League of Humane Voters A Good Idea

So I met with Kathrine McGill last night. I had met Kathrine in Washington D.C. at Lobby Day in July of 2011 and learned we are neighbors. She's been busy volunteering with the League of Humane Voters and trying to get this fledgling political action committee off the ground. The goal of the LOHV is to get animal-friendly politicians elected to office. The idea is, if we can form a voting block, like the NRA, for example, and get people elected to office that really give a damn, those people will then return the favor when we ask for animal-friendly legislation. What happens with a lot of the legislation that we manage to get to Tallahassee or even Washington D.C. is that they end up in the hands of hunters, factory farmers, egg producers and others who serve on these committees but who really don't give a damn about our legislation. If we can get people elected to office that care about animals, we may be able to make a difference. The League of Humane Voters is a nationwide effort with state chapters. They are not a charity, they are a political action committee.

If you can imagine what your dog or cat would want to say, how they would vote if only they could, you can imagine all that we can get accomplished.