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Animal rights activists never sleep. In the midst of the intense Congressional debates and negotiations to avert an economic crisis, two more House Representatives, Kathy Castor (D-FL) and Colleen (D-HI) found time on August 1st to sign on to the HSUS federal PUPS bill.

Last summer Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) attended the National Summit of State Legislators in Kentucky promoting animal protection laws. Emphasis at this summit was on animal abuser registries. Louisiana State Rep. Walker Hines (D-95), a 2010 registry bill sponsor, is pictured on ALDF’s blog next to a campaign poster. ALDF blogs: ALDF has been proud to provide him with direct research assistance and support. As a result of the increased campaign efforts, forty-one registry bills were introduced 2010-2011 compared to two introduced in 2009.

The world not only belongs to those who show up, it's controlled by the best informed and most motivated. Thanks for reading.

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Susan Wolf

Sportsmen’s & Animal Owners’ Voting Alliance

Issue lobbying and working to identify and elect supportive legislators



HR 835 / S 707 PUPPY UNIFORM PROTECTION AND SAFETY ACT (PUPS) 2011

SAOVA continues to monitor the PUPS bill introduced by Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6]; analysis is posted on the website: http://www.saova.org/PUPS2011.html . At the end of the 111th Congress, the 2010 PUPS bill had 150 House cosponsors; the current version has 115 cosponsors. For the most part, the usual suspects have signed on: 86 cosponsors (74%) scored 80 or better on HSUS/HSLF scorecards. 35% of the cosponsors are from California and New York . What is troubling is that ten of the cosponsors are newly elected: Lou Barletta (R, PA-11); David Cicilline (D, RI-1) ; Hansen Clarke (D-MI-13); Michael Fitzpatrick (R, PA-8); Michael Grimm (R, NY-13); Colleen Hanabusa (D, HI-1); Bill Johnson (R, OH-6); William Keating (D, MA-10); Patrick Meehan (R, PA-7); Allen West (R, FL-22).


The decade-long history of HSUS bills preceding PUPS is chronicled on the SAOVA website beginning with the Puppy Protection Act of 2001 http://saova.org/PPA2001.html. PUPS is certainly not new, and is not a final product for dog breeder regulation that will satisfy HSUS in its efforts to cripple and eliminate purposeful breeding of purebred dogs. Write to your Congressman and oppose PUPS and its costly expansion of Federal government. There is no substantive evidence to prove that expansion of the existing AWA will improve animal welfare to a higher level than properly enforcing current regulations and licensing those kennels operating commercially without USDA licensure.

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