Guest guest Posted June 25, 2001 Report Share Posted June 25, 2001 HUMANE SLAUGHTER ACT PART ONE Dear Caring friend , The Humane Slaughter Act is NOT enforced ! From some of the local slaughter houses, they carelessly revealed that they never even have any " stunning " equipment at all to render the animals into " unconsciousness " before dismembering the animals . Even if some of them have the stunning equipment , it is old and futile .. Therefore, the atrocities in the slaughterhouses are widespread in this country. They dismember animals alive, skin and scald them alive too. Please, let's all work hard to push the Humane Slaughter Act to be enforced. It is not only the cruelty in IBP slaughterhouse but also the cruelty all over the nation. The Prosecutor in Washington State " REFUSED " to prosecute the IBP company. The Meat industry has connections with people from top to bottom, from the US Congress down to the Department of Agriculture and the State level. We also urge you to make private visits to your local slaughterhouses if you can to see how they kill thousands of animals a day. Unite with many of your local animal rights groups in your State and write a Complaint report to Senate Agriculture Committee, Judiciary Committee, Ethics Committee. Also bring it up to your State Agriculture Committee and Justice Committee as well as local media too. For this most important issue, we would like to divide into a couple of emails for the things you can help. This Part One includes two steps : STEP A: Send a Thanks notes to Senator Fitzgerald. STEP B: Send this most important letter to the Senate Leaders as well as the entire U.S. Senate. YOU MUST REMEMBER SIGN YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS IN ALL CONTACTS, EMAILS, LETTERS !!! Thanks so much for your caring, kindness and urgent help. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ STEP A: Please , let's send a " Thank you " letter to Senator Fitzgerald to initiate a bill " S. Con. Res. 45 " to urge the USDA to strengthen enforcement of the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958 and to prevent the needless suffering of animals: It would be better you can CALL or send a FAX to him. To make a phone CALL to him is highly recommended in this case. Senator Peter Fitzgerald 555 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Tel: 202-224-2854 (in USA ) EMAIL: senator_fitzgerald (@fitzgerald.senate.gov ) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ STEP B: This is going to be a very important letter to Congress : SAMPLE LETTER : FROM: Your name, Your address, City, State, zip. SUBJECT: 1: Please SUPPORT and CO-SPONSOR S. Con. Res. 45 bill. To strengthen enforcement of the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958. 2: Please increase the funding for animals slaughtering Inspection in all of the more than 6000 slaughterhouses nationwide to insure that the Humane Slaughter Act is really enforced. Dear Senator , In light of the recent many articles addressing the Human Slaughter Act not being enforced, I'm urging you to SUPPORT and CO-SPONSOR the " S. Con. Res. 45 " introduced by Senator Peter Fitzgerald which urges the USDA to strengthen enforcement of the Humane Slaughter Act of 1958. I also urge you to greatly increase the funding urgently needed for Inspection of animals slaughtering in all of the 6000 slaughterhouses nationwide. (Please review References # 1, " They Die Piece by Piece " and the important Reference # 4 , " Slaughterhouse " by Gail Eisnitz. and Reference # 3 ) The Humane Slaughter Act is not enforced. It is a widespread daily national tragedy. Many of the local area slaughterhouses have been revealing that they never even had any " stunning " device at all. They said they simply chop the animals heads off while they are completely conscious. Some say that the stunning machine is old and useless and it is not enough to completely render animals unconscious before skining and dismembering the animals. All of the State's anti animal cruelty laws purposely exclude the farm animals ( " food animals " ) cruelty. However, each year in the U.S. alone, there are TEN BILLIONS (10 billions) of food animals are slaughtered , which represents more than 90 % of all animals in the United States. There are more than six thousand (6000) slaughterhouses in the U.S. (see References # 2 ) " Most of our inspectors have little to no access to those areas of the plants where animals are being handled and slaughtered. The most brutal of these violations were caused by ineffective stunning -- causing cattle to be dismembered and hogs to be scalded while still conscious. " said Arthur Hughes, President of the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals in the recent interview. Dave Carney, an USDA meat Inspector for nearly two decades in both red meat and poultry plants and was Chairman of the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals, signed Affidavits and stated in 1998 when interviewed with the most recognized Slaughterhouse Expert Gail Eisnitz (see Reference # 4 ) : " There is problem with enforcing Humane Slaughter Act. That's because these large slaughtering operations are primarily concerned with productivity and Profits. They are not even killing animals. They are " disassembling " them. To keep production line moving fast, uncooperative animals are beaten, they have prods poked in their faces and up their rectums, they have bones broken and eyeballs poked out... Some animals are simply beaten to death... Some even reach various stages of the slaughtering process alive. They have their hooves cut off, parts of their bung and their cavities opened ......The inspectors are required to enforce humane regulations on 'paper' only. The Inspectors I talk to are from all over the country, it is an everyday occurrence clear across the United States. It occurs in swine. It occurs in beef. It occurs in calves. Sheep. All species ! The Humane Slaughter Act is a regulation on paper only. It is not being enforced. " . (see Reference # 4 ) According to the most recent reports , the killing rate has been pushed between 260 cattle to 309 cattle PER HOUR on the assembly killing line in the large slaughterhouses . The KILLING LINE never stops because it may affect the company's " production " rate of converting sentient animals to meat patty ! The workers complained to the outside that the company does not even give them enough " time " to " kill " . Therefore, they have no choice but to dismember animals alive ! The US meat industry has been committing the most sadistic, unimaginable atrocities and animal cruelty nationwide in its daily operating activities. (see Reference # 1, # 5) The current " Humane Slaughter Act " is not only " Not Enforced " but also has long become the " Cover Up " for the meat industry. The Agriculture Committee in the U.S. Congress has been pushing the " production " for the meat industry's profits very greatly while they are also supposed to protect the nation's each year Ten Billions of sentient, unfortunate " food animals " to prevent the atrocities in more than 6000 slaughterhouses in U.S. These two primary functions are in fact truly conflicting of interests to be handled by the same Committee in the U.S. Congress. Most often times, the Agriculture Committee in US Congress simply neglects billions of animals pain and suffering despite the public outcry and plea ! The conflict of interests has been the darkest page in the US Congress. Also while the USDA is promoting for meat industry's profits, it is also supposed to enforce the Humane Slaughter Act. Again, the conflict interests exists greatly in USDA too. Many of the USDA officers went to work for the meat industry after they retire from USDA. The USDA had long become the extension for the American meat industry. Nearly all of the USDA high officers in the meat Inspection section defend for meat industry at all times. They deny any cruelty existing in any of the slaughterhouses so that it would not jeopardize their future consulting job in the meat industry ! To overhaul the meat Inspection section in USDA is very long overdue. (Please review References # 4). Lately, it is even more difficult to enforce the Humane Slaughter Act due to the budget cut in the Slaughterhouse inspections while the Congress is continuously funding for meat industry's profits. As a very concerned Constituent, I'm strongly urging the Congress to immediately increase the funding for the Slaughtering Inspection. Again, I urge you to SUPPORT and CO-SPONSOR the S. Con. Res. 45 introduced by Senator Peter Fitzgerald. Thanks. Sincerely, Name, Address, City, State, Zip U.S. CONSTITUENTS. P.S. : Important References : 1: " They Die Piece By Piece " by Washington Post : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60798-2001Apr9.html http://www.hfa.org/adTwo.html http://www.hfa.org/campaign.html 2: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53661-2001Apr7.html 3: a: Resolved: Congress Should Enforce the Humane Slaughter Act http://www.hsus.org/programs/government/hsares061301.html b: To get a detail look of the bill number : S. Con. Res. 45 please click : http://thomas.loc.gov/ , Enter bill number , Search. 4: Please click the important site : http://www.hfa.org/slaughterhouse.html " Slaughterhouse " by Gail Eisnitz., 1998. Ms. Eisnitz is the National most recognized Slaughterhouse investigation expert. She is also a Senior investigator for Humane Farming Association. http://www.hsus.org ) 5: http://www.hfa.org/adOne.html http://www.hfa.org/campaign.html http://www.meat.org/holocaust.htm http://www.meatstinks.com/VegKit/meetmeat.html (******** Letter Ends here ***********) ================================================ CONTACT INFORMATION : CONTACT 1 : Please use our SAMPLE LETTER above or write your own letter to urge all of the 10 U.S. Senate Leaders to Co-sponsor and Support " S. Con. Res. 45 " and urge them to increase funding : NOTE: Please send FAX/LETTER/CALL to them will achieve much better results than sending Email. Do Not forget your Name and your Address in the letter . Please sign as " U.S. Constituents " . Please address to : Dear Honorable Senator ....... , : The Honorable Senator Trent Lott, The Senate Majority Leader, 487 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 USA Tel: (202) 224-6253 , FAX: (202) 224-2262 (in USA ) Email: senatorlott (@lott.senate.gov ) - The Honorable Senator Don Nickles, Assistant Majority Leader, 133 Senate Hart Building United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Tel: (202) 224-5754, Fax: (202) 224-6008 (in USA ) E-mail: senator (@nickles.senate.gov ) --------- Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Capitol Hill Address: 311 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-4801 Phone: (202) 224-3954, Fax: (202) 228-0002 E-mail: senator_byrd (@byrd.senate.gov ) --- The Honorable Senator Rick Santorum, 120 Russell Building Washington, DC 20510 USA Tel: (202) 224-6324 Fax: (202) 228-0604 (in USA ) Email : http://www.senate.gov/~santorum/emailrjs.html ---- The Honorable Senator Tom Daschle, 509 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 USA Phone: (202) 224-2321 Fax: (202) 224-7895 E-mail: tom_daschle (@daschle.senate.gov ) Email: http://daschle.senate.gov/webform.htm ----- The Honorable Senator Harry Reid, 528 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 USA Phone 202-224-3542 , Fax 202-224-7327 Email: senator_reid (@reid.senate.gov ) -------- The Honorable Senator Larry Craig 520 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 USA Tel: (202) 224-2752 Fax: (202)228-1067 (in USA ) Email: http://www.senate.gov/~craig/webform.html -------- The Honorable Senator Byron Dorgan, 713 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 USA Tel: (202) 224-2551, Fax (202) 224-1193 (in USA ) Email: senator (@dorgan.senate.gov ) ----------- Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) 416 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-4205 Phone: (202) 224-3344 , Fax: (202) 228-1264 E-mail: senator_frist (@frist.senate.gov ) ------------ Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) 173 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-4704 Phone: (202) 224-2621 Fax: (202) 224-0238 E-mail: senator_murray (@murray.senate.gov ) ============================================== CONTACT 2: Please use our SAMPLE LETTER above or write your own letter to send to ALL of the US SENATORS . Please Copy and Paste the following list into BCC field in your new Email.Then put your own email address in the TO field before you hit Send. Note: it must have a comma between addresses. 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 (email). (ATTENTION: PLEASE DO NOT ABUSE THIS LIST The most important tools to communcate with the Congress is by Phone Calls , Faxes, Postal Mails!!!) 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 do not have email addresses. They are very IMPORTANT and you can send email thru their websites : Please click every address below to send email: 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 http://www.senate.gov/~craig/webform.html ( For more information on U.S. Senators, click http://capwiz.com/vision/dbq/officials/ , then click " Congressional Directory " Or http://www.senate.gov/learning/learn_leaders_leadership.html Or : http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm Or: http://thomas.loc.gov/ ) ============================================= CONTACT 3: Use the same letter to CALL and FAX your own two US Senators. Always put your name and detail address in the letter and sign as Constituent , if you live in U.S. Click following to get your two Senators Phone number and Fax: http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm Or: http://thomas.loc.gov/ ) (Address to : Dear Honorable Senator ......., ) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Thanks so much for your caring, compassion and urgent help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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