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Dave
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Kangaroos need your help now more than ever! Senate Bill 880 (SB 880), which would allow the sale of kangaroo skins and body parts in the state of California, has now passed the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee and moves to the Assembly for a floor vote.
Millions of kangaroos are shot for their skins every year in Australia. According to Australian government code, orphaned joeys and wounded adults should be killed by decapitation or by being hit sharply on the head "to destroy the brain." When hunters kill a mother kangaroo who has a baby in her pouch, the baby is often yanked from the mother's lifeless body and stomped to death or left to writhe in agony. Please take a moment to speak out against SB 880:
- Call, e-mail, or fax your state assemblymember today and ask that he or she vote "No" on SB 880. Even if you have previously contacted your assemblymember in behalf of the kangaroos, please do so again and remind him or her of your opposition to this bill.
- Contact the governor and urge him to veto SB 880 if the bill passes the Assembly and makes it to his desk:
The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger
Governor of California
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-445-2841
916-445-4633 (fax)
[email protected]
- Forward this e-mail and video to your friends and family members in California and ask them to take action for kangaroos.
Allowing kangaroo skins to be sold in California would threaten the species's existence. Australian government statistics show that kangaroo populations have been dwindling and are now the lowest that they have been in more than a decade. Since hunters usually kill kangaroos at night, it is virtually impossible for them to check that the kangaroos aren't a protected species before shooting them. An increased demand for any kangaroo skin will further jeopardize Australia's kangaroo populations. Help stop SB 880 today!
Thank you for everything you do to help animals!
Sincerely,
Deedra Aro, Activist Liaison
PETA
[email protected] | 757-962-8269
Millions of kangaroos are shot for their skins every year in Australia. According to Australian government code, orphaned joeys and wounded adults should be killed by decapitation or by being hit sharply on the head "to destroy the brain." When hunters kill a mother kangaroo who has a baby in her pouch, the baby is often yanked from the mother's lifeless body and stomped to death or left to writhe in agony. Please take a moment to speak out against SB 880:
- Call, e-mail, or fax your state assemblymember today and ask that he or she vote "No" on SB 880. Even if you have previously contacted your assemblymember in behalf of the kangaroos, please do so again and remind him or her of your opposition to this bill.
- Contact the governor and urge him to veto SB 880 if the bill passes the Assembly and makes it to his desk:
The Honorable Arnold Schwarzenegger
Governor of California
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-445-2841
916-445-4633 (fax)
[email protected]
- Forward this e-mail and video to your friends and family members in California and ask them to take action for kangaroos.
Allowing kangaroo skins to be sold in California would threaten the species's existence. Australian government statistics show that kangaroo populations have been dwindling and are now the lowest that they have been in more than a decade. Since hunters usually kill kangaroos at night, it is virtually impossible for them to check that the kangaroos aren't a protected species before shooting them. An increased demand for any kangaroo skin will further jeopardize Australia's kangaroo populations. Help stop SB 880 today!
Thank you for everything you do to help animals!
Sincerely,
Deedra Aro, Activist Liaison
PETA
[email protected] | 757-962-8269