[ SHOWGSD-L ] Alabama Canine Coalition - legislative
- From: Peggy <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:10:18 -0400
shared by Peggy
http://www.alabamacaninecoalition.org/
There's a new game in Alabama...The Alabama Canine Coalition...and it's
about time! This has been in the back of my mind ever since Linda
Chance got one started over in Mississippi. I just have not had time to
sit down and put something together. Now it's being done. Or they're
trying, anyway. This is being spearheaded by members of the Birmingham
Kennel Club and I have already talked to their webmaster. Their mission
statement:
"The Alabama Canine Coalition will be an alliance of Alabama's dog
clubs, conformation, hunting, working, obedience, training, rescue and
others, that have combined their voices and resources in order to ensure
that that the rights of dog owners throughout the state are protected
against unfair legislation and discrimination. We will preserve our
freedoms through the use of education, communication and lobbying."
This is something I can and will support and I urge everyone else to do
the same. If we don't band together to protect our rights and get
proactive about it, it's going to be too late. We already have an
organization in this state that seems to be mostly animal rights. And
right now, that is the only voice that is being heard in Montgomery. We
HAVE to change that.
They are just now in the process of getting incorporated so becoming a
member is still in the future. But as soon as they get that done, I
intend to be one of the first to pay my membership dues. In the
meantime, please go to their website and register for their forums.
That will give them an email database so they can send out alerts and
announcements. I have already done so.
They have had some help from the GA Canine Coalition so you can see that
website and see what they're aiming for:
http://www.georgiacaninecoalition.org/
We need to help them as much as possible. Please send this email to any
list or group or individual you can think of that owns a pet or has
anything to do with animals. If your local government tries to pass
ordinances pertaining to your rights to own animals or how you can keep
those animals, please send an email to the ACC. There is contact info
on the home page.
We simply must band together and get this organization off the ground.
I have called I don't know how many local government offices concerning
proposed ordinances and while they listen, I am only one person. This
coalition would make it impossible for them to ignore our concerns if we
can get enough people to join it.
So I beg you, please join the Alabama Canine Coalition. Please urge
your family and friends to do so, too. And your vet. And your kennel
club or rescue group members. We need to make this a strong
organization so Montgomery will listen.
Beth Spillers, DCR
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