It's time for a short PAWS celebration! Senator Santorum, S1139's author, the bill's cosponsors and its supporters, the AKC, HSUS, DDAL, PETA and other animal rights groups have suffered a very significant setback. Ginger posts... That's right ... but I think that some of what circulated yesterday --including some of mine -- sounded like we were at the 'beginning of the end' for PAWS. Paul opines... I think what Bob Kane of SAOVA was trying to do was give some attaboys and some good news re PAWS for a change. If you read his post...in no way does he say it's over and we have nothing to worry about. To the contrary...he posts we all will still have to work even harder to defeat this legislation. More and more people are becoming aware of how bad this would be for us as owners and breeders. Perhaps if it goes out of mind for a while...it will give the AKC a chance to back off of their support and come back to the "Good Side"... While this is not a mortal blow...it has wounded PAWS pretty well. You all know there is nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal. Keep up the good fight... Paul ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================