The members of the Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development Committee may be deciding soon whether to pursue any further action regarding Massachusetts Senate Bill 1706. This bill seeks to ban the use of certain elephant training tools, including the elephant guide (or ankus) and tethers. If this bill is passed into law, it would prevent Ringling Bros. and other circuses from visiting Massachusetts by preventing the use of widely accepted elephant management tools.
Please take a moment to contact the Committee members by telephone to let them know you oppose SB 1706. Telephone numbers for the individual members are listed below for your reference, and thank you very much for your help on this issue!
Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development
Note: if you have any trouble getting through to the individual office numbers below, you can try the Committee office phone at (617) 722-2015.
Senate Chair
Sen. Eileen Donoghue (D-Lowell)
Phone: (617) 722-1630
Senate Vice-Chair
Sen. Benjamin Brackett Downing (D-Pittsfield)
Phone: (617) 722-1625
House Chair
Rep. Sarah K. Peake (D-Provincetown)
Phone: (617) 722-2015
House Vice-Chair
Rep. Paul McMurtry (D-Dedham)
Phone: (617) 722-2015
Committee Members
Sen. Sonia R. Chang-Diaz (D-Jamaica Plain)
Phone: (617) 722-1673
Sen. Richard T. Moore (D-Uxbridge)
Phone: (617) 722-1420
Sen. Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester)
Phone: (617) 722-1600
Sen. Daniel A. Wolf (D-Harwich)
Phone: (617) 722-1570
Rep. Gailanne M. Cariddi (D-North Adams)
Phone: (617) 722-2130
Rep. Sean Garballey (D-Arlington)
Phone: (617) 722-2090
Rep. Steven S. Howitt (R-Seekonk)
Phone: (617) 722-2305
Rep. William Pignatelli (D-Lee)
Phone: (617) 722-2582
Rep. David B. Sullivan (D-Fall River)
Phone: (617) 722-2070
Rep. Cleon H. Turner (D-Dennis)
Phone: (617) 722-2090
Rep. David T. Vieira (R-Teaticket)
Phone: (617) 722-2810
Rep. Christopher Walsh (D-Framingham)
Phone: (617) 722-2014
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