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Oppose Legislation Enabling Mass Murdering of Cats

Target: US Senate
Sponsored by: Care2

The "P" in the REPAIR Act now before the Senate stands for "Protection," yet this bill does the opposite of protecting. It authorizes the killing of free roaming cats and dogs, wild horses, and any other animals unfairly deemed "invasive."

Killing programs, using federal money and under few federal restrictions, would exterminate virtually any feral cat found in the wild. In the past these programs have used painful poisons, body-gripping traps, snares and other cruel procedures to kill animals.

Congress should instead support more humane programs like Trap-Neuter-Return ones that avoid taking animal life. It doesn't have to and shouldn't allow indiscriminate murdering of innocent domestic cats and other animals. Sign the petition to tell your Senator to say "No" to cruel mass killing of feral animals.

deadline: 6-12-2009
goal: 10,000

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Dear Senator,

I urge you to oppose HR 767, or the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act. It in fact does the opposite of what its title implies: it authorizes the mass killing of animals, mainly free roaming, or feral, domestic cats.

This bill is meant to address the issue of "nonnative" domestic cats that are entering the wild and eating animals such as fish and birds. However, in order to "protect" the fish and birds from cats, this legislation would fund indiscriminate killing of innocent cats and other animals deemed "invasive." In addition to being inhumane to the animals called "invasive," HR 767 would not even help these animals' prey.

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7:51 pm PDT, Jun 12, Amanda Goforth, South Carolina

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6:34 pm PDT, Jun 12, Laura Elizabeth, Florida

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5:08 pm PDT, Jun 12, Maria del Carmen Abad Fus, Germany

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1:43 pm PDT, Jun 12, Alina Alinutzica, Portugal

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11:00 am PDT, Jun 12, Name not displayed, Latvia

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9:32 am PDT, Jun 12, Tim Williams, United Kingdom

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9:32 am PDT, Jun 12, Fiona Williams, United Kingdom

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8:09 am PDT, Jun 12, Katira Tejeda, Massachusetts

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2:58 am PDT, Jun 12, Noelle Cruz, California

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11:55 pm PDT, Jun 11, Monika Reimann, Germany
H�rt doch endlich mit den unn�tigen Katzenmorde auf!!!!

# 8,959:

10:05 pm PDT, Jun 11, Roberta Yates, California

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1:17 pm PDT, Jun 11, Helen Crowe, New Hampshire
The inhumanity of humans continues to worsen, as we selfishly take the open spaces where these creatures once lived, and now it looks like we treat African countries where we don't use euthinasia, but starvation, we get rid of them too.. Because we greedy bastards want it all, we show no empathy to many in the animal kingdom. Do unto others no longer means anything to the worshipers of their god - money

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12:06 pm PDT, Jun 11, Julie Moore, Washington

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11:09 am PDT, Jun 11, Nicole Crowe, Massachusetts

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9:30 am PDT, Jun 11, Alina Vorni�u, Portugal

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8:50 am PDT, Jun 11, Name not displayed, California
Escaped pets and feral animals should be neutered, not killed.

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5:51 am PDT, Jun 11, Joana Roch, Spain

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5:48 am PDT, Jun 11, Sabine Bisbe, Spain

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5:48 am PDT, Jun 11, Julie Jamieson, United Kingdom
it is sick and cruel.

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5:36 am PDT, Jun 11, Karl Brunner, Germany

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4:05 am PDT, Jun 11, Klaudia H�mer, Austria

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3:57 am PDT, Jun 11, Manfred Schmalenberger, Austria

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3:54 am PDT, Jun 11, Samantha Glennie, United Kingdom

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3:38 am PDT, Jun 11, Susanna Von Dewitz, Germany

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2:59 am PDT, Jun 11, Petra Prachleitner, Austria

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1:10 am PDT, Jun 11, Daniela K�tzsch, Germany

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8:42 pm PDT, Jun 10, Joy Keces, California
Education, Spay and neuter is realistic answer. Cruelty is not.

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5:59 pm PDT, Jun 10, Firat Esmer, Turkey

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5:45 pm PDT, Jun 10, Christina Morgan, New York

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5:11 pm PDT, Jun 10, Susan Frazier, California

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3:49 pm PDT, Jun 10, Lisa Schichtel, Florida

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3:05 pm PDT, Jun 10, Ellie Kaul, Florida

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2:47 pm PDT, Jun 10, Sharon Engel, California

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1:34 pm PDT, Jun 10, Livia Hirsch, Vermont

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12:35 pm PDT, Jun 10, Maryann Hammers, California
Since when did the United States become barbaric and cruel? Controlling population is one thing. Mass murder is another. If you've ever had a pet -- you know how sweet, smart and sensitive animals are. We have no right to slaughter them.

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11:45 am PDT, Jun 10, Heidi Lese, California
There are humane alternatives to this sadistic practice. The vast majority of citizens care for animals and don't want to see them hurt, killed or maimed. Let's find a better solution!!!!

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11:24 am PDT, Jun 10, ROSE COBOS, New York

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11:23 am PDT, Jun 10, ROSE COBOS, New York

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11:22 am PDT, Jun 10, ROSE KADULA, New York

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10:42 am PDT, Jun 10, Tina Van Dusen, Illinois

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10:40 am PDT, Jun 10, Laura Marlow, New Jersey

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10:16 am PDT, Jun 10, Kelleigh Brazier, California

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9:53 am PDT, Jun 10, Jose Rodriguez, United Kingdom
Dear Senator, I urge you to oppose HR 767, or the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act. It in fact does the opposite of what its title implies: it authorizes the mass killing of animals, mainly free roaming, or feral, domestic cats. This bill is meant to address the issue of "nonnative" domestic cats that are entering the wild and eating animals such as fish and birds. However, in order to "protect" the fish and birds from cats, this legislation would fund indiscriminate killing of innocent cats and other animals deemed "invasive." In addition to being inhumane to the animals called "invasive," HR 767 would not even help these animals' prey. view more This legislation would provide far too much wiggle room in its definition of "invasive species" and its restrictions on how people can "control" these animals. Such broad wording could lead many animals to face, at the hands of unrestricted people, harrowing killing procedures, which in the past included painful poisons, body-gripping traps, snares and other cruel methods. Proper legislation would protect animals from large-scale, cruel murdering. Please oppose HR 767, or the REPAIR Act, in order to save innocent cats and other animals from mass, inhumane killing programs. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, J L Rodriguez Olveira

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5:47 am PDT, Jun 10, Steven Rosenbloom, California

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4:20 am PDT, Jun 10, Lizza Reed, California

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11:55 pm PDT, Jun 9, Raul Cabral, California
This must stop !

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2:03 pm PDT, Jun 9, Name not displayed, Massachusetts

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1:35 pm PDT, Jun 9, Tiffany Dodd, United Kingdom

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11:55 am PDT, Jun 9, Alina Mazanyuk, Ukraine

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10:19 am PDT, Jun 9, Ariel Bandara, California

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7:13 am PDT, Jun 9, Michele Cole, California
more humane legislation is needed

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12:11 am PDT, Jun 9, Sonia Klamo, Colorado

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10:41 pm PDT, Jun 8, Mara Cubeddu, California

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10:41 pm PDT, Jun 8, Mickie Gold, California

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10:40 pm PDT, Jun 8, Stanley Monsef, California

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10:39 pm PDT, Jun 8, Sherry Monsef, California
Congress should support trap-neuter-return programs rather than authorizing the mass killing of free roaming animals.

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10:39 pm PDT, Jun 8, Alex Vance, California

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10:39 pm PDT, Jun 8, Elizabeth Monsef, California

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10:38 pm PDT, Jun 8, Adele Monsef, California

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10:32 pm PDT, Jun 8, Pat Kennedy, California
I urge you to support more humane legislation which would emphasize trap, neuter and release programs which would protect not only the targeted animals, but also the prey animals who would be, in many cases, equally endangered by some of the killing procedures which would be allowed.

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9:52 pm PDT, Jun 8, Christine Montgomery, California

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8:26 pm PDT, Jun 8, Devina Anindita, Indonesia

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6:03 pm PDT, Jun 8, Rachel Soroka, Pennsylvania

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5:53 pm PDT, Jun 8, Alyssa Silveira, California

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4:04 pm PDT, Jun 8, Kacey Cotten, California

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1:29 pm PDT, Jun 8, Jackie Wagoner, Tennessee

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1:24 pm PDT, Jun 8, Name not displayed, Spain

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1:07 pm PDT, Jun 8, Jeanne Barney, California

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12:43 pm PDT, Jun 8, Cecilia Kirketerp, Sweden

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