A Close Up Look at Animal Welfare Issues

Robyn Rosenthal from "ACT", Advocates for the Coton de Tulear, appeared as a featured guest on Tina Evangelista-Eppenstein's TV show "A Close Up Look at Animal Welfare Issues". This show provided an excellent synopsis and discussion about the preservation of the Coton de Tulear and our fight against taking the Coton de Tulear to the AKC. Thank you Robyn for representing our group and our beloved breed so eloquently.
A Close Up Look at Animal Welfare Issues

Tina Evangelista-Eppenstein's Coton de Tulear Update!

A Closer Look at Animal Welfare Issues: Update on the Coton de Tulear & Prop B in Missouri.

A long-time animal advocate, Tina Evangelista-Eppenstein will take on local, national and worldwide issues affecting animals today. Tina will explore puppymills, animal cruelty, the dog fur industry, animal shelter issues, experimental research on animals and so much more. Tina is a local tv talk show host and has been a guest on other tv and radio programs throughout Berks County and beyond. Tina welcomes your comments and questions.

http://readingeagle.com/blog.aspx?bid=74&id=22830&t=UPDATE-ON-THE-COTON-de-TULEAR-AND-THE-AK

USACTC's Chutzpah!

by:

Robert Jay Russell, Ph.D.,

Coton de Tulear Club of America President,

www.cotonclub.org

CotonNews@aol.com

(607) 693-2828

April 14, 2011.

Chutzpah |ˈhoŏtspə; ˈ kh oŏtspə; -spä| (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa)

noun informal. Shameless audacity; impudence.

ORIGIN late 19th cent.: Yiddish, from Aramaic ḥu ṣpā.

Following the AKC’s rejection of ACTA and its choice of the USACTC for its frontal show organization, the USACTC Board brazenly announced:

“Dear USACTC members, 

Today we were informed by the AKC, that the USACTC has been chosen to
be the Parent Club for AKC. We have attached a copy of the letter.
While we understand many of the challenges that face us in the years to
come, we are pleased that the Coton de Tulear will now have a strong,
single voice to speak for them.

We are in the process of establishing a Code of Ethics for all of our
members and will continue to be strong in ourcommitment to work against
puppy mills and commercial breeders. We hope that as an AKC Parent Club
our voice will be loud and clear on this subject with AKC as well as
with the public.

Many new USACTC committees will be formed in the upcoming months to
work for the benefit of the Coton de Tulear. We hope that you will
consider helping the USACTC protect and work for the breed that we all
love so very much.

Very truly yours,

Ruth Weidrick and

The USACTC Board Members”

Dr. Russell continues:

Hilarious chutzpah on their part to state that the USACTC is now the “strong, single voice”
that speaks for Cotons. Literally thousands more Coton owners and
breeders oppose the USACTC and the AKC than support this move, so they
err tremendously in proclaiming themselves the sole spokespeople for the
breed. The CTCA, now in its 35th year, is vastly larger than their show
club and we predate their appearance on the Coton scene by more than 17
years. Anyone who knows anything about the CTCA knows that we have
never been silent in our support of the breed that we introduced to the
Western world from their homeland of Madagascar in 1974.

If that weren’t a large enough misstatement, Ms. Weidrick goes on to compound her chutzpah by stating that the USACTC will “work against puppy mills and commercial breeders.”

She appears completely unaware that the AKC is the largest registrar of puppy mill dogs in the
world, that it is stated policy of the AKC to promote their “Large Scale
Breeders Program,” that AKC officials attend and help puppy auctions in
the mid-West, and that the AKC supports and endorses the Hunte
Corporation, the largest wholesale distributor of commercially produced
puppies in the world. The AKC management has never, does not now and
obviously will not in the future tolerate any parent club’s challenge to
their revenue sources.

The USACTC no longer has a Coton registry. They have no say over what
dogs the AKC will register as “AKC Cotons de Tulear.” Ms. Weidrick’s
Cotons will join puppy mill bred, pet shop sold Cotons as complete
equals in the exact same AKC registry database. Their Coton in the show
ring will be indistinguishable from an AKC Coton languishing in a pet
shop somewhere. USACTC breeders will produce the same pups as any AKC
Coton breeder will.

We in the CTCA feel very, very sorry for the fate of these dogs. And
we are thankful that none of our Cotons will be in that unenviable
place.

Ms. Weidrick is likely well aware that the mCTCA will remain a
“strong voice” in support of the Madagascar Coton de Tulear breed and
that unlike her AKC-USACTC, we will be able to maintain a registry,
enforce our strict Code of Ethics and health testing for all our
breeders and owners, and of course we’ll continue to “work against puppy
mills and commercial breeders.”

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copyright 2011 Dr. R. J. Russell & the CTCA

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Thank you to Dr. Russell for publishing this eZine.

"The Bond", by Wayne Pacelle (President/CEO of HSUS)

Visit Barnes & Noble

Synopsis on the Barnes & Noble website - "In it final section, The Bond takes on the arguments of opponents and critics of animal protection and spotlights the groups and industries standing in the way of progress - from the National Rifle Association and agribusiness organizations like the American Farm Bureau, to surprising adversaries like the American Veterinary Medical Assocation and the American Kennel Club."

Best in Show (or NOT)?

An ABC investigation into the price that dog breeds pay for attempting to attain perfection & fleeting glory at Westminster. It is our fear that the Coton de Tulear will suffer, as well, in the hands of AKC breeders & handlers. Please watch this enlightening video!
Best in Show

A Sad Day for the Coton de Tulear

The USACTC has been named the AKC Parent Club for the Coton de Tulear. They may have received the privilege of calling themselves the Parent Club, but the Coton de Tulear has still not been officially AKC recognized.  There can be no "standing on the fence" any longer. Coton fanciers need to pick a side and they need to either fight FOR the Coton to preserve the integrity and health of the breed, or they fight to SHOW the Coton on the red carpet with AKC for their own selfish glory. There are no in betweens. If you are a member of the USACTC Club, then you are pro-AKC and you support Puppy Mills by association.  Please join us NOW in our continued opposition of  AKC recognition for the Coton de Tulear! We must "ACT" swiftly, and we must unite with the common goal of protecting this wonderful breed from the greedy hands of the AKC.

Action Alert!

A Closer Look at Animal Welfare Issues, published by the Reading Eagle:
Save the Coton de Tulear from AKC & Puppy Mills

USACTC & ACTA seeking AKC recognition for the Coton

The USACTC & ACTA are seeking AKC recognition for the Coton de Tulear. Their members represent a minority voice in the Coton community, as the overwhelming majority of Coton owners & fanciers in the US are vehemently opposed to AKC recognition. "ACT" feels these board members should be accountable for their actions, so please contact them to voice your opposition to AKC recognition.

USACTC Board Members

Responsibility	Name	Telephone	Email
President	Ruth Weidrick	859-319-9901	usactcpresident@usactc.org
Vice President	Michael Birch	520-731-8004	usactcvp@usactc.org
Membership Secretary	J.J. Walker	606-478-8295	usactcmemsecretary@usactc.org
Recording Secretary	Rebecca Brown	941-270-1018	usactcrecsecretary@usactc.org
Treasurer	Charlotte Cox	281-292-5619	usactctreasurer@usactc.org
Northern Region Rep.	Denise Simenauer	269-372-2175	usactcnorthern@usactc.org
Western Region Rep.	Jennifer Hermes	909-981-3242	usactcwestern@usactc.org
Central Region Rep.	Luis Ortiz	352-241-4557	usactccentral@usactc.org
Eastern Region Rep.	Julian Baird	508-255-4063	usactceastern@usactc.org
Southern Region Rep.	Brenda Magnon	813-982-0461	usactcsouthern@usactc.org
Past President	Barbara Adcock	254-772-7060	usactcpastpresident@usactc.org

Appointed Officers

Responsibility	Name	Telephone	Contact
Championship Point System	Carmen Ortiz	352-241-4557	usactcpoints@usactc.org
Website Chairperson	Elaine Baird	508-255-4063	usactcweb@usactc.org
Newsletter Editor	Nancy Wolinski	000-000-0000	usactcnewsletter@usactc.org
Registrar	Juli Renois	817-614-1647	usactcregistrar@usactc.org

ACTA Board

Responsibility	Name	Telephone	Email
President	Diane Rinella	949-874-7055	dirinella@me.com
Vice President	Marla Gass	425-836-8182	marla589@yahoo.com
Secretary	Debra Nemrow	909-240-0575	danemrow@verizon.net
Treasurer	Justine Romano	973-541-1111	justine@justincrediblecotons.com
Board of Directors	Pamela Heidinger	520-615-9815	Chateauctn@aol.com
Board of Directors	Kennette Tabor	757-421-7685	Cottonkist@aol.com
Board of Directors	Pat Enright	631-957-1189	Diamnkrest@aol.com
Western Regional Delegate	Bev Kohler	360-357-7624	bevkohler@yahoo.com
Eastern Regional Delegate	Pam Brown	757-421-3072	pambrown427@gmail.com
Rescue Coordinator	Adrianne Dering	770-241-0489	hopecrestcoton@yahoo.com

The Inside "Scoop" on Dog Auctions

The American Kennel Club sends reps to these dog auctions, ready & willing to provide registration forms enabling these dogs to obtain AKC pedigrees! Even mixed/designer breeds are able to obtain AKC papers. Would you like YOUR Coton to have the same AKC papers as those Cotons coming from the puppy mills?
http://video.humanesociety.org/video/629262638001/Channels/729955313001/Puppy-Mills/774154570001/Inside-Dog-Auctions/

Southwest Auction hosts a breeder seminar

http://www.kennelspotlight.com/SOUTHWEST_AUCTION_HOSTS_BREEDER_SEMINAR.pdf
Please note that the American Kennel Club sent a breeder rep to the seminar to provide educational handouts & even provided door prizes!

North Penn Puppy Mill Watch

ACTION ALERT!
Stop AKC From Exploiting Yet ANOTHER Breed:
Protect the Coton de Tulear!
http://nppmwatch.com/

Please Let Your Opinion Be Heard!

Please take a moment to sign the petition voicing your opposition to the AKC recognition of the Coton de Tulear!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/95/Protect-the-rare-breed-Coton-de-Tulear/

Dateline Puppy Mill Exposé

Charlize Theron narrates PETA’s undercover investigation of a puppy mill—the exposé that premiered on Dateline.
http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/video.asp?video=charlize-theron-pupply-mill&player=wm&speed=_med

AKC Loves Puppy Mills . . . .. and the Naive

Please visit the web link below for an eye opener!
http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2008/02/akc-loves-puppy-mills-and-naive.html