Urgent Request for Phone Calls -- Downed Animal Protections

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Dear All,

 

Hi there! Everyone might already know about this but just in case they

don't, I just sent this to my Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter -- just

got

back from the Animal Law Conference in Portland, OR -- which is the reference

below.

 

Best,

 

Michele Berrong

USF SALDF

Founder

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Please take five minutes to call your state senators to urge them to support

this amendment -- as we learned at the Animal Law Conference, calls are VERY

effective, so PLEASE PLEASE take two minutes to let them know we want animals

too sick to walk to slaughter to be treated humanely!!  Because the animals are

still technically alive (and can still make the seller a buck), the animals

are dragged into the slaugherhouse or loaded onto bulldozers and dumped, often

breaking bones, hips, etc.  These animals suffer SO GREATLY -- please take two

minutes out of your day to make a call on thier behalf!!  [see below contact

info for info on amendment]

 

Thank you!!

 

Michele

 

Here are my Senators:

 

Sen. Barbara Boxer

112 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510-0501

Phone: (202) 224-3553

Fax: (415) 956-6701

 

Sen. Dianne Feinstein

331 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510-0504

Phone: (202) 224-3841

Fax: (202) 228-3954

 

Rep. Nancy Pelosi

2371 Rayburn HOB

Washington, DC 20515-0508

Phone: (202) 225-4965

Fax: (202) 225-8259

 

Find yours by visiting <A HREF= " www.action.fund.org " >www.action.fund.org</A> --

then click on Find Your

Legislators to Left -- fill in address and thier contact info pops up.

 

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Urge Your Senators to Support the Akaka Amendment!

 

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on an amendment offered by Senator

Akaka to protect downed animals in the next day or two.  It is

critical for animal advocates to contact their U.S. Senators to urge

them to support the Akaka Downed Animal Amendment.

 

This amendment to the Agriculture Appropriations bill seeks to prevent

the U.S. Department of Agriculture from approving meat from downed

animals (animals too sick even to stand) for human food.  It will

remove the market for downed animals, and it will provide the

necessary incentive to prevent the problem from occurring in the first

place.  Approximately 90% of downed animals can be prevented with

better care on the farm and during transit.

 

Downed animals suffer horribly.  They are commonly dragged with chains

or pushed with tractors and forklifts on their way to slaughter.

Downed animals commonly languish for hours or days without receiving

food, water or veterinary care, and many die of neglect.

 

Using meat from downed animals poses a threat to human consumers.

Downers are among the most likely animals to harbor bacterial

contamination and to be afflicted with various diseases, including mad

cow disease.

 

Please contact your two U.S. Senators NOW and urge them to vote Yes on

the Akaka Downed Animal Amendment!

 

Call your two Senators at 202-224-3121, or send them an automatic fax

by visiting our web site:

http://action.fund.org/action/index.asp?step=2 & item=5092

 

For more information on downed animals, please visit:

http://www.nodowners.org