I know it seems endless, but the animals need your help. Please email and/or make these calls right away!!

Action alert coming from Bill Smith at Main Line Animal Rescue.  (The guy who got Oprah to do the puppy mill show).

From: MainLineRescue@aol.com 
PLEASE SEND THIS OUT TO EVERYONE YOU HAVE EVER MET.  SUPPORT H.B. 39.

It takes an Amish farmer less than 5 minutes to "debark" one of his  breeding dogs by hammering a steel rod down her throat - and breaking
her jaw and shattering her back teeth.  It takes 5 minutes for that same farmer/commercial breeder to cut off one of his dog's tail - in  a
filthy, dark barn without anesthesia.  And it takes about the same amount of time for his thirteen year old son to tie the dog down and cut the puppies from her belly.  Five minutes more to crop her ears using a pair of rusted hedge shears - the dog squirming and crying out in unbelievable pain.

So why is it taking Senator Stewart Greenleaf more than a week to decide that this is wrong?  When we called his office last week to ask why his Committee is sitting on H.B. 39, we were told by his aide that Senator Greenleaf is "reviewing" the bill.  What's to review? Everyone on Capitol Hill knows about this bill.  It is the companion bill to H.B. 2525 that passed into law last fall.  When asked, repeatedly, if Senator Greenleaf would support H.B. 39, his aide would not commit.  This is surprising to us considering Senator Greenleaf not only toured Pennsylvania' s puppy mills with a reporter from the Inquirer in 1995, seeing firsthand the conditions these animals face, but he also coined the expression "Puppy Mill Capital of the East Coast" and expressed an urgent need for change.  Well, Senator Greenleaf, here's your chance to bring about change and help these  dogs!

 H.B. 39 would make it illegal for anyone other than a licensed  veterinarian to perform these procedures, or if it is already illegal for anyone but a licensed vet to perform the procedure, it will toughen the penalties.  Please contact the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and ask them to vote the bill out of their committee so it can finally go to the floor of the Senate for a vote. The bill passed the House unanimously, and passed the Senate Agricultural Committee unanimously two weeks ago (thank you members of  the Ag Committee!).  This bill is a crucial step toward protecting
the dogs of Pennsylvania.

Takes only a minute to send this one email. Please email (or call) the legislators below and ask them to support H.B. 39 and move it to the Senate floor.  Important to note, Senator Greenleaf represents Montgomery County.  MLAR covers Montgomery County and many of us live in Montgomery County (I know I do) so let your voices be heard!

 Bill Smith, Main Line Animal Rescue

You can email each legislator individually or copy and paste this mass listing of legislators into your “TO:” email line and write them all the same message; i.e. “SUPPORT H.B. 39 AND MOVE IT TO THE SENATE FLOOR”

sgreenleaf@pasen.gov;mwhite@pasen.gov;jscarnati@pasen.gov;pbrowne@pasen.gov;jearl@pasen.gov;jgordner@pasen.gov;jorie@pasen.gov;

jpiccola@pasen.gov;jrafferty@pasen.gov;boscola@pasenate.com;costa@pasenate.com;fontana@pasenate.com;stack@pasenate.com

Or email each representative individually at:

 Stewart Greenleaf  sgreenleaf@pasen.gov

 717-787-6599 or call: 215-657-7700

Mary Jo White  mwhite@pasen.gov

Joseph Scarnati  jscarnati@pasen.gov

Patrick Browne  pbrowne@pasen.gov

Jane Earl  jearl@pasen.gov

John Gordner  jgordner@pasen.gov

Jane Clare Orie  jorie@pasen.gov

Jeffrey Piccola  jpiccola@pasen.gov

John Rafferty  jrafferty@pasen.gov   (represents parts of Chester, Montgomery, Berks Counties)

Lisa Boscola  boscola@pasenate.com 

Jay Costa  costa@pasenate.com

Wayne Fontana  fontana@pasenate.com

Michael Stack  stack@pasenate.com

PA Action Alert - SUPPORT HB 39!  - Please send this out to everyone you have ever met!  Please cross-post widely!