ILLINOIS This is URGENT and only the beginning... The Rules Committee has just released HB 4213 to the Agriculture& Conservation Committee! This bill will mandate a presumption that any dog of a breed on 'the' scheduled breed list will be considered vicious and shall be a factor in making any consideration regarding any adverse incident that may arise. The scheduled breed list is as follows: American Pit Bull Terrier American Staffordshire Terrier pit bull pit bull terrier Rottweiler Staffordshire Bull Terrier Please go to www.rott-n-chatter.com for a detailed list of contacts to the committee...if it is not up by the time you read this...wait for about 15 minutes and it will be readily available. I will create an audio synopsis to be placed on www.rott-n-chatter.com/bsl_broadcasts by tomorrow morning for those of you that may feel intimidated with legalese or do not have the time to review the bill or weed through lists. PLEASE CROSS POST AT WILL. Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA "As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression..." Justice William O. Douglas, US Supreme Court (1939-75) _http://www.rihadin.com_ (http://www.rihadin.com/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================