AB 1634 CA HEALTHY PETS ACT - Page 2

OHhhhhhh, I LOVE this idea! If I lived in the States, I'd do it for sure!  

cross post from NAIA group


This can be done on an individual basis as well:

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To go along with the faxes and letters everyone is encouraged to send
to State Senate members and even to Ahnold, we've come up with an
idea to garner some attention.

Biscuits Against AB1634

Just this week, the fans of the TV show "Jericho" were able to save
their show by showing just how popular it really is... they banded
together, each donating a small amount of their own money, to send 20
TONS of peanuts to the CBS headquarters to voice their opposition to
the cancellation of this show. CBS listened, and just yesterday
announced they will renew the series for the fall (and politely asked
them to stop sending the peanuts - LOL!).

Why couldn't the pet loving public do something similar to get the
attention of the Senate?

So... Biscuits Against AB1634 was born.

Dog biscuits... ever a popular symbol of this country's obsession
with our dogs. How about sending some to California State Senators
with a tag attached simply saying "Vote NO on AB1634". Think of the
boxes and boxes we could pester them with? The space we could take
up? The annoyance of receiving pounds and pounds of dog biscuits at
your office.

There are a number of ways to do this... send your own biscuits with
tags attached. (Provided for print out on the website) Links to each
State Senator's website and address are available there also.

Or give a buck to Biscuits Against AB1634. We'll wrap them up all
nice and pretty with the tag, your name, and any comments you'd like
included, then box them in bulk and start sending!

Each dollar should cover the cost of one large biscuit, materials and
postage.

To further ... poke fun at ... this absurd bill, we'll be sending
California Natural Health Bars... we've asked for support from
Natura, but haven't gotten a response yet. Regardless, we've got
plenty of biscuits and are ready to start shipping on Monday!

HYPERLINK
http://www.k9snaturally.com/stopab1634.htm

OLI???? PUHLEEEZE WE NEEED AN EDIT FUNCTION!!!

Sorry, when I cut and pasted that I had no idea it was going to double space and take up so much room!

My apologies...it was single spaced on the website I copied it from.

Yes, that was rather large!!!

You don't have to live in the States to participate in the Biscuits Against AB 1634 campaign. You can use PayPal to purchase cookies to be mailed for you at the link given in that article. My dogs each sent one :)

My province, Ontario, has already outlawed pit bulls. Okay, two biscuits will be on their way to California, to try to ensure this insanity is nipped in the bud before it spreads!

I love the idea of the dog biscut, they can come from all over. I live in the dam state, so I sent 100 of them.

I love the idea of the dog biscut, they can come from all over. I live in the dam state, so I sent 100 of them.

I don't want to speak for other people but I think this is what Olskools was refering to when he talked about the "rescue people" and the "dog saviors" being dangerous. While the intentions are well meaning, these type of people who are so arrogant  they believe they can control people and "change the world to make it  a better place", often do more damage than good. These are the people who campaign for these types of laws.

Being in law enforcement, and I can tell you the people these types of laws attempt to target are not going to abide by them. The inner city drug dealers and rag tag "dog fighters" the scumbags that own 10 dogs that live under their trailer, and the puppy millers who make enough money to pay $500 - $1000 a year for the "altered dog expemtions". This bill will not affect these people or the number of dogs that end up in shelters. I say if anything it will increase these numbers. Lets say that Animal Control does aggressively persue these people. (Not that this bill or any like it will go to fund these departments, but I digress) Let's say they do go out and attempt to enforce these new laws. They will confinscate more animals, who will end up in shelters and put down, and these people will just get more dogs. I hope we are not niave enough to believe, even with repeat offenders, that our ciminal justice system will or are able to deal with these people. They won't ever do any real jail time and just incrue fines they will not pay. The worst that will happen is they end up doing 4 weekends  of work project. Criminals and low lives don't abide by laws, that's why they are criminals.

Who do these laws affect? Good law abiding people that do obey the law. Schutzund people, Ring people, show people, breeders who do attempt to breed  good animals. The small hobbiest breeders, who have 1 stud dog and 3 breeding females but their city ordinance only allows 3 dogs. These are the people who will have Animal Control at their house.

This is a very slippery slope. Law like this give the wrong people power. These types of things give people like PETA more power to go after those bad people who "train dogs to attack people and beat on their dogs with sticks". You know those people who put electronic collars on their dogs and shock them. Those people who use those sharp prong collars and abuse their dogs. Then of course we have BSL to rid the world of the "dangerous dogs".

These laws do nothing positive for dogs and dog people. They are about some people feeling good and politicians gaining votes.

Stepping off my soapbox for now.......

GARD,

Excellent soap box.  Too many don't see the forest, just the tree.  It's a very slippery slope and each success makes the next one that much easier.  The old divide and conquor.

Well said, GARD, well said.