ATTENTION
VOTERS!!
LOHV
Endorsements for the 2010 Election
are in progress.
Our first
endorsement goes to Jack
Wagner, candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania. His letter, in support of our
issues, says it all (read
the letter by clicking here). Read
more about our choices on our elections page.
LEGISLATION:
STOP THE USE OF THE GAS CHAMBER in
PA! This
horrifying, torturous method of killing dogs and cats is still
legal in PA. Many other states have outlawed it. Click
here for more info and contact info for the PA Senate Committee
responsible for getting the bill out for a vote.
NEW DOG TETHERING
BILL! Call your PA House Representative
to ask him or her to support HB1254.
<click here to find out more about the bill & find your rep>
And speaking of laws that protect dogs, while The
Dog Law, HB2525, is law in Pennsylvania, it
wasn't unanimously supported in the House or Senate last
year. Click HERE to
see a list of the House and Senate votes and the names of those
legislators who worked to amend the bill. Do
not forget these names.
HB
39 (to prevent puppy millers performing brutal medical
procedures on animals without a vet) passed and was signed
by Governor Rendell. People were mostly
shocked to hear it wasn't already illegal to perform
"do-it-yourself" surgeries on dogs (and other animals),
but alas, it was not. HB 39, which is now law, sought to put
an end to the torture caused by puppy millers performing caesarian
sections, tail docking, ear cropping, debarking, and other
procedures, usually without anesthesia or antibiotics – on
the dogs unfortunate enough to be in their
"care". This is one more vital step for Pennsylvania,
as we move toward –- hopefully – shedding our international
reputation as a state famous for animal cruelty. For
the legislative history of the bill, its pros and cons, who
helped pass it, who created a bottleneck, click here.
Please contact those legislators who sponsored
the bill (especially Rep. Thomas Caltagirone, who introduced
it) to thank them for its passage - and those who voted against
it and/or delayed it? Remind them that "We'll
Remember in November."
FACTORY FARMING NEWS...
CAFO
STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS - Educated, angry
voters helped convince township officials to ignore
the PA Attorney General and the greedy desires of a
single agribusiness and retain zoning that prevents
the expansion of an already toxic pig farm into a 4400-pig
CAFO in Peach Bottom, PA. Knowledge
is power, and this is proof. Of course, the farmer
continues to seek a zoning change to allow his expansion
to occur, but the citizens will not stop fighting this,
and they will continue to have the LOHV's unwaivering
support.
HELP
END ABUSIVE FACTORY FARMING! Find
out about CAFOs — Confined
Animal Feeding Operations. You
can help change the future for thousands of hogs (and
ultimately many other species of farmed animals) right
here in Lancaster County.
Visit
the LOHV's sponsored website, LititzWater.org for
more information, more links, and ways you can help.
Call
Senator Mike Brubaker (717-787-4420), and
ask him to pursue legislation that would put an end
to factory farming in Pennsylvania. This form of farming
is dangerous to people, the planet, and of course,
to the animals – and
it's not the
only way to run a profitable farm. Several other states – Arizona,
Colorado, Florida, and California -- are leading the way
in improving conditions on factory farms, working toward
eliminating the "factory" aspect
entirely.
Will PA lead, follow, or continue
to set some of the worst examples when it comes to
protecting the people, the animals, and the planet?
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