[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: [pet-law] All Hands Alert!! S1139 PAWS
- From: RihadinK9@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 00:25:47 EDT
BlankDear SAOVA Friends,
Please make your contacts opposing PAWS using _http://saova.org/1139.html_
(http://saova.org/1139.html) and also ask your club officers to do the same
for your organizations. Kindly forward and cross post.
Bob Kane
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance -
Working to identify and elect supportive legislators
http://saova.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Kane
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: Your Club and The Anti's S1139 (PAWS)
Dear Breed Club Officers,
The controversy over S1139 (PAWS) continues, with more dog owner groups
joining the opposition list. Hunting breed owners and rescuers predominate.
Wayne
Pacelle, CEO of the animal rightist, anti-hunting HSUS, which had a
substantial role in drafting PAWS, announced this week that his HumaneUSA PAC
had
contributed $5000 to Sen. Santorum's reelection campaign. The major anti
groups
are also bringing their supporters into Washington next month for a
convention and a day of one-on-one Hill lobbying of bills such as PAWS.
There's been a question raised as to whether a non-profit group may legally
lobby on issues affecting it. The answer is unquestionably Yes. Most of your
organizations are either IRS 501(C)3 charities or 501(C)7 non-profit clubs.
Such entities may spend 20-25% of their annual expenditures on issue lobbying,
as documented in IRS letter rulings. Any reasonably competent accountant
should be able to confirm this for you.
The AKC, NAIA, ABC, ACC, ASSA, USSA, HSUS and DDAL are all organized as
non-profit clubs or charities. All of them are lobbying Congress on PAWS, as
are
for-profit groups. Friends, the fight over this bill and the likely federally
licensing of so many private individual dog owners is shaping up to be
tighter than I first expected. Everyone needs to join in and pull their weight
opposing PAWS. There are no passes on this advocacy litmus test.
Please join the effort to defeat PAWS. I look forward to your responses.
Sincerely,
Bob Kane, President
Virginia Hunting Dog Owners' Association
http://vhdoa.uplandbirddog.com/
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance -
Working to identify and elect supportive legislators
http://saova.org
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Kane
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 10:32 AM
Subject: All Hunting Breed Owners - New Threat by HSUS -S1139 (PAWS)
Dear Fellow Dog Hunters,
There's been a lot of confusion about Sen. Rick Santorum's S1139 (PAWS), the
bill jointly supported by the AKC and the animal rightist, anti-hunting
HSUS. Make no mistake here, friends. PAWS is extremely damaging to several
breed
groups, some hobby breeders and all rescuers. It establishes separate, double
federal licensing criteria for hunting and security dog owners, treating
them differently than everyone else and literally shuts down rescuers and
pedigreed cat breeding.
I spent 30 years lobbying federal legislation and agency rulemakings and I'm
convinced that the AKC has made a series of serious mistakes with this bill.
Please don't make same error that others have and sit on the sidelines,
never figuring out what to do or who to believe.
The American Brittany Club _http://clubs.akc.org/brit/News.htm_
(http://clubs.akc.org/brit/News.htm) American Chesapeake Club, American
Shetland Sheepdog
Association, United Kennel Club, NAIA, U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and many
others have announced their opposition to PAWS. We need every national parent
organization, local clubs and individuals to demonstrate to the Congress that
the AKC doesn't speak for us on this bill. See _http://saova.org/1139.html_
(http://saova.org/1139.html) for added details and background. I look
forward to hearing from those interested in defeating PAWS and protecting our
sport.
Forwarding and cross posting encouraged.
Sincerely,
Bob Kane, President
Virginia Hunting Dog Owners' Association
http://vhdoa.uplandbirddog.com/
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance -
Working to identify and elect supportive legislators
http://saova.org
Ginger Cleary, Dallas, GA
"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not
have, nor do they deserve, either one." Benjamin Franklin.
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