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| MilaLBPosts: 6Location: Join Date: January 11, 2009 10:04 AMSend Message |  #1 October 4, 2009 3:38 PMHi All, Well, the old Animal House Blog has been disabled. I had not been there in a couple of weeks or so and was saddened to see that today it is gone.... So many memories, so much hope, tears and smiles written and followed....gone....no going back but I know that the contents of the site had been copied/saved by some of TeamVivi...thank doG for that! We will never forget the correspondence, the challenges and the emotion of the Animal House Blog and and we thank Denise F for allowing all of us to hijack her site.... for Vivi. For the animals needing us. But it was for Vivi. And all because of that beautiful whippet girl who still eludes us. Someday.... I hope we can continue to meet here from time to time. Would be good to say hello to some old friends. VivaLaVivi |
B-J Posts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 May 14, 2009 9:56 AM Hello Pam and Mila I called and the walk went well with no rain. I have to call Bobbi today to see how things went. It was supposedly raining the whole time. Unfortunately at 1 am the day of the walk I was in critical care for an asthma attack. They weere doing a lot of tarring the past week in the neighborhood and coal tar derivitives is one of my more minor triggers. Had an attack the saturday before and was on nebula treatments at home but I guess there was just too much expoxure. Was in 10 days; got home monday afternoon. So I have been trying to put something on my update but I am so sorry to let people down. On the upside I am still here. At least I got to use the pop machine rather than intubation. Each time it gets closer th that. |
| MilaLBPosts: 6Location: Join Date: January 11, 2009 10:04 AMSend Message | #1 May 14, 2009 4:34 AM Hi Pam and B-J!! I check this site and if you look at the views, a lot of others do, too! We are all still hoping and praying for some word on Vivi. How did the walk for Bobbi and the Strays turn out, B-J? |
| Pam-MNPosts: 7Location: Join Date: December 23, 2008 4:48 PMSend Message | #1 May 13, 2009 5:22 PM Hi B-J! How did your fundraiser go the beginning of May. Does anyone still check this site? I've been neglectful, too. I guess I was wondering if anyone still hangs around on here. I do miss those old days when there was constant chatter all the time but as the old saying goes "Time Moves On." |
| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 April 26, 2009 9:11 PM Hello
I want to thank those who are sponsoring me as well as give you all an an update but spreading the word will help also. I have managed to raise $190.00 so far for Bobbi and the Strays.
I know the economy is bad so believe me every little bit helps. Rescues are suffering also. Thanks to the support from people like you, Bobbi and the Strays has been able to rescue animals that need it most. Also many of you are sponsoring other walkers.
My three girls are all seniors and with the weather change if it's hot next week I will have to leave them home They are good walkers and can do the mile and a half but not in the heat of the day. So I will take one of the shelter dogs instead.
I am looking forward to this event. Bobbi and the strays works really hard at saving lives. I can't think of a better reason than that to sponsor a walker so they can continue to do so. I worked for Bobbi for a time and have volunteered as well as fostered a few cats and pulled 5 dogs out of the Brooklyn ACC. Brownie is my permanent foster pulled last year. She just turned 15.
I am adding a few others we the Valley Stream crew have pulled to my photos. Also some photos of saved and adopted out to their forever homes through Bobbi and the Strays. The video on my page shows how dedicated to training and socializing the dogs Bobbi and the Strays staff are.
http://www.firstgiving.com/barbarajeanlandsperg
Looking forward to seeing everyone next week. It should be a bast.
Thank you
Barbara-Jean aka B-J My girls and I will be participating in the Walk 4 Paws fund raiser for Bobbi And The Strays on May 2, 2009 at Forest Park. Please join us for this worthy cause. Bobbi And The Strays does so much to help animals get off the streets, death row and out of bad situations so they get their second chance in life and placed in loving forever homes. Please donate what you can to help the "B-Js Girls" with our fundraising for Bobbi And The Strays. Looking forward to meeting you all on May 2nd 10 AM Thank You B-J. Chillie, Maureen and Brownie |
| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 April 26, 2009 9:11 PM Hello
I want to thank those who are sponsoring me as well as give you all an an update but spreading the word will help also. I have managed to raise $190.00 so far for Bobbi and the Strays.
I know the economy is bad so believe me every little bit helps. Rescues are suffering also. Thanks to the support from people like you, Bobbi and the Strays has been able to rescue animals that need it most. Also many of you are sponsoring other walkers.
My three girls are all seniors and with the weather change if it's hot next week I will have to leave them home They are good walkers and can do the mile and a half but not in the heat of the day. So I will take one of the shelter dogs instead.
I am looking forward to this event. Bobbi and the strays works really hard at saving lives. I can't think of a better reason than that to sponsor a walker so they can continue to do so. I worked for Bobbi for a time and have volunteered as well as fostered a few cats and pulled 5 dogs out of the Brooklyn ACC. Brownie is my permanent foster pulled last year. She just turned 15.
I am adding a few others we the Valley Stream crew have pulled to my photos. Also some photos of saved and adopted out to their forever homes through Bobbi and the Strays. The video on my page shows how dedicated to training and socializing the dogs Bobbi and the Strays staff are.
http://www.firstgiving.com/barbarajeanlandsperg
Looking forward to seeing everyone next week. It should be a bast.
Thank you
Barbara-Jean aka B-J My girls and I will be participating in the Walk 4 Paws fund raiser for Bobbi And The Strays on May 2, 2009 at Forest Park. Please join us for this worthy cause. Bobbi And The Strays does so much to help animals get off the streets, death row and out of bad situations so they get their second chance in life and placed in loving forever homes. Please donate what you can to help the "B-Js Girls" with our fundraising for Bobbi And The Strays. Looking forward to meeting you all on May 2nd 10 AM Thank You B-J. Chillie, Maureen and Brownie |
| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 April 21, 2009 3:51 PM --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Laurie Bleier <info@brooklynanimalfosternetwork.org> wrote:
From: Laurie Bleier <info@brooklynanimalfosternetwork.org> Subject: ACC Protest and Press Conference at City Hall this Sunday. Council Member Tony Avella to speak To: ", " <kmweiser@yahoo.com> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 1:48 PM Having trouble viewing this e-mail? please use this link.| | PLEASE CROSS POST! NYC area animal loving citizens, New Hope Partners and Mayor’s Alliance Groups,
Please join us as we voice our opposition to continuing the City contract with Animal Care & Control (ACC) unless the disinterested and inexperienced Board of Directors including Executive Director, Charlene Pedrolie are replaced with forward thinking, humane shelter professionals and animal rights advocates!
Sunday, April 26
On the Steps of City Hall
Noon to 2pm
Council Member Tony Avella will hold a press conference at that time. Please bring your rescued dog with you if possible. New York City Hall is located at the center of City Hall Park of Lower Manhattan between Broadway, Park Row and Chambers Street.
In October of 07, the Board of Directors of ACC hired Charlene Pedrolie, a business woman with not a shred of shelter or medical experience to run ACC. The Board has inexplicitly stood by and watched as mass resignations of key personnel and firings of long term, dedicated employees and volunteers have decimated the ACC into the nearly unrecognizable entity it is today. Despite recent ACC press releases claiming that euthanasia is down, the fact is, the ACC is contracted to kill animals and is also responsible for finding homes for them. This conflict of interest has resulted in the dishonest reclassification of countless thousands of animals from adoptable to unadoptable for reasons of sickness and temperament. More often then not sickness overtakes the animals in a matter of days and sometimes hours (Strep Zoo Oubreak) as they wait in unsanitary conditions. Witnesses have watched as Temper Tests are deliberately set up to fail terrified animals.
Inexperienced, uncaring and untrained ACC staff bungling has resulted in an avalanche of documentation to the office of Council Member Tony Avella. E-mails and phone calls have outlined the worst cases of accidental death, negligence and abuse. Just last week Mr. Avella announced his office is seeking to obtain all records regarding euthanizations, length of stay for animals brought into ACC, physical examination, as well as records concerning owner notification. This was in response to the case of Angel the Collie who was illegally euthanized a mere 4 hours after admittance into the system despite a 72 hour stray hold mandated by New York City law.
Laurie Bleier
Director
Brooklyn Animal Foster Network
Who to call and email:
Thomas Frieden, M.D.Commissioner NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygene who runs ACC. tfrieden@health.nyc.gov
Work: 212-788-5261 Work fax: 212-964-0472 From the Board of Directors of NYCACC Dr. Jay Kuhlman
sjkuhlman@aol.comVeterinarian 37 E 19th St New York, NY 10003 (212) 477-4080
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| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 April 12, 2009 3:58 PM Hey back Susan. Was thinking of Vivi and her gaot breakfast her first Easter Sunday on the loose. Hope she is enjoying her breakfast indoor and loved these days. http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=1846487707675&source=jl999 |
| susanhjl@comcast.netPosts: 8Location: Join Date: January 13, 2009 7:42 AMSend Message | #1 April 8, 2009 6:46 AM Hi Everyone! The dog's owners were just interviewed on Fox & Friends. What a story of survival and miracles. Never give up hope. Vivi is out there, her miracle will come. And I can't wait for that party. May all of you have a Happy Easter and a Happy Passover filled with family, friends and good health. Miss everyone from the blog and a shout out to the gals of NYC. |
| Kay1945Posts: 12Location: Join Date: December 23, 2008 7:08 PMSend Message | #1 April 7, 2009 7:33 AM WOW is right. That is just amazing. |
| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 April 6, 2009 10:41 AM Wow! http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090406/ts_afp/australiaanimaldogoffbeat_20090406082210 |
| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 April 3, 2009 6:36 PM Guess they jumped the gun --- he didn't veto the bill - he sent it back with amendments ---- if they don't agree to his amendments, then he will veto it. Let's hope they don't like his changes and he vetos it...................
Subject: Montana Governor vetoes horse slaughter bill
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009
April 3, 2009
The Honorable Bob Bergren
Speaker of the House
State Capitol
Helena, MT 59620
The Honorable Robert Story, Jr.
President of the Senate
State Capitol
Helena, MT 59620
Dear Speaker Bergren and President Story:
In accordance with the power vested in me as Governor by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Montana, I hereby return with amendments House Bill 418, “AN ACT AUTHORIZING INVESTOR-OWNED EQUINE SLAUGHTER OR PROCESSING FACILITIES; PROHIBITING A COURT FROM GRANTING AN INJUNCTION TO STOP OR DELAY THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EQUINE SLAUGHTER OR PROCESSING FACILITY BASED ON LEGAL CHALLENGES OR APPEALS OF A PERMIT, LICENSE, CERTIFICATE, OR OTHER APPROVAL ISSUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS; SETTING BONDING REQUIREMENTS; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 75-1-201, 75-2-104, 75-5-614, 75-5-621, 75-5-641, 81-9-111, 81-9-112, 81-9-115, 81-9-116, 81-9-201, 81-9-229, AND 81-9-230, MCA.”
I begin by saying that my proposed amendments do not prevent the licensing and operation of a horse slaughter facility in Montana. My amendments retain those aspects of HB 418 that clarify existing law to ensure that a horse slaughter facility, if licensed to operate in Montana, conforms to Montana’s current laws pertaining to all livestock slaughter facilities. My amendments are focused on eliminating what I believe is the unnecessary and potentially harmful special treatment that would be granted to one particular industry under this bill.
Before addressing my specific amendments, I want you to know that, like you, I believe horse owners must be responsible for the health and care of their animals. Like you, I believe it is unacceptable that any horse would be left starving or to die due to neglect. I also believe owners should have access to a legal method to put their horses down as necessary and appropriate -- due to age, infirmity, or other legitimate circumstances.
While I understand the value in licensing horse slaughter facilities, it is equally important that any facility approved to operate in Montana comply with this state’s health and environmental laws. Therefore, a person applying to license a horse slaughter facility who wishes to do so in accordance with Montana law has nothing to fear from the amendments I propose.
Specifically, my amendments address the limitations imposed upon a person seeking to bring a legal challenge to a license approving a horse slaughter facility. Those limitations are found in sections 1 and 2 of HB 418, which my proposed amendments would strike. I believe sections 1 and 2 of the bill are unnecessary, cast too wide a net, and suffer from potential constitutional infirmities.
Section 1 of HB 418 would prohibit a court from enjoining the construction of a horse slaughter facility based on a challenge to a permit or license approving the facility under Montana’s environmental laws. An injunction is a remedy in equity available to litigants to preserve the status quo where a remedy in law would be inadequate. The remedy of injunction is not freely granted. It is my opinion that current statutory standards for the issuance of injunctions already provide sufficient safeguards to ensure the remedy of injunction will only be available to a party under limited and justified circumstances. For example, § 27-19-201, MCA, authorizes a court to grant a preliminary injunction only if it appears the applicant will be successful on the merits, a great or irreparable injury would occur if the activity were allowed to continue, when it appears the adverse party is doing or threatening to do an act in violation of the applicant’s rights, or for other similarly justified equitable reasons. In other words, I believe that the legal standards currently in existence sufficiently safeguard the rights of all parties, and, conversely, that the restriction upon a court’s power to enjoin construction of a facility unnecessarily tips this balance.
Section 1 of HB 418 additionally would impose liability for “all financial losses” incurred by the facility as a result of an injunction halting operations of the facility if the person bringing the challenge is ultimately unsuccessful. As a practical matter, and I assume the bill was so designed, this penalty provision would have the effect of chilling any efforts to enjoin the operation of a constructed horse slaughter facility by a person challenging the adequacy of the permit, notwithstanding the real harm that might be caused by the continuing operation of the facility. I am unaware of any equivalent provision in Montana law, and I believe its inclusion in this bill unfairly tips the balance by discouraging a challenger from seeking what would otherwise be a legitimate injunction for the benefit and protection of public health and safety. Again, I believe the current, established legal standards relating to the issuance of injunctions – including the current standards pertaining to an award of costs and damages to persons wrongfully enjoined – are sufficiently stringent and properly balance the competing rights of litigants. I do not believe special rules are necessary or appropriate for this particular industry.
Turning to section 2 of HB 418, I am concerned that this mandatory surety bond requirement, established in the bill at the high rate of 20% of the cost to build or operate the facility, and imposed upon any person who challenges a license granted to operate a horse slaughter facility, would effectively deny citizens access to the courts in Montana, in contravention of Article II, section 16 of the Montana Constitution. I am unaware of any other provision in Montana law requiring the posting of a surety bond as a condition to bringing a challenge to the issuance of a permit under Montana’s environmental laws.
I also question the language found in subsection (4) of section 2, which authorizes an award of attorney fees and costs on grounds that the challenge was “without merit.” I believe the meaning of that expression is unclear and would, itself, lead to litigation. Current law already provides courts with well-settled authority to sanction parties or their attorneys who file pleadings in court for improper purposes. As with my other concerns, I see no reason to impose new, special, and undefined standards in this bill, applicable to this one industry, where current law adequately provides for sanctions in proper circumstances.
In addition to the above amendments, I also propose an amendment to section 12 of the bill. As written, the bill requires “investor-owned” horse slaughter facilities to be licensed pursuant to Montana’s licensing laws. My amendment would require all horse slaughter facilities, whether “investor-owned” or otherwise, to be licensed.
The remainder of my amendments are necessary to coordinate with the amendments to strike sections 1 and 2 of the bill.
I recognize that HB 418 has stirred the emotions of many. As a current and long-time horse owner, myself, I understand those feelings. However, I have endeavored to make my decisions on the bill based on what I believe is the correct approach from both a policy and a legal perspective. I respectfully ask that you support my proposed amendments to HB 418.
Sincerely,
BRIAN SCHWEITZER
GOVERNOR
cc: Legislative Services Division |
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| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 April 3, 2009 2:16 PM GOVERNOR SCHWEITZER VETOED THE BILL! THANK YOU EVERYONE that contacted the Montana Governor --- he vetoed the bill --- YES - HE SAID NO TO SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN HIS STATE!!! Kathy |
| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 April 2, 2009 9:40 AM Please Sign STOP HORSE SLAUGHTER - PASS HB503
http://www.americansagainsthorseslaughter.com/ |
| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 March 29, 2009 1:44 PM Please take the poll on our new horse bill recently released. Folks'' I'm sending this to most my contacts because we dont want the pro slaughter groups competing against us on this. Our voting numbers are high right now and our new bill before released has had 12 officals sign on already. Mrs Landrieu Senator of La, is working wonders Here is the link to vote yes for the bill if you pass this one make sure you know they are for our bills. Thanks Everyone..
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| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 March 21, 2009 12:46 PM Ask the President You can to to this link and ask the President anything --- please ask him if he will support ending horse slaughter in America ---- he and VP Biden were both co-sponsors last year of the anti-slaughter bill.
http://www.communitycounts.com/forum/?id=Obama |
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| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 March 16, 2009 5:36 PM Read about three ways to help horses in 2009 Below they show three ways to help horses......I'm asking you to look hard at helping me with Way Number Three --- please contact your members of congress and ask them to support HR 503 - our horses thank you.
As you have seen lately - so many states are trying to get slaughterhouses opened on a state by state level --- we have to stop this otherwise every state will be slaughtering our horses. Please write or call your congressmen - be the squeaky wheel. Thanks
Kathy https://community.hsus.org/humane/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=31628954 |
| susanhjl@comcast.netPosts: 8Location: Join Date: January 13, 2009 7:42 AMSend Message | #1 March 3, 2009 4:09 PM Hi! I finished the list of Ill Reps who are voting no to HB583. Their offices are getting flooded with calls from all over the country. Power to the people and the horses! |
| B-JPosts: 27Location: Join Date: December 21, 2008 8:15 AMSend Message | #1 February 28, 2009 2:58 PM Thank you Susan. And of course money seems to the root of corruption. |
| susanhjl@comcast.netPosts: 8Location: Join Date: January 13, 2009 7:42 AMSend Message | #1 February 28, 2009 10:51 AM Hi all, I couldn't access the story, but on Comcast it said that a dog that had been missing for 7 years has been returned. Keep the Faith for our Vivi. We sure could use her miracle now. B-J, I have been working on the CT team for FOB and will contact those on your list for the Federal bill. I can't believe these people. Build horse killing fields to get some money, sacrifice America's treasured horses to feed foreign countries ( We don't ask India for their cows), yet release that Barbarian Michael Vick to house arrest after he ran a dog fighting operation, did killing himself, and unmentionable cruelty to those poor dogs. What is wrong with this picture? |
