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Stop Shelter Animals From Being Sold for Research!

Target: Michigan House
Sponsored by: American Humane Association

Michigan House Bill 4663 will eliminate pound seizure in Michigan animal shelters.

Pound seizure is the practice of allowing shelter cats and dogs to be used in experimental research. HB 4663, called "Koda's Law," is named after a shelter dog that, instead of being placed for adoption, was sold to a USDA Class B Dealer (animal broker) and resold to the University of Michigan, where he was used in the university's Advanced Trauma Life Support Class, and then euthanized. Koda's former family believed that taking him to a shelter would allow him another opportunity to find a home and did not know he would be used in a research experiment. Sadly, this happens to far too many shelter cats and dogs in Michigan.

Companion animals depend on humans for their safety and well-being. Tragically, this dependency is betrayed when shelters allow these pets to be taken by Class B Dealers for resale to research. When Class B dealers and research facilities can obtain cats and dogs -- like Koda -- from animal shelters, it diminishes the shelters' credibility and purpose, and betrays public trust.

Currently only two county animal control shelters practice pound seizure. Koda's Law will not prohibit legitimate medical research. Research facilities will still be able to obtain cats and dogs from licensees who breed animals for research. This bill simply stops shelter cats and dogs from being used in research. The bill permits several veterinary training/research activities of shelter cats and dogs, including allowing spay-neuter training, correcting pre-existing medical conditions (such as broken bones or illnesses), and allowing blood banks to obtain life-saving animal blood. The cats and dogs are then placed for adoption.

Please sign to show your support for Michigan House Bill 4663 so we can make Michigan the 19th state to outlaw pound seizure.

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1:37 pm PST, Feb 9, Hannah Lewis, California

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6:47 am PST, Feb 9, Name not displayed, Italy

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5:09 am PST, Feb 9, John Dalla, Nevada

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4:32 am PST, Feb 9, Dianne Hillier, United Kingdom
'With the Medicine Buddha mantra you can liberate numberless sentient beings from oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment.' - Lama Zopa. Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha BeKanze Radza Samudgate Soha In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.[1] namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā. The last line of the dharani is used as the Medicine Buddha's mantra. Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows. On achieving Buddhahood, he became the Buddha of the eastern realm of Vaidūryanirbhāsa, or "Pure Lapis Lazuli". The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra[1] are: To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him. To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli. To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require. To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva. To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before. To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings. To help relieve the destitute and the sick. To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth. To help heal mental afflictions and delusions. To help the oppressed be free from suffering. To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst. To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes.

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3:36 am PST, Feb 9, ANA FUENTES, Uruguay
NO MORE ANIMALS RESEARCH!! STOP IT!!!

# 56,761:

1:32 am PST, Feb 9, DARLA ANELLI, California
NO POUND SEIZURES FOR ANIMALS TO BE EXPERIMENTED UPON!

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1:02 am PST, Feb 9, EunJin Jeon, Korea, Republic Of

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12:58 am PST, Feb 9, Louise Smart, Australia
its disgusting that this can still happen to animals. they are our equals, and should be treated as such.

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12:38 am PST, Feb 9, Lisa Brooks, California

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12:29 am PST, Feb 9, Margarita Vasic, Serbia And Montenegro

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11:36 pm PST, Feb 8, Rosemary Shortland, United Kingdom

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9:04 pm PST, Feb 8, Glenn Brown, Nebraska

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9:00 pm PST, Feb 8, Betty Jean Myers, Colorado

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8:32 pm PST, Feb 8, Bari St. James, California
Please protect our animals. Do not sell them for research. Our little animals are so dear and for some of us like children. How could this possibly happen in todays world?

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8:25 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, Canada

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8:23 pm PST, Feb 8, Kunal Ashar, California

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7:31 pm PST, Feb 8, IE Ries, Florida
Condemning "surplus" companion animals to sell for a quick profit? That's no different from outright slavery. Remind me to grab your KID from you and sell it to a 3rd world sweat shop to even the score so you have a small inkling of the pain caused by this scam.

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7:02 pm PST, Feb 8, Katherine Adams, Arizona

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6:50 pm PST, Feb 8, Pinke Andersson, Finland
All cruelty against our best friends,dogs and cats will turn back to us. Help! and support Michigan House Bill 4663, that is a human way to act!

# 56,747:

6:47 pm PST, Feb 8, Susan Stanley, New Hampshire
Please don't take advantage of animals because they are down on their luck and easily accessible.

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6:30 pm PST, Feb 8, Joanne Groat, Tennessee

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6:26 pm PST, Feb 8, Cathy Ann Merrill, Florida

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6:09 pm PST, Feb 8, GRACE LEGATES, Oklahoma

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5:48 pm PST, Feb 8, OLiver Wong, Malaysia

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5:26 pm PST, Feb 8, Jennifer Sims, California
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi

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4:39 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, New York
Don't allow animal brokers to make money off of a family pet. It should not be allowed. Some people just can't keep their pets anymore due to the economic times. They think their pets will have a second chance.

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4:34 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, New Hampshire

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3:54 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, New York
What a devious, rotten way to make a living. Live animals should not be experimented on, period. You should be experimenting on rapists, murderers, child molesters and violent criminals. Why torture a dog or a kitten?

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3:53 pm PST, Feb 8, Arleen Hirano, California

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3:43 pm PST, Feb 8, Elke Ottoelk, Namibia

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3:39 pm PST, Feb 8, Cammie Watson, Georgia

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3:36 pm PST, Feb 8, Domenica Ott, Switzerland

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3:31 pm PST, Feb 8, Sharon Purcell-Cuautle, Alaska

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2:59 pm PST, Feb 8, Mona Peck, New York
What will be next? Experimenting on the elderly with no families and marginalized that live in shelters? Why can't we respect the life of animals? STOP the experimenting and disrespect for life!

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2:51 pm PST, Feb 8, Nancy Herlinger, Texas

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1:52 pm PST, Feb 8, Aquila Nelson, Nevada

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1:33 pm PST, Feb 8, Lisa Marie, Pennsylvania
Please help with this important issue. Thank you in advance for your support. Sincerely Yours, Lisa Marie

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1:30 pm PST, Feb 8, Rita Zaborowska, Poland

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1:26 pm PST, Feb 8, Elizabeth Massari, North Carolina

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1:18 pm PST, Feb 8, Merry Troupe, Tennessee
I am proud to put my name to this form. No animal be it shelter or found or anything should be used for research! Perhaps this petition will change that!

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12:52 pm PST, Feb 8, Julia Grossman, Texas

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12:40 pm PST, Feb 8, Kitty Courtney, New Mexico
What a betrayal of our companion animals who put their trust in humans and have it broken in such an egregious way. This is just wrong.

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12:39 pm PST, Feb 8, Desiree Lange, Washington
God charged man-kind to take care of animals. Researching and testing on animals is not caring but cruel, inhumane, vile, and sick! Free the Animals!!!

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12:39 pm PST, Feb 8, Beth Patterson, Washington

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12:38 pm PST, Feb 8, DORIS LEHR, New York

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12:38 pm PST, Feb 8, Jennifer Griffin-Pape, Michigan
Animals aren't the wild barbarics.. humans are

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11:37 am PST, Feb 8, Maria Schulz, Romania

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11:37 am PST, Feb 8, Sarella Dongo Gamboa, Peru

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11:24 am PST, Feb 8, Julia Perkins, Alabama
It is hard enough for families to give up an animal that is a member of their family. It is usually agonized over for a period of time, but to find out that your friend never had a chance at a second home is devastating. Please don't allow this to continue.

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11:07 am PST, Feb 8, Lambiritis Vasilis, Cyprus

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10:08 am PST, Feb 8, Ezio Mattiace, Washington D.C.

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10:08 am PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, Michigan
I am already supporting The Humane Society in Auburn Hills. Thank you for YOUR support.

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10:08 am PST, Feb 8, Michael Pacholski, Ohio

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10:03 am PST, Feb 8, Florence Robin, France

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9:50 am PST, Feb 8, Ann Rosenberg, United Kingdom
Selling animals for medical research when they are taken to a pound for re-homing is a betrayal of trust. It is abhorrent in any country where animal companionship is valued.

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9:40 am PST, Feb 8, Robin Bousquet, Massachusetts

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