A shocking proposal by Governor Jerry Brown wants animal shelters in California to no longer be required to hold cats and dogs for more than 72 hours. Shelters would not have to provide veterinary care to animals who need it, and rabbits, reptiles, and other animals could legally be euthanized as soon as they arrive.

Over the years I have been working at the local animal shelter, I have seen a slow improvement for the homeless animals, but this proposal will set all of our efforts back decades.

Please make a brief, polite phone call today to Governor Brown’s office at 916-445-2841, and ask him to scrap his proposal to remove basic protections for shelter animals.

On another subject:

I received my book proofs last night and I am extremely happy with how they look, except for the cover. For some reason, the printer chose to change the design by the way that they trimmed the book cover and I find it takes a lot away from the presentation.

We are waiting for a response from the printer before telling them to submit the book to Amazon for sale. They promised a response within 24 hours,. so it should not be long.

I have been working on the ebook non-stop for the last week. I had to completely relearn how to lay it out, since the ebook publishers will not accept a book that is not done in MS Word. I spent weeks learning how to do it in Adobe InDesign and now I am having to relearn the process all over again.

I have figured out the system and I have the first 1/3 of the book done and expect to finish the ebook by the end of this week. YIPPIE!