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180 AR H$U$

Anti-Pet Laws

Intro’d So Far in 2009

in 34 States

http://petdefense.wordpress.com/180-ar-anti-pet-laws-introd-so-far-2009-34-states/

HSUS Pushes ANTI-PET, Animal Rights Laws Nationwide–in PARTICULAR dog and dog breeding/related………….

….YES………….over 180 laws….

New Jersey leads the pack, with 23 separate bills, followed by

18 in Illinois,

15 in Massachusetts,

14 in New York,

13 in Hawaii,

9 in Tennessee,

8 in Connecticut,

7 in Texas,

6 in New Hampshire and Florida.

Other states with more than one bill are Arizona, Arkansas, California, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

Wyoming, Washington, Vermont, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kentucky, Kansas, Delaware and Colorado face one bill apiece

http://www.cfa.org/exhibitors/bill-tracking.pdf [Cat Fanciers Association site]

If for one second, you believed that supporting HSUS was a good idea, you better wake up and realize where your $$ are going. It’s going to support ANTI-PET LAWS against the buying, selling, breeding, showing, and owning of animals.

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The gospel according to H$U$

From The Endangered Owner

Unless you've been living under a rock this year, it's impossible to avoid the onslaught of "ANTI-dog breeder" bills that have been introduced in no less than two dozen states pushed by none other than the Humane Society of the United States.

These two dozen bills are worded almost identical in all states, with the common theme being to limit the number of intact animals a person can own and in most cases, allowing for WARRANTLESS searches of the breeder's premises.

Are these laws really about cracking down on substandard breeders? Or is it a nationwide push to make dog breeding so troublesome and expensive that hobby breeders will just quit?

According to Wayne Pacelle's blog,

• "There are perhaps more than 10,000 mills in the nation, with Missouri accounting for more than 3,000, and then Oklahoma and Iowa the next biggest."
• Last year Virginia was the "hub" of puppy mills (the "Virginia Is For Puppy Mills" campaign), and Pennsylvania is "the puppy mill capitol of the East"

Gee, with Wayne stating facts like that, it makes you wonder WHY legislation is needed in states like Nevada, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, Tennessee, Illinois, Maine, West Virginia, Arkansas, Delaware, Texas, California, Florida....you get the idea. Are all of these states infested with "puppy mills" as well?? The real reason for these bills? To ensnare the "other guy"...the hobby breeder; those breeders who are not required to operate under USDA guidelines.

From the H$U$ website: "Under current law in most states, and under current regulations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, individuals running breeding operations that only sell puppies directly to the public are not required to be licensed and inspected by an oversight agency." (YEP, show folks, that's YOU!)

And further: "USDA exempts breeding facilities – regardless of the number of animals they have or financial thresholds they meet – where the puppies are bred and sold directly to private pet owners as "retail pet stores."........"Without oversight, the operations can easily fall below even the most basic standards of humane housing and husbandry."

A good breeding facility law: (According to H$U$)
applies to all breeding operations with animals or animal sales numbering over a specified threshold. (can you say "limit laws")

• requires a licensing fee and pre-inspection. (Like $500 per intact animal fee...and "must be of good moral character", as we have seen in bills proposed this year)
• includes routine, unannounced inspections at least twice yearly. (Warrantless searches of private property, unconstitutional last time I checked)
• is enforced by an agency with adequate funding and properly trained and tested staff. (Oh yeah, we're just in the worst economic crisis since the Depression, but I'm sure Wayne and company would love to step in and take over this job, huh)
• rotates inspectors to cover different areas of the state. (Uh-huh, I can see that happening...who would want to uproot their families to move to a different area...)
• is equipped with strong penalties when facilities are in repeated non-compliance, including but not limited to cease and desist orders. (H$U$ translation: raids, intimidation of breeders into "signing over" all dogs so said dogs can be sold for profit to further stuff their warchests)

Do you get it yet?

Have you connected the dots?

The current nationwide push to "end puppy mills" is NOT about protecting animals...it is NOT about cracking down on substandard breeders...it is NOT about regulating commercial breeders that are already under USDA guidelines...

What it IS about is ending purebred dog breeding. Period. Using incrementalism (limiting the number of animals someone can own, which can easily be lowered next time, in a new law), the Animal Rights group, the Humane Society of the United States, is pushing it's REAL agenda: to eliminate the hobby breeder, who has now become "just another puppy mill" in the eyes of the public...There is no one left to throw under the bus. The bus is headed straight for OUR breeding programs.

Are you willing to throw away years of dedication to your breed and your breeding program? Are you still one of those breeders that thinks "this law won't apply to me"? Now it does. There can be no compromise, no backing down.

The only way to defeat the bullies is to get in their faces and scream, "HELL NO!! You will NOT take away MY rights...you will NOT tell me how many dogs I can own...you WILL NOT tell me how or when or to which dogs I can breed to!!!"

The "Anti-dog breeder bus" is roaring down the street...in YOUR state, or will be headed there shortly. There will be no "other guy" to sacrifice like we have done in the past because we are now the "other guy".

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Abridged from Pet Defense

APBT and all Bully Type Dogs, Boxers, Mastiff Owners, Dobies, Danes, Rotties, Cane Corso, any medium-large dog breeds-AND small dog owners or any dog breeders, kennels, show dog owners, dog/cat owners, trainers, pet sitters, Parents with kids who own dogs of any kind:

Please consider joining the Crusade Against HSUS.

Everyone is faced with the same losses that HSUS presents….

All of you and the public at large may or may not know about HSUS, the Humane Society of the United States….the giant conglomerate multi-state, multi-country corporate entity with tons of sub corporations, and merged corporations….the largest Animal Rights conglomerated group with all the $$$$…..

If you think the “work” HSUS does is just work for seals or whales or lambs/pigs?

VERY VERY VERY WRONG. W–R–O–N–G…….

Maybe you think HSUS works for the government to shut down commercial kennels which HSUS and sidekick non profit Best Friends call “mills?” Like on OPRAH?

Same OPRAH named by PETA as person of the year?

Or maybe you think HSUS “really” likes APBT dogs, but just doesn’t want them bred by anyone? If so, you are sadly mistaken.

1. HSUS doesn’t work for the government, not publicly anyway

2. HSUS isn’t about saving shelter animals or milled dogs–no matter what they claim.

3. HSUS is a non profit that must do some work with/for animals in order to maintain that 501(c)(3) status

4. HSUS has bragged “From Congress to Courthouse to Statehouse the Victories Mount” [yeah, against owners]

5. HSUS bragged it passed 86 NEW State laws in 2007 [Since when do state laws cover whales or artic seals or polar bears? They usually don't]

6. HSUS’ actual agenda is really the same as PETAs, but without the stunts (main difference) and because of that PLUS the BIG $$$$$—-HSUS can use their $$ to buy+push power. Political power.

7. HSUS KNOWS the public is fooled by their misleading ads, videos, websites, blogs, U Tube, campaigns+more–because of the purposely “sugar-sweet” covers….children, puppies, poor little calves, poor little piggies, poor little dogs in raids, poor little u-name-it, and then there is the bad owner, bad dogs campaign against all APBT dogs or dogs that resemble APBTs, or even if they don’t resemble them, but HSUS says they are one anyway—

8. HSUS is a political marketing+media organization.

That is what they do. Tell STORIES. Draft laws AGAINST pet owners, pet breeders, pet sellers, pet would-be owners, former pet owners, poor people, old people, people that they know cannot defend themselves, people with less education, people who are in poor areas, people who don’t know their rights.

9. HSUS is NOT a friend to pet owners, breeders, or pet businesses of any kind; nor to reptile or bird owners, hunters, fisherman/women, pet stores, pet retail sellers, ANYONE selling in the pet trade, regardless of what you are selling.

HSUS would like to stop the Pet Trade in its entirety because HSUS doesn’t believe animals should be owned, much less used as a food product.

HSUS only wants pet guardians, if at all, with HSUS RESTRICTIONS ON HOW TO TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS.

10. HSUS purposely makes LAWS against pets, animals and the pet trade in general. You may not know what those laws are, but they are out there. Nearly all of them usually prohibit something rather than creating change for the better.

11. HSUS wants to pass the PUPS law before Congress. That is why HSUS purposely built up the milled dog thing on OPRAH and did exposes, and hired investigators. HSUS wants to stop the breeding of dogs that people want, and dogs that people want but can’t afford, and dogs that are bred in general, regardless of what type, kind, or breed.

After reading the provisions cited above, every single owner, breeder, business person, trainer and any pet related group of any type should realize—

you should be very MAD at HSUS if YOUR RIGHTS mean anything to you.

Animal Rights Fraud

If the animal rights extremists have their way, a pup snuggling up to her mom will be something we will only see in old photographs.


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From Pet Defense


Here is proof that AR extremists will use lying, FRAUD, misrepresentation and any low down scum bucket LIES they can think of—to get their propaganda message out to the public—the [hidden agenda] to stop pet ownership, and all use of animals.

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But they will call it “saving animals”–not ending pet ownership.

Please HELP US BY FORWARDING THIS TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING NON PET OWNERS.

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Extremist Beliefs:

AR EXTREMISTS BELIEVE THAT ANIMALS ARE NOT PROPERTY.

AR EXTREMISTS BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER OWN AN ANIMAL.

THE TRUTH IS, THEY DON’T WANT TO SAVE ANY SHELTER ANIMALS. THEY WANT TO USE THE SHELTER ANIMAL SITUATION TO ADVANCE THEIR OWN CAUSE OF:

“ELIMINATE DOG BREEDING”
“ELIMINATE DOG BREEDERS”
“ELIMINATE PETS”
"ELIMINATE PET OWNERSHIP”

IF YOU THINK THIS IS TOO FAR FETCHED–THEN YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE AR MOVEMENT. IT IS ALL WRITTEN DOWN IN THEIR MANY, MANY BOOKS THEY PUBLISH. GO TO AMAZON.COM AND TYPE IN ANIMAL RIGHTS—THEY HAVE TONS OF BOOKS OUT.

Animal Rights Agenda Explained

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From Pet Defense

Below is the link to understanding how laws are passed by animal extremists to make animal use, breeding and ownership (yes, ownership) more difficult, and more EXPENSIVE………….

The money to support the animal rights agenda comes from millions of Americans who love animals and who, without understanding how their money will actually be used, mail checks to HSUS, PeTA, and other lesser known AR organizations.

This is America: It is our right to believe whatever we want and to try to convince others of what we believe.

However the AR movement goes beyond that. The biggest thing they do is pass laws that make animal use, breeding, and ownership steadily harder and more costly. This happens in several steps.

How Animal Rightists Pass Laws
http://www.pet-law.com/future/whatis.html
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The above link is from pet-law, not Petdefense, but it is accurate and true.

Huge conglomerates that spend millions and millions in campaigns to pass ONE law use that money bascially from different sources, but MUCH of it pours in from $25 donations from pet owners who don’t know better.

Many young people (let’s say 18-20yr old) actually believe that the HSUS is helping save animals, or that HSUS is actually saving homeless cats and dogs.

Unfortunately, because HSUS shows commercials and websites and videos of cute dogs/cats, many people believe HSUS is saving such animals.

DON’T FALL INTO THIS TRAP FOR THE UNWARY!

Raid on Lickety Split Ranch

By KRISTA SEGGEWISS
London Free Press

Wildlife authorities and police raided an infamous London roadside zoo yesterday, carting away unknown numbers of animals.

Members of the London Humane Society, Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and police swooped down on the Lickety-Split Ranch and Zoo to search for and rescue native species such as deer or foxes under Ontario's Fish and Conservation Act.

Officials had no power to seize exotic animals under the provincial law, however, and at least one zebra and a donkey were left behind.

The ministry wouldn't disclose what types of animals or the number carted away in a trailer to a safer place.

"We had reason to believe there were some animals that fall under the description of wildlife that were in captivity illegally," said Russell Brandon of the ministry's Aylmer office. "It is our belief there is no licence."

Lickety-Split owner Shirley McElroy had a zoo licence from 1996 to 2006, but failed to renew it in 2007, prompting yesterday's ministry action.

Officials had to tranquilize one deer to remove it from the property.

The zoo has a spotty history.

Earlier this year, McElroy was fined $4,000 for having two lynx captive with no licence.

Lickety-Split grabbed international headlines in 2006 when pictures surfaced of Tyson, a kangaroo cramped in a small cage. Tyson has since disappeared from the property, without explanation.

Lickety-Split has been closed for more than a year.

The zoo owner was nowhere in sight yesterday and could not be reached for comment.

The grass was overgrown on the property, and rusted machinery, strewn wires, truck parts, empty trailers and tires littered the site.

"It's the worst case of animal husbandry I've ever seen," said activist Vicki Van Linden of Friends of Captive Animals. "We need to pass Bill 50 to give greater protection for all animals in Ontario."

The bill, proposed Ontario animal welfare legislation, introduced in April, would allow officers to search a property without a warrant if they have reason to believe an animal is in distress.

Yesterday's raid on Lickety-Split was done with a warrant.

Londoner Florine Morrison remembered taking her daughter to the zoo more than 15 years ago and seeing a black jaguar in a tiny pen with no shade, cowering in the corner to stay cool.

"They squirted him with a hose to make him get up for the visitors. I thought that was so cruel," said Morrison, a member of the London Animal Alliance.

"It's important for the city to make the McElroys follow the same rules as the rest of London."

Because the zoo no longer has a licence, it should be subject to a city bylaw that prevents people from keeping wild animals, Morrison said.

What If Noah’s Descendant Was Commanded to Build an Ark in America Today?

Just for fun let’s say God came to Noah’s descendant, in which we will call him James, in the year 2008. James is living some where in the United States of America.

God clearly says to James, “This world has yet again become wicked and very evil. It is overpopulated and I see the end of every person before My eyes. James, as your forefather Noah built an Ark and saved two of every creature I want you to build an Ark and save 2 of every creature and if there is any Faithful men and women save them if they will come.”

God gave James the blue prints of exactly how the Ark was to be made and made certain James understood that he only had 6 months in which to build the Ark and get two of every creature onto the Ark. At the end of 6 months God will once again allow the heavens open up for 40 days and 40 nights until every mountain top is covered and every living creature including man was completely destroyed.

Finally, the last day of the 6 month period was up. God came to James and looked down and saw James sitting in his back yard lawn chair crying. However, God did not see the Ark He had commanded James to build.

God is now very upset and He roared down to James, “James, I am about to open the Heavens and pour out the rain upon the entire earth and flood it! Where is the Ark that I commanded you to build?”

Still weeping James cried out, “Lord I beg you to forgive me I was unable to do as you commanded. You see Lord things have changed here on Earth since Noah had to build an Ark.”

He went on to explain what had happened, hoping God would understand.

“First my Lord, I had to get a building permit. Also, I’ve been arguing with the inspector about installing and even the need for a sprinkler system for the Ark. Then my Lord the neighbors claimed I had violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building an Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations allowed in this area. Then we had to go to the Development Appeal Board for a decision.

With a few breathes he goes on, “Next the Department of Transportation demanded a huge bond be posted for all future costs for moving power lines and any other overhead obstructions, in order to clear a passageway for the Ark’s move to the sea. Now matter how hard I tried to get them to understand that the sea would be coming to the Ark they refused to hear me or believe me.”

By this time God is listening very intently at every word James is saying to Him to put. So James continues.

“I ran into more problems with the wood for the Ark. There is now a ban on cutting local timber because they want to save the spotted owls. I tried very hard to convince them that this WOULD save the owls but that was a no go!”

Exasperated James went on, “I started loading the animals two by two just as you told me to do and the animal rights group sued me. It seems they believe I am confining wild animals against their will. They also argued that the accommodations were too restrictive, and that is was of course cruel and inhumane for me to put so many animals in such a confined space.

Lord that is when the EPA rules I couldn’t build the Ark until they had conducted an environmental impact study on YOUR proposed world wide flood. In fact Lord, I am still trying to resolve the complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I am suppose to hire for my building crew. However, then the Immigration and Naturalization people started checking the green-card status of almost all the people who actually do want to work.”

James was no longer crying by this time. In fact, the Lord could clearly hear disgust and even anger in his voice now. James went on to say,

“Oddly, the Trades Unions tells me I cannot use my own sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with, Get this Lord, “Ark building experience.” Where am I going to find Union workers with that kind of experience for crying out loud.

Then to make matters even worse, the IRS seized ALL my assets. They claimed I must be trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species.

So, please my Lord, forgive me for not completing the task you have set before me. I must tell you that it would literally take at the very least 10 years for me to get through all the red tape and government issues as well as all the other issues that keep popping up, until I could finish the Ark.”

Suddenly, the skies started to clear, the sun shined brightly through the clouds, and a double rainbow stretched across the sky.

James looked up into the beautiful sky and asked the Lord,

“Does this mean you are not going to destroy the Earth and all the sin filled evil people on it again?”

“NO!” said the Lord God in Heaven.

“I can clearly see the government has beat me to it.”