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Elisa Larson canceled rsvp +1 for THLN Presents: Texas Animal Advocacy Day 2024-03-11 18:42:40 -0500
THLN Presents: Texas Animal Advocacy Day
The Texas Legislature meets every two years, and while the lege is in session, the Texas Humane Legislation Network (THLN) hosts a Humane Lobby Day where animal advocates from across the state meet at the Texas Capitol to lobby their elected officials on important animal welfare bills. The Texas Animal Advocacy Day is an event sponsored by THLN during the interim year, where citizen animal advocates like you gather to learn and practice lobbying for animal protection laws at the state level.
This full-day event includes a lobbying workshop and an overview of relevant bills that THLN plans to support in the 2025 Legislative Session. Our presenters and the agenda were carefully crafted to meet the unique lobbying needs in Texas as we plan to share important information regarding THLN’s work to increase awareness of important animal welfare, safety, and health issues.
It doesn’t matter if you are a seasoned grassroots lobbyist or attending for the first time. When we come together and learn – the animals win!
Deadline to RSVP is April 5, 2024.
WHENApril 13, 2024 at 9:00amWHEREBaylor University School of Law
1114 S University Parks Dr
Waco, TX 76706
United States
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The ABC's of Texas Puppy Mills
Check out this webinar to hear from Mindi Callison, Executive Director, of Bailing Out Benji. Mindi will discuss all things puppy mills and focus on the ABCs of puppy mills, why regulating puppy mills is important, and why Texas is unique in terms of selling puppies from puppy mills in other states. Learn what we need to do now as advocates to help protect dogs currently in large-scale breeding facilities in Texas.
Mindi Callison is the Founder and Executive Director of the National nonprofit organization, Bailing Out Benji which focuses on the grassroots effort to combat the puppy mill industry. Mindi founded Bailing Out Benji at 21 years old after falling victim to the puppy mill industry by way of a local pet store, which offered her a credit card with high interest. Upon learning about the pet store/puppy mill connection and learning about the predatory lending practices that these stores utilize to take advantage of low-income families, Mindi knew that she needed to act. Bailing Out Benji and its research has been instrumental in passing humane ordinances across the country, they have also been one of the driving forces behind exposing the national puppy laundering scheme that is currently happening in numerous states.
When you RSVP, you will automatically land on a page with the webinar.
WHENMarch 17, 2029 at 5:00pm
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Hello, I just joined your group as I am interested in getting HB 870 passed! I live in the Rio Grande Valley, Deep South Texas, where the shelters and rescuers are overwhelmed every day. A “Paws Paradise” pet store recently opened here at the mall in McAllen and there are at least 30 puppies for sale and nobody at the store could tell me where the puppies came from; we are killing perfectly good dogs daily here in the RGV AND WE DON’T NEED ANY PET STORES!!!!
How can I help to get HB 870 passed?
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Lisa Larson
405 west fern avenue
McAllen
956-378-0772Phone: 1-888-548-6263
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THLN's purpose is to pass effective legislation for the animals in the Texas Legislature. We do not have the resources to deal directly with animal cruelty or adoption issues, but we can recommend several organizations that do.
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Austin, TX 78768-5283
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