Action
You Can Take NOW
MAKE
THE CALL:
PA Senate Bill
672 will outlaw the use of the
gas chamber to kill dogs (and other animals). It's currently
awaiting action by the Agriculture Committee. Contact that
committee's chair, Senator
Mike Brubaker, to ask that his commitee
take action and allow the bill to be voted on. This is
long overdue, and several other states have already banned
the gas chamber, a barbaric, torturous "euthanasia" method.
It's time for PA to catch up and ban these horrific devices.
Here's Senator Brubaker's contact info (calls, letters, and
faxes are more effective than email):
| Mailing
Address |
Senate Box 203036
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3036 |
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| Room: |
168 Main Capitol |
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| Phone: |
(717) 787-4420
FAX: (717) 783-3156 |
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| District
Office: |
301 East Main Street
Lititz, PA 17543
(717) 627-0036 |
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| Email: |
mbrubaker@pasen.gov |
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MAKE
THE CALL:
The NEW Dog Tethering Bill,
HB 1254, will save thousands
of dogs in Pennsylvania from a neglected, abused
life at the end of a chain. With controls on how
long a dog can be tethered, the nature of the tether
and collar used, and requiring protection from weather
and access to
food and water, this bill will make life better for many,
many dogs.
Click here to
find your rep and call him or her to support this bill. Be
sure to call your PA HOUSE REP, not your
PA Senator -- this is still a HOUSE bill (note the HB preceding
the bill number).
To double-check that you're calling your House Rep and not
your Senator, click here to
see an alphabetical list of House Reps, with their District
#s noted. You can click their names to see their contact info.
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MAKE
THE CALL:
Senate Bill 1150,
which would stop caged animal shoots, has been introduced
by Senator Patrick Browne in the Pennsylvania Senate. SB
1150 would ban killing animals launched from box
traps or tied in place, which would make the pigeon shoot
impossible and would prevent things like the turkey shoot
that we all saw occur at a "Sportsmen's" club last
year. You can help get this bill passed by contacting your
state senators -- click here to
find out who yours are and to get their contact information.
Please
make the calls -- the Senate needs to hear, early and often,
that this is a popular piece of legislation. If your Senator
is a supporter of the NRA (or at least afraid of them), please
let him or her know that no respectable hunter favors the
shooting of animals tied down or launched into the line of
fire -- that's not a sport, it's a cruel, cowardly game that
no decent society should allow to continue.
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House
Bill 2130 was introduced this week, and replaces HB 73, the "Pigeon
Shoot Bill". New HB 2130 has the
exact same wording as SB 1150 (see paragraphs above), and
we should all call our PA House Reps to ask them to support
it. If they're not already doing so, ask them to co-sponsor
the bill, and at the very least, to vote YES on it.
Click here to
find your House Rep by zip code (type it into the upper right
hand corner of the resulting webpage) -- be sure you're calling
the House rep and not your Senator, on HB 2130. You'll be
calling your Senators for SB 1150. If you're confused, send
us an email, and we'll try to help.
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Finding
Your Legislators:
Use the
following links to find your representatives -- local, state,
and federal -- and get in touch with them. You can call,
email, mail, or fax them regarding specific legislation (see
links later on this page to find out what's pending in PA)
or just get in touch to let them know that you want them
to vote in support of legislation that protects animals and
the environment.
PA
House of Representatives: Use
the link in the upper right corner of this site's home
page to find your PA House Rep by your zip code (you
can also search by County). You'll be given the names
(and links to contact info) for both your PA House Reps
and your PA Senators. NOTE! Be sure
to call the right one ("HB" in front of the
bill number means its a House bill, "S" means
it's a Senate bill) when you're calling regarding legislation.
PA
State Senate: This link will take you to
a site very much like the House site above. You'll enter
your zip code in the box in the upper right corner, and
then see both your State Senators and House Reps listed
onscreen. Again, if you're calling about
a Senate Bill (number preceded by "SB" or
"S.B."), contact the Senator, not the House Rep.
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Project
Vote Smart: This site
requires your 9-digit zip code -- if you don't know the
whole 9 digits, click HERE to
find it, courtesy of the US Postal Service.
Congress.org: Use
this site to locate your members of the 110th Congress. You'll
also find links to federal agencies, the White House, and
more.
Contacting
the Congress. Visit
this site to look up your representatives' information
based on your zip code (5 digits is fine) and State.
You can also do a more specific lookup with your street
address. The current congressional schedule is available,
as are lists of committees and subcommittees, who's on
them, and what they're working on now.
PA
PowerPort. Use
this site to find your PA officials -- from state government
to your local municipality. If your Pennsylvania town/city/village
has a website, you can find it here.
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General
Pennsylvania Legislative Information:
Visit
the Humane Society's state-based page for what's currently
pending in PA: PA
Legislation
Looking
for a specific piece of legislation?
Whether
it's on the books now, held up in committee, or being voted
on in the current session, you can find it by clicking the
link below. You can search by keywords, names of bills' sponsors,
dates, and other methods. You can also find legislative history,
read the congressional record, check out committee reports,
and learn about our Constitution, Supreme Court, and take
advantage of other educational tools. Click below:
Thomas'
Legislative Information
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