Captive Elephants Need Your Help Now!
The California Elephant Protection Act (AB 3027),
sponsored by Assemblymember Lloyd Levine, will make it a
misdemeanor to use or possess bullhooks or chains near an
elephant. This bill will also set minimum space requirements for
elephants in circuses and zoos. Elephants are highly
intelligent, social animals who live in extended family groups
and mirror humans in terms of emotion, age progression,
longevity, and social bonds. AB 3027 will set minimum
standards of care and excellence for elephant handling for the
rest of the nation to follow. For more information
about the egregious training methods employed by elephant
handlers as well as animal welfare concerns facing elephants,
see Circuses.com
and SaveWildElephants.com.
Please contact your state assemblymember today and
urge him or her to support AB 3027. If you do not know
the name of your assemblymember, click here,
enter your zip code, and click on “search.” Or you
can call the Government Information Hotline at 916-322-9900 and
give the operator your address—the operator will then tell
you the name of your assemblymember, and you can leave your
message for him or her through the operator. Please address your
letters to:
The Honorable [Full Name of Assemblymember]
State
Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249
This bill will be heard by the Assembly Public Safety
Committee on April 18 or 25. Stay tuned for more details about
the hearing. Please urge members of the committee (listed below)
to support AB 3027. Note: If your assemblymember is on
the committee, contacting him or her is even more important, as
it could sway his or her vote for this bill.
Assembly Public Safety Committee Members
Mark Leno, Chair
916-319-2013
assemblymember.leno@assembly.ca.gov
Jay La Suer, Vice Chair
916-319-2077
assemblymember.lasuer@assembly.ca.gov
Rebecca Cohn
916-319-2024
assemblymember.cohn@assembly.ca.gov
Mervyn M. Dymally
916-319-2052
assemblymember.dymally@assembly.ca.gov
Jackie Goldberg
916-319-2045
assemblymember.goldberg@assembly.ca.gov
Todd Spitzer
916-319-2071
assemblymember.spitzer@assembly.ca.gov
For more information or if you are interested in following
the progress of this bill, contact Nicole Paquette.
Thank you for speaking out for elephants!
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