AR-News: Sad News to Report

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Dear Friends,

Sadly last Friday, the Illinois House of Representatives FAILED the horses by 
not passing the bill to ban the slaughter of horses in Illinois for human 
consumption!  Therefore, the DeKalb horse slaughter plant will reopen soon!

The following Representatives spoke against the bill to ban the slaughter of 
horses for human consumption and urged fellow representatives to vote "NO" on 
HB 649:

Rep. Charles Morrow III (D-Chicago), Rep. Frank Aguilar (R-Cicero), Rep. 
Robert Pritchard (R-Sycamore), Rep. Bill Black (R-Danville), Rep. Jim Sacia 
(R-Pecatonica) and Rep. Rich Brauer (R-Petersburg) 

Rep. Bob Molaro (D-Chicago), Rep. Elizabeth Coulson (D-Glenview) and Rep. 
John Fritchey (D-Chicago) were the only humanitarians who spoke in favor of this 
important humane bill on the House floor.

Please visit http://www.barntowire.com/stophorseslaughter-Illinois-reps.html 
to find out how your Representative voted and acquire their contact 
information.

If your Representative voted "YES" in favor of this humane bill, please call 
or write him/her with your appreciation! 

However, if your representative voted against this humane legislation, please 
consider writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper/s about how 
he/she supports horse slaughter, and urge your fellow constituents to vote 
him/her out of office when re-election time rolls around.  Please visit 
http://www.disastercenter.com/illinois/media.html for contact info. for your local 
press, and please visit http://www.vote-smart.org/ to find out when your 
Representative is up for re-election.

FYI - Please see Jim Sacia's letter to the editor in today's Chicago's Sun 
Times at:
http://www.suntimes.com/output/letters/cst-edt-vox04a.html.  If you are his 
constituent, please consider responding to him or the Sun Times.

Lastly, SHARK sincerely appreciates all the hard work you put into this 
campaign, and please know that we will continue to work for the horses until horse 
slaughter is illegal!

For the Animals,

Jodie Wiederkehr
SHARK
Sharkintl at aol.com
www.sharkonline.org
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