If you’re like me, you get cringe and squirm just thinking about having a snake in your home. I have friends who adore the (not so) slimy creatures. They are my friends and have the same feelings for their reptiles that I have for dogs and cats so I must fully support their efforts not to be irrationally legislated out of their pets or have their property rights infringed upon. Senate Bill 307 is an effort to just that; to chip away at their RIGHTS.
WRITE YOUR SENATORS, hand write, mail it in! Deadline for receipt I January 20, 2010, and that means you need to get those letters in NOW to allow for time in the USPS system.
Have you asked your friends to also write letters? Do you KNOW if they did? Pin them down. If anyone says they would but don’t have time or fesses up that they haven’t gotten it done, OFFER to do it for them. It is NOT forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, or any of those nasty things if you simply get PERMISSION.
The way the government’s going, kids won’t even be able to pick up garter snakes soon and even I enjoyed hat pleasure as a child!
You can snag a sample letter, your senators’ addresses, and more information here. And below is an email I received that contains some additional suggestions for you to help in KILLING this bill that would impinge on pet welfare and their owners’ rights.
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DEADLINE
Extended for Kill-S373
The DEADLINE for getting your letters opposing
S373 to Tom Wolfe has
been extended to Wednsday January 20th. Last day
to overnight will be
Tuesday the 19th. We don't believe the Senate will
be back for a vote
untill then. We have an extra 10 days to push our
numbers up higher.
Please take advantage of this opportunity! This is
extremely serious. If
we do not succeed 1/3 of the Reptile Nation could
be destroyed!
Thousands will lose jobs. Many businesses will be
bankrupted.
Individuals could lose their homes. The time to
ACT is NOW!!!!
We need an ALL OUT effort right now. It is very
simple. Write your
letters like we did when we killed HR669. It is
the MOST IMPORTANT thing
you can do right now. Follow the instructions
below:
1. Letters to your Senators- Go to www.Kill-S373.com
and follow the
instructions. Use the `Sample Letter'. Watch the
instructional video.
There is no substitute for REAL letters. Do it
NOW!!!
2. Email your Senators- This is NOT a substitute
for REAL letters. Click
here we have made it easy for you.
http://www.rallycongress.com/united-states-association-of-reptile-keepers/2705/tell-us-senate-to-stop-python-ban/
3. Contact the Media- `Pythons, Politics &
Death of the American Dream'
campaign. Click on the links below:
• MSNBC-
http://www.rallycongress.com/united-states-association-of-reptile-keepers/2766/msnbc-pythons-politics-death-american-dream/
• CNN-
http://www.rallycongress.com/united-states-association-of-reptile-keepers/2765/cnn-pythons-politics-death-american-dream/
• FOX News-
http://www.rallycongress.com/united-states-association-of-reptile-keepers/2726/pythons-politics-death-american-dream/
The future of the Reptile Nation could be decided
by what you as an
individual are prepared to do over the next few
days. Do not miss this
opportunity to make a difference! Our community
needs to pull together
as never before. Do NOT let this be the final days
of the Reptile
Industry and Hobby!
Special Message to Industry Leaders: If you make
your living in the
reptile trade you need to do all of the things listed
above that the
rest of the Reptile Nation is doing... and more!
It is your
responsibility to get a meeting with your Senator
and make your case.
You represent the industry in your state. By
making direct contact with
your Senators you give them a reason to oppose S373. Jobs and
the
Economy are important. Make your case. The time is
NOW!!!
NEW DEADLINE January 20, 2010
overnight mail by January 19th.