VOTE FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION INITIATIVES---NOV. 7, 2000

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CAST YOUR IMPORTANT VOTE FOR

 

ANIMAL PROTECTION INITIATIVES

 

NOVEMBER 7, 2000 GENERAL ELECTION

 

 

ALASKA:

 

Measure 1- OPPOSE - Would bar all citizen ballot initiatives relating

to the protection of wildlife. For more information, contact: P.O.

Box 100187 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-258-6160

michelle no-on-1.org (still creating)

 

Measure 6 - SUPPORT - Would retain the prohibition of same-day

airborne ( " land-and-shoot " ) hunting of wolves, which Alaska voters

banned in 1996. For more info., contact: Alaskans for Wildlife

308 G Street #310 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-276-9453

alaskansforwildlife alaskansfor6.org

 

 

ARIZONA:

 

Proposition 102 - OPPOSE - Would require a two-thirds supermajority

to approve any ballot initiative relating to the protection of wildlife.

For more info., contact: No on 102, P.O. Box 36436, Phoenix,

AZ 85067 /Ph: 602-906-1628, Email:

webmaster or www.no102.com

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS:

 

Question 3 - SUPPORT - Would prohibit dog racing and meetings

at which betting or wagering on dog racing occurs. For more info,

contact: Grey2K, P.O. Box 1606, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 /

Ph: 617-666-3526, email: info or www.grey2k.org

 

 

MONTANA:

 

Initiative 143 - SUPPORT - Would impose a moratorium on new

game farm licenses and would ban " canned hunts. " For more info,

contact: Montanans Against the Domestication and

Commercialization of Wildlife (MADCOW),

P.O. Box 5841, Helena, MT 59604 / Ph: 406-273-7862 /

Fax: 406-449-8946,

email: grhusmc or www.macow.org

 

 

NORTH DAKOTA:

 

Question 1 - OPPOSE - Would create a new section of the North

Dakota Constitution relating to the right to hunt, trap, and fish. For

more info, contact: Jeff Leitner at The Fund for Animals /

8121 Georgia Ave., Suite 301, Silver Spring, MD 20910 /

Ph: 301-585-2591 ext. 316 / Fax: 301-585-2595 /

email: jleitner

 

 

OKLAHOMA:

 

(Pending Certification) - SUPPORT - Would ban cockfighting and

make it illegal to keep birds for fighting purposes. Contact:

Oklahoma Coalition Against Cockfighting, P.O. Box 780378,

Oklahoma City, OK 73178 / Ph: 405-528-0079 /

email: ocac2000

 

 

OREGON:

 

Measure 97 - SUPPORT - Would ban the use of steel-jawed leghold

traps & other body-gripping traps for recreation and commerce in fur,

and would ban the use of Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate)

and sodium cyanide.

For more info, contact: Protect Pets and Wildlife (ProPAW), P.O. Box

40372, Portland, OR 97240, Ph: 503-872-9623 /

email: crueltraps or www.bancrueltraps.org ,

or those of you with " Realplayer " installed on your computer can

click here to see a public service announcement video.

 

 

VIRGINIA:

 

Question 2 - OPPOSE - Would amend the Virginia Constitution to

establish " a right to hunt, fish, and harvest game. " For more info,

contact: No on Question 2 Committee, c/o The Fund for Animals /

8121 Georgia Ave., Suite 301, Silver Spring, MD 20910 /

Ph: 301-585-2591 / Fax: 301-585-2595:

noquestion2va

 

 

WASHINGTON:

 

Initiative 713 - SUPPORT- Would ban the use of steel-jawed leghold

traps and other body-gripping traps for recreation & commerce in fur,

and would ban the use of Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate)

and sodium cyanide. For more info, contact: Protect Pets and Wildlife

(ProPAW), 5200 University Way NE #201 Seattle, WA 98105

Ph: 206-526-0949 Fx: 206-526-0989 kbragdon

 

 

ANIMAL PROTECTION INITIATIVE IN FLORIDA FOR

NOVEMBER 2002 BALLOT - FIRST EVER MEASURE TO COMBAT

FACTORY FARMING

 

FLORIDA: Measure to limit pig confinement on factory farms - SUPPORT -

Would ban the use of " gestation crates, " which confine pregnant pigs in

tiny, 2 foot-wide metal boxes. For more info., contact: Animal Rights

Foundation Florida, PO Box 841154, Pembroke Pines, FL 33084 /

Ph: (954) 917-ARFF / Fax: 954-979-6415

 

 

(SOURCE: http://www.humaneusa.org/measures.htm ,

http://www.hsus.org/programs/government/2000_ballot042700.html )