epilepsy Research Foundation (ERF)

• Fight for Sight

• Help the Aged (holds & administers Research Into Ageing as a Special Trust)

• International Spinal Research Trust

• IRIS - Fund for Prevention of Blindness

• Leukaemia Research Fund

• Marie Curie Cancer Care

• Marie Curie Research Institute (part of Marie Curie Cancer Care)

• ME Association

• Meningitis Research Foundation

• Meningitis Trust (formerly National Meningitis Trust)

• Migraine Trust

• Motor Neurone Disease Association

• Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (MS Society)

• Muscular Dystrophy Campaign

• National Asthma Campaign

• National Kidney Research Fund

• Nuffield Foundation

• Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK

• REMEDI

• Research into Ageing (held & administered by Help The Aged as a Special Trust)

• Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID)

• Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

• Tenovus The Cancer Charity

• Tommy's Campaign

• Wellcome Trust

• Wessex Medical Trust (HOPE)

• Wishbone Trust

• World Cancer Research Fund

• Yorkshire Cancer Research

No Animal Research

• Action on Addiction

• Age Concern

• The Aids Foundation and Research Trust (AVERT)

• Alcohol Concern

• ARISE - The Scoliosis Research Trust

• The Arthritic Association

• Big C Appeal

• Brain Damage Research Trust

• Breast Cancer Care

• British Allergy Foundation

• British Colostomy Association

• British Deaf Association

• British Homeopathic Association (BHA)

• British Polio Fellowship

• Cancerlink (part of Macmillan Cancer Relief)

• Caring Cancer Trust

• Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Research (CEDAR)

• The Children's Chronic Arthritis Association (CCAA)

• Children's Kidney Trust

• Children's Research International

• Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research

• The Dyslexia Institute

• Eating Disorders Association

• Friends of the Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre Exeter (FORCE Cancer Charity)

• Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME)

• Greater London Fund for the Blind

• Healing Hands Network (HHN)

• Hearing Concern

• The Humane Research Trust

• The IBS Appeal (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

• Liver Cancer Appeal

• Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research

• Macmillan Cancer Relief (Cancerlink is part of Macmillan Cancer Relief)

• Menopausal Helpline Ltd

• Mental Health Foundation

• Migraine Action Association

• MIND - The Mental Health Charity

• National Blind Childrens Society (NBSC)

• The National Schizophrenia Fellowship

• National Society for Research into Allergy

• The Natural Medicines Society (NMS)

• Nutritional Cancer Therapy Trust

• Pain Relief Foundation

• The Pat Seed Appeal Fund

• QUEST Cancer Research

• Restricted Growth Association

• Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (formal name of Sight Savers International)

• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)

• Sargent Cancer Care for Children

• The Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain

• Sight Savers International (working name of Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind)

• Teenage Cancer Trust

• York Against Cancer

No Current Animal Research

• Action for ME

• Alstrom Syndrome UK

• The Anthony Nolan Trust (Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust)

• Arthritis Care

• The Back-Up Trust

• Bath Cancer Research

• British Vascular Foundation

• Cardiomyopathy Association

• Cerebra - Foundation for the Brain Injured Infant (CEREBRA)

• CLIMB (Research Trust for Metabolic Diseases in Children)

• The Coeliac Society

• Coronary Prevention Group

• Depression Alliance

• Epilepsy Action (British Epilepsy Association)

• Epilepsy Action Scotland (Epilepsy Association of Scotland)

• The Haemophilia Society

• INSPIRE Foundation (Integrated Spinal Rehabilitation Foundation)

• LEPRA (British Empire Leprosy Relief Association)

• Little Foundation

• The Leukaemia Care Society

• National Autistic Society

• National Eczema Society

• National Endometriosis Society

• Pre-Eclampsia Society (PETS)

• Primary Immunodeficiency Association

• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association (PSP)

• Prostate Cancer Charity

• The Psoriasis Association

• Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation

• Sight Saver Appeal

• The Stroke Association

• Terrence Higgins Trust (merged with London Lighthouse)

• Tyneside Leukaemia Research Association (TLRA)

No Satisfactory Response / No Reply to the BUAV

survey

• Action Cancer

• Action for Blind People

• The Allergy Research Foundation (ARF)

• Alzheimer's Research Trust

• Ataxia-Telangiectasia Society (A-T Society)

• The Aviation Health Institute

• Backcare National Back Pain Association

• Barnwood House Trust

• Blackie Foundation Trust

• Brain and Spine Foundation (formerly British Brain and Spine Foundation)

• Breast Cancer Relief

• British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine

• British Council for Prevention of Blindness (BCPB) (working name SEE (Save Eyes

Everywhere)

• British Institute for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC)

• British Kidney Patient Association

• The British Trust for the Myelin Project

• Brittle Bone Society

• Cancer Prevention Research Trust

• Cancer Treatment and Research Trust

• Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland

• Children's Leukaemia Society

• Children's Liver Disease Foundation

• Chronic Disease Research Foundation

• Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Research Trust (CGD)

• Coronary Artery Disease Research Association (CORDA)

• Crusaid

• Diabetes Research and Education Centre Trust (DIRECT)

• Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation

• East Grinstead Medical Research Trust

• EMF Biological Research Trust

• Foundation For The Study of Infant Deaths

• Gastrointestinal Surgery Trust

• Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

• Gynaecology Cancer Research Fund

• Health Aid (UK)

• Heart and Stroke Trust Endeavour (HASTE)

• Huntingdon's Disease Association

• I CAN - Invalid Childrens Aid

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Foundation UK)

• Liver Research Trust

• Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

• Mason Medical Research Foundation

• Medecins Sans Frontieres (UK) (MSFUK)

• Mencap (Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children)

• Menopausal Research and Info Service

• Myasthenia Gravis Association

• National Association for Colitis & Crohn's Disease (NACC)

• National Autistic Society

• National Eye Research centre

• National Heart Research Fund

• National Osteoporosis Society

• National Society for Epilepsy

• Neurocare (1997) Charitable Trust Neurocare

• Neuro-Disability Research Trust

• Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke Association

• Northern Ireland Leukaemia Research Fund

• North West Cancer Research Fund (NWCRF)

• Prader Willi Syndrome Association

• Restoration of Appearance & Function Trust (RAFT)

• Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD) (formerly Royal Society in Aid of Deaf People)

• RSAS Age Care (formerly Royal Surgical Aid Society)

• SANE

• Scope

• Sense - The National Deafblind & Rubella Association (Sense)

• The Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases

• St Mark's Research Foundation

• Tuberous Sclerosis Association

• Ulster Cancer Foundation

• Wellbeing

• William Harvey Research Foundation (formerly William Harvey Research Institute)

Dear steven,

This morning, I watched in horror as the silent beauty of the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence was shattered and transformed into a killing field.

Wyoming and Idaho are poised to start the biggest wolf massacre in decades. Together, we can stop them.

Speak up for our wolves! Submit your comments today to federal officials. Tell them to keep critical protections in place for wolves in the Northern Rockies.

Your personalized public comments will have greater impact in the fight to protect our wolves. You can use these points in your official comment at the following link:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/770149370?z00m=9420858

 

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My mother took the day off today to hike and visit the cemetery where my uncle’s body was laid to rest. He passed away 5 years ago. He was her youngest brother who had health conditions at an early age and a very special connection with my mother. I've never met a more compassionate and loving man. Some may say he behaved that way because of what he experienced. I would like to think he was that way just because.



During my mother's hike she asked my uncle in her own way if he was happy. She called me on her cell phone with magical tears to tell me to look in the sky toward the south east. There I saw a plane in the sky that just finished writing the words "Happy." I watched the plane then complete the words "Birthday." It's my uncles Birthday today...Happy Birthday Jerry and thanks for writing a special message in the sky.

The following are great ideas from www.stopthekilling.net that Los Angeles and all other cities should implement to help Stop The Killing of Companion Animals!

Low cost, easily accessible and truly mandatory spay/neuter laws for every resident.

Free spay/neuter services to all low income residents.

A city-wide policy allowing free trap, neuter and return (TNR) programs for feral cats.

Open all shelter spay/neuter clinics sitting idle immediately and enlist veterinarians to volunteer and “give back” to their community by doing a certain amount of free spay/neuters every month at these clinics (physician/surgeons are expected to do this by operating and then following up on the patients who don’t have health insurance; why shouldn’t veterinarians?)

Volunteers/employees must be required to counsel the public who are either "relinquishing" their pet or seeking to adopt one.

Increase the fees currently charged to relinquish "dump" an animal.

Each person "relinquishing" an animal must speak with a volunteer and or employee before they do so and provide their drivers license information.

Require pet shops to offer animals for “adoption” rather than selling puppies from puppy mills resulting in the death of thousands of innocent animals every year.

Outlaw the purposeful breeding of animals for profit; it’s a disgrace and results in thousands of healthy, loving animals (many of whom are purebreds) being executed in our shelters every week.

Require a complete, outside volunteer peer-review audit of LAAS finances, policies and practices.

Clearly outline and have an independent volunteer council witness the LAAS policies and procedures, then publish the TRUE number of animals taken into the shelters every month and all adoption, rescues and number of executions; including holding periods and the reasons for execution. (This will prevent the LAAS from lying about the true number of animals being killed and why.)

Investigations regarding animal cruelty and neglect inside and outside the city shelters to be done by an independent, competent committee who, unlike Commander David Diliberto of L.A., do not involve his friends, fellow union employees or drinking buddies who are allegedly perpetrating the crimes.

The General Manager and the commissioners who sit on the LAAS board are to be appointed by an outside committee made up of several 501c3 rescue groups in Los Angeles (this will prevent the power to appoint these important individuals to be solely at the discretion of the Mayor.) The commissioners must spend time in each of the six city shelters at least once a week.

Change city code to allow more than three animals per household (if an LA city resident is allowed to have more than three children, they ought to have the right by law to have more than three dogs or cats.

Human over population is far more devastating to our natural resources, our living conditions and the spread of disease, than having four, five or even more dogs/cats living in a household
Landlord and builders be required to allow tenants to have a pet(s). Landlords cannot discriminate against tenants with children, (and children do MUCH more property damage than pets!) So they should NOT be allowed to discriminate against tenants who live with a companion animal.

Establish policies and programs to actively place companion animals in retirement and HUD housing.

Mandatory training and retraining of shelter employees (including supervisors) to require they be courteous, knowledgeable, humane and meet a minimum set of standards for aiding the public in adopting a companion animal.

Require that shelter employees allow all animals up for adoption to be seen by the public; (some adoptable animals are kept behind locked doors for absolutely no valid reason). These animals locked away include but are not limited to those with treatable conditions like sprains, sniffles, fleas, etc.

Furthermore, every single employee is to be required to inform the public about Shelter Care insurance policy, which covers the treatment of these medical conditions for free; and to offer every adopter an application form.

Shelter employees are required to allow all animals to be seen and photographed by volunteers and rescuers seeking to help them get adopted by advertising them on web sites, etc.
Volunteers/employees must be required to take out animals from their cages and give them exercise by either walking them or taking them to an exercise area on shelter property.

The six LA city shelters must be educational and helpful environments, where volunteers and the public can come in and interact with the animals outside their desolate, filthy cages. Currently the shelter staff don’t even allow the volunteers, who take a training course, to walk the dogs around the block giving them the exercise they so desperately need; and the staff NEVER takes the time to do this. So our shelters currently feel like depressing, unfriendly and disorganized “pounds”, where the smell of fear, misery and “death” permeates the air.

The Public Relations officer is to be required to have previous experience in adoption and rescue of shelter animals and to have expertise in advertising, public relations and be bilingual.
Replace the current “paid” LAAS volunteer staff with enthusiastic, caring animal people, who will establish an aggressive volunteer recruitment program and increase the mobile pet adoption venues, to reach out to the millions of residents who want a companion animal.

The entire LAAS web site and any educational information available at the shelters be bilingual. A ten minute educational and welcome “loop” video in both Spanish and English is required to be watched by potential adopters and those “giving up” their pets, and then be required to speak to a volunteer or employee to discuss any questions they may have.

Require the staff and Public Relations officer is to give at least one school assembly lecture per week or neighborhood council lecture per week, talking about the importance of spay/neuter, adoption, caring for and respecting companion animals, including feral cats and wildlife. They should also be required to go on local news shows (both Spanish and English) at least once per week to advertise the shelters and encourage the viewers to adopt.

Require that some of the LAAS department's budget be spent on bilingual TV and radio advertising to encourage adoption, give the shelter locations, hours open for adoption and information on low cost and free spay/neuter.

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