Message from TX-RPOA

**God help any breeder that has more than 11 intact female dogs or sells more than 20 *puppies a year…LAWSUIT being filed against HB1451…let’s hope sooner rather than later…TEXAS is the NEW AR STATE!!! The snitch program sure does give new meaning to ‘Love thy Neighbor’…even if the neighbor gets it wrong, I am sure they will do something to make it work for the cause -One generation and out! -Wayne Pacelle, CEO HSUS…I wonder just how many breeders have decided to leave Dodge?!?

(*Just so we are all on the same page…this includes cats and kittens)

Message from RPOA:

TX-RPOA E-News
>From RPOA Texas Outreach and
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance
Crossposting is encouraged.
August 11, 2012

Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation (TDLR) has set up their “Snitch 
Fund” to pay animal rights fanatics to enforce TX HB 1451 for them. HSUS 
will surely make a major contribution. The TDLR message is below with
instructions for making breeder complaints and/or donations to the Fund.

The HSUS misnamed “Puppy Mill” Bill, TX HB 1451, passed our 2011 Texas
Legislative Session and was signed into law by Governor Rick Perry with
enforcement to begin September 1, 2012.

Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation (TDLR) was instructed to appoint
a Breeders License Committee and develop the “Rules” for implementation.
So it has been a tortuous long drawn-out procedure with Texas Humane
Legislation Network (the HSUS Texas lapdog) and the HSUS Texas State
Representative Nicole Paquette at every meeting, furious that the
regulations are not stricter than USDA regulations. TDLR is now ready for
action.

RPOA Texas Outreach will be filing our lawsuit any day now to block
enforcement of HB 1451. Just putting on the finishing touches with
plaintiffs. To our knowledge this is the first lawsuit ever filed against
the HSUS state “model” pet elimination bill and we’ll need everyone’s
financial support!

We now have $16,000 in the kitty which won’t go very far We also intend to
file our own bill to repeal and replace HB 1451 as Oklahoma did with their
HSUS bill. This takes lobbyists. Donations can be made at our
www.rpoatexasoutreach.org URL with Paypal or mail in address.
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—– Original Message —–
From: “Notice From Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation”
<TDLRNotice@LICENSE.STATE.TX.US>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 3:13 PM
Subject: Licensed Breeders: Training and Enforcement Account

Starting September 1, 2012, certain types of dog and cat breeders will be
required to be licensed in Texas. This new law, passed by the 82nd Texas
Legislature in 2011, requires breeders with 11 or more intact females to be
licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).

The new law also created the Dog and Cat Breeder Training and Enforcement
Account. Donations to this account will be used to pay for information that
results in disciplinary action against a person for acting as a dog or cat
breeder in Texas without a license.

Funds will also be used to promote consumer awareness of the Licensed
Breeders program, and support educational seminars and training activities
designed to help implement this program.

Anyone can make a tax-deductible donation, gift, or grant in any amount to
the Dog and Cat Breeder Training and Enforcement Account. In addition, all
fines assessed by TDLR for violations of this law will be deposited into
this account.

[I purposely left off the information for donations-BULLSHIT if that will be included in this blog!!!]

If information provided by you to TDLR leads to disciplinary action against an individual for unlicensed activity, you will be eligible for a reward. 
The amount of the reward will be determined by the executive director of TDLR on a case-by-case basis. The maximum amount of the reward is $1,000. 
You can report violations anonymously if you wish to do so.

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**Reminder that there is a disclaimer connected to this blog Things said and posted are based on opinion…Best -B

~ by topcatsroar on August 11, 2012.