you can close drop-off sites, put in place legislation making
all live animal drops illegal, and bring about effective changes in the operation of North Carolina shelters and animal control facilities
Write a letter, send
an email, make a telephone call to the North Carolina state and county officials
listed below urging them to close the drop off sites now open, to support legislation making drop boxes illegal, and to support legislation enforcing holding laws in shelters and animal control facilities. In your letters, make the following points:
First: write certain members of the North Carolina General Assembly
Link
to Wake County Commisioners and County Manager
4. United States Senators:
On the National Level
First, become active in the
Government affairs department of the ASPCA. Learn how to contact
elected officials and urge them to draft legislation making drop off facilities
illegal.
Second, learn about organizations
such as the Animal Legal Defense Fund that litigate cases of animal cruelty
and neglect. Keep your eyes and ears open. If you hear of a
suspected case involving a drop off site, contact them.
Third, become informed. Speak with local state and county officials and
animal control officials in states that use drop boxes. Read newspaper
accounts of drop boxes. Contact the Humane Society of the United States, The ASPCA, the Animal
Legal Defense Fund, PETA, and the American Humane Association for information
on the drop box issue. Contact the United States Senators and Representatives
from your state. Urge them to sponsor legislation making live animal drop
off facilities illegal in the United States.
The
American Humane Association
ASPCA- Home
for the ASPCA with links to Government and Legal Affairs In Defense of Animals This site is maintained
by Dr. Pat Haight
1. Close the drop boxes now open.
2. Make drop boxes illegal in North Carolina.
3. Enforce the holding periods in North Carolina shelters.
4. Require accurate record keeping in North Carolina shelters
5. Appropriate sufficient funds for enough competent personnel to be employed in shelters and animal control facilites. Appropriate sufficient funds for all public and private shelters to maintain adequate shelter facilities with minimum standards of care.
6. Allocate funds to make spay and neuter clinics available to pet owners in all areas of North Carolina and to all levels of income.
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Second: Write the following North
Carolina County and State officials:
1. Wake County SPCA: Executive
Director - Janet Herzberg:
email: JHerzberg@SPCAWake.org
2. Wake County Commissioners
and Wake County Manager
3. Governor of North Carolina
http://www.governor.state.nc.us/feedback/
Senator John Edwards:
http://www.senate.gov/~edwards/contact.html
Senator Jesse Helm
http://www.senate.gov/~helms/
Animal
rights and animal protection organizations
PETA
Phoenix, Arizona
pathaight@Yahoo.com
