Dig out your AB 1634 letters and send them to the addresses below! We appreciate the help!!
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TX-RPOA E-News
From Responsible Pet Owners Alliance,
the reasonable voice regarding animal issues in Texas.
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance is an animal welfare organization,
not "animal rights" and, yes, there is a difference.
Permission granted to crosspost.

Action Alert!
August 3, 2007
Oppose: San Antonio Animal Ordinance Revisions
"What passes in San Antonio WON'T stay in San Antonio..."
Check the "Action Alert!" yellow button on our website for the ordinance
draft and more information:
www.responsiblepetowners.org

On the same day California's AB1634 went down in flames, a similar ordinance
emerged in San Antonio, Texas. Our local "animal rights" extremists have
worked three years laying the groundwork and finally got everything they
wanted in print. We ask everyone - individuals, breed/kennel local and
national clubs - to pull out your California letters to legislators, adapt
them and send them to our San Antonio city officials listed below. And
please send RPOA a copy for our website.

A list of "Ordinance Provisions that must go!" is on our website under the
"Action Alert!" blinking yellow button. Please include those points so we
present a united front and aren't fragmented in what we are seeking.

These ordinance changes will be expensive to implement; a nightmare to
administer with all the inspections and paperwork; impossible to enforce and
require a huge new bureaucracy with excessive power given to the Animal Care
Services director.

The proposed ordinance includes these objectionable provisions: Mandatory
spay/neuter of all outdoor cats and all dogs over 6 months of age unless a
$50 Intact Dog Permit is purchased (in addition to $75 unaltered pet
license); Breeder/Litter Permits; new Pet Limits with mandatory spay/neuter
requirements; new Livestock Limits with annual permits and high fees per
animal; bond required every 30 days for dangerous dogs held for hearings;
and a $25 fee for each animal turned in at Animal Care Services.

Proposed changes to San Antonio's animal ordinance will do nothing to save
the thousands of animals killed in San Antonio every year as claimed - many
of them feral cats. San Mateo County, CA, reported an increase in animals
killed after passing a similar ordinance in 1991. "Animal Rights" Activists
sought this same legislation in San Antonio in 1991 but it was defeated.

This is a national "Animal Rights" Legislative Agenda to end all use,
breeding and ownership of animals whether you eat them, wear them or pet
them.

The 5 Year Strategic Plan for a No Kill Community by 2012 will be doomed.
The No Kill Philosophy is programs and services - not legislation. San
Antonio has many new proactive programs to address their animal problems.

Most of the animals killed at San Antonio's Animal Care Services come from
only 9 of the city's zip codes. The ordinance changes will affect every
animal owner in the city.

The ordinance discriminates against low income pet owners and ethnic
minorities, making animal ownership cost prohibitive and compliance
difficult which creates outlaws out of animal owners. Animals will be dumped
or hidden.

These proposed ordinance changes are not unique to San Antonio. They are the
result of a concerted effort by a heavily funded and well organized
international "animal rights" movement which has many local followers.

Call San Antonio city officials and tell them this will NOT work and what
will work:

1. Enforcement of existing leash laws, animal nuisance and animal cruelty
laws.
2. Educate children and adults in responsible pet care and bite prevention.
3. Target areas of city where most animals are impounded with special
programs.
4. Increase and publicize existing free and low cost pet spay/neuter
programs.

Please contact city officials below!
Address for all: City of San Antonio, PO Box 839966, San Antonio, TX 78283

Mayor Phil Hardberger
Phone: (210) 207-7060; Fax: (210) 207-4168
E-mail: mayorphilhardberger@sanantonio.gov

City Manager Sheryl Sculley
Phone: (210) 207-7080; Fax: (210) 207-4217
E-mail: citymanager@sanantonio.gov

Councilwoman Mary Alice Cisneros
Phone: (210) 207-7279; Fax: (210) 207-6931
E-mail: maryalice.cisneros@sanantonio.gov

Councilwoman Sheila McNeil
Phone: (210) 207-7278; Fax: (210) 207-4496
E-mail: district2@sanantonio.gov

Councilman Roland Gutierrez
Phone: (210) 207-7064; Fax: (210) 534-1931
E-mail: district3@sanantonio.gov

Councilman Philip Cortez
Phone: (210) 207-7281; Fax: (210) 678-0099
E-mail: district4@sanantonio.gov

Councilwoman Lourdes Galvan
Phone: (210) 207-7043; Fax: (210) 212-4860
E-mail: vsalazar@sanantonio.gov

Councilwoman Delicia Herrera
Phone: (210) 207-7065; Fax: (210) 207-8760
E-mail: district6@sanantonio.gov

Councilman Justin Rodriguez
Phone: (210) 207-7044; Fax: (210) 207-8181
E-mail: district7@sanantonio.gov

Councilwoman Diane Cibrian
Phone: (210) 207-7086; Fax: (210) 949-0439
E-mail: diane.cibrian@sanantonio.gov

Councilman Kevin Wolff
Phone: (210) 207-7325; Fax: (210) 207-7803
E-mail: kwolff@sanantonio.gov

Councilman John Clamp
Phone: (210) 207-7276; Fax: (210) 207-8777
E-mail: john.clamp@sanantonio.gov

Faxes and phone calls are best with e-mail a third choice or just do all
three! For more information, check out our website.

Responsible Pet Owners Alliance
900 NE Loop 410 #311-D
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: (210) 822-6763
Fax: (210) 822-9038
Website: www. responsiblepetowners. org
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