Upcoming Dog Show

On December 2 the AKC/Eukanuba dog show will arrive in Long Beach, CA. The city quietly rolled back a breeding ban at the request of the show's organizers last year. So, while we fight to keep animals alive, backyard breeders can keep filling the shelters thanks to this rollback.

The powers that be at AKC and Eukanuba need to know that Long Beach is a poor choice for a national show about dogs. With a shelter that has a kill rate of over 85% and a track record for ignoring the Hayden Act and killing pets -- this is hardly the venue for a dog show. Further, it is tragic that Long Beach actively works to shut down rescues in the city limits and prefers to take animals like those seized from Noah's Ark and kill them. If Eukanuba wants to use Long Beach as a venue for their show, you might encourage them to contact the Mayor in order pressure him to bring Animal Control back under control and demonstrate this change by releasing Noah's Ark's animals!

You may want to contact the judges of the show and let them know about their host city's unfriendly animal practices:
http://www.akc.org/invitational/judges/Dec_2006_Judges.cfm

Here's a list of people in the communications department at AKC. You might want to enlighten them about their host city and how much they seem to like to kill dogs:
http://www.akc.org/press_center/communications_dept.cfm

The show will be broadcast on Discovery and Animal Planet. Here's where to contact these media venues and let them know you will actively discourage viewers from watching the show because of Long Beach's police state policies regarding animals and that you will write to the advertisers to let them know that you will not buy their products as long as the AKC show is in Long Beach UNLESS Long Beach changes it's attitude toward animals:

Los Angeles Discovery Channel Advertising Sales: Michael Weber, Vice President
Advertising Sales, Western Region
Phone: (310) 975-5921
Fax: (310) 203-8455

Los Angeles Animal Planet Advertising Sales: Ben Price, Senior Vice President
National Advertising Sales
Phone: (310) 551-1611
Fax: (310) 203-8454

Here is a list of hotels that AKC has designated for people to stay at. You might want to flyer the hotel or actively protest at these venues:
http://www.akc.org/invitational/2006/dec/travel_hotels.cfm

And, as always, you may want to send a letter to the editor about the irony of having a national dog show in Long Beach while LBAC threatens to kill Noah's Ark's animals after illegally seizing them in August. And, that it is strange that a city with a shelter that kills 8 in 10 of the animals that walk through their doors should host a Championship Dog Show.
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