____________________________________ From: rpoa@xxxxxxxxx Reply-to: TX_RPOA_E-News-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: TX_RPOA_E-NEWS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 7/29/2010 7:27:15 P.M. Central Daylight Time Subj: [TX_RPOA_E-News] Austin bans pet store sales; El Paso, Dallas, Lubbock next? 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. July 29, 2010 Due to the hijacking of Animal Advisory Committees in all major Texas cities by radical "animal rights" extremists, anti-pet legislation is spreading like wildfire throughout our state. El Paso has a proposal on the table to ban all dog/cat sales by "backyard" breeders and pet stores and only allows "competition dog and cat breeders" to sell animals IF they qualify and are "approved" by the Animal Services director. The director will be able to control which breeds continue to exist or become extinct. And how long before this exception is deleted? (More on El Paso later.) In the meantime check out the URLs below for Austin, Dallas, El Paso, Lubbock and be aware that your city may be next! __________________________________ Austin City Council approves ban on retail pet sales _http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sharedgen/blogs/austin/cityhall/entr ies/2010/07/29/county_approves_ban_on_pet_ret.html_ (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/sharedgen/blogs/austin/cityhall/entries/2010/07/29/county_ap proves_ban_on_pet_ret.html) OR Tiny URL _http://tinyurl.com/38skrvt_ (http://tinyurl.com/38skrvt) By Lindsey Bomnin Thursday, July 29, 2010, 01:41 PM The Austin City Council banned retail sales of cats and dogs at today's meeting, according to David Lundstedt, vice chair of the Austin Animal Advisory Commission. The commission had asked the council to enact an ordinance for such a ban, which passed during today's consent agenda. (More at link above.) ________________________________ Dallas Morning News _http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/_ (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/) columnists/jragland/stories/DNragland_28met.ART.State.Edition1.4daf410.html OR Tiny URL: _http://tinyurl.com/36bgr3g_ (http://tinyurl.com/36bgr3g) Will Dallas soon join the list of cities trying to put an end to the retail sale of dogs and cats? If longtime animal advocate Jonnie England has her way, it will. (More at link above.) ___________________________ Lubbock: _http://everythinglubbock.com/fulltext/?nxd_idX475_ (h ttp://everythinglubbock.com/fulltext/?nxd_idX475) OR Tiny URL: _http://tinyurl.com/2b29vp2_ (http://tinyurl.com/2b29vp2) Two local animal shelter owners want the city to ban the retail sale of cats and dogs. (More at the link above.) __________________________________ ONE MORE! El Paso: _http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_15618110_ (http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_15618110) City Council on Tuesday introduced a pet ordinance intended to reduce the number of dogs and cats being killed at the city's Animal Services Shelter. 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