____________________________________ From: rpoa@xxxxxxxxx Reply-to: TX_RPOA_E-News-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: TX_RPOA_E-NEWS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 8/7/2010 5:29:06 P.M. Central Daylight Time Subj: [TX_RPOA_E-News] Action Alert! Lubbock in Animal Rights Crosshairs TX-RPOA E-News >From RPOA Texas Outreach and Responsible Pet Owners Alliance "Animal welfare, not animal 'rights' and, yes, there is a difference." Permission granted to crosspost. August 7, 2010 Lubbock, TX, Action Alert! Yet another Texas city faces anti-pet legislation! Responsible Pet Owners Alliance requested a copy of the draft to be presented to the Lubbock Animal Shelter Advisory Board Tuesday and was told it is not available. However it will be presented at the meeting Tuesday and we should have a copy then. From newspaper articles mandatory pet spay/neuter with permits, high fees and fines, "monitoring" breeding, and mandatory microchips have all been mentioned. In other words, everything that has proven to be a failure elsewhere in Texas for the past 5 years. Pet lovers in Lubbock should attend this meeting to support our speakers on the agenda. .................................................................. NOTICE OF ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that the Animal Shelter Advisory Board will meet at 11:45 A.M. on August 10, 2010 Animal Services Training Room 102 Municipal Drive, Lubbock, Texas The items to be considered appear on the agenda below: 1. CALL TO ORDER- Quincy White ,Chair 2. WELCOME TO VISITORS-Quincy White, Chair 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS- Any citizen wishing to appear before any regular meeting of the Animal Shelter Advisory Board shall advise the Animal Service's office of that fact no later than 72 hours before the meeting at which the citizen wishes to appear. Any citizen wishing to appear shall inform the Animal Service's office, in writing, the subject of the appearance. Each citizen appearing before the Board is allowed a 5 minute presentation. Randy Bullard, DVM has requested to appear before the Board regarding the Spay/Neuter Assistance Program Bill and Sallie Morris, Morris Safe House have requested to appear before the Board to present an update on the Pilot Program. Sherell Guichard-Thomas, SPOTC has requested to appear before the Board to speak about Pet Overpopulation. Anne Humphries, Med. CPDT-KA, HPKC, Basenji Rescue has requested to appear before the Board to speak about "What really works" in controlling pet overpopulation. Joann Neal, SPOTC has requested to appear before the Board to speak about recommendations to decrease the dog population. Tim Sampson, SPOTC./HOPKC has requested to appear before the Board to speak about the importance of Hobby Breeders. 4. CONSIDER JULY 13, 2010 MEETING MINUTES-Board Members 5. DISCUSSISON REGARDING DRAFT OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO CURRENT ANIMAL ORDINANCES TO BE PRESENTED AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION. 6. 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