PROTECT and ENFORCE OUR FEDERAL ANIMAL LAWS!

As one of your constituents, I respectfully request that you add your name to the Boxer-Vitter letter to the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee today (if you have not already done so). That letter seeks badly needed funds to improve critical elements of animal welfare laws in Fiscal Year 2012. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking to Congress to ensure that it has the resources it needs to enforce the Animal Welfare Act, the Horse Protection Act and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. We recognize the challenges facing Congress in addressing federal spending. At the same time, this country relies on these vital animal protection laws that focus on horse protection, our slaughterhouses, medical laboratories and commercial breeding facilities (puppy mills). The reach of the USDA's enforcement and its impact cannot be underestimated. With good enforcement, we can avoid food safety crises from sick animals and injuries to workers. We can help prevent the illegal trafficking in drugs and weapons that often accompanies the cruelty of dog fighting and cockfighting. Â Your signature on the Boxer-Vitter letter--or your inclusion of these funding items among your own individual requests--would mean a great deal to me. Thank you in advance for your consideration of my views. Sincerely, AnimalActionUSA

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