Major Victories for Animals!!

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Perhaps the greatest victory is the passing of Amendment 10 in Florida, which

BANS the use of gestation crates for pigs!! Hundreds of activists worked so hard

on this. Bravo to all of them!

 

The unofficial results below are current as of midnight Eastern Standard Time

with partial precincts reporting.

 

ARIZONA -- VICTORY! -- Proposition 201 failing 20-80 -- to expand gambling at

greyhound racing tracks and provide a new revenue stream for this abusive

industry. Animal protection groups oppose the greyhound industry because of its

mistreatment and killing of dogs. Thousands of surplus dogs are culled every

year by the cheapest -- and often cruelest -- methods available, including

gunshots and bludgeoning. For more information on Prop 201, see:

www.greyhoundcentral.org

 

FLORIDA -- VICTORY! -- Amendment 10 passing 55-45 -- to ban the use of gestation

crates on pig factory farms. Gestation crates are tiny, two foot by seven foot

cages in which pregnant pigs are housed for almost all of their brief existence.

The crates are so small that confined pigs can't even turn around, and they

suffer from a variety of physical and psychological ailments as a result. In

supporting Amendment 10, the St. Petersburg Times has asked, " who would argue

that stopping animal cruelty and protecting the state from an environmental

disaster are not worthy subjects? " For more information on Amendment 10, see:

www.bancruelfarms.org

 

GEORGIA -- VICTORY! -- Amendment 6 passing 71-29 -- to create a special

spay/neuter license plate to help fund low-cost companion animal sterilization

programs in the state. Every year, tens of thousands of dogs and cats are killed

in animal shelters in Georgia simply because there are not enough homes for

them. Still others eke out a miserable existence as strays, suffering from

disease, starvation, and exposure to the elements. Nineteen other states already

have a special animal-friendly license plate and have raised millions of dollars

to help end the tragedy of companion animal overpopulation and the suffering it

causes. For more information on Amendment 6, see:

www.humaneassociationofgeorgia.org/license_plate.htm

 

OKLAHOMA -- VICTORY! -- State Question 687 passing 55-45 -- to outlaw

cockfighting and make Oklahoma the 48th state to ban the practice. Oklahoma is

one of only three states where cockfighting is legal. Oklahoma Governor Frank

Keating, in endorsing SQ 687, stated, " Cockfighting is cruel; it promotes

illegal gambling and is simply embarrassing to Oklahoma to be seen as one of

only a tiny handful of locations outside of the Third World where this activity

is legal. " For more information on SQ 687, see: www.bancockfighting.org

 

OKLAHOMA -- VICTORY! -- State Question 698 failing 45-55 -- to amend the

Oklahoma Constitution by increasing the number of signatures needed to qualify

an initiative to promote the welfare of animals. It would nearly double the

number of signatures needed for a measure on that subject. The Daily Oklahoman

has called SQ 698 " shameful " and " dishonest, " and The Tulsa World has said, " we

hope Oklahoma voters will have more sense than their elected representatives and

see this unfair and extreme measure for what it is: an attempt to interfere with

voting rights and undermine the very democratic principles that this country was

founded on. " For more information on SQ 698, see: www.bancockfighting.org

 

WEST VIRGINIA -- No results available on Sunday hunting -- which was on the

ballot in six West Virginia counties. In Cabell, Hardy, Kanawha, Putnam,

Webster, and Wirt counties, voters were asked if they want to allow hunting on

Sundays. In the May 2002 primary elections, Sunday hunting was overwhelmingly

defeated in all 35 counties in which it appeared on the ballot. Numerous

organizations and individuals in West Virginia, including the Farm Bureau,

equestrians, and wildlife watchers, have spoken out in opposition to Sunday

hunting. For more information, see: www.fund.org/uploads/WestVirginia.htm

 

 

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" As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no

peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell

together. " ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

" The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for

humans anymore than black people were made for whites or women for men. " ~Alice

Walker

 

" Nonviolence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution.

Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. " ~Thomas

Edison

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