PLEASE DO NOT HIT REPLY I am only crossposting & have no additional info other than what is written here. Contact info is in body of email From: Nancy Love [email protected] (@ yahoo .com) Subject: Fw: URGENT: Ask U.S. State Department to Allow Animal Evacuations >From Japan and Amend Policy to Allow Pet Evacuations Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 1:52 PM EVERYONE OF YOU PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONTACT THE STATE DEPT TODAY AND INSIST ON MORAL GROUNDS THAT SECRETARY CLINTON ALLOW PETS TO BE EVACUATED WITH THEIR HUMAN GUARDIANS. THEY ARE BEING ABANDONED TO UNCERTAIN, POSSIBLY HORRIBLE FATES NOW, AND SOME HUMANS WILL NOT REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM RISK IF THEY HAVE TO ABANDON THEIR LOVED ONES. BELOW IS A LETTER I HAVE SENT TO THE STATE DEPT, AND I AM CALLING AS WELL. CLICK THROUGH THE LINKS BELOW FOR EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBERS FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE WELCOME TO USE MY LETTER, OR COMPOSE YOUR OWN. BLESS YOU FOR CARING ABOUT ANIMALS--HUMANS SEEM TO FORGET THAT WE ARE "JUST" ANIMALS, TOO. NANCY LOVE CITY OF ANGELS Dear Secretary Clinton: I supported your candidacy for President. I was thrilled when Obama chose you for Secretary of State, and am mightily impressed with your performance on the international scene. I KNEW YOU WOULD NOT LET THE U.S. NOR THE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD DOWN! PLEASE DO NOT THE WORLD DOWN NOW. It has come to my attention that you can allow the State Dept. to evacuate family pets with those people you want to remove from risk in Japan. I implore you, dear soul, with every fiber of my being to immediately allow those with pets to bring them home. The issue is more important than achieving compliance with human evacuations. Of course I want our citizens safe from harm, as do you. But THINK OF THE SUFFERING CREATED both in the minds and hearts of human evacuees forced by ARBITRARY AND ESSENTIALLY CRUEL policies, and in the LIVES OF THE ANIMALS LEFT BEHIND! Do not allow these creatures, loved as they are, to suffer being de-homed, abandoned, possibly orphaned--some could go hungry, some could be slaughtered. THIS IS TANTAMOUNT TO AN UNNECESSARY DEATH, IN EVERY SINGLE CASE IN WHICH YOUR DRACONIAN POLICIES FORBEAR. I URGE YOU, MS. CLINTON, IN FACT I ABSOLUTELY BEG YOU TO ALLOW THESE ANIMALS TO BE EVACUATED WITH THEIR HUMAN GUARDIANS. HAVE SOME COMPASSION! HAVE A HUMAN HEART, FOR GOD'S SAKE! AND DO THIS TODAY. RIGHT NOW, HESITATION ON YOUR PART COULD COST LIVES...NO ONE LIKES AN UNNECESSARY DEATH. Nancy Love PO Box 115 Santa Monica, CA 310-395-9569 From: PETA [email protected] (@ peta .org) Subject: URGENT: Ask U.S. State Department to Allow Animal Evacuations From Japan and Amend Policy to Allow Pet Evacuations Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 8:52 AM Dear Nancy, Once again, the U.S. Department of State is refusing to allow U.S. nationals evacuating a disaster zone, this time in Japan, to take their animal companions to safety. The official policy of the Department of State is that it does not evacuate pets. Please contact Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ask that the State Department allow Americans, without exception, to evacuate all their family members from Japan and from every future disaster area. PETA agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health veterinarians and others that "… a lack of plans and resources to evacuate 'incidental' pets with their owners has been known for decades to be a primary reason why citizens will refuse to evacuate in the face of imminent life-threatening danger." Unfortunately, when it comes to disasters, people who love their animals often pay with their own lives. In response to PETA's February requests to Secretary Clinton to allow animals on U.S. government–chartered evacuation flights during the coup in Egypt, some animals were finally allowed on the last flight out of that country. While a promising, and temporary, start, PETA asks that all companion animals, regardless of size, be allowed safe transport out of Japan and any future disaster zone. Please contact Secretary of State Clinton by e-mail or fax (202-647-1579) and ask that: 1. People evacuating Japan be allowed to take their companion animals, regardless of size, with them. 2. The State Department permanently change its official policy to allow pets to be evacuated, simultaneously with their families, from disaster areas. Thank you for your willingness to act and for your compassion for animals! For more information on how you can help PETA help animals affected by disasters in Japan and elsewhere, please click here. Sincerely, Daphna Nachminovitch Vice President, Cruelty Investigations People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Click to update your e-mail preferences or to unsubscribe. This e-mail was sent by PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510 USA.
