Thursday, March 15, 2007
Information about the Tennessee Cluster
The comments on my feeling about the Louisville Show have raised some questions about the rumours out of the Tennessee Show and a cross posting that was done during or after the Tennessee Cluster. The following was a email I received about the show. The original note was from Brenda Weiss the chairman of the Nashville Kennel Club. Cross posted with permission. I want to thank Myrna for sending this to me.
“I am the show chairman for the Nashville Kennel Club and the cluster chairman for the Country Music Cluster in Franklin, TN. This story has gotten out of hand and untrue. No one stole a dog. A man and small child were at the shows. Someone overheard him say that he thought it was cruel to keep the dogs in the cages. He took pictures of a few dogs (all were in approriate size crates and well taken care off). We were alerted to look for him and make sure nothing happened. We never found him or the child. We had alerted our security and watched entrances to the bldg and let people enter through one entrance. A man fitting the description was seen with a boxer. He was a a crate, when asked if he was from PETA, he said yes, he was. Then he proceeded to put the boxer in the crate and leave. It turned out he was the owner of the boxer and a dog person known to the boxer people. He thought he was just being funny when he said it an didn’t know we were under the impression that someone might be at the show to cause problems (which it was turned out no one was ever identified). He apologized for causing the commotion.
PLEASE STOP THIS RUMOUR!!! No one tried to steal a GSD or any other dog. We took precautionary measures to keep any potential problem from arising.”
Thank you,
Brenda Weiss, Nashville KC
Thanks to Brenda for setting the record straight.
On an editorial note, I believe the folks at the Tennessee show made a very sound decision better to error on the side of caution. To be fair to PETA they have a few members who go to extreme measures to get their point across my earlier segment is directed at that and the law in Louisville. Mix a law like the one passed in Louisville with extreme elements of PETA and you have the making of trouble.
As this story continues to develop I will continue to cover it if you wish to help the Louisville Kennel Club fight this law I recommend this link (Louisville Kennel Club). If you believe PETA’s more radical members are beyond releasing animals and you believe Carla’s comments from “Ask Carla” I would recommend reading Wesley J. Smith’s article from the National Review.
Pending 
