LAST CHANCE TO END HORSE SLAUGHTER IN THE US!
Urgent Alert!
As you surely already know, S.1915 –the sister bill of HR 503- is waiting to be considered on the Senate floor.
While our bill awaits to be called for a vote, it has been reported that pro-slaughter pressure on legislators has greatly increased in an attempt to wane our ranks of supporters in the Senate and defeat the bill, which can be fatal due to the tight Senate schedule, making it vital to counter this pro-slaughter build-up with a flood of calls and faxes in support of the bill and urging Senators to bring it up for a vote as demanded by a vast majority of the American people.
As the current Congress draws to a close, the situation becomes even more critical.
Today Tuesday, December 5th, Congress will reconvene from the Thanksgiving recess for a brief two-weeks period of legislative activity before the current legislature ends; this small window is our last chance to pass the bill. If HR 503/S.1915 is not passed before Congress adjourns it will die and we will have to start all over from zero next year, dooming hundred of thousands of American horses to a cruel death and horrible, needless suffering at the three, foreign-owned horse slaughter plants.
To counter the pro-slaughter attempts to defeat our bill and urge Senators to bring it up for consideration immediately, the HSUS has organized an Special National Call-In Day for next Tuesday, December 5th, in which all Americans are urged to contact their Senators asking them to cosponsor and vote for S. 1915.
In order to achieve this goal and provide support to next Tuesday’s National Call-In Day campaign we have organized a special calling and faxing effort for tomorrow. In this special calling and faxing effort we should call and fax as many Senators as we can, putting emphasis on those Senators who voted for the Ensign-Byrd Amendment last year, your own two US Senators and especially on the Majority Leader, Sen. Bill Frist, since the decision to call the bill for a vote relies on him.
Next Tuesday, the 5th, please call and fax as many Senators as you can to their DC offices asking them to cosponsor and vote for S. 1915 and keep calling and faxing during the whole day. Also, please call and fax Sen. Bill Frist, even if you are not a constituent, asking him to both cosponsor and bring it up for a vote on the Senate floor.
In addition, please forward this alert to all yours contacts (family, friends, co-workers, etc…) and ask them to do the same.
It is extremely important that as many people as possible contact Senators in support of S.1915 in order to counter the lies and the pressure of the pro-slaughter forces and their expensive lobbyists and bring it up for consideration on the Senate floor. Remember that this is our last chance to save horses from slaughter. Failure is not an option. Please share this alert with everybody you know and ask them to take part on this campaign.
Below is a phone and fax directory of the US Senate, showing how they voted on the Ensign-Byrd Amendment.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at fletosojoi@hotmail.com
Thank you.
Daniel and Habitat for Horses
------- 109TH CONGRESS SENATE PHONE AND FAX DIRECTORY --------
*Indicates cosponsor of S. 1915
ALABAMA
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R- AL) NO 202-224-5744 202-224-3416
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R- AL) NO 202-224-4124 202-224-3149
ALASKA
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Ted Stevens (R- AK)* YES 202-224-3004 202-224-2354
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R- AK) YES 202-224-6665 202-224-5301
ARIZONA
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. John McCain (R- AZ)* YES 202-224-2235 202-228-2862 Sen.
Jon Kyl (R- AZ) YES 202-224-4521 202-224-2207
ARKANSAS
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D-AR) NO 202-224-4843 202-228-1371
Sen. Mark Pryor (D- AR) NO 202-224-2353 202-228-0908
CALIFORNIA
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D- CA)* YES 202-224-3841 202-228-3954
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D- CA)* YES 202-224-3553 415-956-6701
COLORADO
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Ken Salazar (D - CO) NO 202-224-5852 202-228-5036
Sen. Wayne Allard (R- CO) NO 202-224-5941 202-224-6471
CONNECTICUT
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT)* YES 202-224-2823 202-224-1083
Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D- CT)* YES 202-224-4041 202-224-9750
DELAWARE
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D- DE)* YES 202-224-5042 202-224-0139
Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D- DE)* YES 202-224-2441 202-228-2190
FLORIDA
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Mel Martinez (R- FL)* YES 202-224-3041 202-228-5171
Sen. Bill Nelson (D- FL)* YES 202-224-5274 202-228-2183
GEORGIA
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R- GA) YES 202-224-3521 202-224-0103
Sen. Johnny Isakson (R- GA) YES 202-224-3643 202-228-0724
HAWAII
Member Name Vote DC Phone DC FAX
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI)* YES 202-224-3934 202-224-6747
Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI)* YES 202-224-6361 202-224-2126
I feel the following story is filled with magic so I thought I'd share its strength:
At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: "When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?"
The audience was stilled by the query.
The father continued. "I believe that when a child like Shay, physically and
mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child."
Then he told the following story:
Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, "Do you think they'll let me play?" Shay's father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.
Shay's father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if
Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, "We're losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we'll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning."
Shay struggled over to the team's bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. His Father watched with a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father's joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay's team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay's team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.
At this
juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn't even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.
The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.
Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over
the first baseman's head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, "Shay, run to first! Run to first!" Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.
Everyone yelled, "Run to second, run to second!" Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball ... the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher's intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman's head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.
All were screaming, "Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay"
Shay reached
third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, "Run to third! Shay, run to third!"
As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, "Shay, run home! Run home!" Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team.
"That day", said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, "the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world".
Shay didn't make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy, and coming
home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!
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