This November, voters in nine states will have the
chance to cast their votes on vitally important animal protection
issues. Citizens in each of the states listed below have the opportunity
to invest in the future of animal protection legislation simply by
voting and by urging their friends and family to do the same. As the
battles heat up, we need everyone's support and energy to encourage
pro-animal votes!
ALASKA:
Measure 1- OPPOSE - Would bar all citizen ballot initiatives relating to
the protection of wildlife. For more information, contact: Alaska
Conservation Voters, 750 W. 2nd Ave., Suite 109, Anchorage, Alaska
99501. Ph: 907-258-6171. Fax: 907-258-6177. E-mail: www.akvoice.org
Measure 6 - SUPPORT - Would retain the prohibition of
same-day airborne ("land-and-shoot") hunting of wolves, which Alaska
voters banned in 1996. For more information, contact: Alaskans for
Wildlife, PO Box 202022, Anchorage, AK 99520. Ph: 907-276-9453. Fax:
907-276-9454.
Email: alaskansforwildlife@hotmail.com, www.akwildlife.org
ARIZONA:
Proposition 102 - OPPOSE - Would require a two-thirds supermajority to
approve any ballot initiative relating to the protection of wildlife.
For more information, contact: No on 102, PO Box 36436, Phoenix, AZ
85067. Ph: 602-906-1628. Email: webmaster@no102.com or www.no102.com
FLORIDA:
Measure to limit pig confinement on factory farms - SUPPORT - Would ban
the use of “gestation crates,” which confine pregnant pigs in tiny, 2
foot-wide metal boxes. For more information, contact: Animal Rights
Foundation Florida, PO Box 841154, Pembroke Pines, FL 33084.
Ph: (954) 917-ARFF. Fax: 954-979-6415.
MASSACHUSETTS:
Question 3 - SUPPORT - Would prohibit dog racing and meetings at which
betting or wagering on dog racing occurs. For more information, contact:
Grey2K, PO Box 1606, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.
Ph: 617-666-3526. Email: grey2kcarey@yahoo.com or www.grey2k.org
MONTANA:
Initiative 143 - SUPPORT - Would impose a moratorium on new game farm
licenses and would ban “canned hunts.” For more information, contact:
Montanans Against the Domestication and Commercialization of Wildlife (MADCOW),
PO Box 5841, Helena, MT 59604. Ph: 406-273-7862.
Fax: 406-449-8946. Email: grhusmc@aol.com or www.macow.org
NORTH DAKOTA:
Question 1 - OPPOSE - Would create a new section of the North Dakota
Constitution relating to the right to hunt, trap, and fish. For more
information, contact: Jeff Leitner at The Fund for Animals, 8121 Georgia
Ave., Suite 301, Silver Springs, MD 20910.
Ph: 301-585-2591 ext. 316. Fax: 301-585-2595. Email: jleitner@fund.org
OKLAHOMA:
(Pending Certification) - SUPPORT - Would ban cockfighting and make it
illegal to keep birds for fighting purposes. For more information,
contact: Oklahoma Coalition Against Cockfighting, PO Box 780378,
Oklahoma City, OK 73178. Ph: 405-528-0079. Email: ocac2000@aol.com
OREGON:
Measure 97 - SUPPORT - Would ban the use of steel-jawed leghold traps
and other body-gripping traps for recreation and commerce in fur, and
would ban the use of Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) and sodium
cyanide. For more information, contact: Protect Pets and Wildlife (ProPAW),
PO Box 40372, Portland, OR 97240.
Ph: 503-872-9623. Email: crueltraps@aol.com or www.bancrueltraps.org
VIRGINIA:
Question 2 - OPPOSE - Would amend the Virginia Constitution to establish
"a right to hunt, fish, and harvest game." For more information,
contact: No on Question 2 Committee, c/o The Fund for Animals / 8121
Georgia Ave., Suite 301, Silver Springs, MD 20910.
Ph: 301-585-2591. Fax: 301-585-2595. Email: noquestion2va@yahoo.com
WASHINGTON:
Initiative 713 - SUPPORT- Would ban the use of steel-jawed leghold traps
and other body-gripping traps for recreation and commerce in fur, and
would ban the use of Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) and sodium
cyanide. For more information, contact: Protect Pets and Wildlife (ProPAW),
5200 University Way NE, #201, Seattle, WA 98105. Ph: 206-526-0949 OR
206-526-0989. Email: bantraps@seanet.com or www.bancrueltraps.org
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