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- Don't know who your representatives and senators are? Go to www.congress.org to look them up by address.
May, 2007: The FEDERAL ban on transporting animals for fighting has been signed into law. See details below. This will make it more difficult to transport animals for fighting.
August 2007: Attention Georgia Residents! Senator Chip Rogers needs your help to get anti-dogfighting legislation passed in Georgia! S.B. 16 needs YOUR phone calls and letters/emails of support to your Georgia State Representatives. Please help Senator Rogers get this bill passed this year. Contact your Georgia State Representatives and ask them to help pass S.B. 16. Visit www.congress.org to look up your reps by zip code.
May 3, 2007
President Signs Animal Fighting Bill Into Law
Today President Bush signed the Animal Fighting
Prohibition Enforcement Act into law. This is the culmination of an
almost six-year campaign by The Humane Society of the United States and
our allies to enact meaningful federal penalties for animal fighting.
The law takes effect immediately. It provides
felony penalties for interstate commerce, import and export related to
animal fighting activities, including commerce in cockfighting weapons.
It will make it much harder for criminals who engage in dogfighting and
cockfighting to continue their operations. Each violation of the
federal law may bring up to three years in jail and up to a $250,000
fine for perpetrators.
We are fortunate to have had steadfast
Congressional leadership on this issue. But this campaign would not
have been a success without your tireless efforts. Thank you again to
each of you who sent emails, made phone calls, wrote letters and
visited your federal legislators on Capitol Hill and in their home
districts.
This victory reminds us to never to give up,
and that there are rewards for compassionate action and perseverance.
Please share this tremendous news with others and let them know that
you had a part in making it happen.
Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
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