In the transcripts of the most recent BOSupervisors meeting, one of the speakers pointed out that shelter employees told him/her that many of those in that particular shelter (mostly pitbull types) were Katrina rescues. And further, there were some shelters with empty kennels. Hopefully, this will be brought out when AControl talks about overcrowding, etc. As usual, follow the money. Stormy In a message dated 3/17/06 3:23:38 PM, GrnRam415@xxxxxxx writes: > 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. > > Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return UPDATED 2/11/06....CHECK IT OUT!!!! www.FairhopeGSD.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 ============================================================================