[ SHOWGSD-L ] AKC Alert<>Wisconsin Assembly Committee to Consider Changing Animal Seizure Laws on April 1

From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
To: Show GSD List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:37:56 -0700
I find it interesting that AKC is not taking a position on this  
Wisconsin "forfeiture before sentencing"   proposed bill.  Notice that  
the owners are "suspected." Also, there is a serious case in another  
state where the Court has ordered a private rescue to return the dogs  
and the "rescue" has refused, the sheriff's won't intervene.  This  
bill sounds like a similar set-up waiting to happen.  I haven't read  
the bill in its entirety, if if someone could take the time, I'd  
appreciate somebody else's take on this.
Stormy

Wisconsin Assembly Committee to Consider Changing Animal Seizure Laws  
on April 1

The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Corrections and the Courts will  
vote on Assembly Bill 793 on Thursday, April 1, 2010.

AB 793 seeks to amend state statutes regarding the seizure and  
subsequent care of animals whose owners are suspected of mistreatment  
or dog fighting and are engaged in a legal proceeding.

The latest version of this bill contains a number of new provisions.   
This includes declaring an animal ?unclaimed? if the owner fails to  
pay an amount mandated by the court for care of the animals within 5  
days of the order.  The owner must continue to pay in bonds,  
securities, or direct funds (depending on the court order) for the  
duration of all proceedings relating to the animal(s) seized.  The  
duration of proceedings may be extended beyond the original time frame  
if there is a ?showing of good cause? by the political subdivision,  
person/organization caring for the seized animals, or the owner.

What You Can Do:

Contact the committee members TODAY to express comments or concerns  
with this bill:

Representative Joe Parisi (Chair)
Phone: (608) 266-5342
E-mail: Rep.Parisi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Chuck Benedict (Vice-Chair)
Phone: (608) 266-9967
E-mail: Rep.Benedict@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Donna Seidel
Phone: (608) 266-0654 or (888) 534-0085
E-mail: Rep.Seidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Frederick Kessler
Phone: (608) 266-5813 or (888) 534-0012
E-mail: Rep.Kessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Sondy Pope-Roberts
Phone: (608) 266-3520 or (888) 534-0079
E-mail: Rep.Pope-Roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Ted Zigmunt
Phone: (608) 266-9870
E-mail: Rep.Zigmunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Sandy Pasch
Phone: (608) 266-7671 or (888) 534-0022
E-mail: Rep.Pasch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Karl Van Roy
Phone: (608) 266-0616 or (888) 534-0090
E-mail: Rep.vanroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Mark Gundrum
Phone: (608) 267-5158 or (888) 534-0084
E-mail: Rep.Gundrum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Steve Kestell
Phone: (608) 266-8530 or (888) 529-0027
E-mail: Rep.Kestell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Daniel LeMehieu
Phone: (608) 266-9175 or (888) 534-0059
E-mail: Rep.lemehieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Representative Edward Brooks
Phone: (608) 266-8531 or (877) 947-0050
E-mail: Rep.Brooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

For more information, contact the Dog Federation of Wisconsin at 
doglaw@xxxxxxxx 
.

  
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