[ SHOWGSD-L ] Noose Set To Tighten On Los Angeles Purebred Dogs
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- Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:39:39 -0700
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Noose Set To Tighten On
Los Angeles Purebred Dogs
AKC Disqualification Shows Entire Nation The Danger of
Compromise, Apathy Or Agreeing To Biased Task Forces
by MARGO MILDE AND JOHN YATES
American sporting Dog Alliance
http://www.americansportingdogalliance.org
asda@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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LOS ANGELES, CA - It will be next to impossible to own a sexually intact
registered dog or cat within the City of Los Angeles, if City Council
approves a
series of recommendations by the Spay/Neuter Advisory Committee in a
March 30,
2009, report. These recommendations have been sent to Los Angeles City
Council
and to Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa in final form, the American
Sporting Dog
Alliance has documented. Action on the recommendations could happen at
any time.
It already is illegal in Los Angeles to possess a sexually intact dog
that is
registered with the Field Dog Stud Book (FDSB), and the committee's
recommendations would cancel out current exemptions for approved show,
field
trial, performance and breeding dogs registered with the American
Kennel Club
(AKC), and also rare breed and smaller registries. The recommendations
also may
affect dogs registered with the United Kennel Club (UKC), and cats
registered
with the three top feline registries. Beginning this year, the
ordinance has
required all dogs and cats that did not qualify for an intact
exemption to be
spayed or neutered at the medically unsafe age of four months.
Now, however, it is clear that even these few exemptions are intended
to be
phased out, if recommendations from the committee are approved by the
City
Council. The committee's recommendations also contain a series of
"Catch 22's"
that would make it virtually impossible for the owner of an intact dog
to
maintain an exemption for competition, field trials and shows, even if
the
registry itself maintains its exemption, documents show.
The unfolding situation in Los Angeles gives dramatic and clear proof
that the
ultimate goal of all animal rights-inspired legislation is a step
toward the
elimination of animal ownership in America. Each law, ordinance and
regulation
is merely the first step toward a tightening of the noose in this
incremental
approach to making America a nation without dogs, cats and other
domesticated
animals. Each step is designed to lead to another, until no more
animals are
left.
For dog owners, it means that any compromise with animal rights
activists is
illogical, unwise and totally illusory. Dog owners who agree to
negotiate,
participate on task forces or committees that are stacked against them,
compromise, cut deals, remain apathetic, or fail to fight hard for
their rights
in the political arena, are slitting their own throats. The only
alternative is
to fight back courageously against all animal rights legislation, and
refuse to
quit, surrender or compromise.
That lesson applies equally to all Americans who own dogs or cats, and
has
immediate meaning to Illinois, which has set up a task force to study
new dog
laws, and Maine and Santa Barbara, CA, which are now in the process of
having
the results rammed down their throats by task forces that were
designed to have
strong animal rights biases.
The Los Angeles Committee also provides a clear lesson to dog owners
about how
task forces and committees can be taken over by nonresident animal
rights
extremists, who now are incorporating these committees into their
nationwide
strategy. The American Sporting Dog Alliance first uncovered this
strategy in
the City of Dallas, TX, which passed a repressive spay/neuter mandate
last year
based on the recommendations of a committee with official status that
pointedly
excluded anyone who was not an animal rights activist.
The Los Angeles Committee includes at least one person who does not
live in the
city: noted animal rights extremist Judie Mancuso of Laguna Beach, CA.
Mancuso
was a major force behind last year's failed effort to enact statewide
mandatory
spay/neuter legislation, and is leading efforts for legislation this
year.
Mancuso also works on mandatory sterilization issues nationwide, and
recently
testified in Chicago, where she claimed that these ordinances do not
affect the
availability of purebred dogs. The Los Angeles proposals contradict and
discredit Mancuso's statements in Chicago and elsewhere, and show
clearly that
her real goal is to eliminate purebred dogs.
Here are the Los Angeles Spay/Neuter Committee report's highlights
pertaining to
owning intact purebred dogs.
Almost all of America's dog and cat registries would be removed from
the list of
approved registries, because they do not have official policies to
protect the
health and soundness of dogs eligible for registration and used in
breeding
programs, as would be required by the new recommendations.
We see this requirement as a "Catch 22" that is impossible to fulfill,
because
the science of canine genetics is in its infancy and does not allow many
conditions to be predicted accurately (and thus prevented), and the
Los Angeles
ordinance is essentially requiring registries to be liable (including
financially liable) for the results of matings over which they have no
real
control. Private breeders of high quality dogs also would object to a
distant
registry taking control of their breeding decisions, if for no other
reason than
the fact that registry officials would have no first-hand knowledge of
the dogs
involved, their progeny or their ancestors.
Dogs registered by the American Kennel Club (AKC), which is the
nation's largest
registry, could not be kept sexually intact or bred in Los Angeles if
these
recommendations are adopted. This also would apply to dogs registered
through
the American Dog Breeders Association (American pit bull terriers), the
Continental Kennel Club, the American Rare Breed Association, the
Australian
Shepherd Club of America and the Dog Registry of America, and possibly
cats
registered by the three major feline registries.
The status of UKC-registered dogs could not be determined from the
report. The
UKC already has an extensive list of breeding policies, but they are
essentially
recommendations to breeders and most are not mandatory. Nor is it
known if the
UKC would be willing to assume liability for the actions of breeders.
Field Dog Stud Book, which is America's oldest registry and the premiere
registry for pointers and setters bred for hunting and field trials,
is not
included in the current list of approved registries and also could not
possibly
meet the requirements of the committee report. It is currently illegal
to own a
sexually intact FDSB-registered dog, or breed it, in the City of Los
Angeles.
To obtain a breeding permit, the report recommends requiring that a
dog must be
temperament tested, have Orthopedic Foundation of America
certification for hip
dysplasia, meet other unspecified "health requirements," and have
earned or be
earning a title in competition through an approved registry (of which
there
would be none). We regard all of these as cynical "Catch 22s."
Temperament testing would be done by the animal control agency, which
lacks the
expertise to evaluate dogs of most breeds and could not do a fair
evaluation in
the chaotic environment of an animal control facility. Thus, many good
dogs
would be set up to fail.
OFA hip certification cannot be obtained until a dog is two years old
and the
Los Angeles ordinance requires dogs to be spayed at age four months
(long before
they would be bred, entered in serious competition or could be
certified by
OFA), and animal control personnel do not have the knowledge or
experience to
evaluate genetic health problems or the ways to reduce or eliminate
them.
The report also recommends that all dogs be entered into a show or
competition
at least annually to qualify for an exemption (the current requirement
is one
show every two years). However, this fails to account for the reality
that many
dogs are kept for evaluation for a year or two before they are entered
in
competition or sent to a professional trainer, an injury or illness
can hold a
dog out of competition for lengthy periods, and many outstanding
champions are
retired from competition early to use for breeding in order to pass on
their
outstanding genetics to future generations. These dogs would have to be
sterilized, under the recommendation.
The current ordinance exempts a dog that is being trained for
competition, or as
a guide, service or military dog. However, the committee report
recommends
eliminating this exemption if the dog's trainer is not an officially
licensed
business in the City of Los Angeles, as well as stating that dog
trainers should
meet certain unspecified "qualifications" to be licensed.
The dog world is not local. Many serious breeders are themselves highly
competent and qualified trainers, and many send their dogs to trainers
who are
located in other parts of the state or nation. These trainers could
not qualify
for a Los Angeles business license for the simple reason that they do
not live
in the city (and possibly not even in the state), and the breeders
could not
qualify for a business license because they are hobbyists who are not
in the
business of training dogs for the public.
Moreover, no one in the animal control department is even remotely
qualified to
pass judgment on the ability or qualifications of a professional
trainer.
It is doubtful if any professional trainers of field trial or hunting
dogs live
within the city, as there would not be enough suitable grounds nearby,
and
regulations and taxation would be prohibitive in an urban environment.
Requirements to maintain a sexually intact dog also would be tightened
generally, including mandating spay/neuter for a second offense of
leash laws or
a second impoundment by animal control, shortening time limits for
compliance,
denying permits to dog owners to whom even one warning had been
issued, and
raising prices of intact and breeding permits (current permits cost
$100 per
animal per year, and allow the holder only one litter per year per
each female
animal for which a permit has been obtained).
The Los Angeles Committee report to City Council is contained in a 91-
page (pdf
file) report that can be viewed at
http://www.laanimalservices.com/spayneuterlaw/committee/
march09_rep.pdf . See
pdf pages 68-through-74. Look for Recommendation Twelve. This report
was located
and researched by ASDA advisor and researcher Margo Milde of Glenview,
IL.
The current ordinance can be viewed at
http://www.clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2007/07-1212_ord_179615.pdf .
The American Sporting Dog Alliance urges all Los Angeles dog owners to
oppose
this report to City Council.
We also ask dog owners everywhere in America to learn from what is
happening in
Los Angeles and spurn the idea of task forces, negotiations with
animal rights
activists, or agreeing to compromises.
Failing to fight back courageously is the first step in participating
in the
destruction of the dogs that you love, and your own freedom and basic
rights as
an American.
We also challenge the purebred dog and cat registries themselves, but
especially
the American Kennel Club (AKC), the largest purebred dog registry in
the United
States, to vigorously oppose the Los Angeles committee's
recommendations. We
also urge these registries to make adverse legislation involving any
facet of
dog and cat ownership and breeding their utmost priority. We
especially ask the
AKC to clearly communicate to its affiliated and member clubs the
dangers of
seeking purebred or show exemptions in any proposed legislation
involving dog
ownership or breeding, since, as these Los Angeles committee's
recommendations
illustrate, such legal exemptions are only a sham, to be all too
easily removed
by the Animal Rights zealots who seek the extinction of all purebred
breeds of
dogs.
The American Sporting Dog Alliance represents owners, breeders and
professionals
who work with breeds of dogs that are used for hunting. We also
welcome people
who work with other breeds, as legislative issues affect all of us. We
are a
grassroots movement working to protect the rights of dog owners, and
to assure
that the traditional relationships between dogs and humans maintains its
rightful place in American society and life. The American Sporting Dog
Alliance
also needs your help so that we can continue to work to protect the
rights of
dog owners. Your membership, participation and support are truly
essential to
the success of our mission. We are funded solely by your donations in
order to
maintain strict independence.
Please visit us on the web at http://
www.americansportingdogalliance.org . Our
email is asda@xxxxxxxxxxxx .
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