[ SHOWGSD-L ] SAOVA -- ALERT: Best opportunity to defeat AB1634 & CVMA advice
- From: "Ginger Cleary" <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 02:47:56 -0400
Be sure to read down to the thoughts on the CVMA. WHAT a mess.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Kane
To: EachVoteCounts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 11:07 AM
Subject: ALERT: Best opportunity to defeat AB1634 & CVMA advice
Cross posting and forwarding encouraged.
Dear California SAOVA Supporters:
AB1634, the Levine mandatory pet spay-neuter bill, has been amended
again and is set for hearing before the Senate Local Government
Committee on **July 11, 2007.** This is our best opportunity to defeat
this bill. There are only five (5) committee members and they are more
moderate and levelheaded than the Assembly legislators that passed
this measure.
The latest set of Levine amendments is largely cosmetic gamesmanship.
The bill remains unacceptable. This is still a mandatory
sterilization bill. Required sterilization is changed to six (6)
months, rather than four (4), with veterinarian requested extensions
possible to twelve (12) months. The exemption requirements have been
reworded slightly and mixed breeds added. Animals not qualifying for
the previously described exemptions now may be bred once, if the male
and female are both owned by the same party, the litter given away
without charge and the parents then sterilized. The names of new
puppy or kitten owners must be reported to authorities.
* There are no exemptions for the vast majority of hunting and stock
dogs. They must be castrated or spayed. *
This ill-conceived bill can be defeated, but only with your concerted
efforts. No AKC officer or director has yet committed to testify.
Please telephone and fax your opposition statements ASAP to the
following the Local Government Committee members:
Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-32, Chair)
http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_32/_home
Senator Dave Cox (R-1, Vice Chair)
http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_01/_home
Senator Tom Harman (R-35)
http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_35/_home
Senator Christine Kehoe (D-39)
http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_39/_home
Senator Michael Machado (D-5)
http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/district/sd_05/_home
Last Name, First Party Office Fax
Area Counties / Cities in District
KEHOE, CHRISTINE D 916-651-403, 916-327-2188 (FAX)
SanDiego San Diego (p) San Diego, Del Mar, Lemon Grove
MACHADO, MIKE D 916-651-4005, 916-323-2304 (FAX)
Linden Sacramento (p), San Joaquin (p), Solano (p), Yolo
Davis, Fairfield, Manteca, Stockton, Tracy, Vacaville, West Sacramento
NEGRETE MCLEOD, GLORIA D 916-651-4032, 916-445-0128 (FAX)
Chino Los Angeles (p), San Bernardino (p) Colton, Fontana, Montclair,
Ontario, Pomona, Rialto, San Bernardino
HARMAN, TOM R 916-651-4035, 916-445-9263 (FAX)
Orange Orange(p) Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove,
Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Westminister
COX DAVE R 916-651-4001, 916-324-2680 (FAX)
Fair Oaks Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono,
Nevada(p),
Placer(p), Plumas, Sacramento(p), Sierra, Auburn, Elk Grove, Fair
Oaks, Folsom, Galt, Mammoth Lakes, Orangevale, Placerville, Rancho
Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, Shingle Springs, South Lake Tahoe,
Susanville, Truckee, Valley Springs
Also send your opposition letters to your Senator, whether they are
on this committee or not. If you do not know who your Senator is,
please go to: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
California Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA)
Despite the deep concerns and prolonged efforts of some California
veterinarians to reverse the CVMA's position cosponsoring AB1634, on
June 14, 2007 its House of Delegates voted 20-9 to continue to
support this ill-conceived bill. Moreover, the current president and
president-elect waged unrelenting war on those thoughtful and
supportive professionals. This isn't a disagreement over a diagnosis;
the association's leadership has permanently lost its way.
Half of the California's veterinarians don't belong to the CVMA. For
the protection of your pets and sport, see if your DVM is a member at
http://www.cvma.net/findavet.asp Teal colored font indicate dues
paying members. If necessary, request that your DVM drop his or her
membership. If they refuse, use that same search function to find
another veterinarian who is more sensitive to your concerns and cares
about your animals, rather than one promoting every animal rightist,
anti-owner whim.
Sincerely,
Bob Kane
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance - http://saova.org
Issue lobbying and working to identify and elect supportive
legislators
For timely and accurate national animal rights information, join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EachVoteCounts/ or see
http://saova.org/alerts.html
http://www.thedogpress.com/ClubNews/06_SAOVA_Bob_Kane_Prt1-08.asp
. =====================
Ginger Cleary,Rome, GA ww.rihadin.com <http://www.rihadin.com>
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo
the fatigue of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine
Member GSDCA
Member Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club
GA Director Responsible Dog Owners of the Eastern States.
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