Write your MP and the party leaders. Get addresses here: http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E

What can you do?
Send a postcard to the PM!
The CFHS has launched a postcard campaign to reach out to the Prime Minister and to urge him to reject Bill S-203 and instead support Bill C-373.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE SUPPORTED AND PARTICIPATED IN OUR ‘STOP BILL S-203’ CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS NOW CONCLUDED.
Get some extras and pass them along for friends to fill out and send in.

SIGN A PETITION TO SUPPORT C-373!
Following the success of Tamara Chaney’s petition rejecting Bill S-203 (which gathered nearly 112,000 names and was tabled in Parliament in mid-February), a new petition is now circulating calling for the government to introduce effective amendments to the animal cruelty provisions of the Criminal Code based on Bill C-373.

Sign the petition supporting Bill C-373

Click on the link below to download the Queen Waldorf petition to support Bill C-373. The site also provides great information about Queen Waldorf, a Niagara-area dog found near a creek with weights tied to her neck, and provides updates on other cruelty cases in Canada.

Queen Waldorf petition http://www.queenwaldorf.com/
Write to your Member of Parliament and ask him/her to reject Bill S-203!

Not sure how to reach your MP? Click here http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E or call 1-800-622-6232 to find their contact information. Remember, you can send a letter to your MP’s Parliament Hill office postage free!

It would also be helpful for Stéphane Dion to hear from Canadians, so you should copy your letter to him, postage free, at:

Stéphane Dion, M.P.
Leader of the Opposition
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Sample letter:
Member of Parliament
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Dear Member of Parliament,

I am asking you today, to vote against Bill S-203 when it comes up for Third Reading vote this spring.

Canada’s federal animal cruelty law is archaic and full of loopholes that allow many animal abusers to escape prosecution. It was written in 1892 and does not properly protect animals from cruelty or does it reflect the views of today’s society. Our current law is far behind the laws of other developed and even less-developed countries.

Bill S-203 is NOT good enough. It will NOT make the necessary changes needed to close the gaping loopholes. In fact, S-203 is merely 1892 legislation simply adjusted for inflation. All it will do is increase penalties. There is no point increasing penalties when so many cases can’t even be prosecuted, let alone convicted.

If S-203 passes, it will be much harder to bring forward the amendments that are so badly needed. We must stop S-203 to pave the way for a bill, similar to C-373. Let’s not forget that, just a few years ago, a bill virtually identical to C-373 had the support of animal protection groups, animal use industries, veterinarians and all parties in the House of Commons. So, why are politicians now supporting a useless bill that will not improve protection for animals from cruelty and abuse?

I ask you to think of all the animals that have been starved to death, burned in microwaves, beaten, bound and dragged behind cars. They need a law that will protect them from such heinous acts of cruelty — and S-203 is NOT it.

Sincerely,

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