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Take Action Letters! Every month, the NHES Humane Education & Advocacy Department writes letters on important animal welfare issues ranging from the local to the international level. NHES urges both private and public figures—including corporate CEOs, state and federal legislators, and international leaders—to take action to help animals. We invite you to join us in our efforts. Please spend just a few minutes of your time to make a phone call or send a brief letter on behalf of animals! Please feel free to use NHES language in your letters; however, we encourage you to use your own words as well. Together, we can make the world a more humane and peaceful place for all living beings. Recent Action Letters: May 2010
Recently, the Supreme Court struck down a law that would have made it illegal to produce videos depicting gratuitous animal cruelty. In an effort to enact legislation that will pass First Amendment muster, The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary has before it HR 5092. Please write your representative urging him or her to vote favorably when the measure comes before the full House. You can also write to the leadership of the Committee on the Judiciary urging them to report the bill favorably to the full House for a vote this legislative session. The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Chairman The Honorable Lamar Smith, Ranking Member House Committee on the Judiciary 2138 * Twelve species of amphibians are currently listed on the candidate list and need to be moved to the Endangered Species list now before some or all become extinct. Write a letter urging the secretary of the Interior to move the following to the Endangered Species list: The Honorable Ken Salazar Secretary
* In an effort to be green, the White House Correspondents’ Association created an eco-friendly event at their annual Correspondents’ dinner. However, they served meat- and fish-based dishes. In 2006, the United Nations released a report, Livestock’s Long Shadow, which concludes that raising farmed animals is “one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.” Additionally, the November 2006 issue of Science reported that if current trends of fishing and pollution continue, every fishery in the world’s oceans will collapse by 2048. Please write a polite letter to the president of the Association urging him to reconsider the menu for next year’s dinner. Urge him to recommend a vegan/vegetarian menu. Edwin Chen, President White House Correspondents' Association # |