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How To: Protest Against Animal Racing

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Stand up to horse and dog racing.

Write to your state officials.

Write to your representative [2] and ask him/her to ban animal racing. If you live in a state that has greyhound racetracks, tell your state representatives to ban dog racing.

Ask your representatives to co-sponsor the Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act [3]

Create a paper petition to send to your state representative.

Here's a guide [4] to walk you through it.

Create an animal rights club in your school.

Your DoSomething.org club [5] could focus on the problem of animal racing and other issues.

Time: 
One Day [6]
One Week [7]
Where: 
In Your City [8]
In Your Neighborhood [9]
Issues: 
Animals [10]
Animal Cruelty [11]
Who: 
Alone [12]
Club [13]
Congregation [14]
Family [15]
School [16]
Sports Team [17]
With Your Friends [18]

Source URL: http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/how-to-protest-against-animal-racing

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[2] http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/write-a-letter-to-elected-official
[3] http://capwiz.com/aspca/issues/alert/?alertid=61341906
[4] http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/writestart-a-petition
[5] http://www.dosomething.org/clubs
[6] http://www.dosomething.org/category/time/one-day
[7] http://www.dosomething.org/category/time/one-week
[8] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/in-your-city
[9] http://www.dosomething.org/category/where/in-your-neighborhood
[10] http://www.dosomething.org/cause/animals
[11] http://www.dosomething.org/issues/animal-cruelty
[12] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/alone
[13] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/club
[14] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/church
[15] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/family
[16] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/school
[17] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/sports-team
[18] http://www.dosomething.org/category/who/with-your-friends