On the day that Santorum introduced his bill, and whoever it was introduced it in the House, three organizations came out as supporters of the Bill. Those three organizations were PETA, the HSUS, and the AKC. Jim Holt's statement claimed that AKC supports the Bill because it is good for dogs...also because (paraphrasing here) if the AKC didn't support the PAWS bill it (the AKC) would lose credibility in Washington. That makes no sense to me. It's fairly obvious that it makes no sense to a lot of others, and to a lot of AKC Parent clubs and other dog organizations, as well...or they would not have come out against PAWS. And why, immediately following the announcement that it was supporting PAWS, was the new Mission Statement announced? AKC may have kept whatever credibility it had in the District...but it's lost it with its "constituents" (AKC's word). AKC knew the bill was coming...one of the claims it has sent out is that the bill has AKC support because it is better than Santorum's previous bill...the infamous Puppy Protection Act. I guess maybe it is...just as dying quickly is probably better than dying slowly. Given the choice, I'd choose to live. And given the choice, I'm against PAWS. All the rhetoric and doublespeak in the world, which is all we've seen from the AKC, hasn't convinced me otherwise. Peggy ELG440@xxxxxxx wrote: > >Evidently the vote was to follow the law, and to work with the government to >find a solution. Then from what I have seen the AKC started a campaign to >gain support for the bill. > >Only the AKC knows why they are approaching it that way. > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================