Guest guest Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 This e-mail is regarding an issue specific to California. If you care about the bludgeoning to death of baby kangaroos, please consider sending these e-mails and making calls. Thanks, Jack PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY NEW ALERT WITH NEW CONTACTS - PLEASE SEE BELOW! MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE INCLUDE THOSE FROM LA, SAN DIEGO, SAN JOSE AREA and SACRAMENTO! Senate Bill 233 that would repeal the current penal code that prohibits the sale of kangaroo, crocodile & alligator skins/body parts in California (currently, the sale of these skins is a violation of California State Law) is up for a hearing on MARCH 25. BELOW IS A LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS. PLEASE CONTACT THEM NOW! Ask them to OPPOSE SB233 (more details below). Be sure to let them know if you are a constituent. Some major cities are represented! Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee All letters can be sent to: State Capitol Room (see numbers below for each room number) Sacramento, CA 95814 Chair, Senator Sheila Kuehl (Represents Los Angeles area) 916/445-1353 916/324-4823 fax Room 4032 Senator.Kuehl If her e-mail is not working, please contact: carrie.mcneil Senator Thomas " Rico " Oller (Represents areas such as: Lassen, Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Yuba, Nevada, Placer counties) 916/445-5788 Room 5064 Senator.Oller Senator Dede Alpert (Represents San Diego area) 916/445-3952 Room 5050 Senator.Alpert Senator Debra Bowen (Represents Redondo Beach area) 916/445-5953 Room 4040 Senator.Bowen Senator Jeff Denham (District covers some of the Central Valley) 916/445-1392 916/445-0773 fax Room 4062 Senator.Denham Sponsor of the bill (please be sure to send him a polite letter) Senator Dennis Hollingsworth (Represents Riverside area) 916/445-9781 916/447-9008 (fax) Room 2048 senator.hollingsworth Senator Deborah Ortiz (Represents Sacramento area) 916/445-7807 Room 5114 Senator.Ortiz Senator Byron Sher (Represents Stanford area) 916/445-6747 Room 2082 Senator.Sher Senator Tom Torlakson (Represents Antioch area) 916/445-6083 Room 5061 Senator.Torlakson On February 14, 2003 California State Senator Hollingsworth introduced SB233 - a bill that would repeal the current law. Late last year, Viva!USA began contacting activists and officials about prosecuting Adidas for the sale of kangaroo skinned soccer cleats in our state. We were hoping to find someone to enforce this law. Now that law is in jeopardy of being changed! We need your voices to help make sure it stays as is! SB 233 has been referred to the Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee. The hearing has not yet been scheduled. It is expected to occur in late March. What you can do: Write the Senators listed above ASAP. If you can make it to Sacramento on March 25 to simply voice your opposition, please contact Viva! (information below). Points to include: - Kangaroos are being killed by the millions in Australia to help make products such as soccer cleats and they are being sold here in California. If SB 233 passes then essentially it will seem as if Californians support this slaughter. This bill serves as our way of taking a stance against this bloody massacre. -Kangaroos have been protected in California since 1970 - there is no reason for them to be deleted from this list. If you send a letter, please send a copy to us at either info or to Viva!, P.O. Box 4398, Davis, CA 95617. For more information about our campaign against Adidas' use of kangaroo skins see: http://www.vivausa.org/Campaigns/Kangaroo/adidas.htm Thank you! Viva!USA www.vivausa.org info 530/759-8482 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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