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"One woman said it's probably going to cost her a divorce but she's going to spend the rest of her life looking for her dog. She will not stop until she finds out what happened to him. She said she had that dog eight years; it's not just a dog, it's family."
- Chris DeRose, President - Last Chance for Animals

Breed Ban Crisis in Canada

Canadian Pound Seizure

The Disaster Happening Across Canada is Unnecessary!

Ontario Canada's Attorney General Michael Bryant has introduced Bill 132 to ban all Pit Bulls and "pit bull type" dogs across the province. Although existing pit bulls with owners are grandfathered, all others (including cross breeds or even similar looking dogs) face certain death, or worse, a life and death of torture in a scientific facility. The entire text of Bill 132 can be found here:

http://www.ontla.on.ca/documents/Bills/38_Parliament/Session1/b132_e.htm

Status of the Bill:

Bill 132 has passed second reading in the Legislative Assembly and has been referred to the Standing Committee On The Legislative Assembly. This committee held public hearings over a span of four days but judging from the Attorney General's recent comments (see link to newspaper article below) the committee hearings were just a formality. All veterinary associations, animal welfare organizations, animal experts etc. etc. are VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED to this bill but their presentations fell on deaf ears!

There is little time left before the Standing Committee makes recommendations to the entire Assembly. Time is short and we must act NOW!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050203.wdogs0203/BNStory/National/

(Globe and Mail article following hearings)

On behalf of Kerwood Wolf Education Centre and The Tiger Foundation I made the following presentation to the committee after having been invited to speak:

http://www.kerwoodwolf.com/PBPRESENTATION.htm

Kerwood Wolf Education Centre recently sent out the following press release, after the Attorney General made ridiclous public comments concerning evidence given at the committee hearings:

http://www.kerwoodwolf.com/MEDIARELEASEHEARINGS.htm

Additional information about the pit bull ban can be found here on Kerwood's website:

http://www.kerwoodwolf.com/MPPLETTER.htm

ACTIONS TO TAKE:

1. Email ALL members of Ontario's Legislative Assembly and let your feelings about this atrocious bill be known (list of MPPs at end of this email).

2. Email ALL major Ontario newspapers and let them know this bill is opposed not just by the majority of people in Ontario, but around the world as well (list of newspapers at end of this email).

3. Cross post this email widely. Get the message out however you can. The lives of thousands of pit bulls are at stake.

Thank you!

Vivian Singer-Ferris

Executive Director

Kerwood Wolf Education Centre

The Tiger Foundation

Vivian@kerwoodwolf.com

========================= Full List of Legislative Assembly MPPs below ---------------

ted_arnott@ontla.ola.org     Ted Arnott

warthurs.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org    Wayne Arthurs

mailbox@johnbaird.com    John Baird

toby_barrett@ontla.ola.org    Toby Barrett

rbartolucci.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Hon. Rick Bartolucci

cbentley.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Christopher Bentley

lberardinetti.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Lorenzo Berardinetti

gilles@gillesbisson.com     Gilles Bisson

mbountrogianni.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Marie Bountrogianni

jbradley.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Jim Bradley

lbroten.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Laurel Broten

mbrown.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Mike Brown

jbrownell.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Jim Brownell

mbryant.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Hon. Michael Bryant

dcansfield.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Donna Cansfield

dcaplan.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. David Caplan

machambers.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Mary Anne V. Chambers

ted_chudleigh@ontla.ola.org    Ted Chudleigh

marilyn_churley-mpp@ontla.ola.org    Marilyn Churley

mcolle.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Mike Colle

jcordiano.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Hon. Joseph Cordiano

kcraitor.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Kim Craitor

bcrozier.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Bruce Crozier

acurling.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Alvin Curling

bdelaney.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Bob Delaney

vdhillon.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Vic Dhillon

cdicocco.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Caroline Di Cocco

ldombrowsky.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Leona Dombrowsky

bduguid.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Brad Duguid

dduncan.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Dwight Duncan

garfield_dunlop@ontla.ola.org    Garfield Dunlop

ernie_eves@ontla.ola.org    Ernie Eves

jim_flaherty@ontla.ola.org    James M. Flaherty

kflynn.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Kevin Flynn

pfonseca.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Peter Fonseca

jgerretsen.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. John Gerretsen

mgravelle.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Michael Gravelle

hhampton-qp@ndp.on.ca     Howard Hampton

ernie_hardeman@ontla.ola.org    Ernie Hardeman

ahorwath-qp@ndp.on.ca    Andrea Horwath

phoy.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Pat Hoy

tim_hudak@ontla.ola.org    Tim Hudak

cam_jackson@ontla.ola.org    Cam Jackson

ljeffrey.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Linda Jeffrey

gkennedy.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Gerard Kennedy

frank_klees@ontla.ola.org    Frank Klees

pkormos-qp@ndp.on.ca    Peter Kormos

kkular.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Kuldip Kular

mkwinter.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Monte Kwinter

jmlalonde.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Jean-Marc Lalonde

jleal.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Jeff Leal

dlevac.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Dave Levac

rmarchese@ndp.on.ca    Rosario Marchese

jmarsales.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Judy Marsales

shelley_martel-mpp@ontla.ola.org    Shelley Martel

gerry_martiniuk@ontla.ola.org     Gerry Martiniuk

dmatthews.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Deb Matthews

bmauro.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Bill Mauro

dmcguinty.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Dalton J. P. McGuinty

tmcmeekin.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Ted McMeekin

pmcneely.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Phil McNeely

mmeilleur.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Madeleine Meilleur

Norm_miller@ontla.ola.org    Norm Miller

jmilloy.mpp@liberal.ola.org     John Milloy

cmitchell.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Carol Mitchell

jmossop.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Jennifer Mossop

julia_munro@ontla.ola.org    Julia Munro

bill_murdoch@ontla.ola.org     Bill Murdoch

john_otoole@ontla.ola.org    John R. O'Toole

dorazietti.mpp@liberal.ola.org    David Orazietti

jerry_ouellette@ontla.ola.org    Jerry Ouellette

eparsons.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Ernie Parsons

rpatten.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Richard Patten

speters.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Steve Peters

tpeterson.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Tim Peterson

gphillips.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Hon. Gerry Phillips

mprue-qp@ndp.on.ca    Michael D. Prue

spupatello.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Sandra Pupatello

sqaadri.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Shafiq Qaadri

mracco.mpp@liberal.ola.org     Mario G. Racco

kramal.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Khalil Ramal

dramsay.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. David Ramsay

lrinaldi.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org    Lou Rinaldi

rwrunciman@brockville.com    Bob Runciman

truprecht.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Tony Ruprecht

lsandals.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Liz Sandals

laurie_scott@ontla.ola.org     Laurie Scott

msergio.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Mario Sergio

msmith.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Monique M. Smith

gsmitherman.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. George Smitherman

gsorbara.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Gregory Sorbara

norm_sterling@ontla.ola.org     Norm Sterling

htakhar.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Harinder S. Takhar

joe_tascona@ontla.ola.org    Joseph Tascona

mvanbommel.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Maria Van Bommel

jwatson.mpp@liberal.ola.org    Hon. Jim Watson

jwilkinson.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org    John Wilkinson

jim_wilson@ontla.ola.org   Jim Wilson

elizabeth_witmer@ontla.ola.org   Elizabeth Witmer

tcwong.mpp@liberal.ola.org Tony C. Wong

kwynne.mpp@liberal.ola.org Kathleen O. Wynne

john_yakabuski@ontla.ola.org   John Yakabuski

dzimmer.mpp@liberal.ola.org   David Zimmer

========================= (List of major Ontario newspapers, ** most important in capital letters ** )

news@thebarrieexaminer.com Barrie Examiner

cdsnews@northumberlandtoday.com Cobourg Daily Star

mbehan@fortfrances.com Fort Frances Times

newsroom@globeandmail.ca GLOBE AND MAIL

letters@therecord.com Kitchener-Waterloo Record

minerandnews@norcomcable.ca Miner and News

news@nugget.ca North Bay Nugget

ndngm@nt.net Northern Daily News

city@ott.sunpub.com OTTAWA SUN

news@orilliapacket.com Packet and Times

news1@peterboroughexaminer.com Peterborough Examiner

news@stthomastimesjournal.com St. Thomas Times-Journal

maned@standard-freeholder.com Standard-Freeholder

editorial@thesudburystar.com Sudbury Star

mbeitz@bowesnet.com The Beacon Herald

news@chathamdailynews.ca The Chatham Daily News

news@chroniclejournal.com The Chronicle-Journal

ads@thedailyobserver.ca The Daily Observer

tdp@nt.net The Daily Press

expnews@theexpositor.com The Expositor

editor@guelphmercury.com The Guelph Mercury

rgillespie@hamiltonspectator.com The Hamilton Spectator

newsroom@intelligencer.ca The Intelligencer

kinwhig@thewhig.com The Kingston Whig-Standard

lineditorial@thepost.ca The Lindsay Daily Post

newsdesk@lfpress.com The London Free Press

lcushing@nationalpost.com THE NATIONAL POST

editorial@theobserver.ca The Observer

copydesk@thecitizen.canwest.com THE OTTAWA CITIZEN

wb.raison@recorder.ca The Recorder and Times

reporter@nfreview.com The Review

standard@stcatharinesstandard.ca The Standard

cmcmenemy@owensoundsuntimes.com The Sun Times

city@thestar.ca THE TORONTO STAR

letters@thestar.canwest.com The Windsor Star

tor_news@tor.sunpub.com TORONTO SUN

tribune@wellandtribune.ca Welland Tribune

"Education is Everything..."

We are demanding the arrest of C.C. Baird and his wife and the revocation of their Class B Dealers and Breeder's License which are being used to cover up the theft of citizen's animals and multiple crimes. USAPE officials further want to see the release of Spalding County Animal Shelter's animals pending a pitbull fighting and cruelty case and a court date set for the convicted felon being held for his involvement. He still walks free after more than three years of delays and postponements. Please assist us in writing letters requesting the release of these animals.

"Stop the Profiteering. It Costs Us Everything."