In a message dated 3/17/2006 1:24:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Are you thinking of programs such as Save A Sato? http://www.saveasato.org/ Not the same at all. Pups from Puerto Rica, Colombia and Mexico are being brought into the U.S. to be sold here. Most are black market and sold on street corners. Many are sold to Petco and other Pet stores. The woman arrested was a legitimate pet shop owner. And worse, thousands of pups , mostly Pit bulls were imported to fill shelters and justify the numbers to support BSL's and mandatory spay/neuter programs. Again, this was info I recieved from a fellow anti-BSL person. I put it to you for food for thought. The news story backs up part of this theory but I have NO proof as yet that HSUS or the Animal shelters actually did the importing of pups to play the numbers game. Then again, sounds like something they'd do. Laura Thomas http://www.treasureranchgsds.com/ ============================================================================ 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================