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(originally posted to Diaryland.com, 2003-09-27 - 3:34 p.m.)
PART 1: HOW I FOUND OUT...
I just got wind of this in an email from the Winnipeg Humane Society:
"IFAW WANTS A PHOTO OF YOUR PET TO TAKE TO PARLIAMENT
As you may or may not know, the Senate wants to make changes to Bill C-10B that will weaken the bill so significantly that it would be better to not have it pass at all. Currently the House of Commons is preparing to send Bill C-10B back to the Senate without accepting their changes. This is good news for the animals but now we have to send a clear message to the Senators why they must pass Bill C-10B, without their changes, before November, when Parliament will most likely be officially dissolved after the liberal leadership race is over. Animals are abused across Canada every day...we need to make sure that we have strong legislation to punish their abusers now!
The International Fund for Animal Welfare wants to show the Senators exactly why 80% of Canadians want this bill passed without change...our pets. This year for Animal Action Week (October 4th - 11th, 2003) - let your pet take action for all abused and abandoned animals by sending us a photo of your beloved pet with the phrase PASS BILL C-10B WITHOUT CHANGE
written on it and your signature. We will gather them all up - from supporters across the country and deliver them to the Senate. It will deliver a simple but powerful message of how important this Bill is to Canadians.
You can send your photos to 612 - 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7 or
digitally to bcartwright@ifaw.org . Please be sure that the photo is sized under 200KB. If you want to see more about this idea visit www.ifaw.ca . Thank you for continued support...together we can make a difference for abused animals across Canada. Barbara Cartwright. Animal Action Week
Co-ordinator (International Fund for Animal Welfare)"
PART 2: "KRISTA'S LAW"
I hadn't heard of Krista until now, but the case is appalling. The following is from the International Fund for Animal Welfare site, at:
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12368
(WARNING! This page contains a graphic picture of Krista about 1/3 of the way down the page, but also a link to the petition)
"In late November 2002, Canadians were shocked to learn about the abuse of "Krista", a six-week-old kitten who was doused with gasoline, set ablaze, and thrown from a moving car in Richmond Hill, Ontario, where she was left for dead.
We were united in our outrage. But even as this tragic act was taking place, Canada’s Senate was stalling progress on the animal cruelty provisions of Bill C-10b (now called "Krista's Law"), which would provide much needed stronger penalties for those convicted under the Criminal Code. At present, Canada’s federal cruelty laws date back to 1892.
Krista's Law, which addresses reforms to Canada’s animal-cruelty laws and the Firearms Act, passed Third Reading in the House of Commons, but on 21 November 2002, in a bizarre and unprecedented move, Senators split the bill ... effectively stalling passage of animal protection measures and ignoring the wishes of more than 80 percent of Canadians who consistently say they support tougher penalties for acts of animal cruelty."
PART 3: WHAT IS BILL C-10b?
The contents of the bill can be found at:
http://anticruelty.ca/bill2.html
PART 4: WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?
Two things that I can think of.
1) Send a photo of your pet to 612 - 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7 with the phrase PASS BILL C-10B WITHOUT CHANGE written on it and your signature. Or
digitally to bcartwright@ifaw.org -- please be sure that the photo is sized under 200KB.
2) Sign the online petition at:
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=71235
As a civilized society, it is our responsibility to protect those who cannot protect themselves. While the large-scale slaughter of food animals is a necessity given that many of us live in cities where we cannot raise our own livestock, the torture and killing of a companion animal is a heinous and cowardly act. It deserves far stricter penalties than are currently on the books.
(Side note: down in the states, a DA and his team found a clever way to prosecute two idiots who had set a dog on fire... while the penalty for cruelty to animals was a joke, the penalties for ARSON were not... they went with arson and made it stick, and the criminals were put away for a good long time. Sometimes the system works. ;-))
PART 1: HOW I FOUND OUT...
I just got wind of this in an email from the Winnipeg Humane Society:
"IFAW WANTS A PHOTO OF YOUR PET TO TAKE TO PARLIAMENT
As you may or may not know, the Senate wants to make changes to Bill C-10B that will weaken the bill so significantly that it would be better to not have it pass at all. Currently the House of Commons is preparing to send Bill C-10B back to the Senate without accepting their changes. This is good news for the animals but now we have to send a clear message to the Senators why they must pass Bill C-10B, without their changes, before November, when Parliament will most likely be officially dissolved after the liberal leadership race is over. Animals are abused across Canada every day...we need to make sure that we have strong legislation to punish their abusers now!
The International Fund for Animal Welfare wants to show the Senators exactly why 80% of Canadians want this bill passed without change...our pets. This year for Animal Action Week (October 4th - 11th, 2003) - let your pet take action for all abused and abandoned animals by sending us a photo of your beloved pet with the phrase PASS BILL C-10B WITHOUT CHANGE
written on it and your signature. We will gather them all up - from supporters across the country and deliver them to the Senate. It will deliver a simple but powerful message of how important this Bill is to Canadians.
You can send your photos to 612 - 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7 or
digitally to bcartwright@ifaw.org . Please be sure that the photo is sized under 200KB. If you want to see more about this idea visit www.ifaw.ca . Thank you for continued support...together we can make a difference for abused animals across Canada. Barbara Cartwright. Animal Action Week
Co-ordinator (International Fund for Animal Welfare)"
PART 2: "KRISTA'S LAW"
I hadn't heard of Krista until now, but the case is appalling. The following is from the International Fund for Animal Welfare site, at:
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12368
(WARNING! This page contains a graphic picture of Krista about 1/3 of the way down the page, but also a link to the petition)
"In late November 2002, Canadians were shocked to learn about the abuse of "Krista", a six-week-old kitten who was doused with gasoline, set ablaze, and thrown from a moving car in Richmond Hill, Ontario, where she was left for dead.
We were united in our outrage. But even as this tragic act was taking place, Canada’s Senate was stalling progress on the animal cruelty provisions of Bill C-10b (now called "Krista's Law"), which would provide much needed stronger penalties for those convicted under the Criminal Code. At present, Canada’s federal cruelty laws date back to 1892.
Krista's Law, which addresses reforms to Canada’s animal-cruelty laws and the Firearms Act, passed Third Reading in the House of Commons, but on 21 November 2002, in a bizarre and unprecedented move, Senators split the bill ... effectively stalling passage of animal protection measures and ignoring the wishes of more than 80 percent of Canadians who consistently say they support tougher penalties for acts of animal cruelty."
PART 3: WHAT IS BILL C-10b?
The contents of the bill can be found at:
http://anticruelty.ca/bill2.html
PART 4: WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?
Two things that I can think of.
1) Send a photo of your pet to 612 - 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7 with the phrase PASS BILL C-10B WITHOUT CHANGE written on it and your signature. Or
digitally to bcartwright@ifaw.org -- please be sure that the photo is sized under 200KB.
2) Sign the online petition at:
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=71235
As a civilized society, it is our responsibility to protect those who cannot protect themselves. While the large-scale slaughter of food animals is a necessity given that many of us live in cities where we cannot raise our own livestock, the torture and killing of a companion animal is a heinous and cowardly act. It deserves far stricter penalties than are currently on the books.
(Side note: down in the states, a DA and his team found a clever way to prosecute two idiots who had set a dog on fire... while the penalty for cruelty to animals was a joke, the penalties for ARSON were not... they went with arson and made it stick, and the criminals were put away for a good long time. Sometimes the system works. ;-))
