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Call for the resignation of the Secretary of Agriculture

Target: Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture
Sponsor: David Fisher
  • Signatures: 912
  • Goal: 5,000
  • Deadline: 8-17-2006
Call for the resignation of the Secretary of Agriculture for failure to do his job and enforce the Humane Slaughter Act

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914 2:07 pm PDT, Oct 22 Anonymous Florida
913 2:58 pm PDT, Sep 14 Kim McDonald  
912 5:29 am PDT, May 12 Anonymous Colorado
911 7:44 am PDT, Apr 12 jose segura Georgia
910 5:13 am PST, Feb 15 suzanne perkins Texas
909 9:14 am PST, Jan 18 Dorothy Lewis California
908 9:08 am PST, Jan 18 Pamela Lewes California
907 8:00 am PST, Jan 4 Katie Kelly Massachusetts
906 6:49 pm PST, Dec 2 Danielle E. Sabin New Hampshire
905 7:28 pm PST, Nov 13 Kelly Hughart California
904 6:48 pm PDT, Sep 30 Laurel Burns Maine
903 5:37 pm PDT, Sep 25 Tom Gilchrist  
902 8:22 pm PDT, Sep 18 Alexandra Miele Connecticut
901 2:10 am PDT, Aug 18 patricia osborne New York
900 7:43 pm PDT, Aug 11 bobbie smith Maryland
899 8:23 am PDT, Aug 3 brenda zoppo Florida
898 2:18 pm PDT, Jul 29 suzanne scott North Carolina
897 12:04 pm PDT, Jul 28 Anonymous Wisconsin
896 10:05 am PDT, Jul 18 Gwyn Caison Virginia
895 4:42 pm PDT, Jul 16 Julie Tunning Arizona
894 10:56 pm PDT, Jul 2 Joyce Lam  
893 4:31 pm PDT, Jun 15 Lawrence Schein California
892 7:25 pm PDT, Jun 11 Christen Yuen California
891 9:12 pm PDT, Jun 4 Donald Jorstad California
890 6:26 pm PDT, May 22 Sarah L. Ross Connecticut
889 11:15 pm PDT, May 19 karen eisenlord California
888 4:24 am PDT, May 17 Carol DeFeciani Rhode Island
887 11:35 pm PDT, May 16 Kellie Rodolph Arizona
886 9:48 am PDT, Mar 16 vickie ortega Colorado
885 4:06 pm PST, Feb 18 jeff hopkins Illinois
884 5:42 pm PST, Jan 27 Aiz T  
883 7:24 am PST, Jan 27 Anne Frost Florida
882 8:23 pm PST, Dec 28 Anonymous Armed Forces Americas
881 11:16 am PST, Nov 30 Jennifer Megeney  
880 1:53 pm PST, Nov 26 Leslie Glendye Massachusetts
879 3:54 pm PST, Nov 22 Emily MacDonald Pennsylvania
878 1:02 pm PST, Nov 10 Deanna Matthews New Jersey
877 11:59 am PST, Nov 7 Katie Putman Virginia
876 1:07 pm PDT, Oct 28 Anonymous Virginia
875 7:28 pm PDT, Oct 7 Nancy Babbitt New York
874 10:03 pm PDT, Sep 30 Windy Melton California
873 11:03 am PDT, Sep 25 Heather R . Bechtel California
872 8:39 am PDT, Sep 20 Carl Propst California
871 10:53 am PDT, Sep 10 Mary Luketich Texas
870 10:07 am PDT, Aug 28 Linda Bonura Louisiana
869 2:01 am PDT, Aug 15 Marcella Hammond California
868 4:40 pm PDT, Aug 12 Ruth Thomas California
867 6:46 pm PDT, Jul 22 Anonymous Idaho
866 10:13 am PDT, Jul 20 Michael Wilhelm Illinois
865 8:34 am PDT, Jul 20 Tami Johnson Illinois
864 9:01 pm PDT, Jul 16 Lorraine Elias Pennsylvania
863 8:50 am PDT, Jul 16 linda malie Florida
862 4:39 pm PDT, Jul 10 Randy Sandberg California
861 3:03 pm PDT, Jul 10 Anonymous Florida
860 5:32 am PDT, Jul 10 Vicki Cleveland Michigan
859 11:19 am PDT, Jul 6 NINA ABERNATHY Colorado
858 11:43 am PDT, Jul 5 Anonymous California
857 11:00 am PDT, Jul 4 Anonymous California
856 7:15 am PDT, Jul 4 Karen Skewes Minnesota
855 3:06 am PDT, Jul 4 Suzanne Urban Connecticut
854 3:47 pm PDT, Jul 3 Anonymous Massachusetts
853 2:38 pm PDT, Jul 3 Taniah Stephan California
852 2:37 pm PDT, Jul 3 Daliah Jade Stephan California
851 8:48 am PDT, Jul 1 Lorraine Howard Maine

Call for the resignation of the Secretary of Agriculture

Mike Johanns is the Secretary of Agriculture for the USDA. This is an appointed position and he has failed miserably in his duties. His own inspectors have reported torture and cruelty in the slaughterhouses, in direct violation of the Humane Slaughter Act (see http://www.animallaw.info/statutes/stusfd7usca1901.htm), but he does nothing about it. This is a law and he is required to enforce it, but instead he allows the USDA to play word games such as classifying rabbits as poultry to deny them the protections this law was intended to provide. As a result, rabbits are dismembered while fully conscious and screaming in agony. Sign this petition and demand his resignation so someone capable of performing his job can be appointed.

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