Animal right's is wrong!

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]From: "Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance (SAOVA)" http://saova. org

A SAOVA message to sportsmen, pet owners and farmers concerned about protecting their traditions, avocations and livelihoods from anti-hunting, anti-breeding, animal guardianship advocates. Forwarding and cross posting, with attribution, encouraged.

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Animal Rights is Wrong
by Loretta Baughan
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It always amazes me to see how many people fall prey to the slick photos of puppies and kittens national animal rights groups use to solicit donations. Too often, people who support these organizations are misled into thinking they are actually helping animals or their local humane societies. Despite having a name that suggests an active role in overseeing or operating local humane societies, in reality the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is little more than a $200-million dollar lobbying organization tirelessly working to ramrod their anti-animal, anti-people agenda into law. On occasions where cases of animal abuse or neglect become the focus of media attention, HSUS often sweeps into town to hog the spotlight while soliciting donations from the unsuspecting public. Like a thief in the night, HSUS packs up and exits - along with the public's donations - as soon as the media's attention fades, leaving struggling, underfunded local animal shelters and rescue groups bearing the financial burden of care for the confiscated animals.

"The Humane Society of the United States works with local Humane Societies across the country. We don't control every local Humane Society in this nation. These organizations strive to the greatest degree to provide homes for animals and to encourage adoption, to spay and neuter animals. And if a decision is made to euthanize, it is a failure of society, not the local organizations who are striving to do their best."

--Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) testimony at the Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007, the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007, and the Preventing Harassment Through Outbound Number Enforcement (Phone) Act of 2007 hearing before the subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security; Committee of the Judiciary in the House of Representatives, February 6, 2007, pg 104

"Primarily they felt that the organization took on many issues purely for their publicity value, regardless of the facts of the case; subtly misrepresented itself in its fund-raising efforts by leading contributors to believe they were donating to local humane societies for animal rescue, when in fact these groups received no money from HSUS; and frequently sought to gain credit for the work of smaller less funded organizations. "
--Dogs Best Friend by Mark Derr (2004), pg 257

It doesn't help when the media interviews HSUS or PETA representatives every time a news story related to animals comes along. Those involved in animal rights groups are largely ignorant of animal husbandry practices. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone associated with any animal rights group who was raised on a farm or who ever raised a litter of puppies or kittens. Yet, these people are viewed as "experts" in all things animal? Hardly. Instead of rushing to mouthpieces for animal rights organizations who exaggerate non-existent "problems" and demonize those who have dedicated their lives to their animals, the public would be much better served if the media would turn to the true "experts" who actually care deeply about animal welfare: legitimate organizations that represent farmers, hunters, fishermen, ranchers and dog breeders, to name a few.

In order to understand the issue, one has to first grasp the difference between "animal welfare" and "animal rights". Some animal rights groups, seeking to appear less radical so as to gain members and increase donations, will claim they are "animal welfare" organizations. But the terms are not interchangeable. In fact, they are opposites.

"While those who adopt the animal welfare position seek merely to reduce animal suffering, supporters of animal rights aim to abolish it, demanding not bigger cages and "humane treatment", but rather, empty cages and total liberation. Animal welfare philosophy accepts the property status of animals, but animal rights philosophy insists that animals are subjects of their own life and no one's to own."
--Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?, Reflections on the Liberation of Animals by Steven Best and Anthony J. Nocella (2004), pg 26
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are two high profile animal rights groups. While PETA is best known for their outlandish publicity stunts, HSUS is often referred to as "PETA in suits". In recent years, HSUS has attempted to distance themselves from the "animal rights" label in an effort to appear mainstream so as to appeal to more donors. They often refer to themselves as "animal advocates" or "animal protectionists" . So what does that mean?

"Animal advocacy groups are, in a sense, attempting to interfere in the relationship between property (the animals) and the property owner."
--Animals, Property, and the Law by Gary Lawrence Francione (1995), pg 81

"I regard myself as an advocate of animal rights - as part of the animal rights movement. That movement, as I conceive it, is committed to a number of goals, including: the total abolition of the use of animals in science; the total dissolution of commercial animal agriculture; the total elimination of commercial and sport hunting and trapping."
--Tom Regan, The Struggle for Animal Rights, published in Animal Rights by Andrew Linzey and Paul A.B. Clarke, pg. 176 (2004)

"Much of the work of animal advocates is aimed not at research but at hunting, trapping, animal farming, and the slaughter of animals for food... However, a great deal of the currently much-expanded activity of animal activists seeks not the humane treatment of animals but their total 'liberation' from all uses by human beings, including the wearing of fur and leather, eating of meat and poultry, and keeping of pets."
--Morton M. Hunt, The New Know-nothings: The Political Foes of the Scientific Study of Human Nature (1999), pg 307

Philosophically, there is no difference between groups or individuals who identify themselves as "animal rights" or "animal advocates" since both believe that animals should not be owned or used by people.

Let's remove the mask and identify the Humane Society of the United States by their actions, not their lip service. HSUS has demonstrated on numerous occasions a complete intolerance for hunting, as evidenced by their ongoing efforts to effect bans against hunting in various areas of the country.

 

Let's remove the mask and identify the Humane Society of the United States by their actions, not their lip service. HSUS has demonstrated on numerous occasions a complete intolerance for hunting, as evidenced by their ongoing efforts to effect bans against hunting in various areas of the country.

 

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http://spanieljourn al.com/42lbaugha n.html

This link is the artical in it's entirety. Only part of the artical was posted on the forum. Please click on the link to read it. Good Artical!

 

Dear Ms. Baughan:

I will most certainly abide by your wishes, to the best of my ability. I am so sorry that your article was broadcast in its entirety and so did not succeed in its intended purpose of attracting traffic to
http://spanieljourn al.com/42lbaugha n.html/. [YOU, reading this: Please go there NOW!]

The problem is that your article is so excellently and accurately written that everyone wanted to be sure that everybody else saw it, too. When I first read it on Saturday, August 22, 2009 (11 days after being distributed by SAOVA) I was only too glad to do my part and "CROSSPOST WIDELY!!" as requested (see below.)

No one meant any disrespect; certainly not those of us who thought we'd found an enlightened voice! We who are not accustomed to equating websites with income never considered the possibility of consequences such as this. (I am not acquainted with Susan Wolf, but I feel certain that I also speak for her.) I humbly ask that you reconsider your statement that you "seriously doubt that I'll be writing any more articles pertaining to dog legislation or exposing the AR threat." We who have a voice must use it, lest it be silenced...

People, let's help her out by clicking on http://spanieljourn al.com/42lbaugha n.html and reading the final version!

Thank you all.

Kathy
Houston TX

View this video: "Hatched in The U.S.A."
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Animal RIGHTS = No Pets LEFT!

Protect your *privilege* to keep pets
·American Federation of Aviculture www.afabirds. org
·Animal Rights or Human Responsibility www.ar-hr.com
·Avicultural Society of America www.asabirds. org
·National Animal Interest Alliance www.naiaonline. org
·National Avian Welfare Alliance www.nawabirds. com/about. htm
·Pet-Law www.pet-law. com (also see state lists)
·Responsible Exotic Animal Owners www.rexano.org
·Responsible Pet Owners Alliance www.responsiblepeto wners.org
·Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance http://saova. org

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Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 8:53:23 PM
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=times new roman, new york, times, serif][FONT=tahoma, 'new york', times, serif]Hello Kathy, [/FONT]

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]It has come to my attention that you've been forwarding my article "Animal Rights is Wrong" in it's complete form to various lists indicating that it can be widely crossposted. This is Not true! I never authorized SAOVA to send it out in it's complete form. They did so without my permission. I have only authorized any of my articles to be sent out if it is limited to the first paragraph along with a link to the actual article on Spaniel Journal: [/FONT]

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]http://spanieljourn al.com/42lbaugha n.html[/FONT]

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I may mention that the version which was sent by SAOVA is NOT the final version that appears on my website. I added a couple of excellent quotes - one from Cass Sunstein, that exposes HSUS and PETA for what they truly are. [/FONT]


[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I spent several months researching this article - and many countless hours working on it. I intended for it to ONLY be available online at my website. The article can be easily printed (for distribution to puppy buyers, vets, club members, legislators, etc...) or shared on various social networks from my website. It is very frustrating for me to see my article circulating like this through emails and on lists. I worked hard, hoping to see a boost in my website's traffic, so I might attract some advertisers to help defray my costs. I fully expect to be disrespected by the animal rights crowd. I did not expect to be disrespected by the dog community. Because of this, I seriously doubt that I'll be writing any more articles pertaining to dog legislation or exposing the AR threat.[/FONT]


[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Please feel free to send this note on to any lists or persons who you sent my article to - or received it from.[/FONT]


[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Thank you for your help in straightening out this mess.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]~Loretta Baughan[/FONT]
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U know i watched a show about sled dogs today and saw many,many, many dogs. this one place had 2-300 dogs tied just out of reach of each other. whats the freakn difference? I'll tell u they arent a pitbull. :mad: and those dogs get weather to 60 below. with nothing more than a wooden box. And they want to cry fowl at someone owning 10-20 dogs,,, jibberish

 

i watched this episode of "dirty jobs" today also, iwas going to post aboit it but didn't. that was a nice yard, cold but nice.


this is a good article. i wish more people felt this way.

 

Great article!