[ SHOWGSD-L ] TX-RPOA SAN ANTONIO ALERT!! (CROSSPOSTING PERMITTED)
- From: "Ginger Cleary" <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:36:35 -0400
Ginger Cleary,Rome, GA ww.rihadin.com <http://www.rihadin.com>
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human
hands, will ever be liable to abuse. — James Madison
Member GSDCA
Member Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club
GA Director Responsible Dog Owners of the Eastern States.
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TX-RPOA E-News
>From Responsible Pet Owners Alliance,
the reasonable voice regarding animal issues in Texas.
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance is an animal welfare organization,
not "animal rights" and, yes, there is a difference.
Permission granted to crosspost.
July 25, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/yt8nm7
For a real snow job on the proposed San Antonio animal ordinance, go to this
url at the SA Express-News and read Monday's article which just happened to
be on the newspaper's front page the day after our full page Sunday ad
appeared in the Metro Section.
Our ad forced the ordinance proposal out in the open and disclosed the
contents as there are attempts to ram it through quickly before the public
finds out what it says and opposition can mount.
I've served on the San Antonio ordinance rewrite committee since February
with FIVE animal rights activists. So it is an "animal rights" manifesto
including CA's AB 1634 and more. Our work was to be kept confidential until
it was presented to the Animal Care Services Advisory Board on July 11th.
The San Antonio Animal Care Services Advisory Board is predominantly "animal
rights" activists so there'll be few changes there and could possibly get
worse.
It is now on a fast track for passage so no one would find out what it
really says and have time to mount opposition. All public hearings will be
held before the predominantly "animal rights" ACS Advisory Board, not city
council. City council votes in September with a hasty public hearing held
right before the vote, where it will already be carved in stone.
It affects every animal owner in the city with increased fees and new
permits and fees, with the threat of seizure and impoundment running through
the entire document for noncompliance. All outdoor cats must be
spayed/neutered. All dogs over 6 months must be spayed/neutered, Intact Dog
Permits, New more restrictive Pet Limits which require spay/neuter to own
excess animals, Breeder/Litter Permits, Permits and large fees required for
every animal including livestock -- all annual fees. A bond is required
every 30 days for dangerous dogs held for hearings which means the dogs will
surely be killed for lack of payment.
If passed this ordinance will be the death knell to the 5 Year Plan for A No
Kill Community by 2012 which was adopted last year. This ordinance is in
direct opposition to the No Kill Philosophy which is programs and services,
not legislation.
www.nokilladvocacycenter.org . We have many new proactive programs in place
in San Antonio now including five free and low cost pet spay/neuter
programs.
Requiring all dogs to be spayed/neutered at six months of age or buy an
Intact Dog Permit is clearly defined but the extremists supporting this are
telling city council and the public this is NOT mandatory pet spay/neuter
which is opposed by "breeders." (Read the article.) So was CA AB 1634 not
mandatory pet spay/neuter either?
I hope everyone realizes buying a permit allows animal control personnel
access to your home at any time with no search warrant. All animal owners
in San Antonio are already governed by pet limits, animal nuisance, animal
cruelty and leash laws which aren't enforced. There are many good
provisions in the proposal; such as the tethering law, animal cruelty law
and the feral cat TNR programs.
However cats are excluded from all animal nuisance laws and will be allowed
to do anything they want to as long as they are sterilized. Good luck on
checking these feral/stray cats for surgical scars!
The "animal rights" activists have worked all these years laying the
groundwork to get the Mandatory Spay/Neuter and Breeder Permits proposal
back on the table in San Antonio since it was defeated here 16 years ago.
San Mateo County, CA, Montgomery County, MD, and King County, WA, passed it
at that time and it has been a proven failure and resulted in more animals
being killed at city facilities. Montgomery County, MD, rescinded it and
said it would take 5 years to get back where they were before passage.
All Texas animal owners should sign on to our announcement only TX-RPOA
E-News to keep informed. Just email rpoa@xxxxxxxxx to subscribe. We're
working up info for our website and will issue an action alert early next
week. As San Antonio goes, so goes the great state of Texas.
PS: After reading the article, you can click on "Feedback" to give your
opinion.
Mary Beth Duerler, Executive Director
Responsible Pet Owner Alliance
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance
900 NE Loop 410 #311-D
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: (210) 822-6763
Fax: (210) 822-9038
Website: www. responsiblepetowners. org
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