Maryland Votes for Animals (MVFA) is an organization with one overriding mission: To create an ever-growing voting bloc of animal advocates who will elect representatives willing to champion and vote for animal protection legislation, and to hold politicians accountable to their constituents.
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Lobby Day 2012 - Building Momentum for Maryland's Animals
JOIN US! - Annapolis, MD: Humane Lobby Day 2012 - Feb. 23
Maryland Votes for Animals, HSUS and ASPCA invite our members, supporters, and other animal advocates to participate in the 2012 Maryland Humane Lobby Day in Annapolis, and help make a tremendous difference for animals.
This is an exciting opportunity to meet directly with your elected officials and their staff about legislation that will significantly impact animals. There will be a briefing with tips for lobbying, and an overview of pending animal legislation which will prepare you to meet your elected officials and advocate for animals.
Legislators are most motivated when their constituents make time to meet with them face to face. By attending Lobby Day 2012, you can be instrumental in helping to support spay/neuter programs, protect sharks, stop puppy mills and more. RSVP today to lend your voice for animals and make a difference in Maryland!
RSVP online with HSUS here.
When: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Where: House of Delegates Office Building, Room 142
6 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401
Action Alert for the First Three Bills of 2012
The 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly has started and the first three animal bills have hearings this week! That means that it's time for all Maryland's animal advocates to pick up the phone on behalf of the animals. (And, F.Y.I., it's much more effective to pick up the phone instead of sending an email. Legislators are so inundated with emails that they're not as effective as they used to be.) Here are the first three bills with a short synopsis:
Lawmakers to consider animal abuser registry
Reported by ABC-2: Annapolis, Md - It's just a dog.
Should a person's freedom be taken away because they say threw this little dog out of a two story window, breaking it's eye socket and almost killing it?
A Successful Year for Animals Thanks to You!
2011 has been a huge success for the animals of Maryland thanks to you! Together we passed an unprecedented number of animal protection bills in the Maryland General Assembly---including creation of the all-important Statewide Spay/Neuter Task Force that is working to create a subsidized statewide spay/neuter program for Maryland. Plus we defeated two bills that would have harmed animals.
Make no mistake, these successes are due to you! You joined together with MVFA---Maryland's first-and-only political action committee for animals---to let our legislators know that animals are important to us. In fact, your hard work and dedication raised Maryland's state ranking by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) from 43 to 36 – and out of the bottom tier of states with the weakest animal cruelty laws. Go to http://www.aldf.org/article.php?id=1894 to learn more.
Help Animals - Attend Your Legislator's Fundraiser!
Attending a fundraising party gives you an excellent opportunity to meet your delegate or state senator in a casual setting and to voice to them your desire to see stronger animal protection laws in Maryland. It's effective and fun, plus your ticket price (usually from $50 to $100) will be remembered by your legislator when it's time for them to vote for that spay/neuter bill, for instance.
Please watch MVFA's facebook page for notices of these parties, then pick an event, invite a friend, and attend Result: Stronger animal protection laws ---and less animal suffering---in Maryland!
welfare protection. The success of animal rights legislation was due in large part to the dedication and efforts of Maryland Votes for Animals."
