Help support bill to ban animal dissection in CT schools!

PLEASE CROSSPOST TO OTHERS IN CONNECTICUT

Hello fellow CT citizens,

You will be pleased to learn that HB 5708, An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Dissection in the Classroom, (http://cga.ct.gov/2009/TOB/H/2009HB-05708-R00-HB.htm), was recently introduced in the Connecticut General Assembly. The bill has been referred to the Committee on Education and we all need to show our support for this monumental legislation that will help save the lives of some of the more than 10 million animals a year who are killed for dissection, provide students with a humane, modern, effective science education and save the State valuable resources.

Please contact your own State Representative (You can locate them here: http://cga.ct.gov/maps/townlist.asp) and all of the members of the Committee on Education (see below) and urge them to support HB 5708. You can find a form letter to send below (Personalized letters are most effective)

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Gaffey@senatedems.ct.gov, Andrew.Fleischmann@cga.ct.gov, Tom.Reynolds@cga.ct.gov, Fonfara@senatedems.ct.gov, Marilyn.Giuliano@housegop.ct.gov, Sam.Caligiuri@cga.ct.gov, Terrie.Wood@housegop.ct.gov, Themis.Klarides@housegop.ct.gov, David.Labriola@housegop.ct.gov, Timothy.LeGeyt@housegop.ct.gov, Tony.Hwang@housegop.ct.gov,Toni.Boucher@cga.ct.gov,Patricia.Miller@cga.ct.gov, Christopher.Lyddy@cga.ct.gov,Joan.Lewis@cga.ct.gov, Jason.Bartlett@cga.ct.gov, Matthew.Conway@cga.ct.gov,Michelle.Cook@cga.ct.gov, Paul.Davis@cga.ct.gov, henry.genga@cga.ct.gov, Auden.Grogins@cga.ct.gov, Gail.Hamm@cga.ct.gov, Deborah.Heinrich@cga.ct.gov, maryanne.hornish@cga.ct.gov, Karen.Jarmoc@cga.ct.gov, Susan.Johnson@cga.ct.gov, Matthew.Lesser@cga.ct.gov, Douglas.McCrory@cga.ct.gov, Steve.Mikutel@cga.ct.gov, Sandy.Nafis@cga.ct.gov, McDonald@senatedems.ct.gov, Stillman@senatedems.ct.gov

FORM LETTER

Dear Members of the Education Committee (Or your State Rep):

As a concerned citizen, I am writing to urge you to support HB 5708, An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Dissection in the Classroom. Not only is it cruel to capture animals in the wild or breed them with the sole intention of killing them for classroom exercises, but non-animal alternative learning methods have repeatedly shown to be educationally superior to animal dissection and are more economical. Research also shows that many students of all ages oppose dissection and that exposing students to animal dissection fosters callousness towards animals and nature and even dissuades some from pursuing careers in science.

For all of these reasons, I urge you to support HB 5708. The futures of our kids, and animals, depends on it.

Sincerely,

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