NO to Cockfighting

Help take offensive against the bloody and barbaric practice in which birds are pitted against one another with knives or gaffs affixed to their legs and forced to hack one antoher to death for the amusement and wagering of spectators. The Humane Society of the United States Southwest Regional Office has pushed for introduction of legislation into the U.S. House of Representatives to ban interstate shipment of birds for fighting purposes.  If this measure passes, it will prevent cockfighters from raising their birds in states where cockfighting is illegal and then shipping them to Louisianna, New Mexico, and Oklahoma where cockfighting is still legal. Take a few moments to write a letter to your U.S. representative and urge him or her to cosponsor H.R. 1275, the anit-cockfighting bill introduced by Rep. Collin Peterson. The address is U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 20515 Also ask your Senators to cosponsor S. 345. The address is U.S. Senate Washington, D.C 20510 Your note can be as simple as copying the first paragraph on this page (highlight, ctrl-C to copy, and then ctrl-V in your email or document to paste) and adding the request to cosponsor bill number HR 1275 for the House and S 345 for the Senate. You can make a difference.  Do it today! These bills are endorsed by HSUS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the American Veterinarian Medical Association, and more than 50 law enforcement agencies across the country. You can check www.hsus.org for more information about legislation or to locate your federal representatives.   Listings and email addresses can also be found at....