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It has come to my attention early this evening that a new Animal care
bill,had its first reading in state parliament. If this bill is
allowed to proceed ,and become law ,it will be the beginning of the
end for the dog world as we know it. This bill is not only Draconian
in its aims to control dog breeding, but is also meant to effectively
cease and destroy any enjoyment we have as pure bred dog owners.

This bill will stop anyone who owns any Docked tail breed or has a
De-barked dog from being OWNED or SHOWN . This is only the tip of the
iceberg,as it will also allow any one who owns any breed of dog with a
docked tail or de-barked to be legally prosecuted,to the full powers
of the law. If we all sit back and wait for someone else to do
something about it,than it will be too late.We must step up and
contact our local member of parliament, to let them know resoundingly
of how we feel about this extreme prejudice against us,otherwise we
will surely become as extinct as our breeds will become. We need to
mobilize anyone who owns a docked tail breed of dog,and anyone who
owns one of our puppies to write and e-mail their local member, and
let them know that they will not get away with this.

These people only understand one thing,and that is VOTES.If we contact
them and flood their offices with mail and phone calls to let them
know their JOBS are on the line if they support this bill,than we
stand a chance,but we must stand UNITED in this as a single dog
body,both breeders and owners alike. If you believe that this is scare
mongering, than you better think again,as this is already going on
around the world.in the U.S.A just a few months ago in California a
similar bill was defeated only when pet owners joined forces with
members of the police department to help drum up support to defeat
that bill. We are surely becoming a Police State with the government
dictating on how and when and where, we can legally own a Pet.

This is only the start,,already there are plans to introduce more
breeds to the dangerous dogs list,amongst them, my own breed the
Rhodesian Ridgeback. It's no secret that Hugh Worth has a distinct
dislike for certain breeds and he now has the Department of Primary
Industry behind him to introduce legislation into parliament, to bring
it into effect. I have had to fight in the past to keep ownership of
my firearms,when both state and federal governments wanted to take
them away from me. As a member of the Sporting Shooters Association
with thousands of other members like myself,we managed to hold back
that tide and still have the right to own a firearm.

We cannot afford to sit back and watch this unfold,as every minute
counts.Call all your friends or email them where ever they may live
this will not stop here in Victoria.Once this bill goes through
parliament it will surely be only a matter of time before other states
follow . Every bit of hard work and sacrifice that you have put into
your loving breeds, the search to cure hereditary diseases and the
amount of data collated to prevent Hips and Elbow displaysia as well
as many other yet genetically known ailments that have been
found,through DNA researching by you the Dog World ,will be worth
nothing.These breeds as well as many others, will end up in the hands
of Back yard puppy farmers or worse puppy mills who care absolutely
nothing about the health or happiness of the dog,just the dollars they
can get for them by the pet stores. I ask you all to act as one and
contact as many people who will support us , and will help us to
defeat this bill ,and is prepared for a lot of hard work .

John Cassar
Kinshasa Rhodesian Ridgeback

1. Animals Legislation(Animal Care) Bill 2007
http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubPDocs.nsf/ee665e366dc\
b6cb0ca256da400837f6b/2AF75CFABA65BE5FCA2573700009C592/$FILE/561056bi1.PDF

2. Explanatory memorandum
http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubPDocs.nsf/ee665e366dc\
b6cb0ca256da400837f6b/2AF75CFABA65BE5FCA2573700009C592/$FILE/561056exi1.pdf