For the complete copy of Margaret Cleeks great article, either go to the links at the bottom of the forwarded post, or I will be glad to send it privately....It's quite long....... STormy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fresh on the heels of their victory in Los Angeles, AR extremists have begun the ground work on horses (see page 11 on http://lacity.org/clk/councilagendas/clkcouncilagendas350776_02192008.pdf ) They want to establish a "Horse Advisory Task Force" to address, but not be limited to, the issues of manure disposal and horse registration. Sounds innocent enough? This is exactly what Margaret Cleek described in her article. It will be Item No. 11, File # 07-4097 at the L.A. City Council meeting tomorrow (Tuesday Feb. 19, 10am). The mandatory spay/neuter/microchip of all dogs and cats ordinance also began with as a "Task Force"! If you own horses or have friends who do, please warn them and encourage them to join our fight to protect the survival of domestic animals. Tell them now is the time to object - attend the City Council meeting tomorrow and publicly object to the formation of a "Task Force" with a "blank check" mission. Also: You can listen to Nathan Winograd talk about No Kill on Animal Wise Radio every Sunday morning on KDWA AM 1460 in Minneapolis. But you don't have to live in the Twin Cities to listen. Nationally, you can also download the program as a podcast on iTunes or directly from the website at < http://www.animalwiseradio.com/>. ************************** Snake in the Grass by Margaret Anne Cleek, Ph.D. Originally written for the newsletter of the Alaskan Malamute Club of America (AMCA) "Better the dragon you see than a thousand snakes in the grass." This Chinese Proverb should be recognized and heeded by pet owners and fanciers. Currently anyone who breeds animals is the target of animal rights activists who wish to abolish the purpose breeding of pets, and in some cases pet ownership in general. While we are made aware of federal and state legislation threatening our ownership of our animals, for example PAWs and the Animal Welfare Act at the federal level and CAâ??s AB 1634, mandatory S/N bill, and broad-based opposition is launched, I believe that the greatest threat is from local legislation enacted as quietly as possible. <.........clipped..................................> It is my belief that the greatest threat to the ownership of pets lies in the stealth enactment of these ordinances in our communities. And this is not just happening in California, the land of fruits and nuts. Hendersonville, NC, Palm Beach, FL, Little Rock, AR, San Antonio, TX, Albuquerque, NM are some of the communities considering or enacting extreme AC ordinances. About the Author Margaret Anne Cleek Ph.D. is by training an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist and is currently a Full Professor of Management at California State University, Sacramento. She has written articles and guest lectured on issues of pet overpopulation since the early 1990s. She feels her articles, written in the early 1990â??s for â??Animal Peopleâ??, the leading animal interest publication in the world, indicate how little those who blame hobby breeders rather than rationally deal with the issues of animals in shelters have evolved in fifteen years. She considers this new wave of coercive legislation an example of escalation of commitment to a proven failed strategy on the part of Animal Rights groupsâ??unless the true agenda is elimination of purpose-bred pets and not reducing shelter intake and the euthanizing of adoptable pets. Anyone wishing to review these articles can find them at the following sites:     "We can learn from Detroit" - http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/learndetroit.html     "Donâ??t call me a Pimp" - http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/dontcallme.html Margaret has volunteered at shelters, served on the board of an SPCA, and is a long time member of the Alaskan Malamute Club of America, having done rescue, showed in obedience and conformation, and carrying on a limited breeding program of Alaskan Malamutes. She is currently AMCAâ??s legislative liaison. ************** Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/2050827 ?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. 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