URGENT, YOUR HELP WILL TURN THE TIDE. (4/21/2001).

[Guest guest]

URGENT, YOUR HELP WILL TURN THE TIDE. (4/21/2001 ) :

 

 

1: WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP AFTER ABC'S SHOW ON

SAFARI CLUB KILLING MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES.

 

2: PLEASE HELP TO IMPROVE " ANIMAL WELFARE ACT "

(AWA) FUNDING TO PROTECT ANIMALS .

 

3: CLEAR CHANNEL COMM COURT HEARING POSTPONED.

 

4: JOB ANNOUNCEMENT : ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

for The Western Slope Environmental Resource Council

 

5: SOME GOOD BILLS WILL PREVENT ARCTIC NATIONAL

WILDLIFE REFUGEE FROM BEING DRILLED BY OIL

INDUSTRY : LET'S WRITE TO THE CONGRESS AGAIN!!!

 

SUPPORT H.R. 770, S. 411

OPPOSE H.R. 39, S. 388/ S. 389

 

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1: WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

AFTER ABC'S PRIME TIME SHOW

ON SAFARI CLUB KILLING MOST

ENDANGERED SPECIES :

 

-

" Wayne Pacelle "

Friday, April 20, 2001 8:38 PM

 

PLEASE :

 

a) Send your thanks to ABC News' Primetime for their

numerous recent reports on animal issues, (including

the Primetime story on trophy hunting and recent story

on cockfighting):

 

Leave a message of thanks for Primetime's Executive Producer

Bob Lang at

Tel: (212) 456-2020, OR send him a fax

Fax: (212) 456-6533,

OR E-mail through this web site:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/primetime/2020/Primetime_email_form.html

 

b) Also send your note of appreciation to:

 

Victor Neufeld,

Executive Producer, ABC News

147 Columbus Avenue, 10th Floor

New York, NY 10023-5900

 

For ABC World News Tonight, please visit the following

web site to voice your support for their reporting on

cockfighting:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/WorldNewsTonight/WNT_newemail_form.html

 

 

*** Note that the Safari Club is encouraging their

members and supporters to get in touch with ABC as

well. It would be very helpful for these ABC

executives to hear from those who support their

reporting on this important story.

 

c) Send a strong letter of disapproval to officials at

the Smithsonian Institution. Ask that they detach

themselves from Ken Behring's:

 

Smithsonian Institution

1000 Jefferson Drive SW

4th Floor

Washington, DC 20560-0043

Phone: (202) 357-1699 or (800) 931-3226

Fax: (202) 633-9816

E-mail: webmaster (@nmah.si.edu )

 

d) Please contact your United States Representative

and Senators and ask them to tell the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service to finalize the Service's proposed

rule to list all populations and subspecies of Argali

sheep as endangered under the Endangered Species Act

(three subspecies of the argali sheep are still listed

as being only threatened). This would stop the legal

importation of trophies from scores of Argalis killed

by American trophy hunters each year.

 

e) Also ask your U.S. Senators and Representative to

support legislation to ban " Canned Hunt " facilities in

the U.S. Although no bill numbers have been yet

assigned to the Canned Hunt bill this year, we expect

they will be introduced in Congress soon (stay tuned

to Humanelines and our website for news as the

legislation progresses).

 

Write to your Senator at:

The Honorable (full name)

U.S. Senate,

Washington, DC 20510.

 

AND

 

Write to your Representative at:

The Honorable (full name)

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515.

 

You can reach either your Senators or your

Representative by calling the Congressional

switchboard number, 202-224-3121

You can look up the names of your U.S. Senators and

Representative at: http://www.vote-smart.org

 

f) Spread the word! Let your friends and family know

about the kind of cruelties that the Safari Club and

the Smithsonian are involved in, and ask them to take

action to stop them as well!

 

Thanks again for your help and hard work in saving

animals. Every phone call and letter you make can

make a tremendous difference. Call us at 202/

955-3665 for more information on this issue.

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2: AWA ENFORCEMENT FUNDING : (from Huamanelines.)

 

Once again, we need your help to improve USDA's enforcement of Animal

Welfare Act requirements at puppy mills, laboratories, zoos, circuses,

airlines, and other facilities. Thanks to grassroots pressure, Congress

provided modest increases of $1 million in 1999 and $2 million in 2000 for

USDA's inspections program. But there are still far too few inspections

and follow-up prosecutions to ensure the safety and welfare of millions of

animals across the country. There are still only about 80 inspectors

responsible for checking approximately 10,000 facilities nationwide.

 

This year, please help us push for a $3.8 million increase in AWA

enforcement. This relatively small investment will make a real

difference for animals!

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Call your legislators (congressional switchboard: 202/ 225-3121) and

 

a) Urge your U.S. Representative to sign onto a group letter being

circulated in the House by Rep's. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Dennis Kucinich

(D-OH), addressed to the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee,

which expresses support for a $3.8 million increase for

Animal Welfare Act enforcement in the next fiscal year.

 

b) Urge your two Senators to sign onto the same group letter being

circulated in the Senate by Sen's. Rick Santorum (R-PA) and John Kerry

(D-MA). Last year, 78 Rep's. and 9 Sen's. signed letters asking for

increased AWA funding. Let's do even better this year! This single issue

will affect thousands and thousands of animals.

 

 

http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm

http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html

http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml

 

Write to US Senate Leaders :

http://www.senate.gov/learning/learn_leaders_leadership.html

 

Write to US House Leaders :

http://www.house.gov/house/orgs_pub_hse_ldr_www.html

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3:

COURT HEARING POSTPONED ON

CLEAR CHANNEL COMM.

 

-

Mlwspider (@aol.com )

Friday, April 20, 2001 8:57 PM

Court hearing POSTPONED

 

Hi Everyone:

 

ADAPTT has learned that Monday's (April 23) court hearing

has been changed to April 30th...9AM...Courtroom #22.

Melissa

 

http://www.adaptt.org/

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4: JOB ANNOUNCEMENT :

 

-

Rob Edward

Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1:24 PM

Job Announcement

 

WSERC Assistant Director

 

Assistant Director-The Western Slope Environmental Resource Council

is looking for a dedicated activist, ready to be a leader in a small

grassroots organization focused on protecting the environment and

small towns of Colorado's Western Slope. WSERC is based in rural

Paonia (home of High Country News), a fruit-growing and coal mining

town that is a long way from anywhere.

 

The Assistant Director is a full time position and will be

responsible for implementing our forest protection campaigns

(including oversight of a mapping project documenting illegal roads

on national forests); monitoring dams, diversions and water pollution

in the Gunnison River basin and assisting the Executive Director with

community issues, such as watchdogging local coal and gravel mines.

She or he will be part of a small team of activists and must work

with a wide array of people, from coal miners to hippies, cowboys to

county commissioners.

 

Qualifications: Experience in environmental advocacy and/or community

organizing and strong research, communication, and computer skills

are required. Must be a go-getter and a people person. Grant-writing,

knowledge of Colorado/Western enviro. issues and politics, GIS,

desktop publishing and web design are helpful.

 

Send cover letter, resume and references to:

Tara Thomas

Executive Director, WSERC,

PO Box 1612

Paonia, CO 81428,

tara (@wserc.org )

For the Wild,

 

Rob Edward

Program Director

Personal email: rob (@sinapu.org )

Main email: sinapu (@sinapu.org )

Website: http://www.sinapu.org

303.447.8655 (voice)

2260 Baseline Road, Suite 212

Boulder, CO 80302

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5 : SOME GOOD BILLS WILL HELP POTENTIAL

DISASTER OF ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGEE

TO BE DRILLED FOR OIL INDUSTRY :

 

PLEASE LET'S CONTACT U.S. CONGRESS AGAIN

ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE :

 

The following important bills will help to protect Arctic National

Wildlife Refugee. This time, please keep the letter very short.

 

The TWO KEY POINTS in your letter to Congress listed below :

 

 

1: PLEASE OPPOSE H.R. 39, S. 388/ S. 389

(Sponsors: Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-AK).

 

This legislation would establish a program for oil and gas exploration,

development, and production in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge,

which provides unique habitat for over 200 species, including caribou,

musk oxen, grizzly bears, wolves, snow geese, millions of

migratory birds, and polar bears .

 

2: PLEASE SUPPORT H.R. 770, S. 411

(Sponsors: Rep. Markey, Sen. Lieberman )

 

This pro-environment legislation would designate a key portion

of Arctic National Wildlife Refugee as " WILDERNESS " ,

protecting the home of species listed above .

 

 

(Note: to find more detail about each bill, click http://thomas.loc.gov )

 

 

CONTACT INFO FOR U.S. SENATORS :

 

a: First, please write/fax to ALL of the LEADERS in U.S. Senate

in both parties : (Dear Honorable Senator ....),

http://www.senate.gov/learning/learn_leaders_leadership.html

(please click each name and find " contact " . )

 

b: Please also contact your own two US Senators, Call/Fax them.

Always put your name and detail address in the letter and

sign as Constituent !)

http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm

(Address to : Dear Honorable Senator ......., )

 

c: Please copy the following entire list of US Senators :

 

ATTENTION: PLEASE DO NOT ABUSE THIS LIST.

Some recent research said many US Senators have already

given up reading their emails ! therefore the Postal mail ,

Phone Calls, Faxes are the most important tools)

 

Please Copy and Paste the following list into BCC field in your Email.

Then put your own email address in the TO field before you hit Send.

BE CAREFUL before you hit SEND, check everything correctly.

 

Please address to : Dear Senator , or : Dear Honorable Senator,

Remember, put your name , address and " U.S. Constituent " at the

end of the letter. This will reach to all of the US senators.

(note: it must have a comma between addresses. ) :

 

 

Senator,

senator,

senator.hutchinson,

blanche_lincoln,

info,

senator_mccain,

senator,

senator_allard,

administrator,

senator,

senator_lieberman,

senator,

comments,

bob_graham,

connie,

senator_max_cleland,

senator_coverdell,

senator,

senator,

chuck_grassley,

tom_harkin,

larry_craig,

dick,

senator_fitzgerald,

senator_lugar,

sam_brownback,

pat_roberts,

jim_bunning,

senator,

senator,

senator,

senator,

john_kerry,

senator,

john_kerry,

senator,

senator,

michigan,

senator,

michigan,

mail_grams,

senator,

john_ashcroft,

kit_bond,

senator,

senatorlott,

max,

conrad_burns,

senator,

jesse_helms,

senator,

senator,

chuck_hagel,

mailbox,

opinion,

frank_lautenberg,

senator_torricelli,

senator_bingaman,

senator_domenici,

senator,

senator_reid,

senator,

senator_dewine,

senator_voinovich,

jim_inhofe,

senator,

Oregon,

senator,

senator,

senator_specter,

senator_chafee,

jack,

senator,

senator,

tim_johnson,

senator_frist,

senator_thompson,

administrator,

senator,

senator,

senator_hatch,

senator_robb,

senator,

vermont,

senator_leahy,

senator_gorton,

senator_murray,

Russell_Feingold,

senator_kohl,

senator_byrd,

senator,

senator,

craig,

senator,

senator2,

comments,

senator,

tom_daschle,

senator_carnahan,

senator,

olympia,

phil_gramm,

senator,

senator,

senator,

tim,

tom_harkin,

webmaster,

historian,

curator,

info,

postmaster,

mailbox,

mailbox,

admin,

comments,

webmaster,

Year2000,

webmaster,

 

The following Senators need to send thru their websites :

 

http://murkowski.senate.gov/webmail.html

http://cantwell.senate.gov/mailform.html

http://bayh.senate.gov/WebMail.html

http://miller.senate.gov/email.html

http://www.senate.gov/~crapo/webform.html

http://grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm

 

 

d. : Write to the LEADERS of the US House both parties :

http://www.house.gov/house/orgs_pub_hse_ldr_www.html

 

 

e. : Write to your US Representative :

(The best way is to CALL/Fax them directly ! )

http://www.vote-smart.org/index.phtml

http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html

(Please address to: Dear Honorable Congressman........, )

Don't forget your name ,detail address and sign as " Constituent " .

(if you live in U.S. )

 

f. : Write to the following partial list of U.S. Representatives :

Same as above ,place them in BCC field :

(Address to: Dear Congressman, or Dear Honorable Congressman,)

note: It must have comma between addresses.

(The following addresses has : @mail.house.gov )

 

adam.smith,

albert.wynn,

alcee.pubhastings,

amo.houghton,

annagram,

asa.hutchinson,

ask.gene,

ask.heather,

ask.helen,

Baldacci

Barbara.Cubin,

Barbara.lee,

barr.ga,

bart.gordon,

ben,

bernie,

bill.luther

bill.mccollum,

bill.pascrell,

bishop.email,

blunt,

bob.clement,

bob.etheridge,

Bob.riley,

bobby.rush,

bobney,

bobwise,

bozrah,

brad.sherman,

brian.baird,

brian.bilbray,

budget,

budmail,

c.pickering,

callearl,

campbell,

cannon.ut03,

cass.ballenger,

cbass,

christopher.cox,

christopher.john,

Cong.Merrill.Cook,

congjones,

congmcintyre,

congressman.cooksey,

congressman.issa

cstearns,

cubin.webmaster

curtpa07,

cymck,

dana ,

danny.davis,

darlene,

davecamp,

david.bonior,

david.phelps,

david.price,

david.wu,

dearsue,

debbie.stabenow,

degette,

delauro.ct03,

delaware,

dennis.moore,

dhastert,

dkildee,

Donald.Payne,

Donna.Green

doolittle,

doug.ose ,

dunnwa08,

eclayton1,

ed.pastor,

ed.royce,

ed.whitfield,

edolphus.towns,

ehrlich,

ellen.tauscher,

ernest.fletcher,

faleomavaega

fl01,

fl09,

fla15,

floyd.spence,

frank.mascara,

Frank.Pallone,

franksnj,

ga06 ,

gary.condit,

gene.taylor,

George.Miller-Pub,

George.Miller ,

George.nethercutt-pub,

george.radanovich,

gephardt,

gil.gutknecht,

gloria.charlie,

grace,

greg.walden,

guamtodc ,

henry.bonilla,

Howard.Berman,

howard.coble,

ike.skelton,

istook,

j.shadegg,

jack.kingston,

jack.metcalf,

james.mcgovern,

jan.schakowsky,

Jay.Inslee ,

jay.inslee,

jclyburn,

jdhayworth ,

JER,

jerrold.nadler,

jerry.moran,

jerry.weller,

jerry4wi,

jfc.il12,

 

 

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Thanks so much for your kindness, compassion and help.