Jackson County, MI sells animals to research & has a really really really annoying comment form

How annoying. I tried to contact the Jackson County, MI department of animal control to urge them to stop selling animals to research, but apparently they have some freakishly short character limit on their contact form, so no matter how much I cropped my orginally relatively articulate message, I couldn't make it fit. And they don't even tell you that's why you're getting an error, I only know b/c I heard it from someone else. Eventually I gave up and posted this (which I reproduce here strictly for amusement, not edification):

Ugh. *Please* stop selling animals to research, and *please*, if you are going to have a character limit for this form, *post* it.

*sigh*

Opposing S. 2395, which obliges the USPS to treat baby birds as common cargo

Been away for a bit, moving to the farm we've always wanted (yay!). Now we can start doing rescue for real. Back to the letter writing, as well...this one is to my local reps & senators asking them to oppose a bill that essentially *forces* postal workers to abuse baby birds. ick.

Dear Senator,
Please oppose S. 2395. Sentient beings should not be treated as cargo, subjected to temperatures up to 100 degrees, with no food or water, while trapped in a confined space with other animals that have already died. This is barbaric.

Bird Shippers of America, an industry group representing the bird shipping industry, admits that more birds arrived in the mail dead than alive in 2005.

The United States Postal Service has made positive steps in protecting the safety of baby birds sent in the mail, and should be allowed to continue to move in this direction. Please uphold the right of the USPS to put forth its own policies on safe transport of live animals. Please do not force postal employees to act in ways that violate their consciences. Most importantly, please do the right thing for the animals. Oppose S. 2395.