View this email in your browser ([link removed])
[link removed]
[link removed]
L.A. City Council Approves Motion to Ban Rodeo Torture Devices


** Dear Friends,
------------------------------------------------------------

Last Chance for Animals (LCA) applauds the Los Angeles City Council for voting in favor of a Motion brought forward to ban the use of inhumane implements used by the rodeo industry.

Today, February 23, 2021, L.A. City Council voted in favor of a Motion brought forward by Council Member Bob Blumenfield (District 3) and seconded by Council Member Mitch O’Farrell (District 13), banning the following inhumane implements at rodeos and rodeo events: electric prods or shocking devices, flank or bucking straps, wire tiedowns, and sharpened or fixed spurs or rowels. These torture devices are essential to force animals to perform in rodeos.

The Motion requests the City Attorney to prepare and present the Ordinance. LCA will keep you updated on the movement of this important ban.

The L.A. Motion was modeled after a similar ordinance adopted in Pittsburgh, which prohibits inciting animals to perform with similar tools. While this is not an outright rodeo ban, it is a huge step in the right direction. Rodeo events will not be able to take place without the tools they use to control and torture the animals.

LCA would like to thank supporters who sent emails, wrote letters, and made phone calls in favor of this precedent-setting Motion. But the work is not done! Please continue to put pressure on your L.A. City Council Member. Email, Call, Write that you support the Rodeo Inhumane Implements Ban! Learn more here. ([link removed])
HOW YOU CAN HELP ([link removed])
1. Keep up the pressure! Call, email, or write your local Council Member letting them know you support Council File 20-1575 ([link removed]) , to ban the use of inhumane devices in rodeos.

2. Sign LCA's change.org petition ([link removed]) supporting a total rodeo ban in Los Angeles and share on social media.

3. Don't live in Los Angeles? Forward this message to friends and family who do!
Together, We Can Make a Difference!
For the animals,

Campaigns Department
Last Chance for Animals
310-271-6096 x27
[email protected]
Donate to LCA ([link removed])
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed] Share ([link removed])
[link removed]: https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Flcanimal%2Fprogress_la_city_council_approves_rodeo_motion Tweet ([link removed]: https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Flcanimal%2Fprogress_la_city_council_approves_rodeo_motion)
[link removed] Fwd ([link removed])
Copyright © 2021 Last Chance for Animals, All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you opted to receive LCA Action Alerts.
Contact us:
Phone: (310) 271-6096
Mailing Address:
Last Chance for Animals
8033 Sunset Blvd #835
Los Angeles, CA 90046
USA
unsubscribe from this list ([link removed]) update subscription preferences ([link removed])
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]

============================================================