Please help Delaware’s canines who spend their lives tethered outside.

House Bill 293 was introduced by Representative Melanie George Marshall and was assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee on June 30, 2009.

HB 293 prohibits

·         keeping a dog outside during extreme weather;

·         tethering a dog on a tether less than 10 feet long or three times the length of the dog;

·         tethering with a pinch, prong or choke collar;

·         tethering puppies younger than 4 months;

·         tethering between 11:00 pm and 6:00 am;
and

·         requires a solid surface be provided for cages with wire flooding. 

Here’s how you can help:

1.    Ask your representative and senator to co-sponsor this Bill. Right now only Representative Marshall and Senate Blevins are sponsors. The more sponsors, the stronger the chance of passing.

2.    Urge members of the Housing & Community Affairs committee to release the Bill to the House floor for a vote.

3.    Gather support for this bill by writing letters to the editor and passing this information on to your friends, urging them to take action.

Please go to   http://legis.delaware.gov/legislature.nsf?open for all the information you need to contact members of the Housing Committee and your legislators.

 It will only take you a few minutes to send emails or make phone calls. But those few minutes can help save so many dogs from lives spent chained in back yards.

You may check the Humane Society’s website for more information on the cruel practice of Chaining and Tethering. http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/chaining_tethering/facts/chaining_tethering_facts.html

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