If you feel supportive of this action then please email as requested.
If you are against the sustainable use of animals then please feel free
to use the same list to indicate your opposition.
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Dear All

The kangaroo industry and indeed several other sustainable wildlife use
industries, need a few seconds of your time.

The USA State of California has a very old piece of legislation banning
the sale of kangaroo, crocodile or alligator meat or leather. It is the
only USA State with such a law and probably the only place in the
world. A bill to drop it from the statutes has been introduced by the
Cal. Senator Dennis Hollingsworth.

This of course has angered the vocal micro-minority who would have the
world become vegans and who refuse to understand the benefits of
wildlife utilisation for conservation. They have launched a lobby
campaign to oppose Senators Hollingsworth bill. He and other Cal.
Senators targeted need to know that there are a huge number of people
who support kangaroo and other wildlife use.

PLEASE email him and ask your colleagues to do the same.

Tell him:

Kangaroos are super-abundant (56.8 million of them at the last survey in
2002)
They are harvested humanely, the RSPCA are on record praising the
professionalism of kangaroo harvesters
Kangaroo harvesting actively contributes to environmental sustainability
by helping control total grazing pressure in the fragile arid rangelands

Australian scientist, conservationists and the general public
overwhelmingly support kangaroo harvesting

Please send your email supporting the bill to Senator Dennis
Hollingsworth senator.hollingsworth@sen.ca.gov

If you can please cc the email to the following list of Californian
Senators who are being lobbied by the 'vocal micro-minority' to oppose
the bill (you can do so simply by running your cursor over the entire
list and copying it into the Cc line on the email address box). It's
important they see just how 'micro' this group is.

Senator.Kuehl@sen.ca.gov, Senator.Oller@sen.ca.gov,
Senator.Alpert@sen.ca.gov, Senator.Bowen@sen.ca.gov,
Senator.Denham@sen.ca.gov, Senator.Ortiz@sen.ca.gov,
Senator.Sher@sen.ca.gov, Senator.Torlakson@sen.ca.gov

regards
John Kelly
Executive Officer
Kangaroo Industries Association of Australia
PO Box 447, Woden, 2606
ph (03) 6326 8639
fax (03) 6326 2790
Email kiaa@bigpond.net.au
website http://www.k