To: Marsha Blackburn, Karl Dean, The Tennessee State Senate, and The United States Senate
STOP! Trophy Hunting-Leaders Protect Our Animals
Marsha Blackburn took $11,000 from a trophy hunting group "Safari Club International" whose aim is to promote trophy hunting animals including elephants, giraffes, rhinos, lions, and bears. Her record on animal protection issues is awful.
Why is this important?
According to the Humane Society Legislative Fund "Rep. Marsha Blackburn has repeatedly supported legislation that enables cruelty to animals. She blocked efforts to strengthen the federal law against the cruel practice of “soring” Tennessee Walking show horses—using caustic chemicals and other painful substances to injure the horses’ hooves and legs, thereby inducing a high-stepping gait. She supported an amendment to H.R. 3354 that allows hunters to kill defenseless hibernating mother bears and cubs in Alaska for sport alone. Blackburn also failed to support common sense measures to crack down on puppy mills, protect horses from slaughter for human consumption overseas, or protect women and pets from domestic violence. "