Monday, June 25, 2012

Important reminder: Calls needed, full House votes tomorrow

IMPORTANT! Your calls are needed NOW! Please CALL the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121; ask to be connected to your state Representative's office. Tell them not to fund horse slaughter. Calls must be made today!

The full House of Representatives will vote on the AG Appropriations bill tomorrow, Tuesday, June 26. A new amendment could be offered to remove the Committee-approved language that was just added back in last week prohibiting the USDA from spending tax dollars to inspect horse slaughter facilities. Maintaining the currently included defunding language prohibits inspections of horse slaughter and is vital to protecting our horses.

Pro-slaughter supporters will be putting the pressure on, but you can urge your Representatives to stand strong and oppose any effort to remove this funding ban.

You can also find the direct contact information for your state representative here>>  http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

Right now foreign investors are pushing to reopen horse slaughter plants in the U.S. and they are using every type of trickery available to mislead the public and gain support for their objective.

Your state representatives need to hear from YOU, their constituents, to help insure that they stand strong representing your voice, your position against horse slaughter.

See why local communities across the country are up in arms trying to stop the economic and environmental devastation caused by horse slaughter -- watch the Humanitarian trailer, "IMPACT", from the landmark film, SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES A NATION BETRAYED... http://youtu.be/xjQ59Zr1A70

Got questions about the status of horse slaughter in the U.S.? Get answers: http://www.savingamericashorses.org/advocacy.html

WFLF's humane educational project, SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES is breaking the cycle of animal cruelty for America's horses by cultivating action and inspiring social change through the world's most powerful medium, cinema. SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES is an intelligent and inspiring expose that illuminates the hidden truth about the annihilation of our wild and domestic equines and its devastating impact on the economy, the environment and the future of humanity.  The film reveals how the public has been misled through a compelling presentation of irrefutable facts that enlighten, engage and empower people to make educated decisions that affect social change for the betterment of our world.

Share this email with your friends to help spread the word.

Most importantly, act now to make your voice count; CALL the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Ask to be connected to your state Representative's office and tell them not to fund horse slaughter.

Thank you for your continued support for this important cause.

Sincerely,
Katia Louise
Wild for Life Foundation
Saving America's Horses

PS: If you haven’t yet done so, please take a moment to sign the Pledge to help Stop Equine Cruelty. We must continue to stand strong, stay united and keep the pressure on. Change happens when we stand together to fight for America’s equines.

"Saving America's Horses" is an educational project under Wild for Life Foundation, a 501c3 volunteer based grassroots nonprofit charity dedicated to saving, preotecting and preserving equines. WFLF relies 100% on donations. EIN: 26-3052458

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Alert! Calls are needed before full House vote this Tuesday June 26th

ALERT! The full House of Representatives will vote on the AG Appropriations bill Tuesday, June 26. An amendment may be offered to remove the Committee-approved language prohibiting the USDA from spending tax dollars to inspect horse slaughter facilities. Maintaining the currently included defunding language prohibits inspections of horse slaughter and is vital to protecting our horses. 

Pro-slaughter supporters will be putting the pressure on, but you can urge your Representatives to stand strong and oppose any effort to remove this funding ban.  See your Representative's past votes on the issue by clicking here>> http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll233.xml

Make a note and start calling 1st thing Friday, and call again on Monday!!  You can call the main Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to your state Representative's office. You can also find the direct contact information for your state representative here>> http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

Efforts must remain vigilant to insure that America’s horses are adequately protected from insidious slaughter. Make your voice count by taking part and standing strong.
Wild for Life Foundation
Saving America's Horses

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Committe Votes to impose a Ban on Spending Taxpayer Dollars

For Immediate Release
Wild for Life Foundation
June 19, 2012
Los Angeles, CA

The Moran Amendment has passed! The Amendment imposes a ban on the spending of taxpayer dollars for USDA inspection of horses that was lifted in 2011, and will now be part of the House version of the Agriculture budget. The bill is set for a full House vote in coming days.

The addition of the Moran Amendment to the farm bill is a major upset for the proponents of horse slaughter that were aggressively pushing to open new slaughterhouses in the U.S. this year. The protective language was lifted from an annual appropriations bill last year when it reached the Senate and a special conference committee of just four individuals, and Senators Blunt and Kohl and Congressman Kingston voted to drop the language. Had the entire Senate voted on the amendment last year, it would have no doubt passed.

As we continue our diligent pursuit of justice and to bring the truth to the mainstream, we will keep close watch on this bill and the related activities. 

Today's important victory marks a turn in the tides but we must stay vigilant in our efforts to insure that America’s horses are adequately protected from insidious slaughter. Until a federal law is passed to ban the slaughter of America’s horses, they will continue to be shipped across federal borders for horsemeat which is sold as a delicacy overseas.

We at Wild for Life Foundation believe that America’s horses deserve to be protected and the public deserves to know the truth.  There is still much work to do. We must continue to stand strong, stay united and keep the pressure on. If you haven’t yet done so, please take a moment to sign the Pledge to help Stop Equine Cruelty.

Change happens when we stand together to fight for America’s equines.

Thanks to all your hard work and calls on this important issue!!

Sincerely,
Katia Louise
President, Wild for Life Foundation
Saving America's Horses

www.wildforlifefoundation.org
www.savingamericashorses.org

Wild for Life Foundation is a 501c3 all volunteer grassroots charity dedicated to saving, protecting and preserving equines.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Urgent Action Alert

URGENT ACTION ALERT
Your immediate calls are needed to stop new horse slaughter plants that are targeted to open in the U.S. this summer!

Make a note to call 1st thing Monday, June 18th to support a special Amendment that can stop the USDA from funding horse slaughter.  Moran's Amendment is coming up for a vote on Tuesday June 19, 2012, and if passed, will stop USDA funding for the slaughter of horses on US soil.

Call the Capitol switchboard Monday: 202.224.2131 and ask them to: "Support the Moran Amendment to prohibit USDA inspections at horse slaughter plants in the U.S."

To learn more and to see a list of direct phone numbers ->

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

CALL TO ACTION: Support the Moran Amendment to stop USDA funding for the slaughter of horses on US

AAHS
Wild for Life Foundation
June 12, 2012

Support the Moran Amendment to stop USDA funding for the slaughter of horses on US soil by contacting your State’s member of the US Full House Committee on Appropriations

Rep. James Moran (D-8-VA) will submit an Amendment within the next few DAYS to the Full House Committee on Appropriations prohibiting funding of USDA horse slaughter inspections necessary to export horse meat. If this amendment becomes law, no facility for the slaughter of equines for human consumption can operate in the U.S.
Last fall, 2011, the Congress and the President ended the de-funding, making it legal to slaughter horses for human consumption in the U.S. once again. Until then horse slaughter for human consumption had been illegal in the U.S. since 2007.
Support the Moran Amendment by calling / faxing your State's member of the US Full House Committee on Appropriations with the following recommended message:
SUPPORT THE MORAN AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT USDA INSPECTIONS AT HORSE SLAUGHTER FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
Representatives serving on the Full House Committee on Appropriations
http://appropriations.house.gov/About/Members/
Find your Representative
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
NOTE: Please contact U.S. Representatives for your state ONLY
Contact Information
REPUBLICANS
Harold Rogers, Kentucky, Chairman
P) 202-225-4601 F) 202-225-0940
C.W. Bill Young, Florida
P) 202-225-5961 F) 202-225-9764
Jerry Lewis, California
P) 202-225-5861 F) 202-225-6498
Frank R. Wolf, Virginia
P) 202-225-5136 F) 202-225-0437
Jack Kingston, Georgia
P) 202-225-5831 F) 202-226-2269
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
P) 202-225-5034 F) 202-225-3186
Tom Latham, Iowa
P) 202-225-5476 F) 202-225-3301
Robert B. Aderholt, Alabama
P) 202-225-4876 F) 202-225-5587
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
P) 202-225-4404 F) 202-226-0326
Kay Granger, Texas
P) 202-225-5071 F) 202-225-5683
Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
P) 202-225-5531 F) 202-225-8216
John Abney Culberson, Texas
P) 202-225-2571 F) 202-225-4381
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
P) 202-225-2501 F) 202-225-2504
Denny Rehberg, Montana
P) 202-225-3211 F) 202-225-5687
John R. Carter, Texas
P) 202-225-3864 F) 202-225-5886
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
P) 202-225-8490 F) 202-225-5639
Ken Calvert, California
P) 202-225-1986 F) 202-225-2004
Jo Bonner, Alabama
P) 202-225-4931 F) 202-225-0562
Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio
P) 202-225-5731 F) 202-225-3307
Tom Cole, Oklahoma
P) 202-225-6165 F) 202-225-3512
Jeff Flake, Arizona
P) 202-225-2635 F) 202-226-4386
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
P) 202-225-4211 F) 202-225-8576
Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania
P) 202-225-6411 F) 202-226-0778
Steve Austria, Ohio
P) 202-225-4324 F) 202-225-1984
Cynthia M. Lummis, Wyoming
P) 202-225-2311 F) 202-225-3057
Tom Graves, Georgia
P) 202-225-5211 F) 202-225-8272
Kevin Yoder, Kansas
P) 202-225-2865 F) 202-225-2807
Steve Womack, Arkansas
P) 202-225-4301 F) 202-225-5713
Alan Nunnelee, Mississippi
P) 202-225-4306 F) 202-225-3549
DEMOCRATS
Norman D. Dicks, Washington
P) 202-225-5916 F) 253-593-6551
Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
P) 202-225-4146 F) 202-225-7711
Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana
P) 202-225-2461 F) 202-225-2493
Nita M. Lowey, New York
P) 202-225-6506 F) 202-225-0546
José E. Serrano, New York
P) 202-225-4361 F) 202-225-6001
Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut
P) 202-225-3661 F) 202-225-4890
John W. Olver, Massachusetts
P) 202-225-5335 F) 202-226-1224
Ed Pastor, Arizona
P) 202-225-4065 F) 202-225-1655
David E. Price, North Carolina
P) 202-225-1784 F) 202-225-2014
Maurice D. Hinchey, New York
202-225-6335 F) 202-226-0774
Lucille Roybal-Allard, California
P) 202-225-1766 F) 202-226-0350
Sam Farr, California
P) 202-225-2861 F) 202-225-6791
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois
P) 202-225-0773 F) 202-225-0899
Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania
P) 202-225-4001 F) 202-225-5392
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
P) 202-225-5061 F) 202-225-5851
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., Georgia
P) 202-225-3631 F) 202-225-2203
Barbara Lee, California
P) 202-225-2661 F) 202-225-9817
Adam B. Schiff, California
P) 202-225-4176 F) 202-225-5828
Michael M. Honda, California
P) 202-225-2631 F) 202-225-2699
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
P) 202-225-6631 F) 202-225-1968