20 May 2007 - Vol. # 29
Teddy -
Volunteering -
T-Shirt Sale -
Horse Slaughter Up-Date -
AETA in NYC
TEDDY
the gentle giant
Teddy's story is now online. Please
click
here to see pictures of Teddy, the gentle giant and former
carriage horse. See gentle Teddy being fed a carrot by a little boy;
Teddy in his new warm coat (which we happily bought for him) that
was purchased in the Big Boy shop; Teddy just being Teddy. Teddy
continues to flourish with the help of all the good people at
Central New England Equine Rescue.
Members of our Coalition have visited CNEER in Massachusetts and
seen the heaven on earth that is home for their many horses, which
include
Monty and Teddy and until recently
Lilly
O'Reilly, a former NYC carriage horse, who was placed in a
wonderful home. We have seen the volunteers perform a labor of love
by getting up early in the morning to tend to the horses, feeding
them, mucking their stalls, grooming, socializing, and giving them
tender loving care. We have seen the horses playing and cavorting
with each other; enjoying their Sunday molasses breakfast special;
and just grazing and hanging out, enjoying both the other horses and
people. Please consider
donating to CNEER to help with their valuable work.
This is the only organization that has rescued
carriage horses and been honest about their condition when they
received them. No other organization that has helped find homes for
carriage horses has spoken out about their physical and mental
state when they are rescued. We are eternally grateful to
CNEER for their honesty and willingness to help these horses by
speaking the truth about their condition. The Truth is what
will help us end this exploitative and abusive industry.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Tabling on Saturday, May 26th - Memorial Day Weekend
Yes - we will be in town. And if you are too - we hope you will
spend a few hours with us. The weather is great and the horses need
your help. The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages needs
volunteers to help get signatures on petitions to the Mayor and City
Council -- and to hold posters. This is not a demonstration but an
educational event. It is an excellent opportunity to help the horses
and to see how supportive both tourists and New Yorkers are. You can
volunteer for one hour or four. We need to know when you will be
there so we are sure to have coverage. Please contact Teresa at
verush@aol.com if you can volunteer.
WHEN: Saturday, May 26th, 2007 WHERE: midtown -
information will be given to volunteers. TIME: 1-5 PM
BAN HORSE-DRAWN
CARRIAGES T-SHIRTS
Promote our message to help the horses
The warm weather is here and it is time to wear your t-shirts - ours
preferably. Wear it to the gym to educate people about the carriage
horses; wear it to table with us - or just wear it because it looks
good and is comfortable. We have a sizable inventory of t-shirts
(shown here) in small, medium and large, that we want to sell to
raise money for our campaign. They run a little big. The slogan on
this style is "Show Compassion" "Say No to a Carriage Ride."
Because we want to liquidate our inventory, we have reduced the
price of these shirts to $10, including postage. This is a $10
savings from our Internet
store. If you are interested, please e-mail me at
coalitionbanhdc@gmail.com with the size needed. I will e-mail
you back to let you know if it is available. Only checks are
accepted. Although all sizes are available, please wait until you
hear from me confirming it. At that time, checks should be made out
to Coalition for New York City Animals, Inc., P.O. Box 20247, New
York, NY 10025.
However, if you want to purchase anything through
our store, credit
cards are accepted through PayPal. We have great looking caps,
t-shirts, sweat shirts, tote bags and a t-shirt for your dog. Be
fashionable and help the horses at the same time.
HORSE SLAUGHTER UP DATE
Illinois and Texas - oh my!
If you have not yet contacted your Senator or Congressman
about the federal bill to ban horse slaughter - please do so now.
And if you have already contacted them, give them another call to
find out if there is any progress. It is urgent. The
legislators in Illinois, which is home to one slaughter house, and
Texas, which is home to two - have not been sitting idle. GOOD:
Not willing to wait for the federal government to take action,
on May 16th, the
Illinois
Senate passed a ban on horse slaughter. Previously approved by
the House, it is on the governor's desk waiting his signature.
Illinois residents, please call Gov. Rod Blagojevich at 217-782-0244
or 312-814-2121 and ask him to sign Bill
#HB1711 into law.
BAD: Not to be outdone, the Texas Senate added an amendment
to a bill, which would side step a 58 year-old Texas law preventing
the slaughter of horses for consumption of their meat. Only in
Texas, my friends, only in Texas.
Let's put an end to horse slaughter in the US permanently by
getting Congress to pass the The American Horse Slaughter Prevention
Act. Call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for
your two U.S. Senators' and U.S. Representative's offices. Urge your
Senators to "support H.R. 249 to protect wild horses from
slaughter and cosponsor S. 311 to stop the sale and transport of all
horses to slaughter." Urge your Representative to "cosponsor
H.R. 503 to stop the sale and transport of all horses to slaughter."
New Yorkers: neither Senator Clinton nor Senator Schumer are
co-sponsors of these bills. Ask them for their support and to push
these bills forward for a vote. If you do not know who your
representatives are, see this
web site. See the
HSUS web site for more information on this issue.
AETA
PRESENTATION - TUESDAY MAY 22ND
this is it! - the event you have been waiting for
On May 22, the NYC Bar Association Committee on Legal Issues
Pertaining to Animals will sponsor "The Animal Enterprise
Terrorism Act: Civil Rights as a Casualty in Anti-Terrorism
Rhetoric" WHEN: Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 6 - 9 pm
WHERE: NYC Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street , NYC
A serious setback for civil rights, the newly enacted federal
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) risks targeting free speech
advocates as terrorists even in the absence of any harm or damage,
or for any loss of corporate profits. This program will address
AETA's far-reaching implications.
Moderator: ODETTE J. WILKENS Member, Committee on Legal
Issues Pertaining to Animals; Executive Director, Equal Justice
Alliance Speakers: WILL POTTER Award-winning Journalist;
Creator of
www.GreenIsTheNewRed.com blog focusing on the effects of the war
on terrorism on civil liberties; PETER MULLER Principal,
League of Humane Voters; MINNA ELIAS New York Chief of Staff
and Counsel to Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY); H. LOUIS
SIRKIN Sirkin Pinales & Schwartz LLP; ANDREW F. ERBA Williams Cuker
Berezofsky; ROBERT A. OBLER Criminal Trial Attorney; HEIDI
BOGHOSIAN Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild; DAVID
CASSUTO Associate Professor of Law, Pace Law School.
"Cowardice asks the question, Is it safe? Expediency asks
the question, Is it politic? Vanity asks the question, Is it
popular? But conscience asks the question, Is it right? And there
comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor
politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience
tells him that it is right." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
| Thank you for caring about the horses, Elizabeth
Forel - Coalition for NYC Animals, Inc. for the
Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages |
