If you have ever visited the AKC's Online Store you will probably be receiving a bulk email like this one: From: AKCOnlineStore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx July 2005 Dear Lewis Bunch, Visit our site at http://www.akc.org NEW LEGISLATION PROTECTS PETS AND CONSUMERS Photo: Isabelle Francais for AKC The Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005 (PAWS) - recently proposed federal legislation aimed at strengthening the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) - is one of the most important pieces of canine legislation since the AWA itself was signed into law in 1966. While the original intent of the AWA was to regulate the care and use of animals in the laboratory, it has become the only federal law in the U.S. that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by animal dealers. Read the full article (http://www.akc.org/enewsletter/yourakc/2005/july/PAWS_article1.cfm) -------------------------------------------------- It is hard for me to believe that AKC is actually campaigning WITH the ARistas to pass PAWS. I am telling you right now, we MUST work together to defeat this or it will not matter where our national is held nor how many Futurity Regions we have because there will not be dog shows as we know them today. The Aristas will take away the Dog Show Breeders using this legislation. Do something today, write your Senator, write AKC, go outside and yell, just do something. Lew ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================