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at Wed Apr 12 11:44:11 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Amazonreptile ]
AB 2862
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PROBLEMS WITH THE BILL REMAINING:
Privacy issues withg buyers having to provide name address and telephone number foe every animal purchase.
Business privacy issues with businesses having to post vendors name address and phone number.
Cookie cutter caging for birds that may be bad for the birds.
Cage size requirements for feeder rodents.
Argument for feeder rodent cage sizes:
Feeder rodents are a prey species. As such they feel safety in numbers. What may seem like crowded conditions is really a safe haven and comfortable environment for the mice and rats. Spread them out into sparse cage as the bill requires and they will still cower, crowded into a small space.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Write letters to the Business and Professions Committee members , your assemblymember and the Governor. Get family friends and coleagues to do the same. If you are a pet store make a flyer spelling out the problems with this bill. Make another flyer for people to sign.
Business and Professions Committee Members
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/welcome.asp?committee=129
Samples can be seen here:
http://209.198.140.167/~scott2/AB2862flyer.doc
http://209.198.140.167/~scott2/AB2862form.doc
Amended Bill as of 04-06-06
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2851-2900/ab_2862_bill_20060406_amended_asm.html
California Legislative Email group webpage:
http://209.198.140.167/~scott2/cptlal.html
Includes a form to put in zip code and learn who your assemblymember is.
PIJAC PetAlert
http://www.pijac.org/files/public/CA_A2862_06.pdf
Governor Schwarzennegger's Contact Information:
http://www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_contacts.jsp
Make sure he gets your letters and flyers.
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A letter I have been sending to privacy advocates in an effort to get them on board:
California Assembly bill AB 2862 attempts to put pet store management into Penal Code making criminals of previously law abiding, tax paying small business owners.
Among various pet store management criteria the state seems to want to know who is buying what animals. The measure will require pet stores to collect name address and telephone numbers of all animal buyers AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE AUTHORITIES FOR ONE YEAR. What exactly does the state want this info for? Why treat folks buying a mouse for snake food or a pet hamster as if they were buying some dangerous product?
Further, the stores will also be required TO POST IN A PUBLIC PLACE the name address and phone numbers of their VENDORS. Making public important proprietary business information, including that of little kids that breed pets for a hobby.
This bill must be stopped.
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Some Privacy Advocates I Found:
Privacy Rights . org
http://www.privacyrights.org/index.htm
Privacy.org
http://www.privacy.org/
THE PRIVACY PLACE . ORG
http://theprivacyplace.org/contact.html
We need the message sent to people outside the pet industry. If you have ideas about media folks, bloggers, privacy advocates or any other group that may be able to help please email scott@amazonreptile.com
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Around the capitol
Make a post here:
http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/Bills/AB_2862
Voice your voice!
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URL for this document:
http://209.198.140.167/~scott2/AB2862.txt
Keep me posted with your progress and any further input:
scott@amazonreptile.com
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NAMED BEST REPTILE STORE IN LOS ANGELES
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AB 2862 FAQ updated - Amazonreptile, Wed Apr 12 11:44:11 2006