AR-News: Animal Advocates Needed June 22 in Sacramento

[Pam at AVAR]

To: ALL ANIMAL ADVOCATES (***Please forward to friends in California**)

RE: HELP NEEDED FOR SB 1520 (FOIE GRAS BAN) ON JUNE 22

We need your help on Tuesday, June 22, at the State Capitol in Sacramento!!!

SB 1520, the bill to ban the force feeding of ducks and geese in the 
production of foie gras, will be up for a hearing in the Assembly Business 
and Professions Committee on Tuesday at 9 a.m.

This is going to be a VERY close vote, and we need as many animal advocates 
there as possible to show SUPPORT for the bill. Several legislators are 
still undecided and a large show of support will help convince them the 
majority of the public find this cruel practice unacceptable.

The hearing starts at 9 a.m. in Room 447 at the State Capitol. If you can 
attend, please email pam at avar.org to let us know you will be there. Also, 
if you haven't yet sent in a support letter, please go to 
www.avar.org/foiegras2.html
for details and email and fax contacts for the assembly members. Please 
submit a letter as soon as possible (with your full name and address included.)

HELP ALSO NEEDED TO DEFEAT AB 2915 ON JUNE 22
Also on June 22, AB 2915 will be heard in the Senate Natural Resources 
Committee. We are in OPPOSITION to this bill, which would weaken the import 
restrictions for kangaroo skins into California. Companies like Adidas want 
to import kangaroo skins from Australia to make soccer cleats but synthetic 
alternatives are readily available. And the kangaroo population has 
plummeted in Australia in recent years.

The Senate Natural Resources Committee hearing starts at 9 a.m. in Room 112 
at the State Capitol. Representatives of Viva!USA will be following the 
activity in that committee, and there will likely be the opportunity to 
testify at both hearings on the same morning, depending on the order in 
which the bills are heard. For more information on AB 2915 and info on 
where to send an opposition letter, go to 
www.vivausa.org/urgentactions/ab2915.htm

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Pam Runquist
Director of Companion Animal Issues
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights
PO Box 208
Davis, CA 95617-0208
Tel: (530) 759-8106
pam at avar.org

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