PAWS Update

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TX-RPOA E-News
From Responsible Pet Owners Alliance,
the reasonable voice regarding animal issues in Texas.
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance is an animal welfare organization,
not "animal rights" and, yes, there is a difference.
Permission granted to crosspost.

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October 14, 2005
Bob Kane recently sent out a message of "celebration" claiming that the federal bill PAWS was stalled -- primarily due to the efforts of his group. RPOA felt this announcement was premature as this is a 2 year bill which could be attached to the 2007 Farm Bill.
We now have the following message from the the Doberman Pinscher Club of America's Legislative Committee.

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According to our Washington, D. C. insiders, the Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005 (PAWS), S. 1139, is scheduled for a hearing before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry's Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition and General Health. Senator Santorum, the prime sponsor of PAWS, is the Chair of this Subcommittee. The hearing is scheduled for 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 9.

If you have not yet used the DPCA LobbyNow Tool to send your customized e-mail message to every member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee expressing your opposition to PAWS, please do so now.

If you have already done so, thank you. Do not try to do so again,
however, as you can only send your message one time.

Non-DPCA members should use the following URL to send their messages:

_http://dpca.lobbynow.com/issues?PAWS/senate/agcommittee _
(http://dpca.lobbynow.com/issues?PAWS/senate/agcommittee)

As circumstances warrant, I will keep you informed.

Cordially,
Jeff Helsdon
Legislative Director
Doberman Pinscher Club of America