[PyrNet-L] Fw: CHAT, BREEDING: [Fwd: ] AKC issues

["Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>]

Reposted from LGD-L which was
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> Reposted from ASD-L
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> Sherry Baker wrote:
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> > Poster:       Sherry Baker <pilotspeak@HOTMAIL.COM>
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> > Hello everyone,
> >   I just received this and feel it should be passed on.
> >
> > Sherry
> >
> > If you have already read this, please disregard this post.
> >
> > The Missouri Pet Breeders Association has voted as of March
1,
> > 2000,
> > to stop registering litters with AKC papers and also to use
> > other
> > registries such as the "all-breed pet registry" and the
"united
> > kennel
> > club international" registry to "paper" their puppies for a
> > period of
> > sixty days. All this in protest of the AKC ruling that any
stud
> > dog
> > used
> > for more than five litters must have DNA identification. The
> > Iowa Pet
> > Breeders Association will be holding a meeting to see about
> > following
> > in
> > Missouri's footsteps. This appears to be a case of
blackballing
> > AKC to
> > get them to stop the use of DNA for identification of
litters.
> > It seems to me that it behooves those of us who are always on
> > the case
> > of AKC to "do something about irresponsible breeding" should
> > back AKC
> > on
> > might be a good idea to support AKC through a letter writing
> > campaign
> > FOR the use of DNA identification, and perhaps even donate an
> > extra
> > $10.00 per puppy produced this past year as a support to AKC
in
> > their
> > efforts and to let them know that responsible breeders do not
> > want them
> > to
> > back down on the issue of DNA identification.  I plan on
doing
> > this
> > myself.
> >
> > Please feel free to forward this to as many breed lists as
> > possible.
> >
> >