A War on Ethics: A New Culture of Cruelty Threatens Animals
Action Alert from All-Creatures.org
FROM
IDA In Defense of Animals
December 2017
ACTION
Oppose the 'Protect Interstate Commerce Act' (HR 3599) and the 'No Regulation Without Representation Act' (HR 2887). These two bills have the power to strip crucial state animal welfare laws, and go against the will of the people who passionately fought for them.
- CALL: Besides organizing face-to-face meetings, calling is arguably
the most impactful action we can do. It's easy to ignore or not notice
emails and texts, but phone calls are about as direct as we can be.
Please reach out to your U.S. representative and two senators and have a
polite conversation about opposing these two bills.
You can simply say:
"As your constituent, I urge you to oppose the 'Protect Interstate Commerce Act' (HR 3599) and the 'No Regulation Without Representation Act' (HR 2887). These two bills have the power to strip crucial state animal welfare laws, and go against the will of the people who passionately fought for them."
- SHARE: Share this alert on Facebook and Twitter, and ask for
retweets. Let's make more people aware of this shameful pro-cruelty
legislation we are faced with.
Sample text to use: "Rep. Steven King is trying to eradicate state animal protection laws. We can't let this happen!"
- SIGN: After your calls and sharing on social media, please submit our alert by filling out the form on this page.
INFORMATION
U..S Rep. Steven King of Iowa believes that animal protection laws should
not exist. In the past, he has attempted to legalize dog fighting,
cockfighting, the consumption of cat and dog meat, and has even encouraged
American hunters to shoot threatened polar bears. This cruel man now wants
to wipe out hard fought laws on the state level that protect animals from
the most awful of abuses, like geese having metal pipes shoved down their
throats to enlarge their livers up to nine times their normal size.
Many refer to Rep. King as one of the worst 'pro-animal cruelty'
representatives in Congress. He is a passionate supporter of factory
farming. In 2014, it took the activism of thousands of animal advocates to
overturn his 'Farm Bill' amendment which would have wiped out all state and
local farmed animal protection laws.
The bill was successfully fought off then, but now it has come back to rear
its ugly head in the form of HR 3599 and HR 2887. This time around, it's
strengthened with the backing of Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin.
Possible outcomes of these two bills include reversing California's foie
gras ban (a ban which was only finally reinstated this September after a
lengthy legal challenge!), reversing laws on selling battery cage eggs in
Massachusetts, reversing laws on selling horse meat in the majority of
American states, and reversing laws on selling dog meat in New York,
Virginia, Georgia, Hawaii, Michigan and New Jersey.
It's shameful that federal representatives are trying to wipe out state
animal protection laws. We have fought this off before, and we must fight it
off again!
Thank you for everything you do for animals!
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