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The Scotty
Appeal
Bulletin Board -2
Neyll and Moose Scotties' Appeal
Please
read this whole page.
Our
animal
friends need all humans to help them.
Please hear
their cries!
Updated:
07February06
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American Staffordshire Terriers
and Other Pit Types are Highlighted on A-1 Terriers
this Month.
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We are particularily concerned
about this breed for being unfairly singled out for Breed Specific
Legislation and Media coverage that seeks to sensationalize the
few bite occurances that do happen.
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Humane education and careful
breeding for even disposition the key. Using the wellbred Staffies by
the responsible people who adore this breed as ambassadors to their
community the ultimate answer.
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Many Staffies and Pitty Types are
put to sleep in shelters rather than be fostered and then adopted as a
result of unfair practices of people who do not study this wonderful
breed.Today this breed, tomorrow others for the delimiting of people to
obtain their breed and mixes of choice.
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A-1 Terriers have boards and many
threads devoted to this breed and others under scrutiny for inclusion
in Breed Specific Legislation identification.
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☼ Responsible Breeding
☼ Canine Stewardship
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AKC
American Staffordshire 1 -
Did you know?
· The American Staffordshire Terrier was accepted in
1936 for registration in the American Kennel Club stud book as
Staffordshire Terriers.
· The American
Staffordshire Terrier are intelligent and excellent guardians.
So you want to own a
American Staffordshire Terrier?
Over the past 50 years,
careful breeding has produced today's American Staffordshire Terrier
who is affectionate, reliable, and an especially good dog for children.
The American Staffordshire
Terrier is a happy, outgoing, stable, and confident dog who makes a
wonderful family pet.
The American Staffordshire
Terrier is adaptable to country or city living, the only thing that
will break his spirit and his heart is lack of his owner's fond
attention.
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AKC
American Staffordshire Standard 2 -
Breed Standard
General
Impression
The American Staffordshire Terrier should give the impression of great
strength for his size, a well put-together dog, muscular, but agile and
graceful, keenly alive to his surroundings. He should be stocky, not
long-legged or racy in outline. His courage is proverbial.
Head
Medium length, deep through, broad skull, very pronounced cheek
muscles, distinct stop; and ears are set high. Ears - Cropped
or uncropped, the latter preferred. Uncropped ears should be short and
held rose or half prick. Full drop to be penalized. Eyes - Dark
and round, low down in skull and set far apart. No pink eyelids.
Muzzle - Medium length, rounded on upper side to fall away abruptly
below eyes. Jaws well defined. Underjaw to be strong and have biting
power. Lips close and even, no looseness. Upper teeth to meet tightly
outside lower teeth in front. Nose definitely black.
Neck
Heavy, slightly arched, tapering from shoulders to back of skull. No
looseness of skin. Medium length.
Shoulders
Strong and muscular with blades wide and sloping.
Back
Fairly short. Slight sloping from withers to rump with gentle short
slope at rump to base of tail. Loins slightly tucked.
Body
Well-sprung ribs, deep in rear. All ribs close together. Forelegs set
rather wide apart to permit chest development. Chest deep and broad.
Tail
Short in comparison to size, low set, tapering to a fine point; not
curled or held over back. Not docked.
Legs
The front legs should be straight, large or round bones, pastern
upright. No resemblance of bend in front. Hindquarters well-muscled,
let down at hocks, turning neither in nor out. Feet of moderate size,
well-arched and compact. Gait must be springy but without roll or pace.
Coat
Short, close, stiff to the touch, and glossy.
Color
Any color, solid, parti, or patched is permissible, but all white, more
than 80 per cent white, black and tan, and liver not to be encouraged.
Size
Height and weight should be in proportion. A height of about 18 to 19
inches at shoulders for the male and 17 to 18 inches for the female is
to be considered preferable.
Faults
Faults to be penalized are: Dudley nose, light or pink eyes, tail too
long or badly carried, undershot or overshot mouths.
Approved June 10, 1936
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Hurricane Rescue Updates
A Puppy Boom Rises
in Katrina's Ruins
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/04/katrina.puppies.ap/index.html
A puppy boom rises
in Katrina's ruins
'I've never seen so
many puppies in my life'
GULFPORT, Mississippi (AP) -- Puppies are popping up everywhere amid
the rubble left by Hurricane Katrina -- and animal welfare workers on
the
northern Gulf Coast fear it is only the start of a big boom in dog
births.
Officials say more than 6,000 pets were saved after Katrina came ashore
August 29, and many of them were relocated to homes elsewhere in the
country. An unknown number drowned in the floodwaters or died later of
injuries.
But thousands of animals remain, running loose in neighborhoods where
fences were flattened and many owners are gone.
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Honorable Mr. Duncan,
Do you know the
disposition of donated funds and their dispursement to
Rescues and Shelters
still housing animal survivors still seeking
homes?
Did you or any of
the Congressman attend the National Emergency
Management Summit?
If so, is there a
results summary and plan of action so that animals
will never again be
killed during an evaculation or left homeless published?
Its location to be
read by constituents?
Sincerely,
<name. phone
number>
[UPDATE] Personal Communication via USPS from Representative Duncan
Sent: 1/19/2006 11:06
AM to
A-1 Terriers
John
J. Duncan, Jr.
2nd District, Tennessee
Congress of the United States House of Representatives
Washington
D.C.
<Name,
Address>
December
1, 2005
Dear
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Thank
you for contacting me again about domestic animals and pets displaced
by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I always appreciate hearing from the
people whom I represent in the Congress.
I
must report that the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
continues to deliberate on both H.R. 4258 and H.R. 3858. You will be
pleased to know, however, that the Committee recently held a hearing on
legislative responses to the recent hurricanes.
You
will also be pleased to know that Congressman Don Young of Alaska, the
Chairman of the Transportation Committee, is an original cosponsor of
H.R. 3858. It is always a good sign of a bill's prospects when the
Chairman of the Committee that is considering a bill is listed as a
cosponsor.
Congressman
Tom Lantos of California and Christopher Shays of Connecticut are the
Chairmen of the Friends of Animals Caucus. They have testified before
the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and
Emergency Management in support of H.R. 3858.
As
you probably know, H.R. 3858 would require local and state emergency
preparedness authorities to include in their evacuation plans how they
will accommodate household pets or service animals in case of a
disaster. As illustrated during the Hurricane Katrina evacuation, many
jurisdictions do not include animals in their evacuation plans.
During
the recent hearing, Congressman Lantos testified, "For many people with
pets or service animals such as guide dogs, leaving them to their fate
in the event of a calamity would be unthinkable. Our legislation will
ensure that those people are not left out of disaster planning. It
leaves the details to local and state authorities, who have many
options for making their plans more flexible."
Similarly,
Congressman Shay added, "The media coverage of Hurricane Katrina showed
the world that many New Orleans residents made a choice between saving
their own lives and saving their pets. This bill addresses human
safety, because as so many animal lovers know, some people will choose
not to leave a dangerous situation in order to stay with their pets.
Communities need to have a plan in place to handle evacuees with pets
and service animals."
You
can be assured that I will remember your views when the Committee marks
up these legislative responses to the Katrina and Rita Tragedies. In
the meantime, I have enclosed copies of two statements that Congressman
Lantos made in support of H.R. 3858, as well as a statement that
Congressman Bill Shuster, the Chairman of the Economic Development
Subcommittee, made at the recent hearing.
Again,
I appreciate hearing from you. If I can ever be of service to you or
your family, please do not hesitate to let me know.
With
kindest regards, I am
Yours
truly,
John
J. Duncan Jr.
Member of Congress
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Four-legged Katrina survivors come
to East Tennessee
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All
of the dogs were
in a
shelter in Mississippi.
Eighteen dogs left homeless by
hurricane Katrina came to East Tennessee in this bus.
Some of the Katrina dogs are now available for adoption.
<Go to the Website for
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Thousands of animals are still
homeless after hurricane Katrina. Now an East Tennessee rescue is a
temporary home for some of those dogs.
Workers from Road Home Animal Rescue in Crossville recently drove down
to Mississippi. That is where they picked up 18 rescues who lived
through hurricane Katrina.
Food, friends and all the snacks they want. For some of the smallest
victims of hurricane Katrina, life has just gotten a whole lot better.
"A lot of these dogs were found swimming down the road, on top of
houses. Basically the same footage you've seen of hurricane Katrina,
these are the dogs," said Howard Loftin, director of Road Home Animal
Rescue.
Workers from Road Home Animal Rescue loaded up their bus and drove down
to Mississippi to pick them up and ease the burden of another group
that is still taking in 40 animals a day from the hurricane.
"It's just kennel after kennel after kennel. There's no good picture
you're going to get unless it's aerial to see the scope of the animals
they are taking care of. It's just, it's unbelievable," said Loftin.
There is no telling what these dogs have been through.
"They've been in their nice, loving home all their lives and all the
sudden they've been flooded, they've been starved. These dogs have come
in some in very bad shape," said Loftin.
Some of the dogs have tags with names on them, and Loftin says they are
doing everything they can to find the original owners.
"These animals a lot of them belonged to people and were loved, they're
friendly. They're just too friendly to not have been loved by
somebody," said Loftin.
But many of those owners will never be found.
"These people could be deceased. They could be living with relatives,"
said Loftin.
Now it seems these survivors are eager to find families once again.
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Katrina /
Rita Dogs from Mississippi
Rescue Site: Road Home Animal
Rescue
<> http://www.roadhomerescue.org/
Road Home Animal Rescue
4586 Highway 127 South
Crossville, TN. 38555
931-200-1492
Click Here for Map
NEW PHONE NUMBERS
931-200-1492
Hours: Spring
Tuesday - Saturday 9-5
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WE ARE BACK FROM NEW ORLEANS
AREA
WITH 18 HURRICANE KATRINA ANIMALS. PLEASE SEND MONEY TO ROAD
HOME TO HELP GET THESE ANIMALS VETERINARY CARE. WE NEED PLASTIC
(ESPECIALLY IGLOO STYLE DOG HOUSES. FRONTLINE+ and HARTGUARD+, STRAW,
(NOT HAY), DOG FOOD, (WE HAVE PLENTY OF CAT FOOD). WE ALSO NEED
STRONGID AND PANACUR AND VETERINARIANS IN THE 32 COUNTIES WE SERVE TO
DONATE SERVICES FOR AN ANIMAL OR TWO AND WE WILL TRANSPORT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR HELPING. PICTURES OF RESCUE AND ALL ANIMALS WILL BE UP
SOON. IF YOU SEND MONEY WE CAN GET OUR DISCOUNTS AND NOT HAVE TO PAY
TAX ON ITEMS NEEDED. EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS HELP. PLEASE MARK CHECKS
KATRINA IN MEMO IF YOU WANT YOUR MONEY TO GO SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
KATRINA RESCUE ANIMALS. HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS ARE STILL COMING IN TO WHAT
IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS MUTTVILLE ABOVE NEW ORLEANS.
Katrina dogs will be up on our pet list by
tomorrow Weds. December 7th or you may see them tonight on Channel 10
WBIR Knoxville at 5PM Central or 6PM Eastern
Source: Charity Navigator
Online.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/
Remember, charity begins
in your own backyard
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By KATHLEEN LYNN
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/content.view/catid/64/cpid/350.htm
Accessed: 07Dec05.
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"...If you're getting ready to donate to charity, as many people do
this time of year, Trent Stamp has a gentle reminder:
Look at the small,
local charities - the food banks, rape crisis centers and other
organizations - that do important work right in your own back yard.
Many of these groups,
says Stamp, executive director of Charity Navigator in Mahwah, are "in
for a rough winter."
That's because
Americans have already given generously in response to Hurricane
Katrina and other disasters. And overall charitable giving doesn't
change much from year to year, consistently totaling about 2 percent of
gross domestic product, Stamp says.
"If people don't have
money left at the end of the year because they gave to the Red Cross
back in September [after Hurricane Katrina], a lot of needy groups are
going to get hurt," says Stamp, whose organization rates charities
nationwide.
Half of all individual
donations are given between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, when
people are in a generous holiday mood, he says. In addition, the
donations figure into year-end financial and tax planning because
charitable donations are tax-deductible.
If you'll be giving in
the next few weeks, here are a few things to keep in mind:
- You can't
afford to give to every worthy cause, so decide what's really important
to you.
"What are you trying to do? Do you want to eradicate homelessness,
clean up the environment, <snip>?" Stamp says. "Don't give in a
scattershot way. Don't give just because you got a solicitation."
- Consider giving
fewer, but larger, gifts. Two gifts of $500 each to your favorite,
well-researched charities will have more impact than gifts of $20 to 50
charities, according to Stamp and give.org. And a lot of small
donations will get your name on dozens of mailing lists.
- Get your name off
mailing lists if you don't want to donate. For example, you may have
given a gift in memory of a friend. That will put you on the
organization's mailing list - but if it's not a cause you're interested
in, you should tell them so they don't waste your time and their
postage.
- If you can't
give as much money as you'd like, consider donating goods or
volunteering. If you volunteer, you can deduct the cost of driving to
and from the place where you volunteer. Either deduct the actual cost
of the gas or take the IRS standard deduction of 14 cents a mile.
If you donate goods, you can
take a deduction for the value of the donation. But you can write off
an amount only equal to what the item would fetch at resale. Even if
you paid $75 for that winter coat your son outgrew, you can deduct only
$5.20 to $24, depending on its condition. That valuation comes from the
Salvation Army, which offers charts estimating the value of donated
goods.
- Keep records of your
donations for tax purposes. The charity is required to send you a
receipt for donations of $250 or more.
- Look into creative
ways to structure your gift. For example, if you donate stock or mutual
fund shares that have appreciated in value, you can get a double tax
break. Let's say you have a stock you bought for $10 a share that is
now worth $22. If you donate shares of the stock, you won't have to pay
capital-gains tax on the $12-per-share investment gains. And you can
get the charitable deduction for the full $22 of the stock's value.
Or look at charitable
annuities. In these vehicles, the donor gives a sum of money to a
charity, and gets a charitable deduction. The charity then gives the
donor yearly payments, which are partly tax-exempt, for life. After the
donor's death, what is left of the original donation goes to the
charity. This gives donors (especially older ones) income for life, but
still benefits their favorite causes.
- Research the charity
to make sure it's using money effectively.
That's even more
important this year "because you need to make the dollars stretch,"
Stamp says.
His organization's
guideline: Charities should spend no more than 25 percent of their
budget on administration and fund raising. Some administrative costs
are inevitable, Stamp says - the organization has to pay the staff and
maybe even give the volunteers free coffee.
"But I would run
screaming from any charity that doesn't spend at least 75 cents on the
dollar on charity," he adds.
You can check national
charities on charitynavigator.org and on give.org, the Web site of the
BBB/Wise Giving Alliance.
Local charities are a
little harder to research, but you can find some of their tax filings
on guidestar.org.
Stamp also urges you to
visit local charities and talk to their leaders and workers. Ask
exactly what they do, how they measure their results and what
percentage of the budget goes to administrative and fund-raising costs.
If the answers are
vague, Stamp says, "find another charity."
Kathleen Lynn's column
runs every Wednesday. E-mail: Lynn@northjersey.com.
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Kerry
Blue Foundation Donates $5,000 to Rabies Challenge Fund
The
Kerry Blue Terrier Foundation ( http://www.kerryblues.info) has generously donated
$5,000 to The Rabies Challenge Fund, which was established to raise
money to finance concurrent 5 and 7 year rabies vaccine challenge
studies in the United States. It is spearheaded by world-renowned
vaccine research scientist and practicing veterinary clinician, Dr. W.
Jean Dodds of California, and pet vaccine disclosure advocate, Kris L.
Christine of Maine. The Kerry Blue donation was announced by the
Foundation’s President, John Van den Bergh.
“As an educational organization, we are happy to be able to fund a
study that will finally shed some light on vaccination research,” says
Van den Bergh. He believes that by supporting The Rabies
Challenge study, “We will have the ammunition to talk to legislators to
bring the law in line with science.”
Rabies vaccination is the one immunization required by law for domestic
dogs and cats. Researchers believe this vaccine causes the most and
worst adverse reactions in animals.
The
August 2003 Journal of Veterinary Medicine reports a study by M.
Vascellari and colleagues documenting cancerous tumors in dogs at
presumed rabies vaccination injection sites. Scientific data
indicate that vaccinating dogs against rabies triennially, as most
states require, is unnecessary. In 1992 French researchers demonstrated
dogs immune to a rabies challenge 5 years after vaccination (a
challenge study involves control groups and “challenging” the animal’s
immunity with live virus). The serological studies of Dr. Ronald
Schultz of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
have shown dogs’ antibody titer counts at levels known to confer rabies
immunity 7 years post-vaccination. The Rabies Challenge Fund has been
founded to improve the safety of rabies vaccines and to determine, by
challenge, if they confer immunity for 5 or 7 years.
World-renowned vaccine research scientist and practicing veterinarian,
Dr. W. Jean Dodds of California, and pet vaccine disclosure advocate
Kris L. Christine of Maine have established The Rabies Challenge Fund
to raise $1.5 million to fund the 5 and 7 year challenge studies, as
well as a study of the adjuvants used in canine rabies vaccines and
establish a rabies vaccine adverse reaction reporting system.
Rabies is among the antigenically strongest vaccines, containing potent
adjuvants to bolster the immune response. Rabies vaccines are
documented to elicit severe and even fatal adverse reactions.
According to Dr. Dodds, “giving them more often than truly needed is
unwise, unnecessary, and can be unsafe.” She further states, “To
date, most states require rabies vaccination every three years, but
some states still require annual rabies revaccination, even though the
USDA licenses these vaccines for three years”
Dr. Dodds received the D.V.M. degree with honors in 1964 from the
Ontario Veterinary College, University of Toronto. In 1965 she joined
the New York State Health Department in Albany and began comparative
studies of animals with inherited and acquired bleeding diseases. Her
position there began as a Research Scientist and culminated as the
chief of Laboratory of Hematology at the Wadsworth Center. In 1980 she
also became Executive Director of the New York State Council on Human
Blood and Transfusion Services. This work continued full-time until
1986 when she moved to Southern California to establish Hemopet, the
first non-profit national blood bank program for animals.
“Certainly, veterinarians are aware of the adverse reactions that can
occur after rabies and other vaccinations in dogs and cats,” Dodds
said. “The public is the body most motivated to address the issues
here, because it is some of their beloved companions that have suffered
by the existing regulations.”
Other beneficial research to be financed by The Rabies Challenge Fund
will be a safety study of adjuvants used to enhance the immune response
in veterinary rabies vaccines. Some pet owners, like Kris Christine,
believe the adjuvants may cause more adverse reactions than the actual
vaccine -- her own dog developed a malignant mast cell tumor at the
site of a rabies shot. “Unlike human vaccines where all adjuvants
are required to be the same, there is no such standardization in
veterinary medicine,” Christine said. “Hopefully, this study can
be completed before the five and seven years of the parallel challenge
studies, to make vaccines safer for our precious canine companions.”
Donations can be sent to THE RABIES CHALLENGE FUND, c/o Hemopet, 11330
Markon Drive, Garden Grove, CA 92841.
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Bible
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Corinthians
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