CONNECTICUT ACTION ALERT

Thanks to those of you who wrote letters and made phone calls to your State Senators and State Representatives, two important pro-animal bills have passed the Connecticut General Assembly! You helped achieve:

• HB 6577 -- An Act Concerning the Control of Nuisance Wildlife. Last fall a nuisance wildlife control trapper was arrested for drowning two raccoons off a West Haven dock. He claimed that the Department of Environmental Protection encourages such practices. HB 6577 will prohibit nuisance control trappers from using cruel methods such as drowning, body-crushing traps, and other "tools of the trade" such as injections of paint thinner! It will also require them to receive training in prevention measures and humane capture and release. This bill passed with an overwhelming margin (126 to 13 in the House of Represenatives and 31 to 4 in the Senate) and will save thousands of animals!

• HB 6517 -- An Act Concerning the Animal Protection Control Fund. The state spay/neuter program at municipal pounds was suspended due to lack of funds. HB 6517 will provide funding by creating a special spay/neuter license plate and by reducing the cash rebate after an adopter has the animal sterilized.

If your State Representative and State Senator voted in favor of these bills, please call them to say thank you!

(Call 1-800-842-1420 for Senate Democrats, 1-800-842-1421 for Senate Republicans, 1-800-842-8267 for House Democrats, and 1-800-842-1423 for House Republicans. Call your Registrar of Voters to find out which State Senator and State Representative represent you.)

Your voice makes a difference for the animals!

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