DDAL: E-Newsletter, September 2006
September 2nd, 2006 5:33 pm by Kelly Garbato———- Forwarded message ———-
From: DDAL Action Alerts – LegInfo [at] ddal.org
Date: Sep 1, 2006 4:46 PM
Subject: Doris Day Animal League: E-Newsletter, September 2006
Welcome to the September issue of the Doris Day Animal League E-Newsletter.
After repeated victories in Congress reflecting the American people’s desire to abolish the practice of killing horses for human consumption, there is still one more crucial hurdle to overcome—passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S. 1915/H.R. 503). Nothing less will permanently end the annual slaughter of thousands of horses—both wild and domestic—whose bodies are shipped overseas to be served in restaurants and sold in supermarkets in Europe and Asia. Congress is expected to vote on this bill in early September. This is the final chance for humane Americans to rally around our nation’s horses.
Please act now to ensure passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act.
Relief Workers
With many of New Orleans’ homeless animals—and the people who love them—still in desperate need a year after Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Mary Lou Randour, DDAF’s Director of Education, created and co-chaired a unique community outreach program to offer them assistance. “Psychology Volunteers for New Orleans Animals and Their People,” was a joint project of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO). During the APA convention that took place in New Orleans August 9–15, Dr. Randour enlisted volunteers from the 12,000 psychologists attending the conference to help maintain feeding stations, offer workshops to ARNO staff and volunteers on “Building Resiliency,” and help rehabilitate shelter animals.
The 109th Congress will reconvene for the last time on Tuesday, September 5th. So far this session, due to the lobbying efforts of groups like the Doris Day Animal League and activists like you, Congress has passed the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act to help ensure that states and localities address the needs of animals when formulating disaster evacuation plans. DDAL also provided Congress with the language for the federal government to create—for the first time ever—a five-year, priority plan for developing and incorporating alternatives to animal testing into its programs. But there is more work to be done. In addition to the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (see above), the Antifreeze Bittering Act (S. 1110/H.R. 2567) still awaits passage. Please don’t let September end without voicing your support to Congress for this vital bill that would prevent thousands of animals from being poisoned by antifreeze each year.
Contact Congress today and speak out for the animals.
The Doris Day Animal League was founded in 1987. Its overriding mission is to reduce the pain and suffering of non-human animals, to encourage the spaying and neutering of companion animals, and to increase the public’s awareness of its responsibility toward non-human animals through legislative initiatives, public and membership education, and programs to require the enforcement of statutes and regulations which have already been enacted protecting animals. Contact us at 227 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Suite 100, Washington DC 20002. PH: (202) 546-1761; FAX: (202) 546-2193; EMAIL: info [at] ddal.org.
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