[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Vermont ear cropping bill moving forward!

  • From: Sheila Lieberman <sheilaofmiami@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: RihadinK9@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 13:56:31 -0800 (PST)

I advise my clients who have cropped ear breeds to let it alone if the dog is 
not already cropped, tails too.  I do not believe cropping is worth while.  
Dogs in all cropped breeds are beginning to win without cropping.  I would like 
to see an end to it anyway.  But right now is not the time for it to be 
legislated, there are too many attempts to curtail the noble effort to maintain 
individual breeds of dogs, and their genitically engineered jobs to want 
cropping on the list of bans.  This is just not the time for this.
   
  Our freedom is at stake and this is one more atempt to curtail our freedom.
  Sheila
RihadinK9@xxxxxxx wrote:
  Please!!! Forward this to everyone in Vermont. They need to contact their 
Senators NOW!


_http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4469922&nav=4QcS_ 
(http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4469922&nav=4QcS) 
Montpelier, Vermont - February 7, 2006

Vermont has led the nation in a number of laws and now it's one step closer 
in another area. The Senate gave preliminary approval today to a bill that 
would ban the cropping of dog's ears. Vermont may join European Countries by 
banning the process of cropping dog's ears. 

"The puppy doesn't say I would like to have my ears cropped," said 
Sen. Dick Sears of Bennington County. 

Senators argued cropping is bloody, painful and is only done for 
cosmetic not medical reasons. The issue has prompted Senators to talk with 
their own veterinarians. "She thinks there are other far greater atrocities to 
animals that should be taken care of first and she said we will take care of 
this within the veterinarians community," argued Sen. Phil Scott of 
Washington County. 

Taking care of it in-house would be welcomed by dog clubs. The ban on 
cropping is opposed by breeders who believe it could put some competitors from 
Vermont at a disadvantage in the show ring. Lee Whittier watched the debate. 
She 
is a dog show judge from Woodstock. "Well the cropped would win in most cases 
because that is what sets the standard, sets one dog from another dog. This 
is a Rotweiller it does not have cropped ears. This is a Doberman it does 
have cropped ears," Whittier told Channel 3 news. Dog clubs also believe the 
bill could lead to other bans such as docking of tails.

Inside the chamber, the debate became testy with some Senators 
wondering how the bill had gotten this far. "You know there is a lot of 
concern out there by constituents out there," said Senator Kevin 
Mullin of Rutland County. 

But the chair of the judiciary committee defended the bill. "I think 
it is a very important bill why else would I receive more email by a 
two to one margin on this issue than on a sentencing of a sex 
offender in Chittenden County," said Sen. Dick Sears of Bennington 
County. 

By a 21 to 5 tally, the Senate gave preliminary approval to the bill. 
Advancing a measure that could lead to the first state in the nation 
to ban the practice of cropping dog's ears. Final approval could come up 
Wednesday. 

Anson Tebbetts - Channel 3 News

Marjorie


Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA
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convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and 
the harm it would cause if improperly administered." Lyndon Johnson, 36th 
President of the U.S.
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