Help Michigan Shelter Animals
Dear Animal Friends, Thank you all for supporting the efforts in Montcalm County. We celebrated a victory there for the animals. We won that battle but we have not yet won the war. Once again, we come to you for your help on behalf of those who can’t speak for themselves. PLEASE, PLEASE, if you love animals, we need to end pound seizure for good in Michigan and to do so we need the support of the veterinary community. All we ask of you is to call your vet and ask him or her to endorse the form showing support for the 2 bills now in the House. The second bill is the humane euthanasia for shelter animals. Note that this bill applies to euthanasia in shelters and does not affect what veterinarians do in their practices. Both bills are listed on the endorsement form. PLEASE, do this for the animals! Also, if you haven’t already done so, consider signing the following online petitions yourself to stop pound seizure and make forms of euthanasia other than lethal injection illegal in the shelter setting.
HB4663 / Pound Seizure Bill – Koda’s Bill
This bill will ban selling Michigan shelter animals to the class B dealer (middle man for research) and research facilities. Only 4 counties in Michigan still practice pound seizure.
http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2009-HB-4663
HB4263 / Humane Euthansia Bill
This bill will outlaw the gas chamber as a form of euthanasia for Michigan animals. It will only allow euthanasia by injection, which is the much more humane choice. Currently only 12 shelters utilize the gas chamber and over 170 shelters utilize injection.
http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2009-HB-4263
PLEASE WRITE YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE and tell them you support HB 4263 and HB 4663!!!!!!!! You can do so online by clicking here:
PLEASE SIGN THE ENDORSEMENT FORM!
If you own a business, organization, rescue group PLEASE fax in your endorsement form! Take this to your veterinarian also…WE NEED VETS TO SUPPORT THESE BILLS! Please make some copies and distribute them to local merchants you know or relatives that own businesses as well. If everyone got 10 endorsements from businesses, vets etc…. imagine what we would accomplish!
PLEASE SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION!
Individuals (not organizations) are also asked to sign these petitions to support the bills. You can sign the petitions even if your organization also supports these bills.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/649021463 (pound seizure)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/900398769 (euthanasia)
