Please take action on the following so the LDWF remains aware of our concerns for Tony

• Sign and share Tony’s petitions.

ALDF Sponsorsed Petitions:
1. http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5154/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6207
2. http://www.change.org/petitions/speak-out-for-tony-the-truck-stop-tiger
Care2 Sponsored Petition
3. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/129/272/008/
Petition Notes:
ALDF has asked for ongoing support of Tony’s petition(s) From: The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Facebook page: Our hearing to argue for Tony’s immediate release has been postponed due to a request by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. We will keep you posted once a new date has been scheduled. Please continue to sign ALDF’s petition to help free Tony!
Care2 recently stated a petition for Tony though the text in the overview is misleading:
“This May, thanks to efforts by Care2 members and the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agreed that Tony should be set free.”
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries never agreed that Tony should be set free. On May 6, 2011Judge R. Michael Caldwell issued a permanent injunction barring the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from issuing any further permits to Tony’s owner Michael Sandlin. See The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s post: http://aldf.org/article.php?id=1700 and more information at: http://www.aldf.org/tony
It’s very important that all correspondence for Tony be done in a respectable focused manner. While we are all very passionate and concerned about Tony, his health and welfare, please remember polite and focused letters have a better chance of being addressed and our concerns taken seriously. When you advocate for Tony, you are representing him – he deserves the utmost respect as do the individual(s) we are writing to. A recent reply from Secretary Barham was received. You can use the text of the ALDF petitions listed above as references to construct your letter.

• Voice your concerns for Tony, for the current permit to be revoked and for Tony to be relocated to a reputable, established, humane accredited big cat sanctuary that will meet all of his needs to:

Secretary Robert J. Barham
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
P.O. Box 98000
Baton Rouge, LA70898
Phone: (225) 765-2623
Fax: (225) 765-2607
You can also try these e-mail addresses for Mr. Barham; recent correspondence has not bounced back:
sfalcon@wlf.la.gov
rbarham@wlf.la.gov
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Online e-mail contact form for the LDWF: http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/contact
Maria Davidson
Large Carnivore Program Manager
Louisiana Department Wildlife and Fisheries
5652 Highway 182
Opelousas LA 70570
Phone: (337) 948-0255
Fax: (337) 948-0213
e-mail: mdavidson@wlf.la.gov
Fred Kimmel (Ms. Davidson’s supervisor)
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
2000 Quail Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: (225) 765-2355
e-mail: fkimmel@wlf.la.gov
Main Office:
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
2000 Quail Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: (225) 765-2800
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
Office of The Governor
P. O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9004
Phone: (225) 342-7015
Fax: (225) 342-7099
web e-mail form: http://www.gov.la.gov/index.cfm?md=form&tmp=email_governor

• Please continue to share Tony’s ALDF link http://www.aldf.org/tony and the petition links with friends, family, and on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, etc.

Thanks to everyone for their dedication and support of Tony, with ‘freedom” so close for Tony, we must press on. Stay Strong Tony.