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ADOA NEWS
TEXAS
TX-RPOA E-News
>From Responsible Pet Owners Alliance,
Permission granted to crosspost.
May 7, 2007
Texas SB 411 is back in committee tomorrow (Tuesday) for amendments! Jeff
Shaver and Zandra Anderson will be in Austin representing us. If you can't
be there keep the phone calls, faxes and emails coming in to back them up!
One more time -- TODAY and TOMORROW (Monday and Tuesday) -- please call and
fax ALL SEVEN (7) of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee members below
OPPOSING SB 411 AS WRITTEN.
If you don't live in Texas, tell them why you won't visit Texas because of
the extreme liability for dog owners. The committe members contact
information is below.
Criminal Justice Committee 5/8/07
Time: 1:30 (or upon adjournment of Senate)
HB 1355 Senate Sponsor: Sen. Shapleigh (SB 411)
Where: Capitol Building, Austin, Texas
Room: E1.016 (Hearing Room)
Zandra says everyone will meet outside of the Hearing Room (E1.016) @ 1:00
to discuss testimony then. You do not have to testify, but it would be
helpful. You can sign that you are opposed if you don't want to testify, but
we need your help if at all possible. You have to be present to sign up
(done in Hearing Room).
If you need to contact them tomorrow--
Zandra (c) 713 865 3838
Jeff (c) 713 557 0807
SB 411 is back in committee for amendments after being pulled from the
Senate Floor Calendar thanks to your earlier opposition. The proponents of
this bill are making another attempt to send it back to the Senate Floor.
Let the entire committee know it is the same bill with the same problems and
that we have NOT forgotten about
this.
Tell them we want a first offense to be a misdemeanor, not a felony and NO
breed specific legislation.
Zandra Anderson's ( www.TexasDogLawyer.com ) sample letter is below if you
wish to use it.
We've had requests for a letter.
______________________________________
May 7, 2007
Senate Criminal Justice Committee
PO Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
FAX: (512) _______________________
To the Honorable Senate Criminal Justice Committee:
HB1355 (SB 411) which is to be heard by your Criminal Justice Committee
(5/8/07) is the same bill that has already been considered in the Senate and
which was sponsored by Sen. Shapleigh.
There is nothing new about this bill and still has the same problems as
before. I am against HB 1355/SB 411 as written because:
1. The punishments are too harsh and out of line with other crimes;
2. The wrong definition of "serious bodily injury is used"--should be the
Penal Code definition, not the civil law definition because as written of
the 6 Million Texas dog owners, every one of them could become a felon;
3. The bill should focus on prevention rather than being so harsh and have a
prohibition on loose dogs that is enforced;
4. There should be exceptions for dogs that are legally off their owner
premises like for working dogs on a ranch, hunting dogs or dogs in
sanctioned shows or competitions, which is like the exception given for
assistance dogs; and
5. Sec. 822.007 should be deleted so that any breed specific suggestions can
be avoided.
I am also against any law that is Breed Specific. I am opposed to the
addition of targeting any breed or breeds in this bill. All dogs and their
owners should be treated equally under our laws.
I urge you to vote against HB1355/SB 411. Thank you.
Your name: ______________________________
Address: ______________________________
Senate Criminal Justice Committee members (7 of them)
Address for all:
PO Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
Chair: Senator John Whitmire
Ph: (512) 463-0115
Fax: (512) 475-3737
john.whitmire at senate.state.tx.us
Vice-Chair: Senator Kel Seliger
Ph: (512) 463-0131
Fax: (512) 475-3733
kel.seliger at senate.state.tx.us
Senator John Carona
Ph: (512) 463-0116
Fax: (512) 463-3135
john.carona at senate.state.tx.us
Senator Bob Deuell
Ph: (512) 463-0102
Fax: (512) 463-7202
don.forse at senate.state.tx.us
Senator Rodney Ellis
Ph: (512) 463-0113
Fax: (512) 463-0006
rodney.ellis at senate.state.tx.us
Senator Glenn Hegar
Ph: (512) 463-0118
Fax: (512) 475-3736
District18.hegar at senate.state.tx.us
Senator Juan Hinojosa
Ph: (512) 463-0120
Fax: (512) 463-0229
leslie.nadelman at senate.state.tx.us
CALIFORNIA
UPDATES FROM THE ANIMAL COUNCIL
May 7, 2007
(Last publication date 4/29/07
Appropriate forwarding encouraged.)
Preserving Our Right To Own And Breed Animals Is Your Responsibility
IN THIS ISSUE:
* CITY OF LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL DIRECTIVE TO DRAFT MSN, 5/9
* SAN JOSE CA CITY COUNCIL AMENDS PROPOSED ORD., BACK IN JUNE
* HUMBOLDT COUNTY MSN ORDINANCE STALLS PENDING AB 1634
* CA AB 1634 (LEVINE) AMENDED APRIL 30, APPROPS HEARING MAY 16
THE ANIMAL COUNCIL'S web site at http://www.theanima lcouncil. com is
updated frequently supplementing advocacy information through these
Updates with new and expanded features. 2007 California bill
information at
http://www.theanima lcouncil. com/CA2007. html
*****
CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA City Council Agenda for its full
meeting on Wednesday, May 9, starting at 10 a.m., Item 27 "REQUEST
the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Animal Services
Department, to prepare an ordinance to mandate the spaying and
neutering of domestic cats and dogs by the time the pet is four
months old, with specific exceptions for licensed breeders,
consistent with provisions of AB 1634…" Since this is a request to
draft and not an actual draft ordinance, this likely will be an
extended process since the state bill would still be subject to
further amendment for some time. The City Attorney's office drafting
approach has always limited ordinance revisions as much as possible
rather than attempting broad revisions throughout the animal
provisions like the City of San Jose proposal. The referenced
exceptions for licensed breeders currently included in AB 1634
requiring a local business license and federal taxpayer number for
the breeding business are not consistent with the City's existing
breeding permit so would require additional drafting to accomplish
that.
By starting its local drafting process this early, the City would
probably be in compliance by the effective date of AB 1634 (should it
be enacted) of April 1, 2008. Because some of the 536 local
California jurisdictions already have unaltered permits that are LESS
restrictive than would be required by AB 1634, owners holding these
pre-AB 1634 intact permits from the effective date until the end of
2008 would be in compliance with the new state requirement until the
pre-1634 permit expires or January 1, 2009, whichever occurs first,
at which time a post-1634 intact permit would be required. This
provision of Article 2 (e) of the bill has led to the mistaken
conclusion that no permits would be allowed in 2009. Rather, this is
merely an accommodation for holders of pre-1634 local intact
permits. The practical interface between this type of state mandate
on existing local ordinances and procedures will pose many practical
issues if integrated into existing procedures. For example, some
jurisdictions offer 3-year licenses running with individual rabies
vaccination expiration, so that an owner whose license could have
years to run would have to obtain the post-1634 intact permit
covering a different period from the basic license and then renew the
1634 permit annually separate from the license.
*****
SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL on Tuesday, May 1, sent the proposed revised
ordinance back for amendments proposed by Council Member Pete
Constant including deletion of the proposed "guardian" definition and
usage and return in June. For details, see the Agenda Synopsis at:
http://www.sanjosec a.gov/clerk/ Agenda/050107/ 050107s.pdf
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS POLL accompanying an April 10 article on AB
1634, "Should the state require pet owners to spay or neuter their
dogs and cats?" slipped a little last week.
Current count is Yes, 1936 votes (34%); No 3854 votes (68\6%); 5817
total.
http://www.mercuryn ews.com/search/ ci_5632446
*****
HUMBOLDT COUNTY Board of Supervisors May 1 tabled indefinitely
consideration of the Sheriff's Department proposed ordinance
requiring mandatory spay/neuter of dogs and cats not registered with
an approved registry. This was based on the Lake County model that
does not have a permit process for those exempted. However, the
Humboldt County Board did not reject the concept but merely deferred
further action pending outcome of AB 1634 and resolved to endorse the
bill.
For more information on Los Angeles, San Jose and Kern Counties, see
http://www.theanima lcouncil. com/CurrentLegis lativeMaterial. html
*****
CA AB 1634, the "California Healthy Pets Act" is now in the Assembly
Committee on Appropriations with a hearing date is expected to be
Wednesday, May 16. The bill was amended again on April 30, limited
to technical items.
All letters should now reference the last amended version in a
caption.
The Appropriations Committee addresses only FISCAL issues. These
include new costs related to a bill as well as loss of revenue.
Organizations and businesses will be able to provide specific revenue
loss projections, but the very goal of exclusionary mandatory
sterilization permits is to REDUCE the number of unaltered licenses
and thus revenue from licensing in the hope of eventually realizing
cost savings for animal shelter operations and facilities.
AB 1634 would not be simply a law applying to dog and cat owners but
is a mandate on the 536 California local governments to enact and
implement a permit to possess an unaltered dog or cat over 4 months
that MUST meet the minimum standards of the bill but MAY BE MORE
RESTRICTIVE than the bill's requirements. No current local
jurisdictions would currently meet all the bill's requirements.
Because every local ordinance would need to be revised, there is no
way for any person to be assured they would qualify for a specific
permit regardless of cost.
Letter captions should read:
Re: CA AB 1634, "CA Healthy Pets Act" as amended April 30, OPPOSE
ORGANIZATIONS USE LETTERHEAD AND ASK THAT YOUR OPPOSITION BE
REGISTERED
Letters should be received by May 9 by the Committee Consultant.
Assembly Appropriations Committee
ATTN: Chuck Nicol, Committee Consultant
State, Room 2114
Sacramento, California 95814
Fax: (916) 319-2181
Assembly Republican Fiscal Office
Attention: Chris Ryan
State. Room 6031
Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax (916) 319-3560
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS MEMBERS
CHAIR Mark Leno (D-13) San Francisco
State Capitol, Room 2114
Sacramento, CA 94249-0013
Phone: (916) 319-2013
Fax: 916-319-2113
Assemblymember. leno at assembly. ca.gov
VICE CHAIR Mimi Walters (R-73) Laguna Niguel
State, Room 6031
Sacramento, CA 94249-0072
Phone: (916) 319-2073
Fax: (916) 319-2173
Assemblymember. walters at assembly .ca.gov
Anna M. Caballero (D-28) Salinas
State Capitol, Room 3132
Sacramento, CA 94249-0028
Phone: (916) 319-2028
Fax: 916-319-2128
Assemblymember. Caballero@ assembly. ca.gov
Mike Davis (D-48) Los Angeles
State Capitol, Room 2160
Sacramento, CA 94249-0048
Phone: (916) 319-2048
Fax: 916-319-2148
Assemblymember. Davis at assembly. ca.gov
Mark DeSaulnier (D-11) Martinez
State Capitol, Room 4162
Sacramento, CA 94249-0011
Phone: (916) 319-2011
Fax: (916) 319-2111
Assemblymember. DeSaulnier@ assembly. ca.gov
Bill Emmerson (R-63) Redlands
State Capitol Office, Room 4158
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 319-2063
Fax: (916) 319-2163
Assemblymember. emmerson@ assembly. ca.gov
Jared Huffman (D-6) San Rafael
State Capitol, Room 4139
Sacramento, CA 94249-0006
Phone: (916) 319-2006
Fax: (916) 319-2106
Assemblymember. Huffman at assembly .ca.gov
Assembly Member Betty Karnette (D)
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento
Phone: (916) 319-2054
Fax: (916) 319-2154
Assemblymember. Karnette@ assembly. ca.gov
Betty Karnette (D-54) Long Beach
State Capitol, Room 2136
Sacramento, CA 94249-0054
Phone: (916) 319-2043
Fax: (916) 319-2143
Assemblymember. Krekorian@ assembly. ca.gov
Doug La Malfa (R-2) Biggs
State Capitol, Room 4164
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0002
Phone: (916) 319-2002
Fax: (916) 319-2102
Assemblymember. lamalfa at assembly .ca.gov
Ted W. Lieu (D-53) Torrance
State Capitol, Room 4016
Sacramento, CA 94249-0053
Sacramento, CA 94249-0053
Phone: (916) 319 - 2053
Fax: (916) 319 - 2153
Assemblymember. Lieu at assembly. ca.gov
Fiona Ma (D-12) San Francisco
State Capitol, Room 2176
Sacramento, CA 94249-0012
Phone: (916) 319-2012
Fax: (916) 319-2112
Assemblymember. Ma at assembly. ca.gov
Alan Nakanishi (R-10) Lodi
State Capitol, Room 5175
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0010
Phone: (916) 319-2010
Fax: (916) 319-2110
Assemblymember. nakanishi@ assembly. ca.gov
Assembly Member Pedro Nava (D-35) Santa Barbara (BILL CO-AUTHOR)
State Capitol, Room 2148
Sacramento, CA 94249-0035
Phone: (916) 319-2035
Fax: (916) 319-2135
Assemblymember. nava at assembly. ca.gov
Sharon Runner (R-36) Lancaster
State Capitol, Room 5158
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0036
Phone: (916) 319-2036
Fax: (916) 319-2136
Assemblywoman. Runner at assembly. ca.gov
Jose Solorio (D-69) Santa Ana
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0069
Phone: (916) 319-2069
Fax: (916) 319-2169
Assemblymember. solorio at assembly .ca.gov
Lloyd E. Levine (D-40) Van Nuys
State Capitol, Room 5136
Sacramento, CA 94249-0040
Phone: (916) 319-2040
Fax: 916-319-2140
Assemblymember. levine at assembly. ca.gov
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constituent, as well as your own Assembly Member.
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Tue May 8, 2007 12:14 am (PST)
UPDATES FROM THE ANIMAL COUNCIL
May 8, 2007
(Last publication date 5/7/07
Appropriate forwarding encouraged.)
Preserving Our Right To Own And Breed Animals Is Your Responsibility
IN THIS ISSUE:
* CA AB 1634 (LEVINE) NEWS: MORE AMENDMENTS, PHS NON-SUPPORT & MORE
THE ANIMAL COUNCIL'S web site at http://www.theanima lcouncil. com is
updated frequently supplementing advocacy information through these
Updates with new and expanded features. 2007 California bill
information at
http://www.theanima lcouncil. com/CA2007. html
*****
BRIEFLY NOTED
SAN FRANCISO, CALIFORNIA Board of Supervisors Rules Committee
declined to re-appoint Commission on Animal Control & Welfare Chair
Richard Schulke who had served many years off and on, often grand-
standing with the media on high profile issues such as the original
1999 "guardian" proposal. The reason would have been predictable
only to those who know that in San Francisco, the residential rent
control ordinance and board trump all else including a proposal
referred to the Board to allow landlords to charge 5% of a tenant's
rent per pet as an incentive to open more housing to pets. Rules
Committee Chair Aaron Peskin had been one of the votes against the
guardian proposal when it finally passed in early 2003. Two other
commissioners who had supported this rent control exception were also
denied re-appointment.
http://www.examiner .com/a-
714180~Board_ relieves_ pet_surcharge_ advocates. html
*****
CA AB 1634 (LEVINE), the "California Healthy Pets Act" is now in the
Assembly Committee on Appropriations with a hearing date expected to
be Wednesday, May 16. The Appropriations Committee addresses only
FISCAL issues. These include new costs related to a bill as well as
loss of revenue. Chair Mark Leno (D-13) of San Francisco is in his
second Assembly term but first year chairing Appropriations. To
learn how this committee handles meetings, listen in on this week's
meeting, Wednesday, May 9 starting at 9 a.m. with live audio
available at http://www.assembly .ca.gov/committe e_hearings/
The "California Healthy Pets Act" web site has several new items
including another round of amendments that has been send to
Legislative Counsel for final drafting. These are substantive but
not major amendments including:
* local jurisdiction may waive all or part of penalty if violator
provides verification of sterilization but not if violator "transfers
or abandons" the animal.
* adds wording to intact permit eligibility of demonstration
that "cat or dog is a valid breed that is recognized by an approved
registry or association" and "complies with at least one" of two
conditions sub-sections. These are amended to delete the requirement
that approved registries be in existence by October 1, 2007 with
other re-wording. For qualifying titles, "legitimate" is added to
the default other title.
* adds to the provision not prohibiting a more restrictive program
pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section 122331 (the breed specific
preemption modification) "or any other law". The meaning of this
amendment raises more questions about the interface with existing
permits that are not breed specific yet have provisions differing
from AB 1634.
* For temporary stays in California, the out of state driver license
reference is deleted and the exemption is left to proof to be
determined by local jurisdictions that "the cat or dog is temporarily
in California for training, showing or any other legitimate reason."
These amendments are not yet official (linked on our 2007 California
bill table or proponents' site, see below), so the bill caption is
still:
CA AB 1634, "CA Healthy Pets Act" as amended April 30, OPPOSE
PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY which in 1990 started the idea
of "mandatory" sterilization has declined to support AB 1634 as
reported today in the San Mateo Daily Journal. Key points of the
article include:
"The Peninsula Humane Society sees the bill as difficult to enforce
and chooses other paths to curb animal overpopulation.
"The spirit of it is fine. The mechanics of it is a little more
difficult," said Scott Delucchi, vice president of the Peninsula
Humane Society.
The PHS was asked to support the bill, but did not. Instead, it is
choosing to take no official position. The PHS tried unsuccessfully
in the early 1990s to pass countywide legislation to reduce the
number of homeless pets. Now, the organization prefers to focus on
free or low-cost clinics and insists the best way to attack the
problem is county-by-county rather than statewide, Delucchi said.
More than a decade ago, the PHS lobbied each city to pass a law
requiring pet owners who did not fix their pets to pay an additional
$30 to $40 fine if they had to claim their pet from the shelter. Only
a handful of cities passed the legislation, including the city of San
Mateo, Delucchi said.
The results were disappointing, Delucchi said."
See the entire article at
http://www.smdailyj ournal.com/ article_preview. php?id=74620
For historical information on San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation
Ordinance see http://www.theanima lcouncil. com/Publications .html
PROPENENT'S WEB SITE at http://www.cahealth ypets.com now includes a
contact form for "Members" of The American Kennel Club to express
support or perhaps ask questions. (The AKC does not have
individual "members"; only clubs are members of AKC.) No other
categories of opponents are included in this ostensible outreach, and
the new round of amendments makes no effort to address animals that
would not be a "valid" breed of an acceptable registry and either
showing/competing or earning/being trained to earn a title offered by
an approved "purebred" registry. This suggests intent to split the
opposition by undermining unity of the AKC and its registrants and
ignore the remainder of the broad spectrum of opposition.
Also new on the web site are details about free transportation to
Sacramento for the May 16 hearing with a long list of coordinators
and assurance that everyone attending will be able to state their
name, group and position at the Appropriations Committee microphone.
*****
*a service of THE ANIMAL COUNCIL, P.O. BOX 168, MILLBRAE CA 94030
Contact us at <TheAnimalCouncil@ aol.com>
URL <http://www.theanima lcouncil. com>
Incorporated 1991, tax exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(4)
Online news updates published sporadically since 1997.
Legislative tracking subject to change.
Find your own CA legislators
http://192.234. 213.69/lmapsearc h/framepage. asp
2007 12:12 am (PST)
UPDATES FROM THE ANIMAL COUNCIL
May 8, 2007
(Last publication date 5/7/07
Appropriate forwarding encouraged.)
Preserving Our Right To Own And Breed Animals Is Your Responsibility
IN THIS ISSUE:
* CA AB 1634 (LEVINE) NEWS: MORE AMENDMENTS, PHS NON-SUPPORT & MORE
THE ANIMAL COUNCIL'S web site at http://www.theanima lcouncil. com is
updated frequently supplementing advocacy information through these
Updates with new and expanded features. 2007 California bill
information at
http://www.theanima lcouncil. com/CA2007. html
*****
BRIEFLY NOTED
SAN FRANCISO, CALIFORNIA Board of Supervisors Rules Committee
declined to re-appoint Commission on Animal Control & Welfare Chair
Richard Schulke who had served many years off and on, often grand-
standing with the media on high profile issues such as the original
1999 "guardian" proposal. The reason would have been predictable
only to those who know that in San Francisco, the residential rent
control ordinance and board trump all else including a proposal
referred to the Board to allow landlords to charge 5% of a tenant's
rent per pet as an incentive to open more housing to pets. Rules
Committee Chair Aaron Peskin had been one of the votes against the
guardian proposal when it finally passed in early 2003. Two other
commissioners who had supported this rent control exception were also
denied re-appointment.
http://www.examiner .com/a-
714180~Board_ relieves_ pet_surcharge_ advocates. html
*****
CA AB 1634 (LEVINE), the "California Healthy Pets Act" is now in the
Assembly Committee on Appropriations with a hearing date expected to
be Wednesday, May 16. The Appropriations Committee addresses only
FISCAL issues. These include new costs related to a bill as well as
loss of revenue. Chair Mark Leno (D-13) of San Francisco is in his
second Assembly term but first year chairing Appropriations. To
learn how this committee handles meetings, listen in on this week's
meeting, Wednesday, May 9 starting at 9 a.m. with live audio
available at http://www.assembly .ca.gov/committe e_hearings/
The "California Healthy Pets Act" web site has several new items
including another round of amendments that has been send to
Legislative Counsel for final drafting. These are substantive but
not major amendments including:
* local jurisdiction may waive all or part of penalty if violator
provides verification of sterilization but not if violator "transfers
or abandons" the animal.
* adds wording to intact permit eligibility of demonstration
that "cat or dog is a valid breed that is recognized by an approved
registry or association" and "complies with at least one" of two
conditions sub-sections. These are amended to delete the requirement
that approved registries be in existence by October 1, 2007 with
other re-wording. For qualifying titles, "legitimate" is added to
the default other title.
* adds to the provision not prohibiting a more restrictive program
pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section 122331 (the breed specific
preemption modification) "or any other law". The meaning of this
amendment raises more questions about the interface with existing
permits that are not breed specific yet have provisions differing
from AB 1634.
* For temporary stays in California, the out of state driver license
reference is deleted and the exemption is left to proof to be
determined by local jurisdictions that "the cat or dog is temporarily
in California for training, showing or any other legitimate reason."
These amendments are not yet official (linked on our 2007 California
bill table or proponents' site, see below), so the bill caption is
still:
CA AB 1634, "CA Healthy Pets Act" as amended April 30, OPPOSE
PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY which in 1990 started the idea
of "mandatory" sterilization has declined to support AB 1634 as
reported today in the San Mateo Daily Journal. Key points of the
article include:
"The Peninsula Humane Society sees the bill as difficult to enforce
and chooses other paths to curb animal overpopulation.
"The spirit of it is fine. The mechanics of it is a little more
difficult," said Scott Delucchi, vice president of the Peninsula
Humane Society.
The PHS was asked to support the bill, but did not. Instead, it is
choosing to take no official position. The PHS tried unsuccessfully
in the early 1990s to pass countywide legislation to reduce the
number of homeless pets. Now, the organization prefers to focus on
free or low-cost clinics and insists the best way to attack the
problem is county-by-county rather than statewide, Delucchi said.
More than a decade ago, the PHS lobbied each city to pass a law
requiring pet owners who did not fix their pets to pay an additional
$30 to $40 fine if they had to claim their pet from the shelter. Only
a handful of cities passed the legislation, including the city of San
Mateo, Delucchi said.
The results were disappointing, Delucchi said."
See the entire article at
http://www.smdailyj ournal.com/ article_preview. php?id=74620
For historical information on San Mateo County Pet Overpopulation
Ordinance see http://www.theanima lcouncil. com/Publications .html
PROPENENT'S WEB SITE at http://www.cahealth ypets.com now includes a
contact form for "Members" of The American Kennel Club to express
support or perhaps ask questions. (The AKC does not have
individual "members"; only clubs are members of AKC.) No other
categories of opponents are included in this ostensible outreach, and
the new round of amendments makes no effort to address animals that
would not be a "valid" breed of an acceptable registry and either
showing/competing or earning/being trained to earn a title offered by
an approved "purebred" registry. This suggests intent to split the
opposition by undermining unity of the AKC and its registrants and
ignore the remainder of the broad spectrum of opposition.
Also new on the web site are details about free transportation to
Sacramento for the May 16 hearing with a long list of coordinators
and assurance that everyone attending will be able to state their
name, group and position at the Appropriations Committee microphone.
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