To: Governor Phil Murphy
Governor Christie: Urge all NJ Shelters to sign "Just One Day" Pledge
According to New Jersey Department of Health statistics for fiscal year 2011, New Jersey animal shelters euthanized 31,173 animals. Many of these animals were adoptable and needlessly died. On June 11, 2013, animal shelters across the U.S. are taking a pledge to not kill any savable animals for Just One Day. We are asking for Official New Jersey support for Just One Day, encouraging all of New Jersey’s shelters to market their animals to the public, aggressively partner with rescue groups, host special adoption events that have discounted and affordable rates, stay open for extended hours, and ask their communities to help them empty the shelter in the best way possible, where no animals die.
Why is this important?
Ask the Governor and the State of New Jersey to support the animal life-saving event “Just One Day”, urging animal shelters across New Jersey to take a pledge not to kill any savable animals on June 11, 2013. Instead of clearing cages by euthanizing, animals will leave the shelters with their forever families. At the end of the day, the shelters will have many more empty cages than at the beginning of the day. Yet, no shelter animals will have had to die in order to make that happen.
More about Just One Day can be found at www.justoneday.ws/
More about Just One Day can be found at www.justoneday.ws/