Fwd: Calif. Reminder and Update: Emergency Lobby Day for the Animals

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody! Just to remind everyone, Tues is a BIG

animal bill day in Sacramento. We just got back from

Animal Care Expo in Reno and talked quite a bit with

the HSUS folks. The bill that we have the best chance

with is the hound hunting bill. The HSUS folks are

desperate to pack the room with animal people to keep

out the hunters and asked us to be there as early as

possible (7 am!). If any one is interested in going

with us, we will be trying to leave San

Leandro/Oakland area at 5:30 am & we can take 2

people. If you can't go, please try to make phone

calls on Mon.

 

Kris

 

This is an abbreviated forward from Fund for Animals:

 

> Please attend the hearings in Sacramento on April

> 8th!

 

> If you are already planning on attending, please

> note the following

> changes: we are now asking everyone to arrive at

> 7:30AM sharp (that's

> when the Capitol opens) and go directly to the 6th

> Floor Cafeteria to

> receive critical information about the hearings. If

> you arrive after

> 8:30AM, please go directly to one of the hearing

> rooms listed below.

> Which room will depend on the time you arrive. The

> sooner the better!

 

 

> Hope you can join us...

>

> HELP SAVE MILLIONS OF ANIMALS BY

> ATTENDING HEARINGS IN SACRAMENTO ON THE MORNING OF

> APRIL 8TH!

>

> Rarely do we have a chance to make a difference

> for so many animals in just one day...

>

>

> Hearings are being held at the State Capitol

> Building on several

> critical bills and it is absolutely imperative that

> animal advocates

> are there in force. If these bills are passed,

> millions of animals

> would be saved from unspeakable cruelty related to

> hound hunting,

> gestation and veal crates, rodeos, and cockfighting.

>

>

> Join Wayne Pacelle of The Humane Society of the

> United States and Gene

> Bauston of Farm Sanctuary and other activists from

> around the state to

> attend these hearings.

>

> Opponents are planning to turn out 1,000 hunters to

> oppose the hound

> hunting bill. It is vitally important that the

> legislators see a room

> overflowing with animal advocates wearing pro-animal

> legislation

> stickers so please get there early -- by 7:30AM --

> so the room is

> filled with us rather than the hunters. Rooms are

> reserved at a nearby

> hotel if you want to spend the night in Sacramento

> on April 7th.

 

> A) Contact Your Legislators!

>

> It is also critical that we flood our legislators'

> offices with calls

> from constituents about these bills. Call

> (916)322-9900 to find the

> names of your State Assembly Member and State

> Senator and their

> contact information. Call your assembly member about

> the these three

> bills listed below (A.B. 732, A.B. 885, and A.B.

> 342) and call your

> senator about the cockfighting bill (S.B. 732).

>

> B) 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 7:30AM.

>

> 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 s/he is unable

> to turn around

> freely, lie down with his/her legs and neck

> outstretched, and free to

> groom him/herself.

>

> 9:00AM, Room 4202, Assembly Arts, Entertainment,

> Sports, Tourism, and

> Internet Media Committee

> A.B. 885, The Rodeo Bill, requires 14 days

> notification to animal

> control that rodeo is coming. It also lowers the

> number of events in

> the definition of " rodeo, " which will add charreadas

> (Mexican style

> rodeos) to the rodeos that must require a

> veterinarian to be on call.

>

> 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.

>

> 10:00AM, Room 4202, 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.

> Additional information about the bills will be

> distributed on the bus

> and at the state capitol.

 

> Carpool from the Bay Area

>

> If there is sufficient interest in carpooling, a

> meeting time and

> location may be established in the early morning in

> the Bay Area.

> IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE BUS OR HOTEL AND WANT

> THE DETAILS, please

> contact Beth Rosen, Grassroots Coordinator for The

> Humane Society of

> the United States, at brosen or

> 202-955-3672. Everyone

> interested in taking the bus to Sacramento must

> contact Beth immediately.

>

> D) Also...

>

> Be sure to sign in for each bill. The sign-up sheet

> will ask for your

> name and address and whether you support or oppose

> the bills (support!).

> Dress appropriately. Wear what you would normally

> wear to a business

> meeting, religious service, lunch with your

> grandmother, etc. A good

> impression can only help the animals.

> Be polite. It is critical that you remain calm and

> thoughtful under

> any conditions. Being outwardly disrespectful to the

> opponents or the

> legislators will hurt the animals because the

> decision makers will

> focus on your behavior rather than our important

> pro-animal message.

>

> FOR MORE INFORMATION

>

> If you need further information, please contact

> Katherine Bragdon,

> Director of Ballot Campaigns for The Humane Society

> of the United

> States, at kbragdon and she will send

> your question to the

> appropriate person. Please also let Katherine know

> if you would like

> to be added to a database of people who are

> interested in the

> potential California ballot initiative to ban

> gestation crates --

> these crates essentially keep pregnant pigs in one

> position for four

> years.

 

 

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" The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its

animals are treated. " -Mahandas Gandhi

 

 

 

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