• Responding to email notices you receive.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

MUST READ HR669 Stop it

13,900 emails sent!!!!! We are doing great. Are you still sending 1 a day? I here the N.R.A. is looking into this.

We can stop this!!!!!


Scott Smith
Scott Smith's All Animal Expo
www.Allanimalexpo.com
 
tiny said:
13,900 emails sent!!!!! We are doing great. Are you still sending 1 a day? I here the N.R.A. is looking into this.

We can stop this!!!!!


Scott Smith
Scott Smith's All Animal Expo
www.Allanimalexpo.com
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I know we want all the help we can get but I wonder how much weight the National Rifle Association is going to have with this commitee? :D Unless Rich is calling in all the favors he has. :rofl:
 
My Local radio station that happens to be #1 in the Atlanta area is now aware of the situation. What the do with this info is all on them now.

Here's their site. I look on it time and time again to see if they are gong to do something. Q100 Atlanta > Home (Bert Show)

here's my letter below and the response.

Subject:
Re: Proposed Bill H. R. 669
From:
Melissa Carter <[email protected]> (Add as Preferred Sender) ?
Date: Thu, Apr 16, 2009 6:28 pm
To: Merek <[email protected]>
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but thank you for this!

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Merek <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Ladies and Gents,

I am a huge fan of your show and I know you help so many people and so many issues. But here's an issue that needs to be addressed and the word needs to be spread. A new dawn, an era is upon us. On April 23rd, 2009, a proposed bill is being decided on to be presented to Congress to ban all Exotics incoming and outgoing into the U. S. and the procession of non-native species or exotic animals will be banned. This will affect everyone. To give you some insight on this issue, please visit http://www.pijac.org/files/public/US_HR_669.pdf this is the proposed bill revised as of April 2nd, 2009.

Please help me and the people who care about the Pet Industry provide the correct information to the public. Again, this will affect everyone, the economy and close several businesses across the United States (Millions of dollars lost and a whole lot of people out of jobs). Please help us. Thank you for your time.

PS: Below is another radio show that I listen to on this issue, as me and my business partner are breeders. Although Gary, not my business partner, talks about all sorts of issues, but this is important. It affects you guys as well. Herp Radio on Blog Talk Radio <--- H.R. 699 Taking our rights away Please make the public aware that one day the common "Parakeet" might be the thing of the past. This is not a spam letter, or whatever. This is my telephone number. 678.923.2003 I do not want your account info, money, or whatever. I just would like to see someone with the power to help us to do so if they can. You made the letters to the troops successful, so I think that you guys have the wonderful ability to help us spread the word as well. Thanks guys, a loyal listener.

Matthew B. Willis
AKA: Merek Matthew Cardew
Http://www.atlfrog.com
Http://www.blogtalkradio.com

--
Melissa Carter
Co-Host, The Bert Show
Melissa Times with Melissa Carter

Don't forget to VOTE in our Pre-Party Playlist Playoff!!
Q100 Atlanta - The Bert Show
 
tiny said:
This would close all game farms.
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I didn't even think of the game farm angle. When you said the N.R.A. I thought you were reffering to a National Reptile Assoc. But you really did mean the National Rifle Assoc. As a life member of that organization I will be contacting them and putting my name to any effort they are involved in to stop this as well.

With that said I would like to say one other ting about this entire debate. When it is said that ALL game farms would be closed, this is not entirely correct. Where I live there are game farms that only have upland birds and ducks that are all native. As I read it this bill will not affect those businesses (for now). I do not intend for this to seem like I am picking on you Scott. Others have said that this will ban ALL non-native reptiles, birds, fish, insects and the like. This is also not entirely correct, only those animals deemed to be a risk as "invasive" would be put on the banned list. Others would be exempt form this ban, (again, for now). Please don't misunderstand what I am saying. I am not saying that this fact makes this bill less frightning, it is. I am also not saying that because someone owns only native reptiles that they need not worry, they should, Even those who have more traditional pets should be concerned with this bill because once they get this through I believe those behind this bill will continue untill owning ANY ANIMAL as a pet will be outlawed. What I am saying is that when we talk about this bill and those we will undoughtedly will have to deal with in the future using terms like ALL GAME FARMS, and ALL NON-NATIVE REPTILES, BIRDS, FISH MAMMELS AND INSECTS inaccuratly we will come across to many the same way those who are pushing this bill come across to us when they put a picture of a Ball Python in their literature and call it a Burmese. That type of action makes me wonder if they are ignorant or trying to deceive? And I am not sure which scares me more.

I fell we can discuss this situation honestly and without exaggerating or distorting the facts. I feel that the truth really is on our side so lets beat this thing with the facts and the truth.
 
Well. I not only contacted the pet store I work at (15 stores local to MN) but I also contacted my old manager at PETCO.

She had not even HEARD of this. So I gave her the info, and she is going to talk to corporate to see about what they can do. HOPEFULLY something. I know they have access to getting info on TV and such, so she said she will call me when they know more.

Hopefully they will. Since PETCO is not only country wide, but also would REALLY be affected by this, I am hoping they will make some sort of PSA.

I will keep you posted, if she gets back to me.
 
Jerry_c_62 said:
This is also not entirely correct, only those animals deemed to be a risk as "invasive" would be put on the banned list. Others would be exempt form this ban, (again, for now). .
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The most accepted belief is that once the bill passes everything that is not native will initially become illegal and then species will be placed on the appropriate lists as they are looked at individually. This would shut down trade in all non native animals upon the law going into affect only to open it up again as species were looked at more closely and deemed safe.
 
sschind said:
The most accepted belief is that once the bill passes everything that is not native will initially become illegal and then species will be placed on the appropriate lists as they are looked at individually. This would shut down trade in all non native animals upon the law going into affect only to open it up again as species were looked at more closely and deemed safe.
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Thank's for pointing that out Steve, I guess we should have expected that.

There is nothing like a little over reaction on the part of government to even things out. I would just appeal to everyone to use truth and facts to
back-up their position. I don't look to everyone to get every fact 100% accurate. Just please try to do your best to have what you post as correct as you can before you hit the send/enter key.
 
quick update...doesnt look good

This is from NOHR669.com


HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Pet owners, pet industry members, and others have been burning up the phones in response to NOHR669.com. The opposition in Washington is hearing us and they have launched a major offensive to try and silence us for good! Read the rest of the update below to find out what they are doing and how you can help!
OFFENSIVE AGAINST US: Congressional Misinformation Campaign
There are tons of reports coming in about Congressional staffers that are telling callers that they have nothing to worry about and that they are "over reacting". They are claiming that peoples "pets" will be included on the approved list.

Counter Offensive:

* Once HR 669 is passed, Congress will have no say in what goes on the Approved List. Only US Fish and Wildlife will have control of the list. So a Representative or their staffer has no idea what will actually happen once USFW gets the power to execute and enforce HR 669.
* Which pets specifically are these Representatives talking about when they say "pets" will be safe? If there is a list of "pets" that will automatically be "Approved", why isn't that list included in HR 669. They took the time to add dogs, cats, goldfish, and a dozen other animals and then STOPPED!
* The Preliminary Approved List may be less stringent than the actual Approved List, but if animals can easily be put on it, they can also easily be taken off. There is no definition in HR 669 as to what "widespread" or "commercial" is or how they will be defined in the future, so how can a Representatives make promises based on specifics that are not even talked about in the bill?
* HR 669 allows special interest groups to challenge animals placed on the Preliminary Approved list, so any animals that the Representatives feel will be "automatically" safe might be for a day, or two. Then the groups that pushed HR 669 will challenge those preliminary approvals one by one. While those challenges are occurring (for years potentially), the "limbo" state described in HR 669 will prevent the breeding, import, export, or interstate transport of those challenged animals.

OFFENSIVE AGAINST US: Back door deals!!!!
The other thing we are hearing is that we've turned on the heat so high that behind closed doors people in Washington supporting HR 669 are trying to cut deals with organizations representing a variety of people involved with non-native species outside of the pet industry in order to get them to back off. Large national and regional groups who's membership might be affected by HR 669 are being told that language could be added that will exempt their groups activities. Instead of these large organizations standing up with us in the fight, they will get the little piece that they need to make their members happy and go away.

Make no mistake about it -- we have heard from individuals that they reportedly have been told that the real intent of HR 669 is to target pet owners and the pet industry.

Counter Offensive:

If you belong to a state or national organization involved in any way with non-native species, speak up! Hunters, Zoological Professionals, Gun Owners, Laborers, Doctors, Farmers, and everyone in between ... contact your organizations! Let them know that you are a member and a pet owner and you will not stand for any compromises on HR 669 unless they are geared towards a reasonable and realistic approach to invasive species management. You have a voice and if you use it, people will listen. Also, if you know someone in an organization that might be involved, have them call!

What else can you do?
Keep going! We've sent thousand upon thousands of emails through NOHR669.com and obviously we're having an impact. Our friends in Washington are blown away by the response and support that they've gotten from us and it's clear that we're making the other side nervous! But, we can do more!

* Don't forget that you can send emails every day! So if you've only sent one, click on the "Do Something" link above and send another ... or two more.
* Keep the phone calls coming! Call once a day. Be polite. Don't believe their lies when they tell you that "you'll be fine". Make sure they record your opposition to HR 669.
* Schedule a meeting. Call your Representatives local office, ask for 15 minutes of their time and talk to a staffer. If you can get in with your Representative, even better!
* Write your letters! The deadline is AM on April 21st ... we need to get a truck filled to the top, so keep them coming!
* Recruit! We need more people! ... Friends, family, neighbors, strangers, it doesn't matter ... if they own a pet great, if they don't they know someone who does. Ask them for their help.
* Keep checking www.nohr669.com for the latest updates!
* If for any reason, your email doesn't go through, take the time to fax your comments to your congressional office in Washington as well as in your district!!!!
 
18,700 Emails sent. We are doing great. BUT we are slowing down.

WE NEED MORE.

It is 6 DAY'S away.
Help save your hobby.

Scott Smith

Scott Smith All Animal Expo

www.Allanimalexpo.com
 
Any one from Connecticut here?!! I think we just lost you

This is what I just found out from another forum. This bill has already been voted and passed in Connecticut
http://www.rcreptiles.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/18/connecticut-is-gone-please-act-now-on-hr
Below is the new law, voted on and PASSED April 6th in Connecticut

General Assembly File No. 516
January Session, 2009 Substitute House Bill No. 6552
House of Representatives, April 6, 2009
The Committee on Environment reported through REP. ROY, R. Of the 119th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT BANNING THE POSSESSION OF POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ANIMALS AND THE IMPORTATION, POSSESSION AND LIBERATION OF WILD ANIMALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2009) (a) No person shall operate, provide, sell, use or offer to operate, provide, sell or use any computer software or service in this state that allows a person, when not physically present, to remotely control a firearm or weapon to hunt a live animal or bird.
(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. Section 26-40a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2009):
(a) No person shall possess a potentially dangerous animal. For the purposes of this section, the following wildlife, or any hybrid thereof, shall be considered [as] potentially dangerous animals:
(1) The felidae, including, but not limited to, the lion, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi cat, puma, lynx, [and] bobcat, [the] tiger, serval, caracal, jungle cat and Savannah cat;
(2) The canidae, including, but not limited to, the wolf, [and] coyote and fox; [and the]
(3) The ursidae, including, but not limited to, the black bear, grizzly bear and brown bear;
(4) The hominidae, including, but not limited to, the gorilla, chimpanzee and orangutan;
(5) The hylobatidae, including, but not limited to, the gibbon or "lesser ape";
(6) The cercopithecidae, including, but not limited to, the baboon and macaque;
(7) The macropodidae, including, but not limited to, the kangaroo and wallaby;
(8) The mustelidae, including, but not limited to, the wolverine;
(9) The hyaenidae, including, but not limited to, the hyaena;
(10) The elephantidae, including, but not limited to, the hippopotamidae, including the hippopotamus;
(11) The rhinocerotidae, including, but not limited to, the rhinoceros;
(12) The suidae, including, but not limited to, the warthog;
(13) The alligatoridae, including, but not limited to, the alligator and caiman;
(14) The crocodylidae, including, but not limited to, the crocodile;
(15) The gavialidae, including, but not limited to, the gavial;
(16) The elapidae, including, but not limited to, cobras, coral snakes and mambas;
(17) The viperidae, including, but not limited to, copperheads, rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and all other adders and vipers;
(18) The rear-fanged members of the colubridae in the genera lothornis, boiga, thelotornis, thabdophis, enhydris, dispholidus, clelia, rhabdophis, hydrodynastes, philodryas and malpolon;
(19) The Burmese/Indian, African Rock, amethystine and reticulated of the pythonidae;
(20) The green, yellow and dark spotted anacondas of the boidae;
(21) The helodermatidae, including, but not limited to, Gila monsters and beaded lizards; and
(22) The Nile monitor, water monitor, black-throat monitor, white-throat monitor, crocodile monitor and komodo dragon of the varanidae.
[No person shall possess a potentially dangerous animal.]
(b) Any such animal illegally possessed may be ordered seized and may be relocated or disposed of as determined by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. The Department of Environmental Protection shall issue a bill to the owner or person in illegal possession of such potentially dangerous animal for all costs of seizure, care, maintenance, [and] relocation or disposal of such animal. Additionally, any person who violates any provision of this section shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed [one] two thousand dollars, to be fixed by the court, for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may request the Attorney General to institute an action in Superior Court to recover such penalty and any amounts owed pursuant to a bill issued in accordance with this section and for an order providing such equitable and injunctive relief as the court deems appropriate.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to municipal parks, zoos [and] accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums or the Zoological Association of America, public nonprofit aquaria, nature centers, [or] museums [,] or laboratories and research facilities maintained by scientific or educational institutions [;] registered with the United States Department of Agriculture or to a person possessing a Bengal cat certified by an internationally recognized multiple-cat domestic feline breeding association as being without wild parentage for a minimum of four prior generations which cat was registered with the Commissioner of Agriculture on or before October 1, 1996, provided no such cat may be imported into this state after June 6, 1996. [; or to persons possessing animals legally on or before May 23, 1983.] In any action taken by any official of the state or any municipality to control rabies, a Bengal cat shall be considered not vaccinated for rabies in accordance with accepted veterinary practice.
(d) Any person who wilfully violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 3. Section 26-55 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2009):
[No] (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no person shall import or introduce into the state, or possess or liberate therein, any live fish, wild bird, wild mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate unless such person has obtained a permit therefor from the commissioner. [, provided nothing in this section shall be construed to require such permit for any primate species that weighs not more than fifty pounds at maturity that was imported or possessed in the state prior to October 1, 2003.] Such permit may be issued at the discretion of the commissioner under such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe. The commissioner may by regulation prescribe the numbers of live fish, wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians or invertebrates of certain species which may be imported, possessed, introduced into the state or liberated therein. The commissioner may by regulation exempt certain species or groups of live fish from the permit requirements. The commissioner may by regulation determine which species of wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians or invertebrates must meet permit requirements. The commissioner may totally prohibit the importation, possession, introduction into the state or liberation therein of certain species which the commissioner has determined may be a potential threat to humans, agricultural crops or established species of plants, fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians or invertebrates. The commissioner may by regulation exempt from permit requirements organizations or institutions such as municipal parks, zoos, laboratories and research [laboratories, colleges or universities] facilities maintained by scientific or educational institutions, museums, public nonprofit aquaria or nature centers where live fish, wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians or invertebrates are held in strict confinement.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the importation and possession of the following species is prohibited: (1) Any primate in the families cheirogaleidae, lemuridae, lepilemuridae, indriidae, lorisidae, loris, daubentoniidae, galagidae, galago, tarsiidae, callitrichidae, cebidae, pitheciidae or atelidae; (2) the sciuridae, including, but not limited to, the prairie dog; (3) the viverridae, including, but not limited to, the civet and genet; (4) any venomous species in the family arachnidea, including, but not limited to, the tarantula and scorpion; and (5) any poisonous species in the family dendrobatidae, including, but not limited to, poison arrow frogs.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may issue a permit for the possession of a service primate to a permanently disabled person with a severe mobility impairment, provided such disabled person submits written certification to said commissioner: (1) From a licensed medical doctor attesting to such disabled person’s disability, mobility impairment and the need for a service primate to provide an essential function that cannot be performed by the disabled person; (2) that such service primate was legally obtained, is from the genus Cebus and is trained by an accredited service primate training organization; and (3) that the organization furnishing the service primate to the disabled person is a nonprofit organization and is in compliance with all applicable federal and state animal welfare laws.
(d) Any such fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate illegally imported into the state or illegally possessed therein [shall] may be seized by any representative of the Department of Environmental Protection and [shall] may be relocated or disposed of as determined by the commissioner. [Any person, except as provided in section 26-55a, who violates any provision of this section or any regulation issued by the commissioner as provided in this section shall be guilty of an infraction. Importation, liberation or possession of each fish, wild bird, wild mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate in violation of this section or such regulation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day of continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.] The Department of Environmental Protection shall issue a bill to the owner or person in illegal possession of such animal for all costs of seizure, care, maintenance, relocation or disposal for such animal.
(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section or any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars, to be fixed by the court, for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense. In the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may request the Attorney General to institute an action in Superior Court to recover such civil penalty and any amounts owed pursuant to a bill issued in accordance with subsection (d) of this section and for an order providing such equitable and injunctive relief as the court deems appropriate.
(f) Any person who wilfully violates any provision of this section or any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2009 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2009 26-40a
Sec. 3 October 1, 2009 26-55
 
Call In Day

CALL IN DAY is TODAY!
Here's the list again
PHONE LIST:
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Ch)(NP-Guam)
427 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-5301
202/225-1188 (Washington Tel. #)
202/226-0341 (Washington Fax #)
120 Father Duenas Ave., Suite 107
Hagatna, GUAM 96910
671/477-4272 (District Tel. #)
671/477-2587 (District Fax #)
http://www.house.gov/bordallo/IMA/issue.htm

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
1502 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-2726 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-4580 (Washington Fax #)
Prince Kuhio Federal Building
300 Ala Moana Blvd. – Room 4-104
Honolulu, HI 96850
808/541-2570 (District Tel. #)
808/533-0133 (District Fax #)
[email protected]

Henry Brown (R-SC)
103 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-3176 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-3407 (Washington Fax #)
1800 North Oak Street, Suite C
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
843/445-6459 (District Tel. #)
843/445-6418 (District Fax #)
5900 Core Avenue, Suite 401
North Charleston, SC 29406
843/747-4175 (District Tel. #)
843/747-4711 (District Fax #)
http://brown.house.gov/Contact/index.html

Lois Capps (D-CA)
1110 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-3601 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-5632 (Washington Fax #)
2675 N. Ventura Road, Suite 105
Port Hueneme, CA 93041
805/985-6807 (District Tel. #)
805/985-6875 (District Fax #)
301 E Carrillo Street, Suite A
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805/730-1710 (District Tel. #)
805/730-9153 (District Fax #)
http://www.house.gov/capps/contact/send_an_email.shtml

William Cassidy (R-LA)
506 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-3901 (District Tel. #)
202/225-7313 (District Fax #)
5555 Hilton Avenue, Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
225/929-7711 (District Tel. #)
225/929-7688 (District Fax #)
http://cassidy.house.gov/contact/index.shtml

Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
1032 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-7751 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-5629 (Washington Fax #)
51 South University Ave., Suite 319
Provo, UT 84601
801/851-2500 (District Tel. #)
801/851-2509 (District Fax #)
https://forms.house.gov/chaffetz/contactform.shtml

Donna M. Christensen (NP-Virgin Islands)
1510 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-1790 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-5517 (Washington Fax #)
Nisky Business Center
Second Floor, Suite 207
St. Croix, VIRGIN ISLANDS 00802
340/778-4408 (District Tel. #)
340/778-8033 (District Fax #)
P.O. Box 5980
Sunny Isle Shopping Center, Space 25
St. Croix, VIRGIN ISLANDS 00823
340/778-5900 (District Tel. #)
340/778-5111 (District Fax #)
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Diana L. DeGette (D-CO)
2335 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-4431 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-5657 (Washington Fax #)
600 Grant Street, Suite 202
Denver, CO 80203
303/844-4988 (District Tel. #)
303/844-4996 (District Fax #)
http://www.house.gov/formdegette/zip_auth.htm

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (NP – American Samoa)
2422 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-8577 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-8757 (Washington Fax #)
P.O. Box, Drawer X
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799
684/633-1372 (District Tel. #)
684/633-2680 (District Fax #)
[email protected]

Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
240 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-2635 (Washington Tel. #)
202/226-4386 (Washington Fax #)
1640 South Stapley, Suite 215
Mesa, AZ 85204
480/833-0092 (District Tel. #)
480/833-6314 (District Fax #)
[email protected]

John Fleming (R-LA)
1023 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-2777 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-8039 (Washington Fax #)
6425 Youree Drive, Suite 350
Shreveport, LA 71105
318/798-2254 (District Tel. #)
318/798-2063 (District Fax #)
Southgate Plaza Shopping Center
1606 Fifth Street
Leesville, LA 71446
337/238-0778 (District Tel. #)
337/238-0566 (District Fax #)
https://forms.house.gov/fleming/contactform.shtml

Doc Hastings (R-WA)
1203 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-4704
202/225-5816 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-3251 (Washington Fax #)
2715 St. Andrews Loop, Suite D
Pasco, WA 99301
509/543-9396 (District Tel. #)
509/545-1972 (District Fax #)
302 East Chestnut Street
Yakima, WA 98901
509/452-3243 (District Tel. #)
509/452-3438 (District Fax #)
http://hastings.house.gov/ContactForm.aspx

Dale E. Kildee (D-MI)
2107 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-3611 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-6393 (Washington Fax #)
432 N. Saginaw Street, Suite 410
Bay City, MI 48708
989/891-0990 (District Tel. #)
989/891-0994 (District Fax #)
515 N. Washington Avenue, Suite 401
Saginaw, MI 48607
989/755-8904 (District Tel. #)
989/755-8908 (District Fax #)
[email protected]

Ronald James Kind (D-WI)
1406 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-5506 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-5739 (Washington Fax #)
205 Fifth Ave. South, Suite 400
La Crosse, WI 54601
608/782-2558 (District Tel. #)
608/782-4588 (District Fax #)
131 South Barstow Street, Suite 301
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715/831-9214 (District Tel. #)
715/831-9272 (District Fax #)
[email protected]

Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (D-MD)
314 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-5311 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-0254 (Washington Fax #)
102 Turpins Lane
Centreville, MD 21617
443/262-9136 (District Tel. #)
443/262-9713 (District Fax #)
https://forms.house.gov/kratovil/contactform.shtml

Douglas L. Lamborn (R-CO)
437 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-4422 (Washington Tel. #)
202/226-2638 (Washington Fax #)
415 Main Street
Buena Vista, CO 81211
719/520-0055 (District Tel. #)
719/520-0840 (District Fax #)
1271 Kelly Johnson Blvd., Suite 110
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
719/520-0055 (District Tel. #)
719/520-0840 (District Fax #)
http://lamborn.house.gov/ZipAuth.aspx

Frank J. Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)
237 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-3006
202/225-4671 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-9665 (Washington Fax #)
67/69 Church Street, Kilmer Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732/249-8892 (District Tel. #)
732/249-1335 (District Fax #)
504 Broadway
Long Branch, NJ 07740
732/571-1140 (District Tel. #)
732/870-3890 (District Fax #)
http://www.house.gov/pallone/contact.shtml

Pedro R. Pierluisi (NP-Puerto Rico)
1218 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-2615 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-2154 (Washington Fax #)
250 Calle Fortaleza Old
San Juan, PUERTO RICO 00901
787/723-6333 (District Tel. #)
787/723-6333 (District Fax #)
https://forms.house.gov/pierluisi/contactform.
shtml

Nick Joe Rahall, II (D-WV)
2307 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-3452 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-9061 (Washington Fax #)
601 Federal Street, Room 1005
Bluefield, WV 24701
304/325-6222 (District Tel. #)
304/325-0552 (District Fax #)
301 Prince Street
Beckley, WV 25801
304/252-5000 (District Tel. #)
304/252-9803 (District Fax #)
http://www.rahall.house.gov/?sectionid=9§io
ntree=9

Gregorio Sablan (I- Mariana Islands)
423 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-2646 (Washington Tel. #)
https://forms.house.gov/sablan/contactform.
shtml

Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
1330 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-5456 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-5822 (Washington Fax #)
33 Lowell Street
Manchester, NH 03101
603/641-9536 (District Tel. #)
603/641-9561 (District Fax #)
104 Washington Street
Dover, NH 03820
603/743-4813 (District Tel. #)
603/743-5956 (District Fax #)
http://forms.house.gov/sheaporter/
webform/issue_subscribe.htm


Robert J. Wittman (R-VA)
1123 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-4261 (Washington Tel. #)
3504 Plank Road, Suite 203
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
540/548-1086 (District Tel. #)
4904-B George Washington Memorial Hwy.
Yorktown, VA 23692
757/874-6687 (District Tel. #)
https://forms.house.gov/wittman/IMA/webforms/i
ssue_subscribe.htm


Donald E. Young (R-AK)
2111 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-5765 (Washington Tel. #)
202/225-0425 (Washington Fax #)
101 12th Avenue, #10
Fairbanks, AK 99701-6275
907/456-0210 (District Tel. #)
907/456-0279 (District Fax #)
Peterson Tower Building
510 L Street, Suite 580
Anchorage, AK 99501-1954
907/271-5978 (District Tel. #)
907/271-5950 (District Fax #)
[email protected]

One other thing I found. You can:
Watch the H.R 669 hearing LIVE at: stop669.org
 
2 Day to go. We need to push this hard!!!! Send an email make a call. Just do something!!!!!!


Scott

Scott Smith's All Animal Expo

Scott Smith's All Animal Expo
 
As of RIGHT NOW they have the votes they need.

It will go to a full vote.

If you have been saying it wont pass YOU ARE WRONG!

Get off your but and save your pet's!!! Call, Email DO SOMETHING!!!!!


We have 48 hours

Scott Smith

www.Allanimalexpo.com
 
Miss Tuniwha said:
Well. I not only contacted the pet store I work at (15 stores local to MN) but I also contacted my old manager at PETCO.

She had not even HEARD of this. So I gave her the info, and she is going to talk to corporate to see about what they can do. HOPEFULLY something. I know they have access to getting info on TV and such, so she said she will call me when they know more.

Hopefully they will. Since PETCO is not only country wide, but also would REALLY be affected by this, I am hoping they will make some sort of PSA.

I will keep you posted, if she gets back to me.
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quick update. apparently Petco is well on board, the even have the DM's making calls daily and such.

just thought I would let ya know
 
MUST READ!!

GrayKat97, a member from another forum I often visit made some calls this morning and a poll as well, regarding where every committee member voting on this bill stands:
Here's the link:
http://www.rcreptiles.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/22/individuals-showing-an-initiative-to-fig
and this is what is says:
Quote:
Well I did a little poll when I was calling this morning:

12 have issued no statement either way
Lois Capps
Diana L DeGette
Doc Hastings
John Fleming
Donna M. Christensen
William Cassidy
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega
Carol Shea-Porter
Pedro R. Pierluisi
Frank M. Kratovil Jr.
Nick Joe Rahall II
Donald E. Young

4 co-sponsored but one is claiming to be rethinking it due to all the calls
Neil Abercrombie
Dale E Kildee - this is our "rethinker"
Ronald James Kind
Gregorio Sablan

1 introduced
Madeleine Z Bordallo

1 has supported (whatever that means)
Frank J. Pallone Jr

2 adamantly opposed
Henry Brown
Jason Chaffetz

1 opposed
Robert J Wittman

1 "opposed it last congress so probably will this one too"
Jeff Flake

These numbers do not make me feel comfortable. KEEP CALLING!!!!
 
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