[ SHOWGSD-L ] Letter from Doberman Pinscher Club of America
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- Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 03:20:50 EDT
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Jeffrey P. Helsdon
Legislative Director
Doberman Pinscher Club of America
Re:
PAWS
September 1, 2005
Dear Concerned AKC Dog Club:
As you know, many AKC member clubs, including Parent Clubs, have already
officially expressed their opposition to S. 1139, commonly referred to as
PAWS.
The Doberman Pinscher Club of America has also taken an official position in
opposition to this ill-advised legislation. The AKC, only a few short years
ago, opposed any change to the definitions in the regulations under the
Animal
Welfare Act which would have gone from a qualitative standard to a
quantitative standard. In a letter to the USDA, Noreen Baxter, Vice
President for Public Education and Legislation of the AKC, described such a
change as "a fundamental shift" in emphasis.
That, of course, is precisely what PAWS is. It enacts a "fundamental
shift," in Ms. Baxter's own words, from regulations that exclude hobby
breeders and
rescuers from the Animal Welfare Act
based upon a qualitative definition of who we are and what we do, to a
standard to be etched in the granite of the statute itself, that
defines us by a quantitative standard based on how many we have or have had.
There is a funny thing about numerical standards. They have a habit of
changing over time. In the case of PAWS, it is highly unlikely that those
numerical standards will change to decrease the number of hobby breeders and
rescuers included. I submit it is more likely that the numerical standards
will
change to increase those of us who will be the subject of federal regulation.
The U.S. Congress is about to come back from their August recess. If you
have not officially expressed your opposition to PAWS, now is the time to do
so. To wait any longer by riding on the PAWS ship,
which is implied if you have not opposed it, will be like waiting to
abandon the Titanic as its bow is about to go under. The longer you wait,
the greater the chance that you will be pulled under as the ship goes down.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey P. Helsdon
JPH:ej
Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA
"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not
have, nor do they deserve, either one." Benjamin Franklin.
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