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- From: "Daryl Lauffer" <daryllauffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:58:49 -0700
A friend sent me this, it was posted on the Boxer list:
Forwarded with permission
GSD Club of America Votes In Andrew Hunte As A Member!
Jan. 7, 2007.
Just last weekend the Board of Directors of the German Shepherd Dog
Club of America voted (9 for, 8 against) to allow Andrew Hunte of the
infamous Hunte Corporation, the largest wholesaler of pet shop puppies
in the USA, in as a member of the National Breed (Parent) club. This
was after written objections from a good percentage of the membership.
We are told Mr. Hunte was provided with copies of all the written
objections and was then invited to present rebuttal to the Board which
met in secret session behind closed doors. It seems that most GSDCA
Board meetings are open to members and visitors so this was unusual.
Mr. Hunte brought gifts (handouts carrying the Hunte Corporation logo),
for each of the Board Members. He was accompanied by an individual
thought to be his attorney. Hunte extolled the virtues of Hunte
Corporation's facilities and the lovely way it cares for its puppies.
The biggest news brag was about his new incinerator, which is to take
the place of what was alleged to be nothing more than a huge ditch at
the back of the corporate property. As was seen on TV in a different
puppy mill expose, instead of shoveling dead dogs and puppies into the
ditch, the bodies can be disposed of in the new incinerator. We're told
that one of the Directors was so sickened by the incinerator dialog and
the pride with which the announcement was made that he was unable to
sit through Hunte's presentation of his virtues.
Hunte was allowed to speak for 45 minutes whereupon the Board voted,
the result being that the man who holds the distinction of being the
nation's largest distributor of puppy mill produce is now a member of
one of the largest (and formerly, most respected) breed clubs in the
country. The Board ignored the wishes of the membership, the board
citing the risk of being sued as an excuse. There seems to have been
some discussion in defense of Hunte which proclaimed him as "he is not
a puppy miller, just a broker." That may be true; he is indeed a
wholesaler who also claims to be a breeder and serious exhibitor. Yes,
he has dogs being shown by top handlers.
In fact, AKC has welcomed the Hunte operation which is said to generate
nearly a million registrations per year. Therefore it is apparently
fine for a breed club to welcome him, too.
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