URGENT - Call Albany Re Puppy Mill Bill
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URGENT - Call Albany Re Puppy Mill Bill

From: Animal Defenders of Westchester (ADOW)
April 201, 2021

Please call New York State Agriculture Committee Chair Donna Lupardo at her Albany Office. Ask her to vote the "Puppy Mill Pipeline Act" out of Committee for a vote by the entire New York State Legislature to stop cruel, abusive puppy mills in New York State.

You do not need to be a New York resident to call:

ALBANY: PH (518) 455-5431 (msg 24/7)

EMAIL: [email protected]

NOTE: We have been told that the person answering Representative Lupardo's Albany phone is countering with 'concern' for pet shop owners' livelihoods.

Two points:

1) New York State Legislators are not lobbyists for any business.

2) According to Best Friends Animal Society (which has done a lot of outreach on this issue), almost 300 venues in the U.S. and Canada have passed puppy mill restrictions, and pet shops have successfully converted to puppy-free food, supplies, toys facilities instead. https://resources.bestfriends.org/article/pet-store-dog-adoptions-list-stores?_ga=2.229239455.2087476649.1619019657-623015149.1619019657#NY

3) In 2021, Governments are addressing and passing humane legislation; it is unacceptable that Representative Lupardo is not even putting this bill up for a vote.

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source: HSUS

IMPORTANT❗PLEASE CALL NYS AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE CHAIR DONNA LUPARDO AND POLITELY ASK HER TO VOTE ('REPORT') BILL S.1130/A.4283,THE PUPPY MILL PIPELINE BILL, OUT OF COMMITTEE. WE ARE TOLD THAT HER BINGHAMTON OFFICE PH IS ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY, NO RECORDINGS.

BINGHAMTON: PH#607-723-9047
ALBANY: PH (518) 455-5431 (msg 24/7)

SAMPLE CALL: "Hello, I am calling about the New York Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill(S.1130/A.4283) in the Agriculture Committee. This vital legislation will help end New York’s participation in the horrific and badly-regulated puppy mill pipeline that promotes animal suffering and puts consumer health at risk every day. Please vote this bill out of committee. Thank you in advance for your kind assistance.”You don't have to be a constituent to call; if you are please indicate it.

FIND YOUR NYS STATE LEGISLATORS AND ASK THEM TO COSPONSOR THIS EXCELLENT BILL!https://secure.aspca.org/legislator-lookup

NOTE: ACCORDING TO THIS NBC REPORT, THE USDA IS MAKING EVEN LESS INSPECTIONS DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC - CREATING MORE ALARMING MEDICAL CONDITIONS LIKE BRUCELLOSIS AND DRUG-RESISTANT CAMPYLOBACTER DISEASES WHICH ARE'URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS.'
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/if-you-re-adopting-dog-pandemic-steer-clear-puppy-mills-n1206411

Thank you for speaking for those who cannot, and making this a better world for all who share it! ~~Animal Defenders of Westchester

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From: Humane Westchester<[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 11:03 AM
Subject: **URGENT** PRIORITY CONTACTS❗ NYS PUPPY MILL BILL
To: Humane Westchester <[email protected]>

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The NYS bill to ban puppy mill sales (The Puppy Mill Pipeline Act), which was passed by the senate last year but didn't pass in the assembly, is back on the calendar!
(Source: https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/common-illnesses-in-puppy-mill-dogs/)

This bill MUST FIRST be voted ("Reported") out of the NYS Assembly Agriculture Committee before it can go to legislators for a general vote. IMPORTANT: Before contacting your legislators PLEASE CONTACT THE CHAIR OF THE AG COMMITTEE AND POLITELY REQUEST BILL A/4283 (companion to S/1130) BE VOTED OUT OF COMMITTEE:

EMAIL FOR CHAIR DONNA LUPARDO EMAIL: [email protected]

There are 22 members in this committee, listed below; please contact a few of them - you can send each the same short note, such as: "Dear_________,
Please support Assembly Bill A4283, to stop the sale of puppy mill animals in NY pet shops.

Thank you. (signed)

NYS Ag Committee Members:

Brian Barnwell
District 30
[email protected]

Didi Barrett
District 106
[email protected]

Ken Blankenbush
District 117
[email protected]

Marianne Buttenschon
District 119
[email protected]

Erik M. Dilan
District 54
[email protected]

Harvey Epstein
District 74
[email protected]

Michael J. Fitzpatrick
District 8
[email protected]

Christopher S. Friend
District 124
[email protected]

Aileen M. Gunther
District 100
[email protected]

Stephen Hawley
District 139
[email protected]

Billy Jones
District 115
[email protected]