[ SHOWGSD-L ] HEADS UP, TROUBLE BREWING IN DALLAS, TEXAS!
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- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:10:43 -0500
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Ginger Cleary
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TX-RPOA E-News
From Responsible Pet Owners Alliance,
the reasonable voice regarding animal issues in Texas.
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance is an animal welfare organization,
not "animal rights" and, yes, there is a difference.
Permission granted to crosspost.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
HEADS UP, TROUBLE BREWING IN DALLAS, TEXAS!
Thanks to the Dallas Morning News and reporter Dave Levinthal, we
were
informed that the Dallas Animal Shelter Commission unanimously
passed
suggestions on January 17th regulating dogs, cats and dangerous dogs
in
Dallas. These suggestions will now go to the Quality of Life
Committee to
be finalized before a city council vote. This followed closely on
the heels
of the onerous San Antonio animal ordinance which passed
mid-December and
appears to propose similar provisions.
RPOA spent two weeks trying to get a copy of the proposal. We kept
getting
the runaround and were referred to others repeatedly, but finally
obtained
enough information to send out this notice. RPOA was told this is
in the
"very early stages" and there is no written document yet; that the
Animal
Shelter Commission is "only an advisory committee" and they
attempted to
downplay the proposal. They claim that Levinthal was "misinformed."
According to Levinthal (who attended the Animal Shelter Commission
meeting)
the following suggestions were made:
* Pet limits of no more than 6 dogs, cats or a combination in a
single-family home would be allowed. Animal foster or rescue
organizations
could keep more upon obtaining permission from the city's animal
service
director (meaning there will be permits issued which authorize city
personnel to enter your home at any time for inspections). Pet
owners with
more than six animals would be grandfathered.
* All dogs and cats over 4 months of age must be spayed or neutered
unless
a breeder permit is purchased at a cost of $500 annually which would
subject
those in possession to random city inspections.
* The city would be allowed to immediately seize dangerous animals,
such as
those that have attacked a person without provocation and will
consider a
ban on chaining animals to trees or posts.
Councilmember Pauline Medrano's office grudgingly admitted that the
suggestions from the Animal Shelter Commission include "a limit of
number of
dogs and cats, would regulate breeding, and expand marketing
policies and
procedures if passed." Medrano chairs the Quality of Life
Committee. Her
office said there may be a briefing to city council on March 24th
but
nothing is definite. It is being called an "Aggressive Dog
Ordinance" at
the present time but they said it may be renamed later.
Asst. City Manager David Brown said, "We have to do something."
Animal
Services is under his supervision. He admitted there have been a
couple of
meetings between the Legal Department and the Animal Shelter
Commission
already so it sounds as though this is farther along than claimed.
Since
this is a national "animal rights" legislative agenda, there's
little doubt
what the "something" will say.
RPOA will send out an action alert next week with contact
information for
Dallas officials. We can't wait until a written document is
released as
that may be too late. In the meantime, spread this information to
your
friends, acquaintances and club members and warm up the fax
machines. But
be forewarned PETA, HSUS and friends will be doing the same -- just
as they
did with California's AB 1634 and the San Antonio ordinance. Please
cross
post and
forward, especially to Dallas residents.
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance
900 NE Loop 410 #311-D
San Antonio, TX 78209
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Marvel
What passes in other cities will be in your city next!
FIGHT BREED DISCRIMINATION
PETA & HSUS Plan to Eliminate ALL Dogs ONE-BREED-AT-A-TIME!
Animal Welfare is Love, Care, & Protection of Pets
Animal Rights is Death & Extinction of Pets: PETA & HSUS
The Propaganda Behind The Pet Extinction Bills:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpO8iChEt7c
http://www.pet-law.com/
http://www.activistcash.com/
http://www.rott-n-chatter.com/rottweilers/laws/breedspecific.html
"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men."
~Abraham Lincoln
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