Monday, April 27, 2009

STRATEGY WEEK OF APRIL 27 TO END HORSE SLAUGHTER

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT BY SHELLEY ABRAMS TO ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT BELONG TO "AMERICANS AGAINST HORSE SLAUGHTER" ON FACEBOOK......

Hello American's against Horse Slaughter!

We're still holding at 120 cosponsors for HR503 and 16 cosponsors for S727. Although we realize that Congress has been very busy working on improving our economy, we must keep "The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act" a hot issue in D.C.

We must do all that we can to help ensure passage of HR503 and S727 to end horse slaughter in America and the transport of our horses across our borders to Canada and Mexico for slaughter.

Please call your own U.S. Representative and your two U.S. Senators and ask them to cosponsor H.R. 503 and S.727. Once you have finished calling your own Representatives, and have the time to help more, please focus on the lists below. Both lists represent past cosponsors of HR6598 and S.311 and will help us gain swift support for our bills. Thanks for all of your help.

Target List For H.R.6598 (House Bill)
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - Phone: 202-225-0123 Fax: 202-225-2256
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - Phone: 202-225-4535 Fax: 202-225-4403
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - Phone: 202-225-4755 Fax: 202-225-4886
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - Phone: 202-225-2861 Fax: 202-225-6791
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] - Phone: 202-225-2542 Fax: 202-225-0378
Rep Johnson, Eddie [TX-30] - Phone: 202-225-8885 Fax: 202-226-1477
Rep Johnson, Henry C.[GA-4] - Phone: 202-225-1605 Fax: 202-226-0691
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - Phone: 202-225-6631 Fax: 202-225-1968
Rep Mollohan, Alan B. [WV-1] - Phone: 202-225-4172 Fax: 202-225-7564
Rep Norton, Eleanor [DC] - Phone: 202-225-8050 Fax: 202-225-3002
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - Phone: 202-225-4671 Fax: 202-225-9665
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - Phone: 202-225-5751 Fax: 202-225-5782
Rep Roybal-Allard, [CA-34] - Phone: 202-225-1766 Fax: 202-226-0350
Rep Schmidt, Jean [OH-2] - Phone: 202-225-3164 Fax: 202-225-1992
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - Phone: 202-225-8020 Fax: 202-225-5915
Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - Phone: 202-225-5936 Fax: 202-225-1018
Rep Tsongas, Niki [MA-5] - Phone: 202-225-3411 Fax: 202-226-0771
Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - Phone: 202-225-4115 Fax: 202-225-5974
Rep Wilson, Joe [SC-2] - Phone: 202-225-2452 Fax: 202-225-2455
Rep Wittman, Robert J. [VA-1] - Phone: 202-225-4261 Fax: 202-225-4382

Target List for S.727 (Senate Bill)
Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] - Tel: (202) 224-6361 Fax: (202) 224-2126
Sen Bayh, Evan [IN] - Tel: (202) 224-5623 Fax: (202) 228-1377
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - Tel: (202) 224-2315 Fax: (202) 228-6321
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - Tel: 202-224-3441 Fax: 202-228-0514
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - Tel: (202) 224-2823 Fax: (202) 224-1083
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - Tel: (202) 224-2152 Fax: (202) 228-0400
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - Tel: (202) 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954
Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] - Tel: (202) 224-3934 Fax: (202) 224-6747
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - Tel: (202) 224-4654 Fax: (202) 224-8858
Sen Murkowski, Lisa [AK] - Tel: (202) 224-6665 Fax: (202) 224-5301
Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - Tel: (202) 224-4642 Fax: (202) 224-4680
Sen Rockefeller, John D. [WV] - Tel: (202) 224-6472 Fax: (202) 224-7665
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - Tel: (202) 224-5141 Fax: (202) 228-0776
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - Tel: (202) 224-6542 Fax: (202) 228-3027
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - Tel: (202) 224-5344 Fax: (202) 224-1946
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - Tel: (202) 224-4254 Fax: (202) 228-1229
Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - Tel: (202) 224-4822 Fax: (202) 228-0325
e-mail: senator@stabenow.senate.gov
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] - Tel: (202) 224-2921 Fax: (202) 228-6362

EVEN TAKING 10 MINUTES OUT OF YOUR TIME CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TO OUR HORSES! THEY NEED US AND THEY NEED OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD FOR THEM. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND TAKING THE TIME TO HELP OUT IN THE FIGHT FOR STOPPING HORSE SLAUGHTER.....

Are you doing all you can to make this world a better place to live in?

Thursday, April 2, 2009

STATE UPHOLDS BAN ON HORSE SLAUGHTER HOUSES IN ILLINOIS!

Dear Friends, It looks like we won this battle for now! Thanks for all of your hard work and your dedication to help defeat the opposition. Stay tuned for further strategy to help pass the Federal Bill. For those of you who have not learned yet, The Senate introduced S727, The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act!

Finally... enjoy the read (courtesy of cbs2chicago.com)

State Upholds Ban On Horse Slaughter houses

Slaughter house Used To Operate In DeKalb SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois House has rejected a push to overturn the state's ban on slaughtering horses for meat. Lawmakers approved the ban two years ago to shut down a slaughter house in DeKalb. But critics say it had the unintended consequence of increasing cruelty to horses. They say that without an affordable way to dispose of unwanted horses, some owners are neglecting or even abandoning their animals. Other owners are sending horses to Mexico, where they may not be slaughtered in a humane way. The legislation would have allowed horses to be slaughtered in Illinois so they could be sold as food overseas. The measure was failing 50-67 Wednesday when the sponsor halted the vote. This message was sent by:

Americans Against Horse Slaughter
1551 Willow Pond Dr.
Yardley, PA 19067

THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM ME: AFTER VIEWING THE LIVE FEED IN THE DEBATE OF ILLINOIS AND IT'S REPRESENTATIVES TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH WAY TO VOTE ON BILL HB583. I HAVE COME TO REALIZE ONE THING, NOT ALL THE REPRESENTATIVES KNOW A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HORSE SLAUGHTER AND HOW BRUTAL THE PROCESS IS, WHETHER IT'S HERE IN THE STATES OR IT IS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT HORSES BEING SLAUGHTERED HAVE A MORE HORRIFYING PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH. FROM THEIR RIDE IN THE TRUCKS, BEING TORCHURED BY SOME TRUCK HALERS TAKEN THEM TO THEIR DESTINATION, LACK OF WATER AND FOOD, NOT TO MENTION THE NEGLECT, ABUSE AND MISTREATMENT OF HORSES ON FEEDLOTS, WAITING TO GO TO SLAUGHTER. THESE REPRESENTATIVES HAVE TO BE TOLD THE TRUTHS OF HORSE SLAUGHTER, NOT FALSE FACTS GIVEN BY THEIR COLLEAGE REP. SACIA. SINCE HORSE SLAUGHTER WAS SHUTDOWN IN 2007 IN THE UNITED STATES, FACTS SHOW LESS ABUSE, NEGLECT AND THEFT OF HORSES IN THE UNITED STATES. IF PEOPLE WERE HELD MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF THEIR HORSES AND MADE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN THE CARE OF THEIR HORSES, THEN MAYBE THE PROBLEM WILL EVENTUALLY BE CORRECTED AND HORSE SLAUGHTER WON'T BE AN EXCUSE TO EXIST. HORSE SLAUGHTER IS NOT THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS WE FACE WITH OUR HORSES, IT'S SOME OF THE IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS AND LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THE ONE THING WE ARE UP AGAINST IS OVER-BREDING OF LARGE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ENCOURAGE OVER-BREDING AND ARE LINING THE POCKETS OF OUR CONGRESSMEN/WOMEN AND SENATORS TO KEEP HORSE SLAUGHTER IN EXISTANCE, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HAVE AN OUTLET OF THE OVER-BREDING OF HORSES AND JUST DISCARD THE ONES THAT ARE NOT WANTED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. SO BY ENDING HORSE SLAUGHTER IN THIS COUNTRY AND FROM BEING SENT OUT TO OTHER COUNTRIES, IT WILL HOLD PRIVATE OWNERS AND LARGE ORGANIZATIONS MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT ON THIS SUBJECT OR ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO SOLVE THE ISSUE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO MAKE A COMMENT HERE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN AND SUPPORT!


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