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[SAOVA_West] HR 835 PUPS Call to action September 24, 2012‏

9/28/2012

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Dear SAOVA friends,

Members of Congress are returning home to campaign for the upcoming November election.  We know that the HSUS and its animal rights allies never stop lobbying for their agenda, but lately they have been working overtime. 

This past week HSUS secured 8 additional cosponsors for the PUPS bill (HR 835):
Rep. Peter Roskam (R, IL6) - 9/14/2012 
Rep. Karen Bass (D, CA33) - 9/19/2012
Rep. Frank Guinta (R, NH1) -  9/19/2012
Rep. Lamar Smith (R, TX21) - 9/19/2012
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D, LA2) - 9/20/2012
Rep. Brian Bilbray (R, CA50) - 9/20/2012
Rep. Jim Cooper (D, TN5) - 9/20/2012
Rep. John Culberson (R, TX7) - 9/21/2012 
 
The total number of cosponsors now stands at 213.  As of this writing, there are still 32 cosponsors on the companion Senate bill, S707, with the most recent cosponsor added January 2012. 

The HSUS byline for PUPS is that the legislation will close a loophole in the AWA that allows thousands of
commercial breeders to go unregulated. HSUS also disingenuously tells members of Congress and the public that “the bill will not affect small breeders and hobby breeders … the bill is crafted to cover only large commercial breeding facilities.”

PUPS is NOT what bill supporters claim.  HSUS/ASPCA promote PUPS as reasonable, but examination of the bill easily shows it is unneeded, overarching in scope and will adversely affect dog sportsmen, responsible breeders, rescue organizations, hunting and field dog trainers, and working dog kennels.

Bill supporters justify the bill by pointing to known AWA violators described in the May 2010 Office of the Inspector General’s report.  Like the proposed APHIS rule, PUPS would overextend limited USDA/APHIS resources by regulating small, private kennels rather than concentrate on a solution to the cited problem.

PUPS is based on ownership of just ONE “breeding female dog” which is defined as an intact female
*4 months of age or older* and sales of 50 dogs or puppies per year regardless of age or whether they were bred by the seller.
 
PUPS changes the Animal  Welfare Act (AWA) and USDA responsibility forever by granting authority for federal regulation to extend beyond commercial dog businesses and into private homes.

PUPS sets precedent by mandating specific exercise requirements in private homes exceeding those currently required for laboratory animals.  Setting government controlled exercise standards lays the groundwork for
regulation of socialization and breeding standards and is an unwarranted federal intrusion into the private husbandry practices of dog breeders.   Agricultural organizations raised a loud alarm over the HSUS initiated Egg Products bill which would set cage sizes and standards, calling this a “farm takeover bill” that would open the door to government regulation of farming operations.   PUPS exercise mandate represents this same unreasonable level of government over-regulation and should be strongly opposed.


TAKE ACTION
The upcoming election will decide many national policy issues that are at the forefront of conversation and current campaign speeches.   Sportsmen and dog breeders must make government overreach into our homes,
hobbies, and businesses part of that conversation.  Download the SAOVA Congressional handout for talking points http://www.saova.org/news/PUPS/PUPS.Congressional.Handout.pdf

http://tinyurl.com/963noem

Call your Congressman or visit him at your local office while he is home before the election. Find contact information: http://www.house.gov/representatives/ 
 
EDUCATE your Congressman on the true impacts of HR 835.  This is NOT a  bill your Congressman should support. Full analysis at the SAOVA website http://www.saova.org/PUPS2011.html

Cross posting is encouraged. 

Susan Wolf Sportsmen's & Animal
Owners' Voting Alliance Working to Identify and Elect Supportive Legislators
[email protected]
http://saova.org

Help financially support SAOVA's advocacy.  Your donations make our work possible.
 
The message above was posted to Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska and Hawaii residents by the Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance (SAOVA) on one of six regional read only elists.

SAOVA is a nonpartisan volunteer group working to protect Americans from the legislative and political threats of radical animal rightists.  Visit our website at http://saova.org for this program's goals, methodology and list signup details.

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Related Links:
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