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Whence Comes
the Reversal of Course?
Whence comes the reversal
of course? Can the AKC's abandonment
of its long-held position against any
"fundamental shift" in emphasis
on qualitative criteria for regulation
under the AWA be explained by the public
statements of the AKC and its public
relations machine?
I submit that it cannot.
Sadly, we are left to speculate and
conjecture about the reasoning behind
the reversal of course. We are now sailing
without the benefit of that large flagship
under whose protective guns we have
steamed alongside until now. Yet, we
are not alone. The dog and cat fancies
are still afloat. We have the capability
and firepower to show the flag where
we must now go.
That distant country
- the halls of Congress - has ports
of call that are friendly, as well as
some that are not. It is for we who
are left in the fleet to steer a course
ourselves now to achieve our goal of
protecting and serving the animals and
people who we love.34
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34 I am indebted to many
who assisted in the preparation of this
piece. Included among them are Dante
DeAngelis, Maggie Cecil, Teri Cannon,
and others too numerous to name.
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