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STOP RAPING THE HELPLESS ANIMALS !!!!!

" BESTIALITY " HAS MORE THAN 450,000 HITS.

 

URGENT - ANTI-BESTIAL BILL (LD 1283) IN MAINE.

 

HEARING DAY/TIME: 3/26/01 (Monday ) at 9:30 A.M.

 

 

Dear Friend of animals,

 

We would like to inform you that a Bill to criminalize bestiality

has been introduced in the Maine Legislator. A public Hearing

will take place on March 26, Monday at 9:30Am.

 

The Bill in Maine is ME LD 1283, and is sponsored Senator

LaFountain. ME LD 1283 has been assigned to the Joint Criminal Justice

Committee this session and needs your support. It is important for all

of us to write a letter to Maine Legislators of support for this Bill !!!

If you can ,please also attend the Hearing too.

 

More Information on this hearing can be viewed at:

 

http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/CommitteeInfo.asp?LD=1283

 

We enclosed a Sample letter and All of the contact info

followed the letter and References .

 

If you have any question on Bestiality issue, please contact :

Gregory Myers, (ASAIRS President)

P.O. Box 1157, Arnold, MO 63010

Email: endanimalabuse (@aol.com )

website: http://www.asairs.com

 

Or you may contact :

The Humane Society of the United States

2100 L Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

(202) 452-1100

 

Thanks .

Citizens concerns.

P.S.: Sample letter and then Contact information follows :

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SAMPLE LETTER : (* You may write your own style of letter ,thanks.)

 

(*** Letter starts here *** )

 

 

RE: PLEASE SUPPORT Anti-Bestiality Bill ( LD 1283 )

 

 

Dear Legislator ( or Dear Senator) ,

 

I'm urging you to enact legislation that will make sexual conduct

with an animal a serious felony. Twenty-four states already have laws

that prohibit this abhorrent practice.

 

Criminalization of Bestiality is very crucial and important.

" Bestiality " is simply an act of " Raping " and " Abuse " helpless animals.

According to ASPCA, the abusers even force others to have sexual

intercourse with animals. The animals are often severely injured,

infected and sometimes even killed. Animal's sex organ were being

pulled and manipulated by the humans hands,mouth, tools or being

forcefully inserted by human's sex organ , tools torturously repeatedly.

 

The studies that show many repeat sexual offenders, such as rapist,

child molesters, etc., have in fact first sexually victimized animals in

their childhood or early adulthood. Their sexual abuse was first

practiced on non-consenting and non-speaking animals prior to

gaining the confidence to move upward to human victims,

sometimes including children.

 

In an article ran by the St. Louis Riverfront Times, it stated

" half of a surveyed group of 116 sex offenders in northwest Missouri

admitted to animal intercourse during their lives " .

( http://www.rftstl.com/issues/1999-12-15/ray.html?elink ).

 

Also an article was published in Theoretical Criminology, 1997, vol.1,

no.3, PP.317-340 by PIERS BEIRNE, a Professor of Criminology at the

University of Southern Maine and the founding editor of the journal.

This can also be viewed online at

( http://members.tripod.com/~zooinfo/article.html ).

 

This above mentioned article addresses the need for intervention in this

form of sexual practice and the criminal damage its practice imposes on

society as a whole.

 

Many other similar studies have been completed and documented on

this issue. Currently 24 states within the United States have laws to

criminalize " Bestiality " , some with penalties of up to 20 years

imprisonment.

 

Because of the Internet, bestiality is on the rise. According to

ASPCA, it said if you type the word " bestiality " into any search engine

you'll get more than 450,000 hits. The World Wide Web has become

a source of support for individuals who practice bestiality. They urge

people practicing bestiality to come forward and even offer training

tips to newcomers. Shockingly, parties are even held where people

bring different types of animals to have sexual contact with.

 

Even the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has addressed

this issue through their " First Strike Team " and has a compilation of

State Laws and penalties addressing this issue at

( http://www.hsus.org/current/state_laws.html ). Further documentation

on the relation between violence to animals progressing to violence to

humans at (http://www.hsus.org/firststrike/factsheets/index.html ).

You may also visit the ASAIRS website at ( http://go.to/ASAIRS )

to learn more on this issue.

 

It is imperative that interspecies intercourse be banned forever in the

country. Individuals practicing bestiality should be guilty of a felony.

I respectfully urges you to support this important legislation LD 1283

sponsored by Senator LaFountain that would ban bestiality and

outlaw this appalling form of animal abuse .

 

A Bill to criminalize Bestiality would also be a great step in the

intervention of potential future " repeat sexual offenders " by catching

and identifying them in the " early " stages of their sexual predator

patterns before they later progress to victimize humans and possible

innocent children.

 

Thanks for your kindness, compassion, insight and help for millions

of helpless and innocent animals and for our young children too.

 

Sincerely Yours,

Name,

Email Address

address (option )

 

 

(*** End of the Letter *** )

 

(if you live in Maine,please provide your address in detail.)

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CONTACT INFORMATION :

 

Senator LaFountain is the Bill Sponsor. His contact info :

 

Senator LaFountain

3 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333

Capitol Phone: 207-287-1515

Fax: 207-287-1585

Email Address:

senlloydlafountain (@hotmail.com )

 

The Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee is

Senator Michael J. McAlevey

Office Tel: 207-287-1505

Office Fax is (207) 287-1527

Home Tel: (207) 247-5719 (Please call him at his home too.)

Home Fax: (207) 247-6025

email: mmcalevey (@cybertours.com )

 

 

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE

ARE: Please EMAIL/CALL/FAX/WRITE to everyone of them :

 

 

Senator William B. O'Gara (D-Cumberland)

Home Tel: (207) 774-9467

State House Address:

3 State House Station, Augusta 04333

Senate Democrate Office: 207-287-1515

fax: 207-287-1585

message line (sessions only) 1-800-423-6900

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Senator Paul T. Davis, Sr. (R-Piscataquis)

Home Tel: 876-4047

email: SenDavis (@midmaine.com )

State House Address:

3 State House Station, Augusta 04333

Senate Republican Office: 207-287-1505

fax: 207-287-1527

message line (sessions only) 1-800-423-6900

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STATE REPRESENTATIVES:

 

Edward J. Povich, Chair (D-Ellsworth)

Address: 18 South Street, Ellsworth, ME 04605

Home Telephone: (207) 667-7116

Home E-Mail: epovich (@acadia.net )

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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Michael W. Quint (D-Portland)

Address: 32 Grant Street, Portland, ME 04101

Home Telephone: (207) 774-8638

Home E-Mail: MWQuint (@aol.com )

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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Charles E. Mitchell (D-Vassalboro)

Address: Cushnoc Road, RR 3, Box 6520, Vassalboro, ME 04989

Home Telephone: (207) 592-3537

Home E-Mail: votemitchell (@hotmail.com )

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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Lillian LaFontaine O'Brien (D-Lewiston)

Address: 68 Nichols Street, Lewiston, ME 04240

Home Telephone: (207) 782-5276

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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Patricia A. Blanchette (D-Bangor)

Address: 2 Old Orchard Drive, Bangor, ME 04401

Home Telephone: (207) 942-8692

Business Telephone: (207) 947-8338

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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Stanley J. Gerzofsky (D-Brunswick)

Address: 58 Jordan Avenue, P.O. Box 45, Brunswick, ME 04011

Home Telephone: (207) 373-1328

Business Telephone: (207) 725-8967

Home E-Mail: STAN1340 (@aol.com )

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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Judith B. Peavey (R-Woolwich)

Address: 358 Mountain Road, Woolwich, ME 04579

Home Telephone: (207) 882-6800

Home E-Mail: jpeavey (@ime.net )

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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Edgar Wheeler (R-Bridgewater)

Address: 302 Bootfoot Road, P. O. Box 207, Bridgewater, ME 04735

Home Telephone: (207) 429-9108

Business Telephone: (207) 429-8093

Fax: (207) 429-8181

Home E-Mail: burtchel

@bangornews.infi.net )

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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James H. Tobin, Jr. (R-Dexter)

Address: 350 Charleston Road, Dexter, ME 04930

Home Telephone: (207) 924-5521

Home E-Mail: tobin (@kynd.com )

State House E-Mail: RepJames.Tobin (@state.me.us )

State House Message Phone: (800) 423-2900

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Lois A. Snowe-Mello (R-Poland)

Address: 177 Mechanic Falls Road, Poland, ME 04274

Home Telephone: (207) 784-9136

Business Telephone: (207) 287-1440

Fax: (207) 784-9136 *51

Home E-Mail: RepLois (@megalink.net )

State House E-Mail:

RepLois.SnoweMello (@state.me.us )

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NOTE: If you prefer to send a collective email to ALL of the above

members just copy the following entire list of the email addresses

and then Paste into your BCC field. Then put your own email

address in the TO field , then type your letter and hit " send " .

This way , your one letter can reach to nearly all of the committee

members. ( A few of the members have no email , please fax/call them.)

 

Be Sure to address to : Dear Legislator ,

At the end of the letter :

If you are a resident in Maine, put your Name, Address, City, State.

If you are not a Resident in Maine, you may just put your name and

Email address at the end. Or if you prefer, you may put all of your

contact info at the end of the letter.

(note: it must have a comma between addresses,

which we already provided.)

 

 

senlloydlafountain ,

mmcalevey,

SenDavis ,

epovich ,

MWQuint ,

votemitchell ,

STAN1340,

jpeavey,

burtchel ,

tobin,

RepJames.Tobin ,

RepLois,

RepLois.SnoweMello,

 

 

Thanks so much for your caring and help

for suffering animals.