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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT--PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW IN CALIFORNIA

 

VOTE NO on PROPOSITION 64 this November if you care about stopping

corporations from torturing animals!!

 

Proposition 64 will take away the right of private parties to sue

corporations for unfair business practices. Since animals do not have legal

standing (meaning they do not have the right to sue or be sued), and since

district attorneys rarely enforce animal cruelty laws against corporations,

concerned individuals and groups need legal standing to sue when

corporations break such laws. Proposition 64 would take that right away.

 

The landmark lawsuit filed by the Animal Protection & Rescue League

(www.APRL.org) and In Defense of Animals (www.IDAUSA.org) against Sonoma

Foie Gras seeking an injunction to stop them from force feeding ducks to

the point of organ rupture and death is based on unfair business practices.

Similar cases in the future will not be allowed if Proposition 64 passes.

Sonoma Foie Gras was so scared by this lawsuit that it neutralized their

opposition to SB1520, a bill now waiting to be signed by the governor that

will outlaw not only the production but even the sale of foie gras (force

fed duck liver) after a phaseout period.

 

Simply put, if you care about animals, get registered to vote and get to

the ballot box this November to vote NO on Proposition 64. California's

unique unfair business practices statute has already resulted in

unprecedented gains in protecting animals from torture and can do a lot

more. Much else is at stake too: the environment, endangered species, and

other victims of unfair business practices that will no longer be defended

in court against greedy people hiding behind a corporate veil.

 

See www.ElectionWatchDog.org for more information on why you should vote

against Proposition 64, and tell all your friends, family, co-workers and

everyone you know. There are thousands of people on these email lists and

together we can make a difference if everyone votes!

 

NOTE TO OTHER NONPROFITS: If you run a nonprofit animal protection group,

you are NOT violating your tax exempt status by telling people to vote

against Proposition 64 unless you spend over 5% of your budget in doing so.

Therefore, you have an obligation to take the very easy step of notifying

all of your members about this important vote. See

http://www.cnmsocal.org/ForNonprofits/FAQLobbying.html#3 for more

information on the types of lobbying that are permitted.

 

Animal Protection & Rescue League

3707 5th Ave. #404

San Diego, CA 92103

(619) 269-6393

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