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WASHINGTON HB 1016 PASSED THE FULL HOUSE From: Campbell, Rep. Tom <Campbell.Tom@leg.wa.gov> Subject: RE: HB1016 Washington State Insurance Commissioner needs removed Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 6:34 AM we won! 71/25!!!!!!! OREGON ACF along with the Chapman family have been fighting for the release of an APBT named Woody. in McMinnville. The case has been political and bizarre with alot of emotions from both sides. The prosecutors behavior has been irrational and in one hearing Mr Chapman the APBT owner called the judge dishonest, then the prosecutor tried to strong arm Mr Chapman in the hallway of the court house which ended up in a fight. The Chapmans own two Pit Bulls that were involved in a fence fight where the neighbors dog managed to stick his head thru the fence. One of the APBT's has been freed, and we are in the Oregon State Court of Appeals over the other APBT. A motion for new trial has been filed in the Oregon State Court of Appeals because the trial court lost the first day of transcript. Memorandums have been submitted and the prosecutor responded making irrational statements calling the American Pit Bull Terrier a "vicious serial killer Pit Bull" The neighbors dog was injured in the fence fight but recovered, 4 months later the prosecutors claiming the dog is now dead and trying to blame it on the APBT's. However the neigbhors have moved and can't be located. The city of McMinnville is acting irrational and the animal control agency is animal rights driven. ACF has been assisting in the appeal and this case will go to the State Supreme Court if needed. OHIO It official !!! ACF filed the primary appeal brief in the Toledo v Tellings case this morning. The brief was 27 pages and included over 221 pages of case law, over 20 exhibits and 15 studies on genetics and behavior. ACF has been receiving no support from Ohio dog owners on this case but the Animal Farm Foundation donated 5000,00 to help in the appeal. This is what we believe the biggest constitutional challenge to ever take place with 13 experts testifying and 100's of pages of documentation and we intend on winning the case. As everyone one knows the decision from the trial court did state the ABPT is not dangerous if its trained and socialized, and we all know training and socialization applies to all breed of dogs. The Ohio ORC had declared the Pit Bull vicious, the ORC also has a definition of "dangerous" which does not require insurance and special confinment which has been leading to criminal charges to thousands of APBT owners. According to the decision by the trial court the APBT does not even meet the requirements to delcare it dangerous. ACF will file a reply brief and an amicus brief in this case. COUNCIL BLUFFS IOWA IABSL and ACF consulted with an attorney last night and ACF instructed the attorney to draft a fee retainer because its time to litigate Council Bluffs over their Pit Bull ordinance. We believe the city manipulated their dog bite data. We also believe the city is being influenced by the AR agenda. OTTUMWA ACF is awaiting a proposal from the city on repealing their Pit Bull ban or else we will go to trial. In our country at this time there is alot of strange legislation taking place involving canines, the APBT and the agenda behind it is beyond belief, it out of control to the point that its caused government coruption and domestic terrorism to dog owners. ACF has been working closely with the Federal Government to show them the agenda behind the Pit Bull campaign and they are taking it seriously. ACF believes there has been too much fighting at the local and state level and we see the same fight taking place every year, a state law that prohibits BSL is challenged and dog owners move in and fight, a city is proposing BSL and dog owners move in and fight to stop it. The problem is we are not winning any of these battles, we are only prolonging the end result which will be like Ontario and Italy. You do not win in legislation if it keeps coming back and back year after year. There is no basis for breed specific legislation and its being supported by HSUS and PETA, there is more than enough proof and these organizations need to be exposed to the entire United States Government by responsible dog owners and the dog registries. Until this is done the fighting will continue on and on and never stop and in the end the BSL will prevail. By targeting the Pit Bull we notice the animal rights agenda is smart, they know where there is weakness, they have their people (members) involved in dog organizations, dog registries and they are the ones that cause all the disruption, they spread rumors and gossip trying to stop agendas that are succeeding in stopping BSL. The BSL legislation is not something that the politician comes up with, its being promoted !! Glen Bui ACF
LeeAnn O'Reilly RN,PBMH
Pres.Dog Legislation Council of Canada president@doglegislationcouncilcanada.org www.doglegislationcouncilcanada.org Dog Legislation Council of Canada 2850 Lakeshore Boulevard West Box 80039 Toronto, Ontario M8V 1H0 |
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