A SAOVA message to sportsmen, pet owners and farmers concerned about protecting their traditions, avocations and livelihoods from anti-hunting, anti-breeding, animal guardianship advocates. Forwarding and cross posting, with attribution, encouraged. The Humane Society of the United States and Doris Day Animal League Announce Merger http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/hsus_doris_day_animal_league_merger.html SAOVA had a heads up on this some time back and it certainly influenced the PAWS deliberations. This latest HSUS merger not only makes it the 1000# gorilla in the field of U.S. animal rights lobbying, it gains some very experienced DDAL professionals. New Sport Hunting Programs on National Wildlife Refuges Declared Unlawful http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/new_sport_hunting_programs_on.html http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/refugeschart.pdf http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/refugemap.pdf USFWS is certain to appeal. Bob Kane Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance - Working to identify and elect supportive legislators http://saova.org/ Frustrate the Anti's - Take your children to the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus and a Rodeo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return UPDATED 2/11/06....CHECK IT OUT!!!! www.FairhopeGSD.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 ============================================================================