The sad part about this is they had AKC judges involved and they thought it was a GOOD THING! They also encouraged breeders to support it in some part saying that if we join together with them now it will dilute what they REALLY want to do. Sad day for sure. Damon In a message dated 7/1/2009 12:40:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, babamonk@xxxxxxx writes: This is a follow up post from a MKC member that lives in TN. There IS NO Middle ground with groups like HSUS. They need to go away from Alabama. We do not need them. Baba Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Kaye Stevenson <_fullmoonlabs@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:fullmoonlabs@xxxxxxxxxxx) > Date: July 1, 2009 10:31:38 AM CDT To: _BABAMONK@xxxxxxxx (mailto:BABAMONK@xxxxxxx) Subject: Fwd: RE: Why we lost in Tennessee This is from Vangie. Do you remember her? She is who Shan lives with. They live near Murfreesboro / Nashville area. -- Kaye Stevenson Fullmoon Labs _www.imageevent.com/fullmoon_ (http://www.imageevent.com/fullmoon) ============= From: "boxers" <_boxers@xxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:boxers@xxxxxxxxxx) > To: <_fullmoonlabs@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:fullmoonlabs@xxxxxxxxxxx) >, <_Reacord@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:Reacord@xxxxxxxxxxx) > Subject: RE: Why we lost in Tennessee Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:05:12 -0500 I live just north of Nashville and attended a committee meeting…we were repeatedly given inaccurate information and it became clear it was done on purpose. This writer is pretty much spot on. The battle was lost from the beginning and you could sense it early on. I despise the mistreatment of animals, Shan and I have rescued dogs for decades, in fact, I’ve rescued more than I’ve bred. I’ve lost count of the HW positive dogs I’ve paid for treatment, but… What we are allowing HSUS to do will one day take from us altogether what we dearly love. I’ll not go anywhere near that 20 bitch limit, but that number can be changed to 10, or 5 or 2 easier than this bill passed. I have show breeder friends in CA with fewer intact dogs than you can count on one hand who have placed every intact dog they own or are preparing to move away from their long time homes, their jobs, their kid’s schools and friends because of all the dog legislation that keeps coming down. I pray enough people will wake up before it happens in AL and gets even worse in TN, but it’s going to be sooner rather than later so be prepared. Vangie Bogner Landfall Boxers = **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005)