Show Up This Monday to Oppose!

This Monday (December 12th), is one of the final opportunities to speak out against lifting the slaughterhouse ban in Marin County, before the final deciding vote in January.

Melissa Flower, staffer from In Defense of Animals, will be attending this meeting. However, we absolutely need strength in numbers. Without a strong community resistance, we run the risk of this ban being lifted, for which so many animals, the environment and the community will suffer.

What You Can Do:

1. Attend the public hearing next Monday, December 12th and Speak Out.

The planning commissioners must hear from the public!

Date: Monday December 12th

Time: 10:35 am

Location: Civic Center in San Rafael: 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 328.

For further information on the Marin Planning Commission meeting, please click here.

2. Send an Email

Whether or not you are able to attend, we also encourage you to email Jeremy Tejirian from the Marin Community Development Agency at JTejirian@marincounty.org to express your opposition.

Here are two key points you may wish to bring up:

- Killing animals is not an isolated behavior, but part of a constellation of anti-social behaviors. A study of 581 US counties from 1992-2002 found that counties with slaughterhouses have higher rates of domestic violence and violent crimes. A new study reports that the presence of a slaughterhouse corresponds with a 166% increase in arrests for rape.

- One of the largest environmental concerns associated with slaughterhouses is wastewater and water contamination. We do not want nitrogen, phosphorus, and ammonia going into our waterways. High nitrate levels in water can cause methemoglobinemia or blue baby syndrome, a fatal condition that impacts infants under six months. Nitrogen pollution in waterways can also kill aquatic life, and make it much more difficult for fish, insects and other creatures dependent on the water to survive.

To our fellow animal advocates in Marin county, we hope you can make it!