Special Events

Saturday, May 1st, 2010, 6-8 p.m.
Rittenhouse Square, 18th and Walnut

Celebrate Our Mothers

Action Alerts

Support Bill to Stop Cruel Pigeon Shoots
Among our many barnyard residents, Farm Sanctuary is home to several dozen pigeons - refugees from the cruel pigeon shoots held in some parts of rural Pennsylvania. Thankfully legislation in Pennsylvania is now under consideration to stop this cruel “sport.” If passed, H.B.2130 and S.B.1150 will stop people from using live animals, including pigeons, as target practice. We need you to contact your legislators today to urge passage of this bill.

Outreach for League of Humane Voters (LOHV) Help us get out there and sign people up. We are looking for people who want to be informed about pending humane legislation, as well as candidates who are most likely to support them (or not). As a 501(C)(3), we cannot endorse candidates or lobby for legislation, but LOHV can, and as individuals we can get out there and find others who want more positive actions for animals on the political front. If you have any time available on either of these Tuesdays (PA Primary Day, April 22nd) will be more important), please pick a post office or polling location and LOHV will get you sign-up sheets to take with you. Contact LOHV Philadelphia via their website: http://www.lohvphilly.org

At various times during the fall and winter hunting seasons, MFA and NOA (Non-Lethal Options for Animals) will be patrolling at Bunny’s Wildlife Refuge to keep hunters off of this 10-acre sanctuary. More details to follow soon.

Mobilization for Animals PA and PETA
(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have joined hands to fight against the City of Philadelphia's use of rat poison in center city parks. The campaign has included this bill board on 19th and Cherry Streets. Hundreds of animals-small mammals and birds-have cruelly died while pets and children have been put at risk from the highly toxic pesticides. Dogs have been sickened and dead squirrels have tested positive for rat poison. Almost all of the squirrels in Rittenhouse Square have died. A complaint was filed with the regulatory agency, the PA Department of Agriculture, which subsequently levied civil penalties against the city for the misuse of the rat poison. The city is currently appealing the penalty and still using rat poison in the parks.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Contact Mayor Street and Councilmen DiCiccio (Washington Sq. area) and Clarke (Rittenhouse Sq. area) to demand that rat poison be banned in city parks like Rittenhouse and Washington Squares. Tell them that the PA Dept of Agriculture has determined that it is a dangerous toxin not intended for use in parks or forests where wildlife, pets and children can die or be sickened from exposure to the poison.

To find out who your City Councilperson is go to:. http://www.hallwatch.org/faxbank/
philadelphia. For non-residents address you letter as "City Councilpersons at Large".

Contact Information 

Mayor John F. Street
Room 215, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-2181 Fax: 215-686-2180

Councilman Frank Dicicco
Room 332, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3458 Fax: 215-686-1931

Councilman Darrell Clarke
Room 484, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3442 Fax: 215-686-1901

Council-at-large

Councilman David Cohen
Room 588, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3446 Fax: 215-686-1927

Councilman Wilson Goode, Jr.
Room 316, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3414 Fax: 215-686-1928

Councilman Jack Kelly
Room 594, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3452 Fax: 215-686-1925

Councilman James Kenney
Room 330, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3450 Fax: 215-686-2013

Councilman Juan Ramos
Room 592, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3420 Fax: 215-686-1930

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown
Room 580, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3438 Fax: 215-686-1926

Councilman Frank Rizzo, Jr.
Room 582, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107
Phone: 215-686-3440 Fax: 215-686-1929

For a "What You Can Do" Package
of informaion, call 1-866-6ANIMAL
(1-866-626-4625) or email Barb Riebman.