From RPOA Texas Outreach and
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance
Crossposting is encouraged.
April 9, 2012
Please forward to your elected legislators in Texas as a participant in our
RPOA "Educate Your Legislators Campaign!"
Letters to the Editor would also be helpful. Tell them these three groups
below are not animal "welfare" groups!
Below you'll find the URL for a Texas Humane Legislation Network (THLN)
Press Release on their website.
THLN, Humane Society of the US (HSUS), and ASPCA have joined forces once
again in Texas -- which is always bad news for animal owners. Don't forget
their joint "Lobby Day" during the last session of the Texas Legislature.
These three "animal rights" organizations do not support local animal
shelters with their donations. They were the driving force behind HB 1451,
the anti-breeding bill, which doesn't even include the word "commercial" in
reference to dog and cat breeders in Texas. Just a first step for them.
This time their rallying call is against Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation (TDLR) and they are misleading the media and legislators with
their propaganda campaign.
HSUS generated 10,000 form letters from all over the country to TDLR
regarding the Rules being written to administer HB 1451. The basic USDA
regulations cannot be met in a home environment and the extremists want even
stricter regulations. To build a separate facility for USDA compliance has
been estimated for some dog and cat breeders at $30,000 to $50,000 so they
are moving out of state or terminating their breeding programs. Show/hobby
breeders are caught in the crossfire and there will be a loss of gene pools
(dogs and cats) if we let the extremists win.
The THLN Press Release title is: Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulation Commission disappooints animal *welfare* organizations and puts
thousands of animals at risk. Their press release also contains a link to
"help fund their efforts to help these and other animals." NOT!
http://www.thln.org/index.cfm?pageID=92D5DF48-3048-C277-1122348FE68C4767&tag=Texas+Department+of+Licensing+and+RegulationOR Tiny URL:
http://tinyurl.com/7fllpxyIf you scroll down, there's a link to an old THLN 2009 press release with
outright lies about RPOA. The extremists can't win with facts and the truth
so are forced to stoop to this level. RPOA has administered a statewide Pet
Education, Assistance & Purebred Rescue Program for 21 years! What have the
extremists done in Texas besides legislate animal ownership out of
existence?
http://www.thln.org/index.cfm?pageID=0B5B4D51-3048-C277-11C682502BB41F9ETDHA joins RPOA in this matter.
Douglas Mason
979-733-0578
www.tdha.orgwww.txmasoncatahoulas.comPro staff;
http://www.wildboarusa.com/
