Senate Passes Landmark Animal Fighting Legislation


	Senate Passes Landmark Animal Fighting Legislation

lolovivirono

4-11-2007 4:54 PM

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animals, legislation, fighting, dog fight, dogs, hsus, h.r. 137, animal prohibition enforcement act

lolovivirono says:

Some great!!! I am so happy! hurray! Animal Lovers win!

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4-11-2007 6:45 PM

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Great news!!!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bd20c25f-f071-47fa-9505-f7fda281771e/62A56F0F-C24D-42A2-AD17-A071D76D7FD1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/animal_fighting_bill_forward.html" href="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/animal_fighting_bill_forward.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.hsus.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/animal_fighting_bill_forward.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD valign="bottom"><SPAN class="title"><SPAN>Senate Passes Landmark Animal Fighting Legislation</SPAN></SPAN></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/animal_fighting_bill_forward.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hsus.org/img/7256AD4A-8901-4AA3-90C6-1747C82B9991" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/animal_fighting_bill_forward.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><P class="subcopy"><EM>A special message from  Wayne Pacelle, CEO and president of The HSUS:<BR /></EM><BR /></p> <P class="subcopy"><DIV>Last night at 8:06 p.m., I watched history happen. </DIV><BR /><DIV>After an almost six-year battle, the struggle to enact meaningful federal penalties for animal fighting has passed its final congressional hurdle. </DIV><BR /><DIV>The legislation now is headed to the desk of President Bush, who is expected to sign the measure into law. The new law will take effect immediately, and I can assure you that this is a dark and long-dreaded day in the dogfighting and cockfighting worlds.</DIV><BR /><DIV>I cannot tell you how grateful I am for the efforts of each of you who sent emails, made phone calls, wrote letters and visited your federal legislators on Capitol Hill and in their home districts. You kept the pressure on and your tireless efforts and support made the difference. </DIV><BR /></p> <P class="subcopy"><A href="https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=8798808">Read the full message »</A></P></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/animal_fighting_bill_forward.html">On April 10,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/animal_fighting_bill_forward.html">Senate unanimously approved H.R. 137, the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/cruelty_issues/animal_fighting_bill_forward.html"><A target="_blank" href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll188.xml">vote of 368 to 39</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/62A56F0F-C24D-42A2-AD17-A071D76D7FD1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>