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Past Announcements
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AB 1634
AKKAOA
Opposes Assembly Bill 1634 (California Healthy Pets
Act)
While the
purported purpose of Assembly Bill 1634 is to reduce
the number of cats and dogs in shelters in
California, in actuality it will increase the number
of puppy-mill imports from out of the state.
Conscientious, law abiding and ethical dog owners
and breeders will be stripped of their rights.
AB 1634
does include exemptions for certain working dogs,
but these exemptions are essentially useless.
It exempts dogs that are trained and certified as a
service dog, and guide dog, and police dog,
and search and rescue dog. No dog can meet
all of these criteria. However, all other dogs
must be neutered by 4 months of age. No dog is
a trained and certified guide dog, service dog,
police dog, or search dog at four months of age.
Such certification occurs closer to two years of
age, so the exemption for certified dogs beyond the
current generation is meaningless.
Since
this legislation would apply to out-of-state dogs
entering California to participate in various forms
of dog competition, such competition would probably
cease in California. No owner from outside the
state would risk entering the state and then become
subject to this legislation's mandatory spay/neuter
requirements.
AKKAOA's
letter opposing this legislation was FAXed to the
Committee Consultant, Committee Chair and Vice
Chair, and Committee members on Friday, March 30,
2007, in order to meet the April 2, 2007 deadline
for comments.
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Also for AB1634 - Directions to add their link back
(you can use their logo or just the link they have
listed) -
http://saveourdogs.net/lendyoursupport.html
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Letter to Oppose AB 1634 - April 15, 2007
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Information from
UKC
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In response to the recent postings about AKK health
issues, UKC has requested that we contact AKK owners
and breeders and provide them with the following
information:
Please do not contact United Kennel Club offices or
departments with questions or information about
health issues in the Alaskan Klee Kai. UKC would
prefer that the owners and breeders who have
questions or health issues in their dogs, to please
submit them to the Alaskan Klee Kai Breed Clubs,
rather than to the UKC offices or departments.
While the staff at UKC do care about the Alaskan
Klee Kai breed and health issues in the breed, they
believe that the clubs are the appropriate venue to
accept the information, review it, analyze it and
forward pertinent findings to the United Kennel Club
when appropriate. Both AKKAOA and UAKKA have
mechanisms in place to accept your information, and
forms are available if you would like to have them
for submission on the health of your AKK.
Please contact Lobink@adelphia.net
or
health@uakka.com
for further information or if you need
clarification. Forms will be available for down
load within the next few days from both UAKKA.com
and AKKAOA.org.
Posted 9/26/2006
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Important
Information Regarding AKK Stud Books
Single Registration Closure
The following is an email received from Cindy
Stickley at United Kennel Club:
This
e-mail is in reponse to your request to close the
Alaskan Klee Kai stud books.
Upon review of the numbers from the counted vote
that was conducted by the Alaskan Klee Kai
Association of America, Inc. (AKKAOA) and the United
Alaskan Klee Kai Association, Inc. (UAKKA) it is
apparent that the general consensus of the
membership who voted is to close single registration
for the Alaskan Klee Kai breed. This matter has
been discussed by myself, the Executive Vice
President of United Kennel Club, Mark Threlfall, and
several members of the single registration committee
and it has been agreed to comply with your request
to close the stud books at this time. Single
registration will be closed for the Alaksan Klee Kai
breed as of January 1, 2007, and will remain closed
until further notice.
Please notify the officers and members of each
association accordingly as to the decision that has
been made. We would ask that you reconvene annually
to discuss this matter and to determine if leaving
the stud books closed is beneficial to the breed or
if consideration should be made to re-open, if only
for a short time, each year.
If you have any further questions or comments for
our registry, please feel free to contact me at your
convenience.
Have a great day!
Cindy Stickley
Registration Dept
UNITED KENNEL CLUB, INC.
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