The HSUS has launched their statement from the bust dog summit. This is BAD RAP’s statement from the meeting and the direction we will take during our work with the new collaboration.
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April 10th, 2009Summit

The hardest part of going to Vegas for us addicted-to-fresh-air types is moving through the haze of eye-burning, tongue numbing cigarette smoke. The things we do for our dogs. The bust dog summit (named this for now only because it’s late and my eyes are still burning and I can’t think of a better name) came together as planned on Wednesday of this week. The gathering helped us solidify our partnership with Best Friends, ASPCA and Animal Farm Foundation and – especially – to deepen our collective commitment to dogs caught up in raids and larger cruelty cases. We were happy to bring animal control association NACA in as a new partner, too. And we’ll all be looking for a formal policy statement from HSUS that was promised as a result of the meeting.

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