Arizona:
It is vital that everybody who cares about animal cruelty get themselves to the voting booth on Tuesday to vote for Proposition 204 to ban cruel veal and sow gestation crates. Below I will print the Humane Society of the United States alert on the issue and urge you to forward it to all of your animal friendly neighbors, encouraging them to get out and vote.
The alert mentions three TV commercials running in Arizona. You can watch them on line at https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=3759140 OR http://tinyurl.com/y8dlar
Here is the HSUS alert:
Dear Friend,
Exciting news: Arizonans for Humane Farms started airing three new TV ads this week, urging voters to say YES to Proposition 204. With Election Day less than a week away, this is our final push to get our message to Arizona voters across the state. Please tell your friends and family to Vote Yes on 204.
Recent polls show that a majority of Arizonans support Proposition 204 to protect farm animals from cruelty, but there is plenty of work yet to be done. We can't let up now, and we must be sure that we see our efforts through to the finish line on Nov. 7. Our opponents are on the airwaves right now, trying to deceive voters about this issue, and we need to fight back and reach voters with the truth!
To that end, please urge your friends and family to Vote Yes on 204. Proposition 204 would stop two of the worst factory farm abuses: the confinement of pigs and veal calves in two-foot-wide crates for nearly their entire lives, where they cannot even turn around or stretch their limbs.
In addition to helping spread the word about this critical issue to fellow Arizonans, please consider supporting the "Yes on 204" TV ad campaign. Your support helps ensure that our message reaches as many people as possible.
More than 200,000 Arizona voters signed petitions to place Proposition 204 on the ballot. The measure is supported by humane societies, family farmers, environmental groups, faith-based organizations, veterinarians, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, radio legend Paul Harvey, Jane Goodall, and many others. We can win this fight for farm animals, but only if we have enough support to deliver our message to Arizona voters.
Thank you for all your help.
Sincerely,
Mike Markarian, Executive Vice President
The Humane Society of the United States
(END OF HSUS ALERT)
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Date: Thu Nov 2 14:06:57 2006
