04.14.11
Posted in Animal Activists, Animal Ownership, Miscellany, On the National Front, Pet Laws, What is HSUS? at 11:01 pm by Administrator
Exploring Our Connection With Pets
April 6, 2011 | By Amy Lieberman | Category: Adoption & Rescue | 2 comments
A new book celebrates “The Bond” between people and animals.
As far as Wayne Pacelle can remember, back to his early days of
childhood, he has felt instinctively passionate about and connected to
animals.
“The passion I felt just wasn’t for the dogs in our home. It manifested
itself in other ways, such as drawing pictures of animals and dog-earing
all of our encyclopedias to the pages that had mammals and birds as
entries,” said Pacelle, the president and CEO of the Humane Society of
the United States, the country’s largest animal protection organization.
“I was just very alert to animals and their needs. I knew it was wrong
to harm animals before anyone provided that kind of moral guidance.”…….
This is a bit different than the quotes we have from Pacelle such as:
“I don’t have a hands-on fondness for animals…To this day I don’t feel
bonded to any non-human animal. I like them and I pet them and I’m kind
to them, but there’s no special bond between me and other animals.”
Wayne Pacelle quoted in Bloodties: Nature, Culture and the Hunt by Ted
Kerasote, 1993, p. 251, before joining the HSUS.
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03.20.11
Posted in Animal Activists, Animal Ownership, Miscellany, On the National Front, What is HSUS? at 12:07 am by Administrator
In 2010, more than half the US population (62%, or 71 million households) owned at least one pet, and the US population spent almost 48 billion dollars on pet care.
Most pet owners in the US have heard of HSUS, PeTA, and other animal organizations. Their names are household words. But are they pet-friendly? Here are some quotes from our animal rights organizations:
My goal is the abolition of all animal agriculture. — J.P. Goodwin while executive director of the Coalition Against the Fur Trade (As quoted on AR-Views, an animal rights Internet discussion group).
It is time we demand an end to the misguided and abusive concept of animal ownership. The first step on this long, but just, road would be ending the concept of pet ownership. — Elliot Katz, President, In Defense of Animals, “In Defense of Animals,” Spring 1997.
Liberating our language by eliminating the word ‘pet’ is the first step … In an ideal society where all exploitation and oppression has been eliminated, it will be NJARA’s policy to oppose the keeping of animals as ‘pets.’ — New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance, “Should Dogs Be Kept As Pets? NO!” Good Dog! February 1991, p.20.
I don’t use the word “pet.” I think it’s speciesist language. I prefer “companion animal.” For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship – enjoyment at a distance — Ingrid Newkirk, PETA’s President, quoted in The Harper’s Forum Book, Jack Hitt, ed., 1989, p.223.
We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding. …One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding — Wayne Pacelle – Former National Director of Fund for Animals.
How dare we, as pet owners, lobbyists, and politicians bow down to these words! Humans and animals have had a mutually compatible relationship for eons. In the process of human history, we have selected animals for traits that were beneficial to us. The elkhound helped the Vikings hunt moose – thus staving off hunger for humans. The shepherding dogs tended our livestock against wolves – thus staving off hunger for humans. The arctic dogs provided transportation in desolate areas of the world – thus staving off hunger for humans. Every breed of dog has been bred for a purpose. The haughty arrogance of the Animal Rights movement fails to acknowledge that our various species – including domesticated livestock – are a part of human history – a history that should and MUST be preserved. Conscientious breeders are truly historians, preserving a part of our human history. In the process, they also produce companion animals who love and adore them, and are loved back.
I hope every pet owner, breeder, lobbyist, and politician will realize that the Animal Rights movement means just that….ANIMAL RIGHTS MEANS NO ANIMALS LEFT.
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07.25.10
Posted in Animal Activists, Miscellany, On the National Front, Pet Laws, Pet Owner Bill of Rights, elkhounds at 12:28 am by Administrator
http://tinyurl.com/2edj2p7
http://www.salon.com/wires/allwires/07/23/D9H4UND81_us_odd_not_a_coyote/index.htmlFRIDAY
JUL 23, 2010 15:22 ET
Woman’s dog mistaken for coyote, set loose in wild
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP
Copper, an American Kennel Club-registered female Sheba Inu, is seen in
a July 3, 2010 photo provided by the Frankfort Ky. Police Department.
Copper has been turned loose in the wild after the Frankfort Humane
Society mistook her for a coyote. (AP Photo/Frankfort Ky. Police Department)
An American Kennel Club-registered dog has been turned loose in the wild
after the Frankfort Humane Society mistook her for a coyote. Copper is a
female Sheba Inu.
Lori Goodlett told The State-Journal her pet of 11 years disappeared
from her fenced back yard on July 3. It was after she put up posters
that a police officer recognized Copper as the dog he had taken to the
shelter. A shelter worker later called police and said it had to be
picked up because coyotes weren’t allowed there……
NAIA News
National Animal Interest Alliance
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11.24.09
Posted in Miscellany at 5:53 pm by Administrator
The Last Dog On Earth — Hildegard Patton (written in 2005)
They were at the door. Her little dog was growling softly. She tried to hush the sound. She knew what they wanted. She felt as though her heart was being ripped from her chest. She had managed to hide her little friend for years. She shared her food and bed with her. She had bought her on the black market. It had cost her dearly but it was worth it. She had been so alone. Nothing to love her or for her to love in return. Her children had grown up and forgotten her. Her husband had died two years before she found Sweetie. Sweetie had been a tiny black and tan ball of fur showing her Yorkshire Terrier background.
Of course, she knew that Sweetie could not been purebred. There had been no purebred dogs for years. There were few dogs since the breeders had been slowly and methodically beaten down. When this first started, everyone sat back and said they could not possibly be the breeders they were talking about. After all, they loved their dogs and they were not puppymills. They would never let themselves be overloaded with dogs.
Some of them did not get overloaded nor did they breed more than a litter or two a year. They were smug and secure in that only the puppymills were being raided. The raids were relentless. They would take place in one state then another. The dog raiders got smarter with every raid. They learned about warrants, the court system, the law in different states and they used whatever means they could to eliminate the breeders of dogs.
Some people thought the raiders were dog lovers trying to save the poor mistreated puppies. Some of them were dog lovers, at first. The well-meaning rescue groups were used. The American Kennel Club was used. They would revoke the rights of the breeder who was raided. Kennel clubs were infiltrated and destroyed from within. The very fiber of the dog world was silently unraveled one string at a time.
Everyone would rise to arms against every breeder raided. Saying things like that terrible person mistreated those poor dogs; that person had too many dogs; and that person is crazy. If the truth were not provoking enough they would lie and say that person should die. They campaigned by e-mail, petitioned the courts, and used political pull. Even when common sense would tell them that they did not know the facts or circumstances, they persist. They would see fat happy tail wagging dogs and would say abused dogs. They no longer believed their own eyes. The dogs tried to tell the truth but no one could hear them. True, there were cases of abuse, beaten, starved, and sick animals at first.
Then the tide shifted. Good honest dog loving people started to be raided. Any reason was used. Dogs were taken and the owners refused rights to reclaim their dogs. The raiders started to narrow the number of dogs which were in violation. Any person with a dog became a target. Dog grooming became a thing of the past. Veterinarian services were performed out of back room under the dark of night until there were no veterinarians. Dog shows had long disappeared along with the American Kennel Club. Children were told tales of the days when every boy had a dog to run with through fields. The stories of “Old Shep,” “Ol’Yeller”, “Call of the Wild”, “Lassie” and all those wonderful stories which would bring tears to the eyes of grown men were being forgotten except by a few.
But she remembered as a little girl the small dog who loved her, followed her everywhere, and gave her comfort like no one on earth could give. She just had to find her that special warmth, the grateful lick-kiss, something that loved her unconditional and a reason for getting up in the morning. She found Sweetie Now they were at her door to take the life that she cherished. The warm little black and tan 3-pound body that loved her as much as she loved it. And there was no one to stop them.
The old lady with the last dog on earth.
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