For owners of Purebred dogs, a concern about the future of dogs in this increasingly frightening onslaught of animal rights groups, this 4 part article (all in one place here) is a must. Take your time and read it thoroughly. Stormy Hope GSDCA Legislation Liaison The Purebred Paradox conference http://got50.blogspot.com/2011/05/purebred-paradox-conference.html Sharyn Hutchens (co-moderator of the 3500 member pet-law group list) attended the HSUS sponsored "The Purebred Paradox" seminar. Here are her starting words. The Purebred Paradox conference Background: In 2008 the BBC released a documentary produced by Jemima Harrison, called Pedigree Dogs Exposed. (PDE) The premise of the documentary is that breeding practices, breed standards (or their interpretations), and judging practices are seriously compromising the health of purebred dogs. (Note: In England, a dog registered with the Kennel Club is called a pedigree dog. In the US, we use the term purebred for any dog of pure parentage.) The program generated such a public outcry that the Kennel Club made some major changes: reviewed all breed standards and altered some of them. It also made changes in judging practices, put restrictions on the number of c-sections bitches could have, and prohibited extremely close inbreeding. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) presented a conference on the topic last month called The Purebred Paradox: On the Health and Welfare of Pedigree Dogs.) ===================================== With the support of the Virginia Federation of Dog Clubs and Breeders Alice Harrington and I attended the Purebred Paradox conference April 28-29 in Washington, DC. We discussed long and hard whether to attend -- since it was hosted by HSUS, we obviously were not interested in supporting the conference. But we felt someone needed to go to find out what was said. AKC had decided not to participate, which was the right decision for them. read the rest at the link: http://got50.blogspot.com/2011/05/purebred-paradox-conference.html ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================