pro-animal legislation (a little more info)

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AB 732 by Assemblywoman Loni Hancock Farm Animal Confinement Support

Prohibits the confinement of pigs in gestation crates and calves in crates (such

as veal calves). Next Hearing: Assembly Public Safety Committee on April 8, and

then Assembly Agriculture Committee.

Tell the legislators that pigs and calves deserve the basic right to move

around freely in their enclosures. Write to: Your Assembly Member and

Assemblyman Mark Leno, Chair, Assembly Public Safety Committee. Also send a

letter of support to the author. Other committee members are: Assembly Members

Jay La Suer (Vice Chair), Rudy Bermudez, Jackie Goldberg, Paul Koretz, John

Longville, and Todd Spitzer.

 

AB 1190 by Assemblyman Joe Nation Mourning Doves Support

Prohibits the hunting of mourning doves and white wing doves. Next Hearing:

Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee on April 8.

Tell the legislators that doves are too small to eat and are killed simply as

moving targets. Write to: Your Assembly Member and Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla,

Chair, Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. Also send a letter of

support to the author. See AB 342 for other committee members.

 

AB 342 by Assemblyman Paul Koretz amended 3/27/03 Hound Hunting Support

Prohibits the hunting of bears and bobcats with hounds. Next Hearing: Assembly

Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee on April 8.

Tell the legislators that dogs chasing bears or bobcats results in fear,

injuries and death to both dogs and the wildlife. Write to: Your Assembly Member

and Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla, Chair, Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife

Committee. Also send a letter of support to the author. Other committee members

are: Assembly Members Rick Keene (Vice Chair), Patty Berg, Rudy Bermudez, Ellen

Corbett, Lynn Daucher, Mervyn Dymally, Dario Frommer, Jackie Goldberg, Shirley

Horton, Christine Kehoe, Tim Leslie, Alan Lowenthal, Barbara Matthews, Kevin

McCarthy, Nicole Parra, Fran Pavley, George Plescia, Todd Spitzer, and Lois

Wolk.

 

SB 732 by Senator Nell Soto Cockfighting Support

Increases the penalty for cockfighting from a misdemeanor to a possible felony.

Next Hearing: Senate Public Safety Committee on April 8.

Tell the legislators that not only is cockfighting horribly cruel but it is

responsible for the spread of Newcastle Disease. Write to: Your State Senator

and Senator Bruce McPherson, Chair, Senate Public Safety Committee. Also send a

letter of support to the author. Other committee members are: Senators John

Vasconcellos (Vice Chair), John Burton, Bob Margett, Gloria Romero, and Byron

Sher.

 

The Bills, and Location and Times of the Hearings

 

All hearings will be held at the Capitol Building on 10th Street and L Street in

Sacramento. Activists should arrive at the capitol by 7:00AM.

 

8:00AM, Room 437, Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee

A.B. 342, the Hounding Bill, will stop trophy hunters from using packs of

radio-collared hounds to chase and kill black bears and bobcats. There are more

bears killed by hound hunters in California than in any other state in the

country.

 

A.B. 1190, the Dove Hunting Bill, will prohibit dove hunting. Millions of doves

are killed each year in California and statistics show that more than 20% of

doves shot by hunters are wounded and not retrieved.

 

9:00AM, Room 126, Assembly Public Safety Committee

A.B. 732, the Veal Crate and Gestation Crate Bill, will prohibit confining or

tethering a pig during pregnancy so that she is unable to turn around freely, or

a calf so that he is unable to turn around freely, lie down with his legs and

neck outstretched, and free to groom himself.

 

9:30AM, Room 4203, Senate Public Safety Committee

S.B. 732, the Cockfighting Bill, will increase the penalty for cockfighting from

a misdemeanor to a penalty of up to three years in prison and a fine of up to

$20,000. Even though this brutal practice is illegal in California, tens of

thousands of operations exist in this state because the current laws are not

strong enough to deter cockfighters.

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" Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do Something. Anything. "

~Sasha

 

" 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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