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ALERTS IN THIS ISSUE:

 

1. URGENT - SAMPLE LETTER PROTESTING DOG KILLINGS

2. SAMPLE LETTER PROTESTING SALE OF HOMELESS ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH

3. SAMPLE LETTER PROTESTING KILLING OF BEAVERS

4. SUBMIT COMMENTS ONLINE TO BLOOMINGDALE'S RE: FUR

5. SEND ONLINE LETTER TO PROTECT SNAKE RIVER SALMON

 

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1. URGENT - SAMPLE LETTER PROTESTING DOG KILLINGS

 

BACKGROUND:

A young boy was killed by a a Pit Bull and an American Staffordshire

Bull Terrier. The owners both had criminal records and the dogs in

question already had control orders placed upon them for an earlier

attack on a disabled woman. Basically the dogs were raised to be

vicious. So now the brilliant German legislators decided they are going

to ban 16 breeds of dogs to prevent this from happening again. But they

are not just banning the breeding of the dogs, they are killing all the

dogs already here by clubbing them to death, drowning, poisoning, etc.

Also several countries are looking into passing the proposed EU

Dangerous Dogs Act which would probably start this type of panic in

other countries as well.

 

 

SEND LETTERS TO:

(The list is very long. Just copy and paste the addresses into the " TO: "

section of your email. I have it broken up into sections so you can send

4 letters without " bulk-mailing " . You can send the same letter to each

group. The sample letter follows the email list, along with a link where

you can visit for more information on this horrible situation.)

 

LETTER 1:

hlinfo, pio, ceu,

mail, infoctr,

pressereferat, gerhard.schroeder,

Gila.Altmann, Marieluise.Beck

 

LETTER 2:

Angelika.Beer, Joschka.Fischer,

Juergen.Trittin, Antje.Vollmer,

spiegel_online, webmaster, redaktion,

monitor, info, bhoehn,

graf,

minervaverlag, derhund, poststelle,

posteingang, Minister,

posteingang, posteingang,

bhoehn, gabriel,

Holger.Luehrig,

innenministerium, Michael.Hartmann

 

LETTER 3:

Minister, presse,

staatskanzlei, Rainer.Scheppelmann,

klaus.gaertner, Poststelle,

bernd.boettcher,

juergen.sauer, wolfgang.clement,

info, InterGerma,

german-mission-consulate-gic-1, chicago

 

LETTER 4:

president, community , comments,

heather.maclean, questions, theworld,

atc, morning, worldwide, weed,

wesun, wesat, watc, itvs,

intlweb, today, nightly,

dateline, MTP

 

 

SAMPLE LETTER:

 

Dear Sir or Madam:

 

I am horrified to learn that 16 breeds of dogs in Germany have been

singled out and are being brutally murdered. There are reports of dogs

being clubbed to death, poisoned, and drowned. Dogs are being dragged

out of cars and killed on the spot; dogs are being removed from the

safety of their homes. This inhumane treatment must immediately come to

an end!

 

Please do all you can to aid dogs currently suffering in Germany and put

an end to this brutality.

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Sincerely,

 

--end of sample letter--

 

For more info. visit: http://www.klawn.freeserve.co.uk/

 

 

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2. SAMPLE LETTER PROTESTING SALE OF HOMELESS ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH

 

SEND LETTERS TO:

 

Patricia Wilcox Animal Care & Regulation

4920 Bradshaw Rd.

Sacramento, CA 95827

Fax: 916.875.5232

 

Ms. Wilcox:

 

I am writing to demand that you cease the outrageous practice of selling

shelter/homeless animals to research labs. I understand that many

animals in the shelter need to be euthanized due to overcrowding,

however there is a huge difference between a quick, painless death in

the shelter and a slow death filled with terror and pain in the

laboratory.

 

Stop making a profit from the overpopulation problem that companion

animals face through no fault of their own. You are abusing your power

in a horrible way and are completely forgetting what an animal shelter

is supposed to be for. You are also tarnishing the reputation of

Sacramento, California.

 

Sincerely,

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3. SAMPLE LETTER PROTESTING KILLING OF BEAVERS

 

SOURCE: PETA (www.peta-online.org)

 

SEND LETTERS TO:

Shirley J. Ybarra, Secretary of Transport

Commonwealth of Virginia

1401 E. Broad St.

Richmond, VA 23219

Tel.: 804-786-6675

Fax: 804-786-6683

SecretaryofTransportation

 

Also, please send a copy of your letter to Governor James S. Gilmore at:

 

The Honorable James S. Gilmore

Governor of Virginia

Office of the Governor

Richmond, VA 23219

Fax: 804-371-6351

http://www.thedigitaldominion.com/govmail.cfm

 

SAMPLE LETTER:

 

Ms. Ybarra:

 

I am writing in reference to the Commonwealth Transportation Board plan

to spend $272,000 to hire USDA Wildlife Services (WS) to kill 2,000

beavers in Virginia over the next year because of road damage that the

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) claims is attributable to

beaver activity.

 

I request that you halt all plans to contract with USDA Wildlife

Services until all stakeholders have had the opportunity to present

alternatives to the proposed beaver management program before the

Commonwealth Transportation Board. The trap and kill method is cruel and

inhumane.

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Sincerely,

 

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4. SUBMIT COMMENTS ONLINE TO BLOOMINGDALE'S RE: FUR

 

The Bloomingdale's Christmas 2000 catalog includes a fox fur vest,

raccoon trim, mink coats, and other fur items. Please write to

Bloomingdale's and explain why you are boycotting Bloomingdale's until

they become a fur-free business. You can submit your comments at:

 

http://www.bloomingdales.com/talktous_submit.cfm?highlight=11 & TC_id=28 & CFID=

 

1545588 & CFTOKEN=1D3BA0D1B-8AFF-11D4-A06B00508B8E0675

 

(Where they ask for your phone numbers just put N/A)

 

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5. SEND ONLINE LETTER TO PROTECT SNAKE RIVER SALMON

 

http://www.removedams.org/SOS-site/action/usaveto.cfm

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