{"id":739,"date":"2009-03-22T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T00:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/?p=739"},"modified":"2009-03-22T18:24:54","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T00:24:54","slug":"update-more-action-needed-by-monday-and-tuesday-to-support-the-minnesota-puppykitten-mill-bill-in-the-house-and-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"Update–More Action Needed by Monday and Tuesday to Support the Minnesota Puppy\/Kitten Mill Bill in the House and Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"

More action is needed. This bill will be heard in the Minnesota House Civil Justice Committee as H.F. 253 (the Tilberry bill) on Monday, M<\/strong>arch 23rd<\/strong> and in the<\/span> Senate Agriculture Committee on<\/strong> Tuesday, March 24th as S.F. 7 (Senator Betzold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bill),<\/strong> for more debate and a vote. Info for contacting the house was provided in\u00c2\u00a0a previous post (two posts ago). Info for contacting the senate is shown below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Please note that these bills distinguish between hobby breeders and producers of large numbers of puppies and kittens. They focus on eliminating inhumane conditions. For more information, go to www.animalfolksmn.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Another Senate Hearing – More Calls Needed:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

ACTION NEEDED – PLEASE CALL NOW<\/span><\/span><\/strong>ANOTHER HEARING<\/span><\/strong> – <\/strong>The Minnesota Puppy and Kitten Mill bill \u00e2\u20ac\u201c S.F. 7 (Senator Betzold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bill)<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is going to be brought back to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday, March 24,<\/strong> for more debate and a vote. This is a second hearing for this committee and a final vote will be taken in this committee, so we are urging you to call all<\/strong> of the members on the committee once more.<\/span><\/div>\n
ACTION: <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Please call before 3:00 p.m. Tuesday<\/strong> and ask them to vote in favor of S.F. 7 (Senator Betzold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bill).<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
IMPORTANT – <\/strong>Ask them NOT<\/strong> to support an amendment that will require \u00e2\u20ac\u0153registration only\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. That will do little for the animals who are suffering every day at the hands of unscrupulous breeders.<\/span><\/div>\n
Legislators are hearing from dog and cat breeders, hunting groups, the NRA, and others who oppose the bill (or any regulation) so they need to hear from us. Please know that your efforts are making an impact. Legislators are hearing you and we want to keep this voice loud, respectful and consistent.<\/span><\/div>\n
Below is a list of the members and their phone numbers. Calls at this critical time are more effective than emails. Important <\/strong>– If you are a constituent of a committee member listed below, be sure he\/she knows that.<\/span><\/div>\n

Senate Agriculture Committee Members<\/span> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Support S.F. 7<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jim Vickerman \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Chair (District 22) – 651.296.5650<\/p>\n

Sharon L. Erickson Ropes – Vice Chair (District 31) – 651.296.5649<\/p>\n

Satveer S. Chaudhary (District 50) – 651.296.4334<\/p>\n

Steve Dille (District 18) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 651.296.4131<\/p>\n

Lisa A. Fobbe (District 16) – 651.296.8075<\/p>\n

Joe Gimse (District 13) – 651.296.3826<\/p>\n

David W. Hann (District 42) – 651.296.1749<\/p>\n

Bill G. Ingebrigtsen (District 11) – 651.297.8063<\/p>\n

Paul E. Koering (District 12) – 651.296.4875<\/p>\n

Gary W. Kubly (District 20) – 651.296.5094<\/p>\n

Keith Langseth (District 9) – 651.296.3205<\/p>\n

Tony Lourey (District 8)\u00c2\u00a0– 651.296.0293<\/p>\n

Steve Murphy (District 28) – 651.296.4264<\/p>\n

Rod Skoe (District 2) – 651.296.4196<\/p>\n

Dan Skogen (District 10) – 651.296.5655 (Kathy Bauck\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s district*)<\/p>\n

* Kathy Bauck is owner of Pick Of The Litter, a dog breeding facility in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. Bauck has been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty and torture. That trial is in process right now.<\/p>\n

If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know who your State Senator and Representative are, you can find them at: http:\/\/www.leg.state.mn.us\/leg\/Districtfinder.asp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

To learn more about puppy and kitten mills in Minnesota , go to www.animalfolksmn.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks for all of your phone calls! Guess I’ll be up late tonight.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Stop the Suffering<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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More action is needed. This bill will be heard in the Minnesota House Civil Justice Committee as H.F. 253 (the Tilberry bill) on Monday, March 23rd and in the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday, March 24th as S.F. 7 (Senator Betzold\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bill), for more debate and a vote. Info for contacting the house was provided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,6],"tags":[36,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.8statekate.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}