Not sure if it's legal to forward this, but I wanted the list to see the AKC's response to my letter regarding BSL. Feel free to comment. Elaine Original Message: ----------------- From: doglaw doglaw@xxxxxxx Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:38:46 -0500 To: tykemail@xxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Customer inquiry: Comment on site Dear Ms. Estep, Thank you for your email. AKC works very hard to oppose breed-specific legislation. You can read our recent alert on the proposal in Los Angeles here: http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=2805. We also addressed this issue on our press release about Rufus's win, http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=2800, and we are pleased to have such a wonderful dog to use an example of why breed-specific legislation is not an appropriate way to deal with dangerous dogs. I am also attaching our position statement on this issue for your review. Please let me know if there is any additional information that I can provide to you. Canine Legislation Department American Kennel Club 5580 Centerview Drive Raleigh, NC 27606 (919) 816-3720 (919) 816-4275 FAX -----Original Message----- From: tykemail@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:tykemail@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:22 PM To: doglaw Subject: Customer inquiry: Comment on site Name: Elaine Estep Email: tykemail@xxxxxxxxx Date: Feb-16-2006 4:16 PM Subject: Comment on site Comment: I hope you realize tha the Best in Show winner at the really most prestigeous show in the country - Rufus - would not be allowed to enter Los Angelese, or many other cities - thanks to a great extent on your support for the animal rights groups like HSUS, PETA, etc. I think it's time you got rid of Mr. Holt, and remembered what the Kennel Club was all about. Client details: IP Address: 149.101.1.124 System Info: Mozilla/4.75 [en]C-CCK-MCD DOJ3jx7bf (Win98; U) -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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 ============================================================================