The link goes to information about the HSUS conference set up to disparage
purebred dogs and dog breeders in the US just as was done in
England. While breeders finance canine health research and carefully plan
breedings to reduce and eliminate diseases, these activists charge that the
characteristics that define various breeds are abusive in and of
themselves, including short legs, long noses, short noses, tiny bodies, and
giant bodies. The conference is underway now.
http://tinyurl.com/3vxl973
Speakers include some scientists who give the conference legitimacy,
including Dr. Patricia Haines, veterinarian and former AKC board member,
who will speak about the role of parent clubs in canine genetics and
behavior, and OFA's Dr. Gail Smith.
