Urge Your Senator to protect birds! Oppose S. 2395!

[Omaha Steve]

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Federal: Urge Your Senator to protect birds! Oppose S. 2395!

Bill No. S. 2395

Primary Sponsors Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA)

ASPCA Position Oppose

Action Needed Send a letter to your senators now and urge them
to oppose S. 2395! Take Action Now!

Every year, millions of day-old baby chicks are mailed via the U.S. Postal Service by commercial hatcheries and cockfighting breeders. The chicks are literally packed in boxes and sent through the mail, without food or water, and with no concern for temperature extremes. This inhumane practice results in the deaths of countless baby birds every year.

After receiving complaints from various animal protection groups, the U.S. Postal Service adopted policy changes to help protect birds shipped in the mail. The new regulations require that the shipment of all live animals be coordinated through central offices to ensure their arrival and limit the length of time the animals can be in transit via ground transportation.

In response to the new regulations adopted by the U.S. Postal Service, Senator Charles Grassley has introduced S. 2395, which would remove the Postal Service’s authority to implement the new regulations and force it to accommodate the baby bird and cockfighting industries. S. 2395 would provide that the Postal Service require certain airlines to transport birds, require those airlines to transport the birds through connecting cities, not necessarily direct flights, and require those airlines to transport birds in any temperature conditions between 0 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

If passed, this bill will undoubtedly lead to unnecessary suffering for millions of baby birds! Contact your Senators now and urge them to oppose S. 2395! Take action now!

[idgiehkt]

1. I did this already

here's a kick for the chicks.