Protect you dog/cat from being stolen-support Pet Protection and Safety Act

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HBO's documentary " Dealing Dogs " showed that Class B dog dealers routinely steal

pets from back yards and sell them to research labs.  Please urge your US

Representative and Senator to co-sponsor & vote for important proposed

legislation to protect our beloved pets from a life of torture.  If the below

contact links don't work, go to www.house.gov and www.senate.gov.  Thanks. 

Margaret

 

Support Bill to Spare Dogs and Cats From Torture in Labs

 

Dear Margaret,

 

Our nation and its animals urgently need your voice today. As you may know,

animal dealers are part of a complex network that supplies an endless stream of

animals to “research� facilities. 

 

What the federal government calls “Class B� dealers obtain dogs and cats

from “random sources,� including animal shelters, auction sales, and “free

to good home� advertisements. For a nominal fee, anyone can obtain a USDA

Class B dealer license. Few are willing to cut their profits by providing

medical attention for sick or injured animals—the abundance of new arrivals

makes mortalities “affordable.� Legislation that would prohibit the sale of

“random source� dogs and cats for vivisection—The Pet Safety and

Protection Act—has been introduced in Congress. Today, please ask your U.S.

representative and senators to support this bill and help put an end to the

abduction and abuse of beloved animals.

 

You can view the legislation—known as S. 714 in the Senate and H.R. 1280 in

the House of Representatives—and see if your legislators are backing it by

searching for those bill numbers here.

 

Tell your representative that you stand behind H.R. 1280. Urge your senators to

lend their support to S. 714.

 

Please forward this message to others who might be willing to lend their voices

to this important issue.

 

Thank you for your compassion for animals and for your willingness to act.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

Dan Paden, Researcher

Domestic Animal and Wildlife Rescue & Information Department

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

 

" Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. "

~Albert Schweitzer