The following article appeared on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, on the Humane Society Legislative Fund Blog, “Animals and Politics.” It was written by Michael Markarian, the president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund, a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization that lobbies for animal welfare legislation and works to elect humane-minded candidates to public office. In almost 15 years in the animal protection movement, Markarian has worked for the passage of countless state laws and federal statut