Hi Guys I was just thinking, does anybody know for CERTAIN that Mr Hunte is also dealing in GSDs..???? What if his membership is purely a personal one? For his and his wife's own use? They do own GSD show dogs or dog, yes? I mean, let me play Devil's Advocate here for a second. We are ALL concerned about animals and how they are treated, I think that is a given. But what if the owner of Tyson Chicken applied for a personal membership? Ever been in a commercial chicken house/factory? Want to talk cruel, filthy, cramped and just disgusting conditions? How about if the owners of Hormel or Jimmy Dean meat packing plants wanted to join for personal use? Ever seen how cattle / pigs are killed or how they are transported to these places? Would we automatically exclude them, because we find their business distasteful? Has anyone on this list actually TALKED to Mr Hunte? I realize you may want to vehemently disagree here, but while "we" collectively are trying and convicting him without his ability to defend himself, we seem to want to forget that there are those among us that have WAAAAAY too many dogs, do waay to many breedings, breed dogs with serious issues with NO compunction about it, and sell same to the public, and even to the rest of us, without a single care as to the impact on families , on peers and most of all on the breed. But some of these people are welcomed as members, some even revered.....why is that okay???? Why aren't their memberships up for denial when they renew???? Please explain how we can deny one and not the others. Don't yell at me, lolol, I am only trying to see ALL SIDES of this issue, not just the emotional ones. Kathy _Victory German Shepherds_ (http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/index.htm) ~ WEBSITE UPDATED: DEC 14, 2006 Home of CH. ELVASTON'S NATIONS CUP, TC, OFA H/E DNA'D "NITRO" 26 BISS/ BESTS OF BREED TO DATE 2006 PACIFIC COAST VICTOR ============================================================================ 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================