We ask that the House of Representatives, Senate, and President Obama pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011, S.B. 1176/H.R. 2966, to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption. This is particularly important for the following reasons: 1) Horses are revered for their contributions to the building of this country, their long-standing history of working alongside humans in a variety of tasks, their companionship, and their special bond with people; (2) Horses are not raised for the purpose of being slaughtered for human consumption, and, as a result, American horses are not raised, fed, and medicated within the FDA guidelines established for food animals, making them potentially unfit and unsafe for human consumption; (3) Horse slaughter is not humane euthanasia and does not allow for each animal to be respectfully treated as an individual; (4) Banning slaughter would encourage breeders to be more careful in the number of foals they produce, and it ultimately would reduce the number of horses in need, while improving horse welfare; (5) President Obama made a campaign promise to permanently ban horse slaughter and exports of horses for human consumption; and (6) Allowing commercial horse slaughter for human consumption in the U.S. uses American tax dollars to support an industry that caters entirely to foreign interests, instead of directing those tax dollars to domestic interests. As a result of spending bill H2112, slaughterhouses in the United States will be able to resume slaughtering horses for human consumption. We are not a nation that raises horses as food animals or one that consumes horse meat. Rather, horses are largely considered companion animals, more similar to dogs and cats than to animals raised for consumption. They should therefore be treated as such, and not subjected to mass slaughter. "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi

Join Congressional Democrats (including Senator Dianne Feinstein) and members of the international community in calling on the Israeli military to cease its planned and imminent demolition of the Palestinian village of Khan al-Ahmar and condemn the further illegal expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank.

We wish to have Ordinance 4509 repealed. The density is too high for the infrastructure in our community. Our community is mostly filled with single family residences and has been for over one hundred years. This ordinance creates an unappealing urban environment which is not appropriate for a resort community.

Ryan Zinke is the antithesis of everything Teddy Roosevelt envisioned in leaving America the legacy of the National Park System. His actions threaten that legacy and must not be allowed to prevail.

We, the undersigned, oppose weakening our APFO/APFS standards, and urge the Mayor and Council to reject the proposal to change to the County standards.

Continue to accept my Section 8 voucher, as a reasonable accommodation, due to my disability

EXIGIMOS QUE PAREN EL ACOSO DE LAUSD EN CONTRA DE LOS NIÑOS INDÍGENAS Y EDUCADORES AHORA! EXIGIMOS RESPETO A LA DEMANDA DE LA PETICIÓN DE LA COMUNIDAD PARA RENOVAR EL CHARTER DE ANAHUACALMECAC HASTA EL 2018, AHORA. EXIGIMOS QUE DEASY Y EL CONSEJO DE EDUCACIÓN DE LAUSD APOYE LA PETICIÓN DE RENOVACIÓN DEL CHARTER DE ANAHUACALMECAC.

Tell Carnival that it is not OK to enforce policies only for select groups of people. Discrimination is wrong on land and at Sea...

Ronald Reagan may have had other accomplishments during his presidency but we do not believe his record on hospice/palliative care is compatible with including him on a list of visionaries. Quite the opposite. We are asking you at AAHPM to remove his name from your list.

Stop the US Navy from using deadly sonar in the only known calving grounds of the North American Right Whale.