Check it out! Pass it on. And help if you can! More info at link below.... Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA My Blog Men fight for freedom, then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves. ~Author Unknown -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Walt Hutchens Subject: Jean Cyhanick case -- Wednesday entering the home stretch -- PLEASE FORWARD The very good news is that the American Dog Breeders Association/Hank Greenwood $1000 Challenge was completed overnight: We got in $1000 more in pledges in order to qualify for Mr. Greenwood's matching pledge. I'll post a list of those who helped us get there AND said we could use their names, later in the day. THANKS TO THOSE WHO SENT MATCHING PLEDGES, and SPECIAL THANKS TO HANK GREENWOOD AND THE AMERICAN DOG BREEDERS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CHALLENGE! It's also good news that with the completion of the challenge we have passed the $32,000 mark, on the way to the total of $35,000 needed to pay the attorney fee for the appeal of Jean's conviction. The OTHER news, however, is that most contributions now are small. While small is still beautiful -- and believe me, the stories that come with some of those contributions make it clear that many people out there are really hurting in order to help Jean -- small also means that we need A LOT of pledges. That says we need to do two things: 1. To continue reaching out to other groups (Yahoo Groups, Facebook friends, and the like) and new individuals. The info at: http://got50.blogspot.com in the second post -- the story of Jean's trial -- is still a good way to get people up to speed. The first post -- my first appeal -- has the correct basic info, but will be updated later in the day to show that we did get past the $20,000 milepost by Monday and we're now working to finish the pledges this week. Are there ANY dog related email lists that haven't heard of this case yet? How 'bout the professional/commercial dog breeding world? They are at ground zero in the AR campaign to wipe out breeding, and as Jean's case shows, it is IMPOSSIBLE to breed well enough to be safe. AND, 2. To keep working on clubs and other organizations that could give larger amounts. Five club donations of $500 probably would take us over the finish line. Of course if there are individuals out there who can make larger pledges we're certainly not going to turn those down! As before, we need emails pledging an amount that you are confident you could donate by about December 24th. Get 'Jean Cyhanick pledge' in the subject line please, and send to me at waltah @ earthlink.com (take out spaces). NO MONEY NOW -- We'll get back to you with directions for donating as soon as we have enough pledges to be certain we can pull this off, hopefully not later than Friday PM. If you think you can do more later or might be able to beat your pledge amount by next week, please say so: Part of our $32,000 total is a loan that we'll need to pay back as soon as possible. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR ALL THE HARD WORK MAKING THIS HAPPEN! Whether you pledged or 'just' passed the word to others, you are making it possible for us to take a big new step against the animal rights movement! PLEASE FORWARD! Walt Hutchens Timbreblue Whippets ------------------------------------ No mail - pet-law-nomail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ~~ Unsubscribe - pet-law-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ~~ Digests - pet-law-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pet-law/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pet-law/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: pet-law-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx pet-law-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: pet-law-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================