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Kirsten Gillibrand for U.S. Senate
Dan Maffei for U.S. Congress
Dear Friend,
Election Day is tomorrow, and advocates of animal protection need to know who
is standing up for their interests. The Humane Society Legislative Fund is the
non-partisan political arm of the humane movement, and we want you to know that
Kirsten Gillibrand and Dan Maffei are friends of animal protection.
We're encouraging animal advocates to support Kirsten
Gillibrand for U.S. Senate and Dan Maffei for U.S. Congress.
Kirsten Gillibrand has demonstrated a strong commitment to protecting
animals from cruelty and abuse. Among her many efforts, she has:
- Co-sponsored the Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, S.810, to phase out the use of chimpanzees
in invasive research, retire federally-owned chimpanzees to sanctuary, and
save millions of taxpayer dollars
- Co-sponsored the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety (PUPS) Act, S. 707, to protect dogs
and crack down on large-scale puppy mill abuses
- Co-sponsored the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act to
prohibit the long-distance transport (including export) of American horses
for slaughter for human consumption in other countries where horse meat is
considered a delicacy (S. 1176)
- Supported an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill to close a loophole in
the federal animal fighting law by making it a crime to attend or take a child
to a dogfight or cockfight (S.AMDT. 2363/S. 3240)
- Voted to save taxpayer dollars by limiting subsidies to massive
factory farms, which thrive on taxpayer giveaways that keep animal feed
artificially cheap, jeopardize public health, the environment, and animal
welfare, while also driving smaller and more humane, sustainable family
farms out of business (S.AMDT. 791/H.R. 2112)
Among his efforts, when he previously served in the U.S. Congress,
Dan Maffei has:
- Co-sponsored legislation to ban
commerce in videos showing the intentional torture of puppies, kittens and
other live animals for the sexual titillation of viewers (H.R. 5566/P.L.111-294)
- Co-sponsored the Puppy Uniform
Protection and Safety (PUPS) Act, H.R. 5434, to protect dogs and crack down on
large-scale puppy mill abuses
- Co-sponsored the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009, H.R. 503, to
prohibit the long-distance transport (including export) of horses for slaughter
for human consumption in other countries where horse meat is considered a delicacy
- Voted to establish a program at Veterans Administration medical
centers for veterans with post-deployment mental health issues such as
post-traumatic stress disorder to train service dogs as a form of therapy, and
the trained dogs would assist veterans with disabilities (H.R. 3885)
- Voted against an amendment to prevent
the Environmental Protection Agency from proceeding with plans to collect
greenhouse gas emissions data from factory farms. (H.R. 2996/P.L. 111-88)
Voted for a bill to once again
prohibit the commercial sale and slaughter of free-roaming horses and burros,
and make holding facilities more humane, effective, and fiscally responsible. (H.R. 1018)
Kirsten Gillibrand and Dan Maffei are friends of
animals and we encourage you to vote for them tomorrow. Please forward
this email to friends and family and share
it on Facebook.
Thanks
for all you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Mike Markarian
President
Humane Society Legislative Fund
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