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Illinois Residents: Support Needed For H.B. 4036
April 24, 2009, 1:58PM MT
By Cheri Moon
Bill requires shelters and animal control facilities to spay/neuter and microchip adopted animals
Bill requires shelters and animal control facilities to spay/neuter and microchip adopted animals
By Best Friends staff
To Illinois Residents Only:
Ask your state legislators to Support H.B. 4036!*
H.B. 4036 Sponsored by Rep. Bellock amends the Animal Welfare Act. It requires animal shelters and animal control facilities to spay/neuter and microchip adopted animals.
Please contact your state Senators and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Conservation today and ask them to support this important legislation!
Contact Your Legislator Today!
An effective letter or email to council members needs only three things:
1. Your name and address at the end of your letter AND on the envelope or in the email.
Legislators want to know that you are one of the people they represent.
2. Ask for specific action
Please support H.B. 4036!
3. Give reasons and examples
Chose from the list below or share your own. Remember to be always be respectful and avoid being emotional.
• More than 3 million cats and dogs are euthanized in shelters. **
• Animals in shelters are often the offspring of cherished family pets, even purebreds—not from strays or homeless cats and dogs.***
• Average number of litters a fertile cat can produce in one year: 3***
• Average number of kittens in a feline litter: 4-6***
• Average number of litters a fertile dog can produce in one year: 2***
• Average number of puppies in a canine litter: 6-10***
Contact Your Illinois Senator Today!
Thank you for taking action for animals!
?Contact information for Illinois Senators.
?Senate Committee on Agriculture and Conservation Members
• Senator Michael W. Frerichs (D)
• Senator A. J. Wilhelmi (D)
• Senator Deanna Demuzio (D)
• Senator Linda Holmes (D)
• Senator Toi W. Hutchinson
• Senator David Koehler (D)
• Senator John O. Jones (R)
• Senator Tim Bivins (R)
• Senator Gary G. Dahl (R)
• Senator Kyle McCarter (R)
*Best Friends Animal Society supports this legislation.
**Statistics provided by the Humane Society of the United States
***Statistics provided by The National Council on Pet Population, Study and Policy.
Stock photo by Clay Myers, Best Friends Staff
Posted by Cheri Moon, Best Friends Staff