Post by fancyherd@gala's on Dec 9, 2008 12:35:03 GMT -5
Ok -I know I have been absent for quite a duration -I needed time to refocus on some very personal issues some really good days some really crappy days, but that is life for all of us -so- I went and hid out for awhile. HOWEVER! The horses still need us, pretty much all of our hard work fell on deaf ears and sell outs - but we are always up to bat...LET'S MAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOISE!!
Once again, we need your help to oppose a pro-horse slaughter proposal at the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL). Even though the proposal failed to receive the votes it needed to pass last April,the proponents of horse slaughter are back. This fall conference is taking place December 10-13, so time is of the essence!
Please contact the legislators who make up the NCSL Agriculture, Environment and Energy Committee. You can find out if your state legislator is on this committee by checking out the NCSL website at:http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/scagen/scagenroster.htm.
These legislators MUST hear from their constituents, so please make sure you let them know you live in their district! Politely ask your legislator to oppose this resolution at the NSCL Fall Forum.
This proposal, sponsored by South Dakota State Representative Dave Sigdestad and Wyoming Representative Sue Wallis, will ask NCSL, as an organization, to oppose federal and state legislation that would prevent the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the U.S. and the export of American horses for this purpose. Despite the misleading messaging from the industry, more horses have been sent to slaughter across our borders this year than ever before, making such federal legislation especially urgent. This NCSL resolution is a step backward and it is the result of rumors and innuendo spread by those who profit from brutally killing American horses. A recent Animals’ Angels investigation provided graphic evidence of the horrors of horse slaughter in the U.S., proving that horse slaughter both in the U.S. and abroad is horribly inhumane.
We must not let NCSL line up on the wrong side of this issue. Now that Madeleine Pickens has offered to save wildand domestic horses from slaughter, there is no excuse. Slaughter is simply not an answer.
Once again, we need your help to oppose a pro-horse slaughter proposal at the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL). Even though the proposal failed to receive the votes it needed to pass last April,the proponents of horse slaughter are back. This fall conference is taking place December 10-13, so time is of the essence!
Please contact the legislators who make up the NCSL Agriculture, Environment and Energy Committee. You can find out if your state legislator is on this committee by checking out the NCSL website at:http://www.ncsl.org/standcomm/scagen/scagenroster.htm.
These legislators MUST hear from their constituents, so please make sure you let them know you live in their district! Politely ask your legislator to oppose this resolution at the NSCL Fall Forum.
This proposal, sponsored by South Dakota State Representative Dave Sigdestad and Wyoming Representative Sue Wallis, will ask NCSL, as an organization, to oppose federal and state legislation that would prevent the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the U.S. and the export of American horses for this purpose. Despite the misleading messaging from the industry, more horses have been sent to slaughter across our borders this year than ever before, making such federal legislation especially urgent. This NCSL resolution is a step backward and it is the result of rumors and innuendo spread by those who profit from brutally killing American horses. A recent Animals’ Angels investigation provided graphic evidence of the horrors of horse slaughter in the U.S., proving that horse slaughter both in the U.S. and abroad is horribly inhumane.
We must not let NCSL line up on the wrong side of this issue. Now that Madeleine Pickens has offered to save wildand domestic horses from slaughter, there is no excuse. Slaughter is simply not an answer.