[ SHOWGSD-L ] FW: Don't let PAWS & HSUS spoil your Christmas
- From: "Catherine Murch" <fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "showgsd-l" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:37:33 -0500
Hi Everyone;
Below isa letter from SAOVA regarding PAWS. Please check the list of sponsors
and write everyone, even if they do not
represent you.Be sure to tell them to check out the SAOVA web site to see how
many AKC clubs and parent clubs are opposed
to this bill. Also be sure to let them know that this nation has a lot more
problems facing it then trying to control a persons hobby that they do not make
a living from. If you are a member of an AKC club be sure to mention that in
your letter. They think because
AKC is supporting this, that the pure breed dog fanciers are.
Cathy
Kelstar
Catherine Murch
fmurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
----- Original Message -----
From:
To: S_Mid-Atlantic
Sent: 12/12/2005 1:48:08 PM
Subject: Don't let PAWS & HSUS spoil your Christmas
Dear SAOVA Friends,
Yes, it's the Holiday season, but the antis never rest. The Santorum/Gerlach
PAWS bill, S1139/HR2669, has picked up sixteen cosponsors since its November 8,
2005 hearing, ten of them last week. The vast majority of the 14 Senators and
81 Representatives supporting this devastating animal rightist bill also
supported Senator Santorum's discredited and defeated 2001 Puppy Protection Act
(PPA), or hadn't been elected to Congress at that time. See
http://www.nopaws.org/sponsors.htm
Before the PPA was rejected in 2002, it had accumulated 28 Senate and 152 House
sponsors. The PAWS bill dynamics are somewhat different, but too many
legislators are again being gullibly misled. The Humane Society of the U.S.
(HSUS) is lobbying extremely hard to expand the PAWS cosponsor list. HSUS's
recent House email (below) slanders the bill's opponents as dog fighters,
misstates the bill's impacts and implicitly threatens legislators who don't
cosponsor PAWS. It also distorts the bill's rescue impacts by claiming the bill
affects only breeders, when PAWS's "dealer" criteria is clearly more than 25
animals sold or placed in return for remuneration. Three independent and
credible legal analyses have expressed alarm at PAWS's rescuer impacts,
including one by a rescuer who is an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Lastly, the HSUS
PAWS email solicitation is silent on the bill's impact on all hunting dog
owners, the overwhelming pet owner opposition to PAWS, the one-sided nature of
the
November 8th Santorum hearing and the bill's impact on non-canine species.
Action Request
Many of PAWS's supporters are diehard animal rightists, but others have made or
may be about to make a careless mistake that could badly hurt your interests.
Your legislators need a personal "heads up." Congress is in session this week
and likely to adjourn for an extended period on Friday. Additional cosponsors
may be added this week, but the list won't change during the Holidays.
Legislatively, PAWS is dormant until February 2006 or later.
Make a New Year's resolution and please keep this one. Contact your individual
legislators, using the information at http://www.nopaws.org/sponsors.htm Ask
them to withdraw from PAWS or to oppose it. Get your club to join the NO PAWS
Honor Roll. Florida constituents were able to convince Rep. Debbie Wasserman
Shultz (D-FL20) that she'd made a mistake sponsoring PAWS and she withdrew from
the bill. Anyone that makes these contacts now will receive a special Christmas
present, the knowledge that you protected your sport when many others didn't or
couldn't.
Thank you for your attention to this important task.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah everyone.
Sincerely,
Bob Kane
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance -
Working to identify and elect supportive legislators
** NO PAWS **
http://saova.org/1139.html
http://www.nopaws.org
>>
>> Dear : (Congressional Staff Member),>
>> We are contacting you on behalf of our 13,223 supporters in your district
>> to
>> urge Representative ( ) to cosponsor H.R. 2669 - the Pet Animal Welfare
>> Statute (PAWS) - introduced by Representatives Gerlach and Farr.
>>
>> We want to clarify some points about this bill in case you have received
>> any
>> confusing information on it. This legislation will level the playing
>> field
>> for large-scale, commercial breeders and help bring an end to an emerging
>> pattern of horrific cruelty cases resulting from a loophole in the
>> current
>> law. The Senate recently held a hearing on S. 1139 and we anticipate the
>> release of a discussion draft addressing some suggested technical changes
>> in
>> the near future.
>>
>> The bill will only affect large-scale, commercial breeders. It is
>> intended
>> to require long overdue coverage for large breeding operations that are
>> selling their dogs or cats over the Internet and therefore exploiting a
>> loophole in current law that allows them to evade all federal oversight.
>> It
>> does not affect any breeder selling dogs or cats unless they sell at
>> least 7
>> litters of puppies or kittens. This means, for example, a breeder could
>> sell more than 80 puppies a year and still not be required to obtain a
>> license under this bill. For those who are required to obtain a USDA
>> license, they need only ensure that basic welfare standards are met -
>> food,
>> water, shelter, and veterinary care - in order to satisfy the minimal
>> requirements of the Animal Welfare Act. They have nothing to fear from
>> getting inspected occasionally unless they are failing to provide basic
>> protections to animals at large-scale, commercial operations.
>>
>> This bill will not prevent breeding nor will it harm the ability of
>> breeders
>> to raise dogs in their homes. The American Kennel Club is strongly
>> endorsing this legislation and has testified that hobby and show breeders
>> will clearly not be affected by it. To review their testimony, please
>> see:
>> http://agriculture.senate.gov/Hearings/hearings.cfm?hearingid=1649&witnessId
>> =4756.
>>
>> The bill will also not affect animal shelters or rescue groups. Only
>> those
>> engaged in large-scale, commercial BREEDING will be affected. Shelters
>> and
>> rescue groups do not breed animals - they save animals from abusive homes
>> or
>> from a life on the street and their adoption placements are not
>> considered
>> part of the commercial pet trade. For legal analysis on this issue,
>> please
>> see: http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/PAWS_Opinion_Letter_Schaffner.pdf
>> and
>> http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/PAWS_Opinion_Letter_Wolfson.PDF.
>>
>> This legislation is a major priority for our organization and we will be
>> counting cosponsorship of PAWS as a scored item on the upcoming Humane
>> Scorecard for the 1st Session of the 109th Congress. Please contact Bill
>> Tighe (5-4315) in Rep. Gerlach's office or Chris Krenz (5-2861) in Rep.
>> Farr's office to sign on to the PAWS bill.
>>
>> For additional background information, here's a link to our testimony
>> presented at a Senate Agriculture hearing in November:
>> http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/paws_testimony_110805.pdf. And here's
>> a
>> link to a Q & A on our website:
>> http://www.hsus.org/pets/pets_related_news_and_events/paws.html. There
>> has
>> been some misinformation circulating on this issue, organized in part by
>> illegal dogfighters, so we are happy to answer any questions you have on
>> the
>> legislation. Thank you for your consideration.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Nancy Perry
>> Vice President of Government Affairs
>> The Humane Society of the United States
>> 202-955-3663
>>
>> Mimi Brody
>> Director of Federal Affairs
>> The Humane Society of the United States
>> 202-955-3667
>>
>>
>>
>> Interested in taking action online to help animals? Then join our online
>> community and sign up for our Humane Action Network. Go to
>> www.hsus.org/join
>> .
>>
>>
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