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A reader asked us to post this important message explaining how you can support VA House Bill 429. Don’t let AWLA undermine this legislation, which will give thousands of homeless animals a chance to survive and find homes!

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A new Virginia law has been proposed (HB 429) which will prohibit city or county pounds from having breed-specific euthanization or adoption policies. Currently, many publicly funded animal shelters have policies which require them to kill many dogs based solely on breed — HB 429 will put an end to that.

HB 429 will be heard by the Agricultural Subcommittee on Monday afternoon, Feb. 1. We must act quickly — this bill needs our help to succeed –
so please do the following immediately:

STEP 1:
Send an email to the members of the Agricultural Subcommittee:

To:

DelMLohr@house.virginia.gov,
DelBOrrock@house.virginia.gov,
DelEScott@house.virginia.gov,
DelDMarshall@house.virginia.gov,
DelCPoindexter@house.virginia.gov,
DelDBell@house.virginia.gov,
DelJShuler@house.virginia.gov,
DelMJames@house.virginia.gov

Subject: HB 429–SUPPORT

Body (modify as desired):
HB 429 Animal welfare; prohibits city or county from euthanizing or adoption of any dog solely on breed.

Please support HB 429. Many publicly funded animal shelters in our state currently have inhumane breed-specific policies which result in many friendly, safe, loving dogs being put to death needlessly. Virginia needs HB 429 to put an end to this cruel practice.

Sincerely,

[ your name ]

STEP 2:
Forward this email to every Virginia resident you know who cares about animal welfare.

That’s it!

If you are willing to do more, please contact your representatives and ask them to support HB 429. The contact information for your representatives is here:
http://conview.state.va.us/whosmy.nsf/main?openform

Thanks for protecting homeless and friendless dogs that desperately need your help!