Ontario is considering banning LABRADOR RETRIEVERS!! Anyone interested in reading the article, email me and I will forward. Cannot copy/paste for some reason. I am NOT surprised by the chilling news in California....I saw it comming. Again, the ACO's and shelter workers do NOT CARE who bred these purebreds...they only know that they see them in the shelters over and over again...literally hundreds a year. I even found an ENGLISH SETTER in a kill shelter in Ohio, two purebred Saint Bernards in a shelter in Ga, and a whole litter of English Bulldog pups put down in a southwestern "shelter". THIS is what the ARpeople see, and they lump us in with all of those horrendous puppy mills and BYB's. We need to find a way to differentiate ourselves!!! ALL of the parent clubs for purebred dogs need to start ramping up their rescue efforts and wind up their PR machines! We are going to be legislated out of existance if we dont!!! JMHO....no cranky replies please! Dawn Restuccia Dorothy, and no this aint Kansas --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================