PETA Wrote me Back

Thank you for contacting PETA.

Please understand that PETA opposes any activity that causes intentional harm to animals, including hunting and fishing.

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, PETA is prohibited from participating in any political campaigns or endorsing or opposing a particular candidate or party. But we do encourage you to contact the candidate or party that you are interested in directly for their positions on the issues that are important to you.


To learn a candidate’s position on a comprehensive list of issues, please contact Project Vote Smart at 1-888-VOTE-SMART or through its Web site http://www.votesmart.org/.



PETA’s “Guide to Letter-Writing” (http://www.PETA.org/actioncenter/letter-writing-guide.asp) offers helpful tips for writing to elected officials.

To learn more about ways to combat cruelty to animals as “sport,” please see the following Web sites:

· http://www.HelpingAnimals.com/travel_attractions_hunting.asp

· http://www.PETA.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=53

· http://www.FishingHurts.com


Thanks again for writing and for everything that you do for animals!

Sincerely,


Jeff Haines

Correspondence Assistant

PETA Foundation

http://www.PETA.org/