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[Kevin Sonney <ksonney AT gmail.com>]

It's a funny thing - something that actually saves the lives of dogs  
and prevents cruelty to animals is being opposed by the NRA and AKC.  
I've had friends lobbying for passage fo this bill, and they have been  
astounded at the number of lobbyists sent by large PACs and  
organizations that generally have no interest in animal issues sent to  
oppose this bill.

For more information about the bill, and what it represents can be  
found here :
http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/state_legislation/north_carolina/puppy_mills.html

Thanks for any help you can give - even if it's just a phone call or  
email in support of the bill to your State Senator or State  
Representative.

-- Kevin Sonney
-- kevin AT sonney.com

"Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert  
integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it- 
safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.  
" - Cecil Beaton


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
UPDATE ON PUPPY MILL BILL - NEW INFO BELOW!

Time is of the essence as usual when it comes to a bill and I need  
EVERYONE to stay on board now and step up to the plate and contact the  
committee members to make sure this bill passes. It will take you two  
seconds to do this so, yes, you do have the time! The bill has been  
assigned to the Commerce committee and if favorable will go to the  
Finance committee. Between the two committees, almost half of the  
House members are on one or both committees so to save all of us time,  
let’s just email all members at once. The following email address goes  
to all members, but if it passes these committees they will all vote  
on it (and hopefully that will happen this week) so let’s cover our  
bases now.

HouseE-mail AT ncleg.net

It is far better to call or send faxes than to email, but just do  
something. I know most people do not have time to contact this many  
legislators so I am trying to make it easier for everyone by supplying  
the email address. You can look up individual members using the links  
provided below and also read the bill’s text here - http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S460v4.pdf 
.

Amanda also included talking points in her email below. Make sure you  
put SUPPORT SB 460 in the subject line because that may be all they  
read!


Karen Loveless

"Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the  
sight."

 Albert Schweitzer

From: Amanda Arrington [mailto:aarrington AT hsus.org]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:08 AM
To: Amanda Arrington
Subject: Puppy Mill Bill Passes Senate - Now Work Begin in House!

Hey all,

Another late night (technically early morning) update and another  
interesting day at the state legislature.  The puppy mill bill passed  
its 3rd reading in the Senate today with a vote of 23 – 22.  Even  
closer than yesterday!  What a huge victory considering the effort of  
so many powerful groups to stop it.  We can enjoy this milestone  
briefly but must move on to the House.  The governor signed the budget  
today so the legislature is trying really hard to adjourn for the year  
which means we are working against the clock.  Ideally I would love to  
get this bill PASSED this session but any movement we get in the House  
is less we have to do in the short session next year.  The vote count  
today was the same as yesterday except:

-Allran was present and voted no
-Weinstein changed his vote to no
-Steven paired with Brock to submit an absentee yes vote
-Queen did not vote today.

The bill has been assigned to Commerce and Finance Committee which is  
a huge victory in itself.  The committee assignments is the  
culmination of months of work (as the opposition wanted it to go to Ag  
or Wildlife where it would have sat) and means we have a fighting  
chance of moving this bill quickly over the next few days.   
Representative Owens deserves a big thank you for this! I am working  
hard to get committee meetings scheduled although things are basically  
shutting down and legislators are working on cleaning up what bills  
are hanging out there.  So please call your representative ASAP and  
ask him/her to vote for the puppy mill bill, in committee and  
hopefully on the floor.

Commerce committee members can be found here:

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/Committees/Committees.asp?sAction=ViewCommittee&sActionDetails=House%20Standing_16

Finance committee members can be found here:

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/Committees/Committees.asp?sAction=ViewCommittee&sActionDetails=House%20Standing_24

All House members can be found here:

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/memberList.pl?sChamber=House

Things are going to move at lightening speed over the next few days so  
please go ahead and contact your rep even if he/she is not on one of  
the committees.  But please make sure to contact him/her tomorrow  
MORNING if on one of the committees.  Thank you all so much hanging in  
there and continuing to make calls.  Together we may just get this  
much needed bill passed J!

Also, almost forgot – new talking points:

-Fiscal note is gone
-County Commissioners Association now endorses the bill
-Dept of Ag rescinded their opposition
-Dogs are suffering!

Amanda



Amanda Arrington
North Carolina State Director
mailto:aarrington AT hsus.org
t 919.599.0508     f 919.869.1743

The Humane Society of the United States
PO Box 3259 Durham, NC 27715
humanesociety.org

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-- Kevin Sonney 
-- ksonney AT gmail.com  

“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep  
moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and  
curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” –Walt Disney

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