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READ THIS AND DON’T LET H.R. 669 PASS!
What is HR 669? H.R. 669 stands for House Resolution 669 and is titled "The Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act". It is a bill currently before Congress that if passed will change the way that the US Government classifies animal species that are not native to the United States. H.R. 669 will make it illegal to breed and sell many animals that are very common in the pet trade. Why should you care about HR 669? Anyone with pet fish, birds, reptiles, or small mammals will be affected by this bill. Any company selling product or services for pet fish, birds, reptiles or small mammals will be affected by this bill. Would you be impacted by "The Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act"? Virtually all fish in an aquarium are not native to the United States Most pet birds are species not native to the US Most reptiles kept as pets are not native to the US Hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and ferrets are not native to the US Don’t let H.R. 669 pass! If you go to this link you can send a letter/email to your state representative telling them how you feel and asking them to not let H.R. 669 pass. They even have a pre written letter to send if you are unsure of what to write and you can add to it if you want. They also have the phone number of your representative so you may follow up with a phone call if you desire. Me and my husband already sent 2 emails voicing our opinion. One for the state I live in and one for my husband’s home state of record(he’s military). http://www.nohr669.com./dosomething.htm |
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| 04/10/09 12:43pm |
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Message To: Prettykttkat In reference to Message Id: 1983529
All Members and Fellow Hobbyists must read and take action on this. We have less then a week to act on this. Please go to the following websites regarding information on your rights to own your pets. This website has a video that explains the bill. It explains to you what is at risk and how you can do something about it. Plus they even took the courtesy to make it easy for you to send emails and locate the people you need to contact. The site also includes updates as well. www.nohr669.com The link below is the text of the bill. HR 669 Here is another site with information as well. pijac.org Also try to keep all HR669 forum posts on RZ up towards the top, so they are read by others. Make sure we have a post on all our forums. If there is not a post in other forums then please add one. This will be one of the few times we are allowing some spamming. For members that have been keeping on top of things please keep members here updated. That would be greatly appreciated. I thank every member that contacted me personally on this subject as well. You will find other things you can do to help by reading some of the HR669 posts already circulating on the forum. I would strongly recommend having your family, friends (on-line friends as well), and co-workers respond to the bill as well. Thanks for reading. If you have any question, comments, suggestions. Or if I have something wrong on here please feel free to contact me. Contact Doug - Webmaster. Thanks, Doug - Webmaster ___________________________ Remember Folks... This does not include just reptiles, it is for All animals, with the exception of those listed. Write as many letters/emails as you can. There are sample letters at many diferent web sites. You can add some of your own words. Just keep it civil and to the point. Remember to use proper punctuation, and paragraphing. A letter written/typed in an on-going sentence, or no breaks in the subjects/point, will be hard to read. Good Luck! I have sent out more than 200 emails to friends, family, people I do not know, and congressmen/women and representatives, radio stations, news rooms, etc. Marg KEEP THIS BUMPED TO THE TOP. SPAM IT IN ALL ROOMS THAT DO NOT HAVE IT POSTED (this is the only time we are allowed to spam every room... Use it!!!) In this post CONGRESSIONAL HEARING BANNING NONNATIVE SPECIES, in the BP forum, I have a link to a site that explains in more detail. |
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| 04/19/09 08:36pm |
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READ THIS AND DON’T LET H.R. 669 PASS!