URGENT!
CAARA BILL COMING TO A VOTE:
MEMBERS OF THE
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE NEED TO HEAR FROM NEW YORKERS.
ASK THEM TO VOTE “YES” ON CAARA.
Powerful interests – led by the ASPCA – are trying to bury the Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act (CAARA) bill.
We’ve just learned that CAARA will be voted on next week or the week after.
New Yorkers (and we’re talking only about New Yorkers) who care about animals must contact the Assembly’s Agriculture Committee Members and urge them to vote “YES” on CAARA.
We need a show of force. Go to the following links to contact the Ag Members by email:
Alert #1 of 3: http://bit.ly/GJmNH9
Alert #2 of 3: http://bit.ly/GOUkwd
Alert #3 of 3: http://bit.ly/GHR7lW
To telephone the Ag Members, please go to this link and click on each member’s name to get his/her office numbers. Then leave a polite message identifying yourself by name and address, and request the Assembly Member to vote “YES” on CAARA.
We’ve also learned that Bill Magee, head of the Agriculture Committee, is against CAARA. Assembly Member Magee has always been a strong advocate for NYS farmers. That’s all very nice and good – for farmers – but not for homeless dogs and cats.
We need to enlighten Assembly Member Magee and his colleagues on the Agriculture Committee that homeless animals deserve humane care in animal shelters.
Don’t Let the ASPCA Bury CAARA
For almost two years the ASPCA has sidelined any action on CAARA. This was to give Assembly Member Amy Paulin time to sponsor a competing — but inferior — bill drafted by the ASPCA and kill shelters.
Why “inferior”? Because the Paulin-ASPCA bill allows badly run shelters — like NYC’s Animal Care & Control — to continue to neglect their animals.
For previous articles comparing CAARA to the Paulin/ASPCA Bill, go to:
Please, take a few minutes to contact the Agriculture Committee members and ask them to vote “YES” on CAARA.
And please pass this information on to other New Yorkers.
