[ SHOWGSD-L ] FWD: AKC< Damaging New York Bill To Be Rushed Through Legislature! Voice Your Opposition Now!
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- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:49:08 EDT
Damaging New York Bill To Be Rushed Through Legislature! Voice Your
Opposition Now!
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[Monday, June 16, 2008]
New York Assembly Bill 11509, a bill which proposes to dramatically change â??
pet dealerâ?? laws in New York, will be considered by the NY Assembly
Agriculture
Committee in an â??off the floorâ?? meeting, tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17th.
Agriculture Committee staff report that an â??off the floorâ?? meeting means
that no
formal hearing will be conducted and no public comment will be accepted. The
Committee will simply attempt to move the bill to the full Assembly for a vote
prior to their summer recess, which is currently scheduled for June 23rd.
THEREFORE, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL CONCERNED DOG BREEDERS AND OWNERS IN NEW
YORK
IMMEDIATELY E-MAIL AND CALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE
AND THEIR ELECTED ASSEMBLY MEMBER AND RESPECTFULLY EXPRESS YOUR STRONG
OPPOSITION TO THIS OVERBEARING AND UNREASONABLE BILL.
The American Kennel Club opposes the concepts of breeding permits, breeding
bans, or mandatory spay/neuter of purebred dogs. Instead, we support
reasonable and enforceable laws that protect the welfare and health of purebred
dogs
and do not restrict the rights of breeders and owners who take their
responsibilities seriously.
AB 11509 proposes to massively change New Yorkâ??s Agriculture and Market Law
by:
â?¢ Changing the definition of â??pet dealerâ?? to include anyone who
engages in the sale or offering for sale of animals for profit to the public
and
keeps on their premises more than four intact female dogs six months of age
or older for the purpose of breeding. (This is in addition to the already
existing â??pet dealerâ?? classification threshold of those who engage in the
sale or
offering for sale of more than nine animals per year for profit to the
public.)
â?¢ Removing the existing â??hobby breederâ?? exception, which
currently
provides that a breeder who sells directly to the consumer fewer than 25
animals per year born and raised on the breederâ??s residential premises shall
not be
considered a pet dealer.
â?¢ Imposing record-keeping requirements.
â?¢ Mandating that all pet dealers allow their veterinarians to
release the health information of their dogs to the Commissioner of Agriculture.
â?¢ Removing the existing lower-cost â??hobby breederâ?? license fee.
â?¢ Adjusting the pet dealing license fee costs to a graduated system
based on previous yearâ??s sales.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
It is vital that all concerned New York dog breeders and owners contact the
members of the Assembly Agriculture Committee, along with their elected
Assembly member, and express their vehement opposition to this bill. (To find
your
Assembly Memberâ??s contact information, click here.)
Assembly Agriculture Committee Members:
Hon. William Magee, Chairman
LOB 828
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-4807
mageew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Marc S. Alessi
518-455-5294
alessim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman George Amedore
518-455-5197
AmedoreG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Michael Benedetto
518-455-5296
benedem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Marc W. Butler
518-455-5393
butlerm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Clifford W. Crouch
518-455-5741
crouchc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblywoman Francine DelMonte
518-455-5284
delmonf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblywoman RoAnn M. Destito
518-455-5454
destitr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Gary D. Finch
518-455-5878
finchg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Tim Gordon
518-455-5777
GordonT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblywoman Aileen M. Gunther
518-455-5355
GuntheA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Steven Hawley
518-455-5811
Hawleys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton
518-455-5444
liftonb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Peter D. Lopez
518-455-5363
lopezp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Alan Maisel
518-455-5211
maisela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblywoman Margaret M. Markey
518-455-4755
markeym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman John J. McEneny
518-455-4178
mcenenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Bob Reilly
518-455-5931
reillyr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Peter M. Rivera
518-455-5102
riverap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal
518-455-5802
RosentL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assemblyman Al Stirpe
518-455-4505
StirpeA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For more information, contact AKCâ??s Government Relations Department at (919)
816-3720, or e-mail doglaw@xxxxxxxx
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