Suzanne, I appreciate the thought, but of course, many working dogs are brought in and dogs are imported for breeding purposes. Can you imagine the screams? I know you said humane societies, but it would soon be seen as all imports. By requiring STRICT adherence in animal control for transfer statistics of animals, strong controls on those transfers, basically record keeping the way it should be, the trumped up figures would be obvious quickly. Seeing "IMPORTED" as an intake would certainly stand out. These transfers of animals between shelters, between counties, between STATES are all counted as entries in animal intake. That must stop. Stormy In a message dated 7/11/07 3:47:27 PM, tsaligsds@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > What we need to do in California and the North East is to support a law > that animals cannot be imported from foreign countries by humane > organizations > for the purpose of adoption. If there is a shortage then animals must be > brought in from other US locations where there is a surplus of adoptable > animals. > Boy, Howdee I can just hear them screaming already!! > ~~~~~~~~ Stormy Hope California Federation of Dog Clubs www.cfodconline.org S.P. Region GSDCA RALEEF Representative ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================