| September
10 ,
2005
The
Animal Defense League of Arizona is one of the supporting
organizations of a statewide campaign announced today to ban
gestation crates and veal crates in Arizona. This will entail
a grassroots effort of gathering 200,000 signatures to place
the measure on the November 2006 ballot for a vote by the
people of Arizona.
Campaign
kick-off and volunteer training meetings are scheduled for
the first week of October in Flagstaff, Phoenix and Tucson.
Spearheaded by Arizonans for Humane Farms, these sessions
will prepare volunteers for the signature gathering process
and will feature guest speakers Wayne Pacelle of the Humane
Society of the United States and Gene Bauston of Farm Sanctuary.
SCHEDULE
OF MEETINGS:
Flagstaff
Monday,
October 3, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
East
Flagstaff Community Library
3000
N. Fourth St., Suite 5, Flagstaff
Tucson
Wednesday,
October 5, 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.
James
E. Rogers College of Law, Room 140
NW
corner of Speedway/Mountain, Tucson
Phoenix/Tempe
Thursday,
October 6, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Arizona
Humane Society
1521
W. Dobbins Rd., Phoenix
BRIEF
CAMPAIGN BACKGROUND:
In
an effort to continually increase productivity and profit,
factory farms are known to treat feeling, sensitive animals
as nothing more than commodities. Both veal calves and breeding
pigs are kept so severely confined in crates that the animals
cannot even turn around or extend their limbs. The extremely
overcrowded conditions cause extreme suffering for the animals,
in addition to polluting the air, contaminating groundwater
and threatening human health. Both veal and gestation crates
are so cruel that they have been outlawed in several other
countries. And, in fact, the gestation crate was outlawed
through a precedent-setting citizen initiative in Florida
in 2002.
For
more information on the campaign, for additional facts about
gestation crates and veal crates, and to read the exact language
of the initiative, please visit www.yesforhumanefarms.org.
HOW
YOU CAN HELP:
Concerned
Arizonans now have a crucial opportunity to outlaw both veal
and gestation crates in our state by placing a measure on
the ballot for the 2006 election. Hundreds of volunteer petitioners
are needed to collect the 200,000 signatures needed to make
this ballot initiative a reality in Arizona!
If
you would like to volunteer to collect signatures, please
contact Arizonans for Humane Farms and attend one of the kick-off
meetings if there is one scheduled in your community:
Arizonans
for Humane Farms
P.O. Box 3095, Tempe, AZ 85280
Phone: (480) 449-7644
info@yesforhumanefarms.org
www.yesforhumanefarms.org
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