The Battle Rages On...

The fight never stops, nor do the things you fight against get any less insane...

The Florida House & Senate once again outdid themselves with their ridiculousness, when they approved the artificial dying of animals - a ban that had been in place to prevent stores from dying chicks, rabbits and the like and selling them for holidays only to have them abandoned months later when the "cute" wore off.

Florida Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, was the one responsible for lifting a 45-year-old ban on artificially dyeing animals. Bogdanoff snuck Amendment 303390, "repealing s. 828.161, F.S., relating to the prohibition of artificial dying or coloring of certain animals or fowl" onto HB Bill 1197, which revises certain agriculture codes in the state. The amendment was approved 33 to 3 in the state Senate and 109 to 5 on the House floor.

So once again politics and special interest groups mean more than basic animal rights, welfare and, let's face it, animal abuse.  I hope these people are ashamed of themselves, but I doubt it.

To those of you out there who agree this is wrong, please contact the Governor's Office and make yourself heard... he's the last hope in getting this vetoed before we all start going blind from neon animals in Florida...!
http://www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/email-the-governor/


My email to the Governor (please feel free to use any and/or all of it):

Dear Governor Scott,
I urge you to veto the amendment recently passed in the House and Senate lifting the ban on the artificial dying of animals. This is an inhumane practice that results in hundreds of animals being abandoned each year after the pretty colors have worn off. Shelters are overcrowded as it is, and this influx of unwanted animals not only results in senseless deaths that could have been prevented, but it also costs the tax payer thousands of dollars by having Animal Services deal with the cleanup of this mess. Dog groomers and show animals have gotten along fine these past 45 years the ban has been in place, and the result of lifting it will cause more harm than good.
Please consider the animals who are not competing for "best in show" but their lives, and do the humane thing by vetoing this unnecessary amendment.



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