Animal Advocates Needed June 22 in Sacramento

June 18, 2004

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6/16/2004 3:29:07 PM Pacific Standard Time Subj: [fgnews] Animal Advocates Needed June 22 in Sacramento ALL ANIMAL ADVOCATES (***Please forward to friends in California**)RE: HELP NEEDED FOR SB 1520 (FOIE GRAS BAN) ON JUNE 22We need your help on Tuesday, June 22, at the State Capitol in Sacramento!!!SB 1520, the bill to ban the force feeding of ducks and geese in the production of foie gras, will be up for a hearing in the Assembly Business and Professions Committee on Tuesday at 9 a.m. This is going to be a VERY close vote, and we need as many animal advocates there as possible to show SUPPORT for the bill. Several legislators are still undecided and a large show of support will help convince them the majority of the public find this cruel practice unacceptable.The hearing starts at 9 a.m. in Room 447 at the State Capitol.

If you can attend, please email pam @ avar.org (remove 2 spaces) to let us know you will be there. Also, if you haven't yet sent in a support letter, please go to www.avar.org/foiegras2.html for details and email and fax contacts for the assembly members. Please submit a letter as soon as possible (with your full name and address included.)HELP ALSO NEEDED TO DEFEAT AB 2915 ON JUNE 22Also on June 22, AB 2915 will be heard in the Senate Natural Resources Committee. We are in OPPOSITION to this bill, which would weaken the import restrictions for kangaroo skins into California. Companies like Adidas want to import kangaroo skins from Australia to make soccer cleats but synthetic alternatives are readily available. And the kangaroo population has

plummeted in Australia in recent years. The Senate Natural Resources Committee hearing starts at 9 a.m. in Room 112 at the State Capitol. Representatives of Viva!USA will be following the activity in that committee, and there will likely be the opportunity to testify at both hearings on the same morning, depending on the order in which the bills are heard. For more information on AB 2915 and info on where to send an opposition letter, go to www.vivausa.org/urgentactions/ab2915.htm #### Pam RunquistDirector of Companion Animal IssuesAssociation of Veterinarians for Animal RightsPO Box 208Davis, CA 95617-0208Tel: (530) 759-8106pam @

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