SAMPLE LETTER 1: Pound Seizure in Mecosta
County, Michigan
Dear Mecosta County Commissioners:
I am deeply disappointed to learn that Mecosta County sells the pound’s
homeless animals to research dealers. I am among the majority
who oppose the practice of "pound seizure," in which unclaimed dogs and cats are sold
into abbreviated lives of misery.
Behind the locked doors of a research facility, they are gone forever. It is
impossible to track a lost or stolen animal once s/he is reduced to a
specimen for toxic dosing, invasive surgeries, radiation, electric shock or other
experiments.
Animals in shelters are already stressed by loneliness and boredom. Pound seizure is
the ultimate betrayal for these animals, many of whom
were or could have become beloved companions. In addition, statistics indicate a
profit-motivated increase pet-theft rings whenever shelters
market their homeless animals.
Of the estimated 70 million animals used in redundant and often immaterial
experiments, the bulk of the cats and dogs come from breeders,
shelters, pounds and "bunchers" who run "Free to a good home" ads to collect litters
or other animals from
unsuspecting guardians. Sometimes the animals are trapped and stolen.
Taxpayers annually supply more than $8.5 billion for wasteful and duplicative
experiments. Pound seizure promotes animal testing and
stalls the pursuit of credible, proficient and humane technologies. Many researchers
admit that it’s impossible to extrapolate animal
data to humans due to genetic, anatomical, histological, physiological, and
immunological disparities between species. In fact, animal studies
jeopardize human safety. The U.S. General Accounting Office found that over 50
percent of animal-tested drugs are recalled or relabeled due
to harmful repercussions in people.
Many research/development facilities now fulfill study requirements with non-animal
research tools, including in vitro analysis, cell imaging,
epidemiology, computer and mathematical modeling, genetics, clinical research,
autopsy/biopsy studies, and advanced MRI imaging.
Please do not support legalized abuse by supplying animals to research dealers. This
only allows vivisectors to squander more time and money
that could be spent on non-animal research modes relevant to humans. I respectfully
ask you to halt the sale of animals to research facilities.
Thank you,
YOUR FULL NAME
ADDRESS, CITY, STATE
COUNTRY
SAMPLE LETTER 2: Pound Seizure in Ingham
County, Michigan
Dear Ms. Bennett and the Ingham County Commissioners:
I am deeply disappointed to learn that Ingham County sells the pound’s homeless
animals to research dealers. I am among the majority
who oppose the practice of "pound seizure," in which unclaimed dogs and cats are sold
into abbreviated lives of misery.
Behind the locked doors of a research facility, they are gone forever. It is
impossible to track a lost or stolen animal once s/he is reduced to a
"specimen" for toxic dosing, invasive surgeries, radiation, electric shock or other
experiments.
Animals in shelters are already stressed by loneliness and boredom. Pound seizure is
the ultimate betrayal for these animals, many of whom
were or could have become beloved companions. In addition, statistics indicate a
profit-motivated increase pet-theft rings whenever shelters
market their homeless animals.
Of the estimated 70 million animals used in redundant and often immaterial Of the
estimated 70 million animals used in redundant and often
immaterial experiments, the bulk of the cats and dogs come from breeders, shelters,
pounds and "bunchers" who run "Free to
a good home" ads to collect litters or other animals from unsuspecting guardians.
Sometimes the animals are trapped and stolen.
Taxpayers annually supply more than $8.5 billion for wasteful and duplicative
experiments. Pound seizure promotes animal testing and
stalls the pursuit of credible, proficient and humane technologies. Many researchers
admit that it’s impossible to extrapolate animal
data to humans due to genetic, anatomical, histological, physiological, and
immunological disparities between species. In fact, animal studies
jeopardize human safety. The U.S. General Accounting Office found that over 50
percent of animal-tested drugs are recalled or relabeled due
to harmful repercussions in people.
Many research/development facilities now fulfill study requirements with non-animal
research tools, including in vitro analysis, cell
imaging, epidemiology, computer and mathematical modeling, genetics, clinical
research, autopsy/biopsy studies, and advanced MRI imaging.
Please do not support legalized abuse by supplying animals to research dealers. This
only allows vivisectors to squander more time and money
that could be spent on non-animal research modes relevant to humans. I respectfully
ask you to halt the sale of animals to research facilities.
Thank you,
YOUR FULL NAME
ADDRESS, CITY, STATE
COUNTRY
SAMPLE LETTER 3: Pound Seizure in City of
Inkster, Michigan
Dear Mr. Gordon:
I am deeply disappointed to learn that City of Inkster sells the pound’s
homeless animals to research dealers. I am among the majority
who oppose the practice of "pound seizure," in which unclaimed dogs and cats are sold
into abbreviated lives of misery.
Behind the locked doors of a research facility, they are gone forever. It is
impossible to track a lost or stolen animal once s/he is reduced to a
"specimen" for toxic dosing, invasive surgeries, radiation, electric shock or other
experiments.
Animals in shelters are already stressed by loneliness and boredom. Pound seizure is
the ultimate betrayal for these animals, many of whom
were or could have become beloved companions. In addition, statistics indicate a
profit-motivated increase pet-theft rings whenever shelters
market their homeless animals.
Of the estimated 70 million animals used in redundant and often immaterial Of the
estimated 70 million animals used in redundant and often
immaterial experiments, the bulk of the cats and dogs come from breeders, shelters,
pounds and "bunchers" who run "Free to
a good home" ads to collect litters or other animals from unsuspecting guardians.
Sometimes the animals are trapped and stolen.
Taxpayers annually supply more than $8.5 billion for wasteful and duplicative
experiments. Pound seizure promotes animal testing and
stalls the pursuit of credible, proficient and humane technologies. Many researchers
admit that it’s impossible to extrapolate animal
data to humans due to genetic, anatomical, histological, physiological, and
immunological disparities between species. In fact, animal studies
jeopardize human safety. The U.S. General Accounting Office found that over 50
percent of animal-tested drugs are recalled or relabeled due
to harmful repercussions in people.
Many research/development facilities now fulfill study requirements with non-animal
research tools, including in vitro analysis, cell
imaging, epidemiology, computer and mathematical modeling, genetics, clinical
research, autopsy/biopsy studies, and advanced MRI imaging.
Please do not support legalized abuse by supplying animals to research dealers. This
only allows vivisectors to squander more time and money
that could be spent on non-animal research modes relevant to humans. I respectfully
ask you to halt the sale of animals to research facilities.
Thank you,
YOUR FULL NAME
ADDRESS, CITY, STATE
COUNTRY
