>From RPOA Texas Outreach and
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance
Crossposting is encouraged.
September 2, 2012
WANTED: Brave individuals to represent all Texas dog and cat breeders by
serving as plaintiffs and/or witnesses for RPOA's Lawsuit against HB 1451,
the HSUS Pet Elimination Bill. We hope to at least slow this insane process
or end it before it can accomplish the intended goals of literally putting
all honest and caring breeders out of business in Texas.
Our lawsuit is written and ready to file, but we have no plaintiffs to
provide legal "standing" and prevent dismissal by the court. Our attorney
has been on retainer for the past year while the HB 1451 Rules and
a Checklist for Breeders have been written and approved by Texas Department
of Licensing & Regulation. It has been a long grueling process with HSUS
and their Texas "lapdog," Texas Humane Legislation Network, yapping at their
heels at every meeting - complaining that USDA regulations and the Penalty
Matrix are not strict enough. You can bet the farm that they'll be back at
the legislature in January. To these extremists, there's no such thing as a
"responsible" breeder as they consider all breeders to be "puppy mills,
kitty mills or bird mills."
The only document that hasn't been approved is the disturbing Penalty Matrix
for regulation violations that we sent out yesterday to E-News subscribers.
Just wait until TDLR drops the other foot because the license fees and fines
must cover all administrative and enforcement costs per the new law!
Because of the discretionary way this is outlined, the inspector has the
power to decide what is proper and what is in violation.
This is a reality that has been ignored by hopefuls, persons wanting to do
the right thing. By being licensed they will allow TDLR, possibly
represented by a third party, to totally control all aspects of an honest
sincere breeder's life. Inspectors will make unannounced inspections and
all the Rules can be changed at any time.
For starters, TDLR has lowered the bar to be licensed simply to get all dog
and cat breeders in the computer system. Then there's no way out.
Obviously no breeder can survive this carefully planned breeder eradication.
RPOA will pay all expenses for plaintiffs and witnesses who will have to
make a couple of trips to Austin to testify. We hope breeders will give
this serious consideration as RPOA's hands are tied without them. We've
done our part and it's now up to the dog and cat breeding community to do
their part. Contact us at
rpoa@texas.net if you are interested.
