[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Michigan<> HSUS kennel licensing research.. your state next?
- From: Stormy Hope <stormy435@xxxxxxx>
- To: bhahn0616@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:35:50 -0700
May we crosspost this excellent summation of what IS happening, what
CAN happen and what WILL happen, Barb?
And we still have some clubs who have not volunteered a representative
to the GSDCA Legislative Member list. Uninformed is not an excuse.
There's lots of information, but (unfortunately) more denial and apathy.
Keeping on keeping on.
Storm
On Jun 30, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Barbara Hahn wrote:
> Please take what Stormy posted very seriously.
>
> If it was not for a county Board of Commissioners who "get it" and St.
> Clair Kennel Club officers and members, the Michigan Association for
> Pure Bred Dogs and a hunting dog association which will be named
> later,
> St. Clair County kennel license holders would be fundamentally out of
> business today. The changes requested by Jill Fritz HSUS lobbyist and
> Pam Sordyl Puppy Mill Awareness group were micro management at the
> worst
> and would have made most if not all owners rebuild their runs, if not
> the entire building. Our previous county ordinance was restrictive -
> no
> kennel dogs in the house is the prime example. They also wanted
> mandatory hot and cold running water in the kennel building, limits on
> breedable bitch numbers and limits on how many times a bitch could be
> bred and no back-to-back breedings.
>
> Pam Sordyl or her group acquired the information on every person
> with a
> kennel license through Freedom of Information requests. The
> manipulation
> of the information gathered is questionable in my mind. I believe, but
> can NOT prove, is that contact was made by 2 residents who seem
> inordinately interested in kennel standards with minimal understanding
> of dog husbandry. The money argument Stormy printed was used with a
> variation about lost taxes to gov't.
>
> This is not over, one of the residents is starting her own group
> called
> KAWS (Knight's Animal Welfare Society(?)) to try to increase their
> numbers for round 2.
>
> The dog fancy tends to ignore or avoid the political processes, this
> is
> where we get into trouble when HSUS and Company start to get involved.
> Know your local township or city leaders and candidates, know who your
> county government is and make friends with all of the above. I believe
> that is a key part of success. Tell these folks when they do things
> that
> you like, regardless if it is not related or not.
>
> Barb Hahn
> On 6/30/10 1:44 PM, Stormy Hope wrote:
>> Michigan
>> The reason I'm sending this very lengthy article is to make everybody
>> aware of the Depths to which HSUS will go to research the kennels and
>> breeders in this state AND YOURS!
>>
>> I hope this is taken seriously.
>>
>> Stormy Hope
>> GSDCA Legislation Liaison
>>
>> www.petfriendsmagazine.com/Summary%20of%20Findings_Michigan%20Dog%20Kennels%20v2_pet%20friends%20mag.pdf
>>
>> The Puppy Mill Awareness group is still active in MI. The HSUS rep
>> had
>> a set back in St. Clair - we need to keep up the momentum!
>>
>>
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