The Humane Society of Louisiana partnered with Rep. Tom Willmott (R/LA, Dist 92) to introduce the following bill:

HB 676 - Prohibits the transportation of domestic animals in pickup truck beds and utility trailers on certain roadways unless safely crated.

This bill will be heard before the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday, April 10, in Committee Room 3 at 9am.  Please contact the Chairman and members 
 on or before this date to get this bill onto the House 
 Floor for a full vote. 

YOUR CALLS AND EMAILS ARE NEEDED NOW!!



Note:  To make communication more convenient and efficient, it has been suggested by a Committee Chairman that when emailing a committee, ALL members be contacted.   So in order to help make more of an impact and easier for all to comply, we have included a list of all members' email addresses for your use
 
Rep. St. Germain is the legislator who introduced the anti-tethering bill in 2010 so she may be very receptive to this bill.  Let's let her know how we feel.   To emall Rep. Karen St. Germain, Chairperson:           larep060@legis.la.gov


Click here to see a list of the Transportation Committee members.


Email members by copying and
pasting addresses below:  


larep060@legis.la.gov,
larep100@legis.la.gov,
browntr@legis.la.gov,
franklina@legis.la.gov,
gisclairj@legis.la.gov,
guinnj@legis.la.gov,
hilld@legis.la.gov,
hodgesv@legis.la.gov,
honored@legis.la.gov,
howardf@legis.la.gov,
joness@legis.la.gov,
landryt@legis.la.gov,
lebasb@legis.la.gov,
leopoldc@legis.la.gov,
macks@legis.la.gov,
nortonb@legis.la.gov,
pylants@legis.la.gov,
richardj@legis.la.gov,
richardc@legis.la.gov,
larep036@legis.la.gov,
legerw@legis.la.gov
  
                                  One of the Lucky Ones

Dog that fell out of pickup truck
 


 "Lucky is one of the fortunate ones...."  A few days ago, Lucky fell out of an open pick up truck in the city of St. Landry of Evangeline Parish, and her owner never slowed down or stopped to render aid.  Lucky managed to avoid being hit by oncoming traffic and crawled to a porch, where she collapsed.  We asked the homeowner to take Lucky to a local vet, where she is recovering. 

The first round of treatment and care will cost about $500.00.  She has several broken bones in one paw and a fractured hip bone.  That surgery will cost an additional $700.00, for a total anticipated bill of $1200.00.  We plan on talking about Lucky's plight and others like her at tomorrow's committee meeting.  If you can help up with these costs it would be greatly appreciated.  You can donate to help Lucky by clicking here
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We encourage all of you to contact the legislators so that other animals don't suffer from falls like Lucky had in the future.  We've all watched with horror as people pass us on the highways with animals in danger in open vehicles.

 

 

Thank you for supporting our work as an advocate for animals in Louisiana
and our programs to provide lifesaving care to those in need.

Please forward to any of your friends who might want to help