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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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# 56,780:
8:59 pm PST, Feb 9, Anna Henderson, Florida
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8:12 pm PST, Feb 9, Lisa Young, Georgia
This is absurd. What is wrong with this world. Animals are not dissposable. What kind of heartless people do this. It makes me sick
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5:40 pm PST, Feb 9, Name not displayed, Arizona
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5:28 pm PST, Feb 9, Kimberly Aldridge, Florida
This is unconscionable. How can a shelter that seeks donations from the general public, or seeks public help, send these animals to be tortured and abused, not to mention being deprived of food or water? What is the meaning of SHELTER to these people? TESTING IS WRONG ON EVERY LEVEL. Pour bleach in your own eyes and see how it feels. Do without a drink for three or four days and see how you feel. I hate you all.
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3:11 pm PST, Feb 9, Steve Moorman, Michigan
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2:35 pm PST, Feb 9, Elizabeth Bly, Massachusetts
This needs to STOP NOW! Science is advanced enough that we don't need to experiment on animals. I'm ashamed of Michigan and it's residents for letting this go on.
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1:37 pm PST, Feb 9, Hannah Lewis, California
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1:21 pm PST, Feb 9, Uli Kolde, Spain
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1:19 pm PST, Feb 9, Lauren Ewing, Utah
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12:07 pm PST, Feb 9, Alex Richards, Florida
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9:46 am PST, Feb 9, Sylvia Butler, United Kingdom
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9:32 am PST, Feb 9, Linda Pyatt, Missouri
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9:15 am PST, Feb 9, Kelly Arellanes, Arkansas
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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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