"ANIMAL POUNDS" ARE NOT "ANIMAL SHELTERS." DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS DECEPTION OF CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

The California (CA) Assembly members are about to vote on a Bill, SB 787, changing words relating to an "animal pound" and "pound master" with "animal shelter." As many of you know, California animal pounds are not providing shelter to animals when the end result is taking them into the back room and pumping them with poisons or shooting them. Animal pounds are not providing shelter when in fact they are merely holding facilities until they kill the animals. We must not allow "kill pounds" to hide their actions under the guise of "animal shelters."

Please contact your CA State Assembly member and the Senators listed below on the CA State Agriculture Committee and ask them to STOP this Legislative Bill, SB 787. Let them know "no changes need to be made to the wording of the Civil Code, Corporations Code, Food and Agricultural Code, Government Code, Health and Safety Code, or Penal Code" relating to animal welfare unless animal kill pounds stop killing animals and begin providing actual shelter for Impounded Animals.

Currently, the changes to CA Codes relating to Impounded Animals are mainly words to make those in animal control feel better about killing our precious State Pets when impounded and in their custody. Changing these words will create even more confusion about what type of care and control our local and statewide facilities provide. Change is needed now but not if it means misinforming the public.

To find your Assembly member go to the following link and type in your address.

http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

Your Senator and Assembly member's name will appear.

Go to their webpage to locate their phone number and CALL and/or e-mail them requesting they vote NO on SB 787 when it goes to the Assembly Floor. The State Senators on the Ag Committee are listed below. Please also call and e-mail them requesting they withdraw SB 787 and make the changes respecting our State Shelter Pets by changing the language they left intact. All Assembly member's e-mail addresses are their first name, period, and last name and then @asm.ca.gov

Legislature Declares Shelter Pets as Official California State Pet. SACRAMENTO, CA The California State Legislature passed a concurrent resolution declaring the Shelter Pet as the official California State Pet. The resolution, ACR 56, was introduced by Assembly member Eric Linder (R-Corona).

To find your Assembly member go to: http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/E-mail and/or call your Assemblymember urging a NO vote on SB 787 when it comes to the Assembly Floor. All Assembly members e-mail addresses are formatted with their first name, then a period between the first name and last name, then @asm.ca.gov. Please e-mail Tanner Dyrness, Legislative Director for Assemblymember Vince Fong , the Author of AB 1553 (see way below) and he should know that SB 787 needs a NO vote for now.

To read all about SB 787, this is the link to the CA legislature website of all Bills and CA laws.

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB787

Senate Agriculture Committee:

Submit your opposition e-mail to the Ag Committee by writing. Your e-mail to the Committee should be shared with all Senators on the Committee:

Jone.McCarthy@sen.ca.gov
Senator.Galgiani@senate.ca.gov
Mike.Sharif@sen.ca.gov
Bob.Alvarez@sen.ca.gov
Scott.Wilk@sen.ca.gov
Anna.Caballero@sen.ca.gov
Brian.Dahle@sen.ca.gov

Please Call:
Bob Alvarez, Chief of Staff
Phone: (916) 651-4005

Senator Scott Wilk
Capitol office: (916) 651-4021

Rebecca Tennison - District Representative
Phone: (661) 729-6232

Senator Anna M. Caballero:
Phone:  (916) 651-4012

Senator Brian Dahle: 
Capitol Office: (916) 651-4001

Senator Steven M. Glaze
Capitol Office
Phone: (916) 651-4007

Look what just happened behind our backs! I'm OUTRAGED! They have already won smaller battles but we have to act now before it's TOO LATE!
AB 1553 (http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1553) already got signed into law by the Governor earlier this month. That Bill contains the same disrespect to California's Shelter Pet. We can not change it now but we can change this SB 787, for the sake of our beloved State Shelter Pet. And, while we are at it, these same Codes need to be updated, clarified and changed to protect our Impounded Animals and hold those working in the pounds accountable for violations of existing laws.