Hi
PIJAC has taken credit for a lot of things that they came in after the
initial work was done and made a lot of noise and therefore get/got the
credit. ie the Toronto bylaws. They nearly got us roasted by ignore the
initial letters for involvement and then lying by saying they never got them
and only backtracked when the registered letter files were brought out. I
have the council minutes to prove this somewhere in my files I am not saying
they did not have sway as money always talks BUT it was the groundroots
people, vets and others that did most of the work. Margaret
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil A. Meister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Gecko] where reptiles are banned
> Stuff like this is always a problem. A while back the Canadian Veterinary
> Medicine Association had drafted a position whereby they recommended
> against keeping all non-domestic animals, including all reptiles. The
draft
> was leaked out and several herpers, including some vets, wrote letters
> and made phone calls. PIJAC Canada put a lot of effort into it as well.
> The last I heard it was no longer an issue (for now).
>
> Neil Meister
>
> >Sounds like a lot of people worked very hard. When I moved here I found
> >reptiles were banned from the classrooms of all the district. A school
> >board thing, not health dept. I have a staff meeting with the district
> >this afternoon. we have overturned the policy, now setting some
guidelines.
> >Things can often work out, but ya gotta put some serious time into it.
> >
> >Lyle Puente
>
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