Date: Jul 23, 2006 10:48 PM
Subject: [MRTX] SELLING TO RESEARCH HAS STOPPED IN JACKSON COUNTY
Subject: [MRTX] SELLING TO RESEARCH HAS STOPPED IN JACKSON COUNTY
PRESS RELEASE
>
>From: Judy Dynnik,
> Executive Director
> Jackson County Volunteers Against Pound Seizure
> P.O. Box 73, Rives Junction, MI, 49277
> www.members.aol.com/justice4them
> (517)783-3701 or (517)783-1997
>
>Re: Jackson County Commission Meeting of July 18, 2006. Jackson
County,
>Michigan stops the sale of shelter pets to research!!
>
>Date: July 21, 2006
>
>Jackson County Volunteers Against Pound Seizure, an all-volunteer
Michigan
>pet welfare non-profit, along with fellow pet lovers, animal
activists and
>concerned citizens who fought the issue before, won a huge victory
in
>Jackson
>County, Michigan on Tuesday, July 18, 2006. After decades of
allowing
>pound
>seizure (the sale of county shelter pets to research), this
practice has
>ended!
>
>Attempts to stop it date back to the 60's right after it began.
The
>largest
>effort was valiantly led by artist Nancy Camden (then Hauser) in
the mid
>80's
>when residents gathered over 6,000 petition signatures.
>
>Jackson County Volunteers Against Pound Seizure formed after the
vote was
>lost again in 2004 and worked diligently for several years putting
up a
>website,
>having information booths, writing letters to the editor and
speaking at
>commission meetings. Attorney Allie Phillips volunteered countless
hours
>giving
>legal advice. Dr. Bob Walsh presented scientific evidence why
county
>shelter
>pets do not make good research models because their history is not
known.
>Our
>commissioners voted 10-1 to stop the practice. Our pets are now
safer and
>our
>community now follows the guidelines of the National Animal Control
>Association which benefits everyone in our community!
>
>Please check out our website for the history and details of this
important
>pet welfare cause-including the story of Conan who was sold to
research and
>killed before his owners could get him back. We now join the
approximately
>76 out
>of 83 counties in Michigan who care about the welfare of our pets.
This
>proves a small group of people can make a difference!!
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>From: Judy Dynnik,
> Executive Director
> Jackson County Volunteers Against Pound Seizure
> P.O. Box 73, Rives Junction, MI, 49277
> www.members.aol.com/justice4them
> (517)783-3701 or (517)783-1997
>
>Re: Jackson County Commission Meeting of July 18, 2006. Jackson
County,
>Michigan stops the sale of shelter pets to research!!
>
>Date: July 21, 2006
>
>Jackson County Volunteers Against Pound Seizure, an all-volunteer
Michigan
>pet welfare non-profit, along with fellow pet lovers, animal
activists and
>concerned citizens who fought the issue before, won a huge victory
in
>Jackson
>County, Michigan on Tuesday, July 18, 2006. After decades of
allowing
>pound
>seizure (the sale of county shelter pets to research), this
practice has
>ended!
>
>Attempts to stop it date back to the 60's right after it began.
The
>largest
>effort was valiantly led by artist Nancy Camden (then Hauser) in
the mid
>80's
>when residents gathered over 6,000 petition signatures.
>
>Jackson County Volunteers Against Pound Seizure formed after the
vote was
>lost again in 2004 and worked diligently for several years putting
up a
>website,
>having information booths, writing letters to the editor and
speaking at
>commission meetings. Attorney Allie Phillips volunteered countless
hours
>giving
>legal advice. Dr. Bob Walsh presented scientific evidence why
county
>shelter
>pets do not make good research models because their history is not
known.
>Our
>commissioners voted 10-1 to stop the practice. Our pets are now
safer and
>our
>community now follows the guidelines of the National Animal Control
>Association which benefits everyone in our community!
>
>Please check out our website for the history and details of this
important
>pet welfare cause-including the story of Conan who was sold to
research and
>killed before his owners could get him back. We now join the
approximately
>76 out
>of 83 counties in Michigan who care about the welfare of our pets.
This
>proves a small group of people can make a difference!!
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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