Think Like a General to End Animal Suffering

Imagine you’re a top general in a war and it’s your job to save your country by winning the war. You’ve got to think big, you’ve got to think long-term, and most of all, you’ve got to think strategically if you plan to win. Moreover, you can’t expect to win every battle and, sadly, there will be casualties. But if you make your decisions based on the big picture then your chances of success are much greater.

MVFA testifies for S.B. 505

Now translate that idea to animals and imagine that it’s your job to end animal suffering in Maryland.  Huge job.  How would you do it?  You’d think like a general.  You’d realize that rescue alone won’t solve the problem; that’s like trying to win a war using only the Red Cross.  You’ve got continue the rescue work but do more.  You’ve got to get political for animals.

Maryland Votes For Animals is dedicated to  thinking like a general whose job it is to win the war of animal suffering.  This means that MVFA will think long-term, strategically and politically.  Here's how:

• MVFA will organize the huge number of Marylanders who already care deeply about animals into a powerful voting bloc.  This is how we get political power for animals.
• MVFA will monitor the General Assembly and let you know when critical animal protection bills are coming up for a vote in the house or senate.  Then you can contact your legislator and tell her that you’d like her support on the bill.
• MVFA will let you know which legislators support animal protection bills and which legislators do not.  Then we’ll put out a legislative scorecard so you can refer to it before you vote.
• MVFA will work to elect officials who care about animals as much as we do!  Moreover, we’ll work to defeat those officials who consistently show indifference to the suffering of animals.

MVFA will use media and get-out-the-vote campaigns to let the public know which candidates they should vote for.

To summarize, MVFA will use our collective political power to insist that our lawmakers put programs and laws in place that will make the heroic job of rescue much easier.  Then, together, we will end animal suffering in Maryland!