Help Needed to Make Bestiality Illegal in Missouri [zoo]

[Guest guest]

Forwarded by Mike Rolland

ASAIRS Administrator and information coordinator

http://members.aol.com/animalsav

 

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JudithMyers (Judith Myers)

 

(PLEASE CROSSPOST)

 

Below are two pieces run in " The River Front Times " , a local St. Louis

Newspaper. They discuss the issue of bestiality and how it is legal in

MO, and further tell about a local animal welfare lobby group (MAAL)

trying to introduce a bill to make this act illegal in Missouri. The

articles further states how Missouri Legislators are avoiding to sponsor

this proposed bill due to its nature.

 

Here are links to the online articles:

 

http://www.rftstl.com/issues/1999-12-15/ray.html?elink

http://www.rftstl.com/issues/1999-12-15/news2.html?elink

 

I urge people to contact Missouri Legislators and reference these

articles and ask they why Bestiality is still legal in MO and urge them

to help make it illegal by sponsoring and passing a bill to do so.

 

This page has the contact info for Missouri Legislators including email

addresses:

 

http://www.house.state.mo.us/home.htm

 

You can also reference the HSUS's page outlining bestiality laws in the

United States and ask them to be the 25th state to have laws making

bestiality illegal. The HSUS's pages on this is at:

 

http://www.hsus.org/current/sexabuse_intro.html

http://www.hsus.org/current/state_laws.html

 

Furthermore, if you reside outside of Missouri you can also contact the

Tourist Bureau and inform them that due to the lack of legislation on

this issue, you will not visit Missouri in the future until legislation

is enacted to outlaw Bestiality. And that you would be afraid to travel

through the state with your pet due to this act being legal.

 

A link to the Division of Tourism in Missouri can be found on this page:

 

http://www.piperinfo.com/state/slmo.html

 

A long with links to other State Officials, Counties, Cities, etc.

 

Besides the state tourism division, the main tourist areas in Missouri

would be the cities of Branson, St. Louis, Kansas City and Hannibal (all

of which should have their own tourist offices)

 

Please help make the Act of Bestiality Illegal in Missouri.

 

Thank You,

 

Judy and Greg Myers

 

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(EXAMPLE LETTER TO LEGISLATORS)

 

 

Dear __________,

 

I have recently read two recent online articles in the River Front

Times, a St. Louis Based Newspaper, and was appalled to find out that

Bestiality is still legal in your state.

 

These articles stated that no legislators, as of that date, wanted to

sponsor a Bill proposed by the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation

to make Bestiality Illegal in Missouri. They even quoted a legislator

stating " He would not touch hat with a ten foot pole " . If 24 other

states have a law making this illegal, why doesn't Missouri?

 

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has deemed

zoophilia/bestiality (sexual abuse to animals) a serious issue to address.

If they can take this disgusting act seriously, why don't legislators in

Missouri. Would

you think differently if you caught someone in your backyard having sex

with (raping) your pet?

 

Remember, Missouri is now internationally known as the Bestiality State

due to such shows as the banned Jerry Springer Show titled " I Married My

Horse " and a recent documentary in the UK titled " Animal Passions " , both

of which featured a man named Mark Mathews (real name George Willard)

who resided in Carl Junction, MO until his recent death. George openly

kept his Horse Pixel in his trailer and said she was his wife, and even

boasted world-wide how having sex with her was legal in Missouri and no

one could do anything about it.

 

There are many others like George in Missouri, please help make this

illegal in your State!!

 

(**If You Live Outside of MO, you can include something on these lines:

 

I further will not travel to or visit your state while Bestiality still

remains legal and I will encourage others to do the same.**)

 

Thank You,

 

(your name here)

 

 

P.S. If you or your staff have internet access the River Front Times

Articles can be viewed at:

 

http://www.rftstl.com/issues/1999-12-15/ray.html?elink

http://www.rftstl.com/issues/1999-12-15/news2.html?elink

 

* The HSUS's pages at:

http://www.hsus.org/current/sexabuse_intro.html

http://www.hsus.org/current/state_laws.html

* Three other informative pages here:

 

http://members.aol.com/~animalsav/

http://home.earthlink.net/~asairs

http://members.tripod.com/~judymyers/zoolaw.html

[Guest guest]

How sick! I will write a letter ASAP! And to think this is my state...

Sickened in Mo.,

Lori

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/28/1999 4:48:00 PM, IsomWaves writes:

 

>How sick! I will write a letter ASAP! And to think this is my state...

>Sickened in Mo.,

>Lori

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Thank you Lori, you might also contact my assistant who lives in your state

and is working hard on this issue!!

The ASPCA and MAAL are involved now there.

 

 

judithmyers

 

We both have a huge list of MO state legislators we have mailed, I also sent

every one of them a FAQ on this abuse:

 

wmueller

ayeckel

bkenney

bsims01

dchilder

dklarich

dstaples

equick

fflotron

hwiggins

jbanks

jhowar01

jmathews

jmaxwell

jrusse01

jscott

kjacob

lrohrbac

mbland01

msinglet

mwestfal

pkinder

rbentley

rdepasco

sehlmann

sgraves

sjohns01

ssteelma

sstoll

thouse

wclay01

wgoode