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AKC BUYS PAWS?
Visiting the AKC Board, Senator Santorum (PAWS co-sponsor) picks up
$29,000 from AKC Officers - Quid pro quo? How many other
contributions did Santorum receive from AKC and HSUS?
 Members of the AKC Board
of Directors and staff listen to Senator Rick Santorum discuss
the Pet Animal Welfare Statute of 2005 (PAWS) during his March
13, 2006 visit to the American Kennel Club.
Report courtesy SAOVA June
2006 - SAOVA message to sportsmen,
pet owners and farmers concerned about protecting their traditions,
avocations and livelihoods from anti-hunting, anti-breeding, animal
guardianship advocates. For more AKC info on Santorum's visit
http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=2830
The following donations to Rick
Santorum's reelection campaign were reported to the Federal
Election Commission in late March 2006:
Ronald H. Menaker, AKC Chairman &
Spouse $8,400 + $11,600 to PA GOP Committee
David Merriam, AKC Vice-chairman $500
Steve Gladstone, AKC Board Member $1500
Nina (Cornelia) Schaefer, AKC Board
Member $500
William Newman, AKC Board Member $1500
Dennis Sprung, AKC President $1000
John Lyons, AKC COO $500
James Stevens, AKC CFO $500
Charles L. Kneifel, AKC VP $500
Noreen Baxter, AKC VP $500
James Holt, AKC Lobbying Consultant
$2000
On March 17th, Rick Santorum posted
"PAWS II" on his personal website. The document has no legal or
official legislative status. Three months later it hasn't
appeared in the Congressional Record, and won't unless Senator
Santorum introduces it as a new bill, or an amending substitute
to S1139. Should the bill receive a fair review in a Senate
committee hearing, it will come under heavy attack for its
new, alternative "dealer" inspections. The change is very
clearly anti-competitive and has been structured to give the
American Kennel Club (AKC) a market advantage over other canine
registries. That same provision has caused the Doris Day Animal
League to reverse its earlier support position and oppose PAWS. HSUS's support continues.
Can AKC's management buy its way out
its competitive problems, collaborating with animal rightists,
while simultaneously hurting other registries and its customers?
Only if we let it.
http://saova.org/1139.html
http://www.nopaws.org
More from SAOVA
Senator
Santorum's Pennsylvania reelection campaign polling continues to
trail moderate Democrat Bob Casey, although the gap between them
is closing. Sportsmen and animal rightists could well determine
this November 2006 contest result. Anti-hunter, anti-breeder HSUS
CEO Wayne Pacelle has already donated $6000 towards Santorum's
reelection and promised the support of his organization's
300,000 PA members on November 8, 2005. The animal rightist Dark
Prince's anti-hunting efforts are well documented and widely
circulated within the sportsmen community. This is his latest
general public pronouncement,
"The entire animal rights
movement in the United States reacted with unfettered glee at
the [Fox Hunting] Ban in England ...We view this act of
parliament as one of the most important actions in the history
of the animal rights movement. This will energise our efforts to
stop hunting with hounds." Wayne Pacelle, CEO, Humane Society of
the US (HSUS), London Times, December 26, 2004The Keystone State has approximately
one million licensed hunters. Time will tell how this
much-watched 2006 political campaign plays out, but S1139 PAWS
and HSUS will be huge factors, in SAOVA's view.
SAOVA Letter To American Kennel
Club (AKC)
Last month, AKC delegates
reelected the director who has been the most outspoken supporter
of PAWS. Ken Marden, the GSP Club director who had voted against
PAWS, lost his reelection bid, leaving no performance dog owner
on the AKC Board.
Rick Santorum toured AKC's offices the day of the vote, perhaps
campaigning.
http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=2830 Many
of you received SAOVA's January 20th analysis of AKC's inept
management and plunging canine registration market share, now at
its 40-year low.
Ron Menaker, please resign.
Sincerely,
Bob Kane, President
Virginia Hunting Dog Owners' Association
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance -
Working to identify and elect supportive legislators
** NO PAWS **
http://saova.org/1139.html
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