Animal Rights and RALEEF
To our wonderful visitors: We have never felt that the purpose of this site should be political. However, with all of the on-going animal legislation (and breed specific bans --- dogs), we felt it was high time that we publicly took a stand. It is time for all animal lovers who wish to continue to own and enjoy their chosen breeds (whether show or pet) to take a stand or you may lose the right to own your chosen animal or breed. Become educated. The Animal Rights Organizations are not just about animal rights or prevention of cruelty to animals. These organizations and their efforts will affect everyone ... not just show people or hobby breeders ... but pet owners also.
You have a voice... it is time to use it. Below is a wonderful article by Paul Root, Chairman of RALEEF, (reprinted with permission).
My Cat Votes... Does Yours?
Yes, my cat votes... but what about yours? It's high time they did or the possibility of no cat households may become a reality.
Over 40,000,000 American households own at least one dog. When you add cats into the equation over 50% of all Americans own a loveable furry fuzz ball. Furthermore... when you add all categories of pets into the equation, pet ownership approaches 70 percent of all Americans. That's a very impressive statistic and these same folks sponsor a "multi billion" dollar pet industry that provides more than $14 billion in food and billions more in veterinary care, toys, and other related products. One could also assume this would create a significant block of voters -- and it does. The rub of course, is that not all of those pet owners belong to the same party or share the same ideologies. The purpose of this article is to persuade you to come together to actively support your right to own a pet!
There are groups that are busily working to make the right to own any animal a memory. They are known as "Animal Rights Organizations". They are well financed and committed with thousands of like-minded activists promoting legislation and ordinances that will eventually lead to "no pet" households.
These organizations sound like kind and caring groups who only want what's best for "mans best friends". Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the largest. The word "Humane" by its very nature sounds great. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is another Animal Rights Organization (ARO). Who wouldn't want their animals treated "ethically"? However, these two organizations do not support the "Animal Welfare" that their names would indicate, but instead are committed to the concept of "Animal Rights". There is a huge difference between the two! Both subscribe to the "Animal Rights Agenda" (ARA) listed below...
- Abolish all animal research;
- Abolish all product testing, dissection, or demonstrations on animals;
- Encourage 'vegetarianism' for ethical, ecological, and healing reasons;
- Phase out all forms of 'animal agriculture'... i.e. the growing of animals for food;
- Abolish all pesticides and any form of predator control;
- Transfer the enforcement of animal welfare legislation from the Department of Agriculture to a new agency created for the protection of animals and the environment;
- Abolish all trapping and fur ranching;
- Abolish all 'hunting and fishing' for sport;
- Save the rain forests and ban all international trade in wildlife or goods produced from exotic animals;
- Abolish all breeding of companion animals... including pedigreed or purebred dogs and cats!!!!;
- Abolish the use or association of animals in sports, entertainment, zoo's, rodeos, coursing, or aquariums;
- Prohibit the production of genetically manipulated transgenic animals.
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