Ask Obama for Policy to Reduce Animal Suffering

With a historic election behind us, PETA is hoping that President-elect Barack Obama is looking toward the future and considering ways to make animal welfare a part of the "21st century government" that he has promised to create. We have a few suggestions about where his administration can start: with our nation's food policy as well as the way that our nation deals with risks from toxic chemicals.

Experts agree that the current systems that monitor these two areas are broken. Two high-profile reports by top experts (the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and National Academy of Sciences) have analyzed available information and determined that the way we currently devise policy is harming humans, the environment, and animals.

Experts also say that the current structure of government policy can't handle the necessary changes, and they recommend changes that we hope the Obama administration will take to heart.

Please join us in asking President-elect Barack Obama's transition team to create two interagency councils to direct programs on our food and toxicology policy. The formation of a National Food Policy Council and a National Toxicology Council will reduce waste, protect human health and the environment, reduce animal suffering, and save money.

Please use this form to send polite comments to President-elect Obama's transition team.