[ SHOWGSD-L ] PAWS Update from Cat Fanciers
- From: RihadinK9@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 09:09:30 EST
Has EVERYBODY contacted your Senators/representatives to ask them NOT to
support this PAWS bill? NOW IS YOUR CHANCE to squelch it, or it is going to
COST legitimate hobby breeders (cats, dogs, etc) MUCH more than just
money...........this guy Santorum is a scarey character - and the supporters DO
NOT
UNDERSTAND what this bill does to the little guys.......see below.
And, please forward this!
Update - The Cat Fanciers' Association
Appropriate forwarding is appreciated with acknowledgement.
Fanciers;
The letter below from Senator Santorum was just placed on the AKC website
today and is here for your information. It appears to be an attempt to
placate
hobby breeders through assurance of an exemption as a "dealer". However
breeders over the established thresholds would still be "regulated". These
programs that are to be set up by not-for-profit organizations would be based
on
standards of care and inspection procedures certified by the
USDA to be "at least as effective" as those required by the Animal Welfare
Act. We will have concerns about which organizations would set up inspection
programs, how much these inspections would cost breeders and many other
questions. We still must wait until the legislative revisions are finally
available at the end of January to assess the newly revised PAWS bill.
We have no information in this letter as to what rescue organizations might
be exempted. Will it be only non-profits corporations? We will also have
to wait to see if breeders/sellers of other animals like birds, rabbits and
ferrets will be regulated.
CFA's opposition has not changed. Continue to go to the CFA website for
information and contact your own Senators and Representatives. Ask them not
to
co-sponsor SB 1139 or HR 2669 particularly when the language in these bills
will change.
Joan Miller
CFA Legislative Coordinator
_JMillerArt@xxxxxxxx (mailto:JMillerArt@xxxxxxx)
_www.cfa.org_ (http://www.cfa.org)
> ***********************
> <<
> Update on PAWS Santorum letter to Chairman Menaker
> [Wednesday, January 18, 2006]
> UPDATE ON PAWS
>
> AKC Chairman, Ron Menaker, read the following letter from Senator Rick
> Santorum at the January 17, 2006 Delegate meeting. The text of the letter
> from Senator Santorum follows. View the original letter.
>
> Mr. Ronald Menaker
>
>
> Chairman of the Board
> The American Kennel Club
> 260 Madison Avenue
> New York, NY 10016
>
>
> Dear Chairman:
>
> I am writing to thank you once again for your participation in the
> Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition and General Legislationâ?Ts hearing on
> the Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005 (PAWS), and to give you a progress
> report on PAWS.
>
> First, Iâ?Tm pleased to report that since the hearing we have added 14
> cosponsors here in the Senate, so that by the time we recessed in December
> PAWS had 23 Senate cosponsors. The companion bill in the House of
> Representatives has 129 cosponsors. Second, I stated at the November
> hearing
> that I planned to make a number of additions and improvements to PAWS to
> address issues raised at the hearing and in the discussion of the
> legislation that has taken place before and since the hearing. Although we
> were unable to complete that process by the Christmas recess, as I had
> originally hoped, we have been working hard on it, and I am pleased to
> report that I expect to release a discussion draft by the end of this
> month.
>
> This discussion draft will include the provisions I outlined at the
> hearing,
> including a clarification of the numerical criteria for "dealers" an
> explicit exemption for shelter and rescue organizations, and clarification
> of the definition of "retail pet store." This draft will also clarify that
> persons who sell dogs for hunting, security or breeding purposes cannot be
> singled out for any special treatment under the Act.
>
> Iâ?Tm particularly pleased to report to you that this discussion draft
> will
> also include a provision exempting from the definition of dealer retail
> sellers of dogs and cats who are in compliance with the standards of
> not-for-profit organizations such as the American Kennel Club who have
> kennel standards and inspection programs that the Secretary of Agriculture
> has certified are at least as effective as those required under the Animal
> Welfare Act.
>
> As you know, writing good legislation is an on-going and painstaking
> process. I believe that with the help of the AKC and other interested
> organizations, we are creating an outstanding piece of legislation that
> will
> benefit the welfare of dogs and other animals immediately and far into the
> future.
>
> Finally I want to offer my congratulations and best wishes to the AKC on
> the
> occasion of your nationally televised National Championship Dog Show in
> Tampa on January 14 and 15. My family and I are looking forward to
> watching
> the show and seeing some of the greatest dogs in the United States and
> from
> around the world compete for the prestigious Best in Show award.
>
> Sincerely,
> Rick Santorum
> United States Senate
Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA
"One of the greatest delusions of the world is the HOPE that the EVILS of
this world are to be CURED BY LEGISLATION." Thomas B. Reed 1886
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