Humane Lobby Day

When Humane #Lobby Day (HLD) registrants descend on the Arizona State Capitol this week, they will be participating in an annual event established to champion society’s most vulnerable. Last year, we successfully lobbied for a bill that protected Good Samaritans from civil liability if they rescue an animal or child from a hot car. We also successfully advocated for an increased felony penalty for egregious #animalcruelty.

This year, #animal advocates will lobby for several bills. Implementing a penalty for possessing animal fighting paraphernalia, banning feline declawing (amputation), and

returning the right to cities to require #petstores to end the commercial sale of #puppies and kittens and convert to a #humane rescue-only model would protect our beloved animals. This #legislation would also create a safer and more humane society, confronting cruelty and violence and encouraging compassion.

Animals need us. Not the party on the left or the party on the right, the red party or the blue party or a party of independents. They need humans.

Their lives and well-being simply depend on humans respecting their desire to live in peace.

(Written by Don Scott as a published letter to the editor)