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Old 02-17-2009, 06:32 PM   #1
luvinmyyorkies
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Default URGENT - Indiana Members - Need to Call Tomorrow

I just received this from my rescue group. If any of you in Indiana can help, please do.


Please call your Representative WEDNESDAY
And ask him to Vote "YES" to
HB 1468, Indiana's Puppy Mill Bill.

It's that simple.

Indiana has a dark, ugly secret
- unregulated, overcrowded and inhumane puppy mills and there is a bill in the House right now that will help these dogs!

Puppy mills are mass breeding facilities (with anywhere from 30-700 dogs) where dogs are kept in cramped, stacked cages with wire flooring, never getting out for exercise, given no medical treatment (unless it is for something that would keep them breeding), getting no exercise and bred each heat cycle, not giving their bodies time to recover between them, until their bodies wear out. This does not describe just "the worst of them". This is a typical puppy mill and our state is full of them, especially our area of the state.

We, from New Hope Pet Rescue in Syracuse, are asking you to support HB 1468.
Phone calls must be made TODAY, Wednesday, Feb. 18 as this bill will be voted on Thursday. This bill will alleviate the suffering of these defenseless dogs and will shut down those with more than 30 breeding dogs.

This bill needs your support!!! These dogs deserve your support! Please call your Representative TODAY. Tomorrow will be too late. All Representatives can be reached at 1-800-382-9842. If you can't get through on that line, you can also call 317-232-9600. You can find out who your Representative is by going to

www.in.gov. This simple phone call will take you 2 minutes, but could mean a new life for thousands of Indiana dogs in puppy mills. You can make a world of difference! Your legislator may just be the one who is wavering on the issue.

Let's jam the phone lines in the Indiana House of Representatives!!!!


To view the bill, go to
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/HB/HB1468.1.html, however at the time of this writing, it was not updated with the final amendments and changes. At a hearing today, many of the standards of care were removed from the bill. It will still be an effective bill, but several of the regulations have been dropped.
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