Here are some links you need to save, and check out at your leisure. If you don't believe that the PAWS bill is bad, read on. If you don't think PETA, HSUS, and the Doris Day Animal League and their ilk want to end all breeding and even any animal ownership, read on. You can see what various AKC breed parent clubs have said in their letters or on their websites, too. See what Charlotte McGowan has to say about PAWS...yes, Charlotte, an AKC judge who has been given an award by the AKC for her untiring efforts to defeat bad legislation. Lots and lots of good stuff here...AKC's viewpoint, too, ridiculous as it is, is here. Save this list of links. We're at the point now where if we haven't taken any action against PAWS, we may be too late...but read all of these you can manage and then, if you haven't contacted your Congressmen and your Senators, DO IT ! Time is of the essence...the Bill will come to a vote soon. Peggy http://www.naiatrust.org/NAIA_Trust_Opposes_PAWS_S1139.htm NAIA TRUST FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS http://saova.org/1139battaglia.html Letter from Dr. Carmen Battaglia (WELL KNOWN JUDGE AND RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE AKC BOARD OF DIRECTORS) http://www.dognews.com/mcgowan.html Comments from Charlotte McGowan (AKC JUDGE) http://saova.org/1139opponents.html List of Clubs, Rescues and other Organizations who oppose Paws, including 27 AKC Parent Clubs http://saova.org/1139.html About AKC/Sen Santorum/PAWS Bill http://www.essfta.org/PAWS/UKC_release_june.htm UKC Legislative Specialist http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/136 WHO IS THE HSUS http://www.animalrights.net/discussion/fullthread$msgnum=60494 PETA'S CORPORATE TAKE OVER OF HSUS (Scroll down to last link on this e-mail for quotes by HSUS and PETA) http://www.cfainc.org/exhibitors/alert-US-PAWS-rescue.html How rescue's will be affected www.cyberdobes.com/PDF/AKC_and_PAWS2.pdf <http://www.cyberdobes.com/PDF/AKC_and_PAWS2.pdf> a legal analysis (Doberman Club of America) www.cfainc.org/exhibitors/alerts.html <http://www.cfainc.org/exhibitors/alerts.html> Legal Analysis (Cat Fanciers Association) http://smythwicks.org/myth.pdf AKC 4 % Myth (a must read) http://www.dfow.org/paws.htm Dog Federation of Wisconsin http:/www.ncraoa.com <http://www.ncraoa.com> North Carolina Responsible Animal Owners http://www.adoa.org/ American Dog Owners Association http://www.thedogplace.com/thedogpress/Columns/Editorials/PAWS_and_Pause_for_Thought.asp Comments from The DOG PRESS http://www.pet-law.com/paws/library.html Pet Law on Paws http://www.contentcanine.com/articles/article/1696175/28488.htm by Walt Hutchens http://www.mofed.org/PAWS.htm http://www.thedogplace.com/thedogpress/Columns/Editorials/05-08-03_PAWS_And_Laws.asp Paws, the IRS, and AKC Full Page Ad in the NY Times http://www.thedogplace.com/library/projects/PAWS_STATUTE_S-1139-IShtm <http://www.thedogplace.com/library/projects/PAWS_STATUTE_S-1139-IS.htm> Derives no more than $500.00 in gross income (????), from the Dog Press WHO, HOW AND WHERE TO WRITE: http://www.thedogplace.com/library/projects/paws_if_you_do_nothing_else.htm The Dog Press http://capwiz.com/naiatrust/home/ List of Senators and representatives http://www.thedogplace.com/library/Projects/PAWS_Legislative_contacts.htm What and not what to write http://dfow.org/SampleLetter2.pdf Sample Letter to Senator http://www.hosanna1.com/aaaweblog/opposePAWSlegislation.html Please take the time to fill out the following online petition. http://www.showcockers.com/Nopaws.html List of Senators and representatives AKC PARENT CLUB LETTERS and/or INFORMATION OPPOSING PAWS BILL: Also check out the Yorkshire Terrier Club of America's Home page at http://www.ytca.org/mainview.htm , more and more AKC Parent Clubs are joining the fight against PAWS. http://www.collieclubofamerica.org/legislative_news_view2.php?state=wv Collie Club of America (scroll down until you get to article on PAWS). http://www.essfta.org/PAWS/ESSFTA_PAWS.htm English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Association http://www.pugs.org/alertPAWS.htm Pug Dog Club of America (Comment on $500.00 limit from Sale of other animals???????) http://clubs.akc.org/brit/News.htm American Brittany Club of America http://www.gspca.org/PAWSLetterToAKCFromPresBob.htm German Shorthair Club of America http://www.assa.org/ American Shetland Sheepdog Association http://www.dachshund-dca.org/DCAPAWSletter.html Dachshund Club of America http://www.grca.org/paws.html Golden Retriever Club of America http://thelabradorclub.com/news/index.html Labrador Retriever Club of America http://saintbernardclub.org/pawsletter.htm Saint Bernard Club of America http://clubs.akc.org/stca/PAWS.htm Scottish Terrier Club of America http://www.cyberdobes.com/PDF/AKC_and_PAWS2.pdf Doberman Pincher Club of America http://www.brussels-griffon.info/ American Brussels Griffon Association http://wwwgeocities.com/erbenhof/wcalegislation.html <http://www.geocities.com/erbenhof/wcalegislation.html> Weimaraner Club of America Other links on Paws: http://www.valleyoutdoorsmen.com/news/newsarchives/newsletters/sportsmenanimalownersvotingalliance.htm Sportmen's and Animal Owner's Voting Alliance http://capwiz.com/naiatrust/issues/alert/?alertid=7719986&type=CO <http://capwiz.com/naiatrust/issues/alert/?alertid=7719986&type=CO> NAIA http://www.network54.com/Forum/message?forumid=200717&messageid=1118356315 <http://www.network54.com/Forum/message?forumid=200717&messageid=1118356315> USA Dobermann Forum http://www.azod.com/topstory/News_copy(3).htm <http://www.azod.com/topstory/News_copy%283%29.htm> Arizona Outdoorsman (AZOD) http://www.naiaonline.org and http://www.ncraoa.com http://dfow.org/akcprivacy.htm AKC'S Letter to all breed clubs requesting information on all members http://www.dfow.org/akcpawsfact.htm#FACTOID%201 AKC & REBUTTAL http://www.thedogplace.com/library/Projects_and_Issues.htm For new updates on Paws Bill related issues http://www.akc.org/pdfs/press_center/times/PROTECT.pdf <http://www.akc.org/pdfs/press_center/times/PROTECT.pdf%20AKC%27s> AKC's full page ad in the New York Times www.ncraoa.com/alerts.html <http://www.ncraoa.com/alerts.html> http://www.arf-net.com/doglegislation.htm DDAL AND PETA TARGET ANIMALS AND NOW OUR CHILDREN http://www.targetofopportunity.com/animal_rights_quotes.htm Quotes by PETA AND HSUS HSUS QUOTE " "We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding. One generation and out. We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding." -- Wayne Pacelle, Senior VP of Humane Society of the US, formerly of Friends of Animals and Fund for Animals, Animal People, May, 1993 PETA QUOTE " "The cat, like the dog, must disappear... We should cut the domestic cat free from our dominance by neutering, neutering, and more neutering, until our pathetic version of the cat ceases to exist." -- John Bryant, Fettered Kingdoms: An Examination of A Changing Ethic (Washington, DC: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 1982, p. 15. "You should not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harm it would cause if improperly administered." 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