From: wheeler@SUPER.ORG (Ferrell S. Wheeler)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.animals
Subject: PETA Action Line
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:35:30 GMT



>From the PETA Action Line - (301)770-8980:
 
+ After decades of controversy and months of negotiations with
environmentalists, the Bush administration and foreign governments,
Congressman Gerry Studds (D-MA) introduced H.R. 5419, the "International
Dolphin Conservation Act of 1992."  This bill -- and a similar bill
introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) -- would dramatically reduce dolphin
deaths in tuna nets in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean by bringing about
a five-year moratorium on the killing of dolphins beginning March 1, 1994.
This bill is supported by over 25 environmental groups, the Bush
administration and the governments of Mexico and Venezuela. Contact your
legislators and demand to know where they stand.  If this legislation isn't
passed, 100,000 more dolphins will die before 1999. To call your members of
congress dial 202-224-3121 and ask for their office. Or write to them at:
 
 U.S. House of Representatives       U.S. Senate
 Washington, D.C.  20515             Washington, D.C.  20510
 
Begin each letter with The Honorable __________.
 
+ The following are 1-800 numbers.  If you call, make them polite ones:
 
Mills Fur Farm Supply 1-800-722-6455
 
Riverdale Mills Fur Farm Supply 1-800-762-6374
 
1-800-937-PORK
 
+ A carriage horse in Columbus, OH was recently struck in city traffic and
had to be destroyed.  Please contact the Mayor of the Columbus and let him
know that you will not visit his town until this barbaric trade is stopped.
Write to:
 
Mayor Greg Lashutka
90 West Broadway
Columbus, OH  43215
 
+ Wild horses are living symbols of America's strength and spirit. So
precious are they to the soul of our country that in 1971 the United States
Government passed an act which gave them protection under federal law. Since
1971 wild horses have been given no protection at all. They have been shot,
poisoned, rustled for slaughter from public lands and captured in the tens
of thousands by a government charged with protecting them. The plight of
America's horses is real.  Like the buffalo and the wolf before them, wild
horses are departing the scene.  Your voice is needed to fight those who now
run our public lands, America's ranchers.  If you would like to help, please
call the Wild Horse Action line at 1-800-344-4785.
 
+ The following are a list of conferences, workshops, and festivals being
offered.
 
The Toronto Vegetarian Association will be hosting their 8th Annual Food
Fair in York Quay Centre, Harbourfront, Toronto.  This is Canada's largest
vegetarian gathering with an expected 5,000 folks attending. The date Sept.
12-13, 1992.  For more information contact Nancy Kelly, fair coordinator at
416-533-3897.
 
The American Anti-Vivisection Society will be hosting a Factory Farming
Seminar October 31-November 1.  The seminar will serve two purposes: to
educate participants about modern intensive agribusiness and to provide
information about actions that advocates can take to protect animals used
for food and to promote vegetarianism. For more information contact Zoe Weil
at 215-887- 0816.
 
In Defense of Animals and The American Anti-Vivisection Society will be
presenting a workshop on teaching Animal Rights.  The dates are November
7-8, 1992 in San Rafael, CA.  For more information contact Ellen at
415-453-9984.



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