URGENT, YOUR HELP WILL TURN THE TIDE. (5/26/2001).

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URGENT,

YOUR HELP WILL TURN THE TIDE .( 5/26/2001).

 

 

Dear Caring friend,

 

In this email, we enclosed 6 campaigns in 6 different issues.

Please help to make the world more humane and harmony..

 

You helped the Texas anti-cruelty(does not include hunting

and food animals) bill HB 653 passed in Senate, House and

Governor. You helped D.C. Mayor giving up mustache ads.

You helped Trader Joe to give up selling painful factory farmed

Duck meat .......Thanks so much.

In this mail, each different issue is separated by " @@@@ " .

The six issues are :

 

1: PA Horse Transport Bill.

2: TELL TALBOTS.THEY HAVE A WHALE OF A PROBLEM!

3: STOP USFWS EFFORTS TO KILL ENDANGERED

TRUMPETER SWANS:

4: PETITION TO PROTECT GRAY WHALES

UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT :

5: IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME IN THE

BEAR BAITING BUSINESS!

6: CUT OUT THE MARKET FOR `DOWNED ANIMALS':

 

thank you.

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CAMPAIGN # 1 :

 

PA HORSE TRANSPORT BILL

 

CALLS NEEDED URGENTLY !!!!!

 

The Senate only has 3 more days before they recess for the

summer, we need calls NOW!!

 

You may read " Action Alert " and " Breaking News " from

http://equineprotectionnetwork.com (it has all contact info.)

 

TALKING POINTS :

 

1: Please Bring HB 1139, " the Horse Transport Bill " , to a

Committee vote BEFORE the Senate recesses for the summer.

2: Ask Senators to VOTE YES! on HB 1139.

3: Please ask Senator to refer the site : (if you send thru Email ) :

http://equineprotectionnetwork.com/

 

 

 

CONTACT INFO :

Please let's all CALL AND EMAIL TO

ALL OF THE PA Senators below :

 

 

1: PHONE CONTACT :

 

Senator Waugh- 717-787-3817,

Senator Wenger, Vice Chairman, 717-787-4420

The following are Ag Committee Members :

Senator O'Pake, - 717-787-8925

Senator Shirley Kitchen - 717-787-6735

Senator Punt, 717-787-4651

Senator Wozniak : 717-787-5400

 

 

2: EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR PA SENATORS :

 

(Please COPY the following list and Paste into the BCC field

in your new email. Then put your own email address in the

TO field. Type your talking points, then check everything correctly,

then hit the Send . This will reach to nearly all of the Senators.

Note: must have a comma between addresses,

Simply address to : Dear Honorable Senator , )

 

 

(note: the following email address is with either

@dem.pasen.gov or @pasen.gov )

 

 

bodack,

boscola,

cbell,

cdent,

costa,

dbrightbill,

ehelfrick,

eholl,

garmstrong,

hmowery,

hughes,

jconti,

jcorman,

jearll,

jgerlach,

jorie,

jpiccola,

jrhoades,

kitchen,

kukovich,

lavalle,

mellow,

musto,

mwaugh,

mwhite,

nwenger,

opake,

rjubelirer,

rmadigan,

rrobbins,

rthompson,

rtilghman,

rtomlinson,

schwartz,

Senator_Fumo

sgreenleaf,

stout,

tartaglione,

tmurphy,

wagner,

williams,

wozniak,

 

 

The following Senator needs to visit his website to send email :

http://lemmond.pasenategop.com/Contact.htm

 

(note: all of the above Senator's EMAIL addresses can be found:

http://www2.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/memberinfo/senemail.cfm )

 

 

(Reference Source : http://equineprotectionnetwork.com/

 

Note: For more information on PA state , you may click :

http://www.piperinfo.com/state/state_detail.cfm?state=Pennsylvania

 

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CAMPAIGN # 2 :

 

TELL TALBOTS.THEY HAVE A WHALE OF A PROBLEM!

 

You might not think that Talbots, the classic women's clothing store,

could have anything in common with the cruel slaughter of whales and

dolphins. But it does. The very same international conglomerate that owns

the majority shareholder in Talbots also owns supermarkets in Japan that

sell whale and dolphin meat.* Even meat from protected minke whales

hunted in a recognized whale sanctuary finds its way to supermarkets

in Japan. The government of Japan continues to allow whales to be

killed in defiance of an international treaty and worldwide criticism.

One of the ways to stop this is to take this off the shelves and

eliminate the market for whale and dolphin meat. As long as whale meat

can be plucked off supermarket shelves along with canned goods

and toilet paper, the killing will continue.

 

*[JUSCO (U.S.A.), Inc., Talbots's majority shareholder, is a wholly owned

subsidiary of JUSCO Co., Ltd. Four of Talbots' nine directors also hold

positions with JUSCO (U.S.A.), Inc. or JUSCO Co., Ltd., which also owns

supermarkets in Japan that have been identified as selling whale and

dolphin meat.]

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Send a message to Talbots and to Japan today! Write, fax, or email

Talbots and ask them to use their considerable influence to stop the sale

of whale and dolphin meat in stores owned by the conglomerate.

Remind them that if supermarkets in Japan stop selling whale meat,

it will help reduce Japan's incentive to kill whales.

Send your letters to:

 

Mr. Arnold B. Zetcher, Chairman of the Board,

President and Chief Executive Officer,

Talbots,

One Talbots Dr.,

Hingham, MA 02043

U.S.A.

Fax: (781) 741-4369 (in USA )

email: arnold.zetcher (@talbots.com )

 

 

SAMPLE LETTER : Please refer the following sites :

http://www.hsus.org/programs/wildlife/marine/talbots051601.html

 

Source references :

HUMANElines --- Issue 145 --- May 17, 2001

http://www.hsus.org/specials/whaling/talbots.html

 

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CAMPAIGN # 3 :

 

STOP USFWS EFFORTS TO KILL ENDANGERED

TRUMPETER SWANS:

 

For the past few years, the hunting lobby has been pressuring the

US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to open a hunting season on

the rare, federally-protected Trumpeter Swans. Because Trumpeter

Swans closely resemble Tundra Swans (a non-protected species

legally killed by hunters), hunters often make the mistake of shooting

the endangered swans.

 

To avoid the penalties associated with this, many hunters want a

Trumpeter Swan season as a safety net when mistaken identity shoots

occur. Last year, the USFWS caved in to hunters' demands, and,

based on a questionable Environmental Assessment (EA), decided to

open a hunting season on Trumpeter Swans in the Pacific Flyway.

Although the EA was supposed to address the impacts of Trumpeter

Swan hunting on the populations' survival, it completely failed to

address this problem. A subsequent lawsuit filed by the Fund for

Animals forced the USFWS was forced to write a new draft EA,

which was just released in the last few weeks.

 

Unfortunately, the USFWS' new EA STILL proposes a hunting season

on both Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, and it STILL fails to address the

biological and ecological consequences of opening such a hunting season.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO :

 

The public is invited to send comments on the USFWS' new

draft EA until May 25, 2001. Please send your comments to:

 

Robert Trost, Pacific Flyway Representative,

USFWS, Div. of Migratory Bird Management,

911 NE 11th Ave,

Portland, OR 97232-4181.

 

 

TALKING POINTS :

 

Go to: http://www.fund.org to get the Talking Points

to be included in your letters to USFWS, or click :

http://www.fund.org/library/documentViewer.asp?ID=109 & table=action_alerts

 

Or go to http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/ to read a copy of the

USFWS' proposed EA.

 

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CAMPAIGN # 4 :

 

PETITION TO PROTECT GRAY WHALES

UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT :

 

 

On March 28, 2001, Australians for Animals, The Fund for Animals,

and several other supporting groups filed a petition asking the

government

to list the Eastern North Pacific population of gray whales as an

endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act

(ESA). This population of gray whales, the only viable population

remaining

in the world, was protected by the ESA from 1970 to 1994, when it was

prematurely delisted primarily for political reasons.

 

Please send letter /email to NMFS and USFW.

The Contact Info, Sample Letter and Talking Points are in the following

site:

 

http://www.fund.org/action/takeaction.asp?page=view & alert=150

 

Then click " More information on this issue " to get Contact info and

Points.

 

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CAMPAIGN # 5 :

 

IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME IN THE

BEAR BAITING BUSINESS!

 

 

Earlier this year, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) had

planned to enlist the help of federal " Wildlife Services " agents to kill

bears and mountain lions thought to be competing with hunters for elk in

the Clearwater region (IDFG officials called their killing plan a " study "

regarding elk populations). When public opposition forced officials to

cancel their contract with WS agents, IDFG officials decided to go ahead

with their killing plan anyway - this time, recruiting sport hunters to

do the job. To make matters worse, IDFG officials are helping the hunters

kill bears and mountain lions by supplying them with tons of dog

food ---- bait to attract the animals within range of the rifles. Bear

baiting

is outlawed in most states and is even shunned by most hunters as unfair

and unsporting. The IDFG's actions are a shameful violation of the

principles of fair chase and of sound ecosystem management.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Please contact Governor Kempthorne and the IDFG to express your

opposition to the IDFG's " study " and particularly their involvement in

baiting. Let them know:

 

1): The IDFG should not serve as a facilitator for hunters who

choose to engage in unethical practices;

2) Predators are beneficial and necessary to healthy ecosystems;

wildlife agencies should not create policies to satisfy the narrow

interests of hunting groups;

3) The collection of scientific information does not require killing

animals

to understand population fluctuations and dynamics; wildlife agencies

need to step into the 21st century and use nonlethal methodologies to

conduct studies and research.

 

CONTACT INFO :

 

1) The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne,

Governor of Idaho,

P.O. Box 83720,

Boise, ID 83720-0034

Tel: (208) 334-2100

Fax: (208) 334-2175

Email: Governor (@gov.state.id.us )

 

2) Rod Sando, of Idaho Department of Fish and Game,

P.O. Box 25,

Boise, ID 83707

Tel: (208) 334-5159

Fax: (208) 334-4885 /

Email: Rsando (@idfg.state.id.us )

 

 

(References sources:

http://www.hsus.org/programs/government/humanelines.html )

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CAMPAIGN # 6 :

 

CUT OUT THE MARKET FOR `DOWNED ANIMALS':

 

" Downed animals " are cows, steer, pigs, and sheep who, because of

grave injuries or illness, are unable to stand or walk. Historically, the

livestock industry has treated these animals brutally: they are kicked,

beaten, and dragged all the way to the slaughterhouse to be killed and

rendered.

 

Last year, in a landmark policy, the USDA announced: " USDA will

no longer accept ground beef that includes product from non-ambulatory

cattle, commonly known as `downers,' " for Federal programs, including

the National School Lunch Program. Now, a petition has been filed with

the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to completely prohibit the

slaughter of downed animals. By cutting out the market for downed

animals, the livestock industry will have more of an incentive to treat

animals humanely, euthanizing " downed animals " on-farm, and more

importantly, preventing the injuries that cause " downed animals "

in the first place.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Please write to the US FDA in support of

Docket Number 98P-0151/CP1.

U.S. FDA, Dockets Management Branch,

5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061,

Rockville, MD 20852

Fax: 301-827-6870

Email: FDADockets (@oc.fda.gov )

 

(please note that it is crucial to refer to

Docket # 98P-0151/CP1 in your letters).

 

Source: http://www.nodowners.org/

http://www.farmsanctuary.org

 

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Thanks so much again to help countless suffering animals.