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Issues to Support

Please visit the Compassion Index - AWI's Legislative Action Center to find your federal legislators and see how much compassion they show on important animal protection measures currently before Congress.  The CI also allows you to contact your legislators on these issues.

 
Issues to Support in the 111th Congress (2009-2010)
 
Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009 (H.R. 503/S. 727)

With more than 100,000 American horses brutally slaughtered last year there is an urgent need to pass federal legislation to shut down this trade.  Thankfully, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) and many of their colleagues have taken up the reins and reintroduced H.R. 503, the Conyers-Burton "Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2009".  The legislation recognizes horse slaughter for what it truly is - animal cruelty - and will end the practice for good.

TAKE ACTION ON H.R. 503

  • H.R. 503 - Sponsor(s): Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Representative Dan Burton (R-IN)
  • S. 727 - Sponsors(s):  Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Senator John Ensign (R-NV)
 
Horse Transportation Safety Act of 2009 (H.R. 305)

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another.

TAKE ACTION IN H.R. 305

  • H.R. 305 - Sponsor(s):  Representative Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL), Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Representative Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
 
Shark Conservation Act of 2009 (H.R. 81/S. 850)

To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks.

TAKE ACTION ON H.R. 81

  • H.R. 81 - Sponsor: Representative Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
  • S. 850 - Sponsor: Senator John Kerry (D-MA)