Please remember that these bills are supposedly aimed a "commercial" breeders, but it comes back down to 20 dogs or 10 or 30 sold to the public very quickly. It already has in several states. Florida, you are getting it for sure. CA is swamping more than your swamps! We CAN do this and make them go away, but we HAVE to start being proactive. I heard, by the way, the other day some startling news. A relative of a lister is supporting a bad bill. How does this happen? Are we simply not getting the message across, even to our own? Sad S Subject: New Florida Bill introduced yesterday Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:52:06 +0000 Wanted to give everybody in Florida a heads up....there was a new bill introduced to the Florida Senate yesterday dealing with commercial breeders... http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb2002.html&Directory=session/2009/Senate/bills/billtext/html/ I have contacted NAIA and later today there will be a form letter with talking points up for us to send to our Senators and committee members. http://capwiz.com/naiatrust/state/main/?state=FL&view=myofficials If this link does not work for NAIA try this one http://www.naiatrust.org/index.htm ; click on Lobby Center then scroll down to the select your state and click on FL and the ACTION ALERT will be posted there by this evening Patti told me. I will keep you updated as I learn things. Missie Gillilan www.magnoliachihuahuas.com -- Stormy Hope carpoc.org GSDCA Member And more clubs ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================