FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Kiley Blackman  
[email protected]
www.adow.org   

HUMANE VOTERS COMING TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY

September 7, 2006 Westchester, NY Animal Defenders of Westchester (ADOW) is pleased to announce the creation of �League of Humane Voters of Westchester,� in recognition of the need for a voting bloc adjunct; we intend to make animal rights a mainstream political issue here by building support among citizens, activists, political parties, candidates and elected officials.

ADOW already has five items in Westchester County Board of Legislators Committees:

Committee on Legislation (Clinton Young, Chair):

1) No rodeos in Westchester County
2) No foie gras sold in food-dispensing facilities here
3) No traveling animal acts on County Property
4) Establishment of a spay/neuter mobile in this County Committee on Public Safety (William Burton, Chair):
5) Sprinker systems in facilities that house animals for more than 24 hours

Some of these issues are being advanced on a state level as well, such as for sprinkler systems and foie gras, both recently in the press.  We feel that Westchester can and should enact these items on a local level, which would probably predate any activity on the state level.

Kiley Blackman, founder of the LOHV Chapter here, said, �This is an exciting and innovative step for animal protection in Westchester; anyone who thinks we�re �little old ladies in tennis shoes will have to look again: We�re working people...we�re taxpayers...we care about animals...and we vote!�