Stormy writes...An immediate withdrawl of AKC's support of this onerous bill would release the member clubs, other registries members, and all animal fanciers to remain gathered together to defeat the bill before it gets to ANY floor. Paul responds... Well said Stormy. That is the purpose of trying to get as many PClub's as possible to voice disapproval of SB 1139. If we can get AKC to rescind their approval of the bill, we can then go on the same attack that we did on Senator Santorum's PPA...the Puppy Protection Act. The PPA was defeated before it was voted on with a huge "grass roots" effort by the AKC and the fancy. AKC is a huge player in this. I am amazed that they would even consider supporting any bill that is also supported by HSUS, PETA, and DDAL. Talk about sleeping with the enemy. Once we can get them to reverse their position we can show how one sided the support is and by whom...the ARO's. 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 ============================================================================