I VOTE ON BEHALF OF MY DOG

by Ms. Jade, TheDogPress Legislative Reporter
 

Have you noticed the recent onslaught of restrictive animal legislation? Do you think it is just a strange coincidence or perhaps a sad commentary on modern society?

Well, think again. With budgets in the millions, animal rights (AR) organizations have a battle plan to eliminate the ownership of all animals (something they equate to slavery) by lobbying for legislation that is designed to be so costly and impossible to comply with that eventually we will abandon the idea altogether. This extremist agenda is a hard sell when you consider the number of households that have pets, not to mention the fact that our economy is driven by a vast agricultural industry dependent on animal ownership.

Virtually all biomedical advances of the last century were achieved through animal research, and although it may be unpleasant to think about, a cure for cancer or AIDS will not be possible if groups like the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and People for the ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have their way. Even the ASPCA appears to be shifting to an animal rights agenda. The meatless, pet-less, loveless apocalypse of humankind through starvation and pandemic disease may be on the distant horizon, but make no mistake, the same animal rights terrorists who are willing to use violence to achieve their goals are not above using legislative baby steps to get there through the back door.

 
Hire top notch marketing firms and go after soft targets. Dog fighting in one state, puppy mills in another. After all, who could possibly object to criminalizing such heinous activity? Just don't read the fine print please! They plant exaggerated stories in the media and offer up “experts” to “testify” with questionable data. They set up gigantic mail rooms to distribute slick propaganda and solicit donations under the guise of “helping animals”. (PETA actually kills about 90% of the animals that it “rescues” and the HSUS doesn't operate a single animal shelter.)

They cunningly target our impressionable youth with comic books and websites. They use tax exempt money to impose their radical beliefs on the rest of us. By creating the appearance of a crisis or tragedy, and carefully crafting a network of political contacts, animal rights supporters are eagerly waiting in the wings to offer a “solution” to the “problem”. Senator So-and-so, let us help you write a bill to punish the evildoers and you'll be a hero, they croon. Overburdened politicians are only too eager to let someone else handle the details, while the citizens they supposedly represent don't even know how they've been scammed.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Just ask the National Animal Interest Alliance. The NAIA has been working for years to expose the frightening truth about animal rights organizations. The Center for Consumer Freedom with PETAkillsanimals.com website is spreading the word and they also track the money trail of these non profit organizations. The Companion Species Coalition and other animal welfare organizations would like you to know the truth because animal rights supporters actually believe that animal welfare is a bad thing that hinders their movement.

The big kid on the playground is probably the National Rifle Association (NRA) and some excellent reporting can be found on their website. Want to keep current on legislative proposals and who's supporting them? Check out the DogPolitics website because a GPS microchip in every domestic animal is only one proposal looming in your not too distant future. Surprisingly, the ACLU has yet to intervene on behalf of animal owners ‘civil liberties. (But one of my dogs is black, why won’t they help? Maybe if she were gay as well...)

This is madness! Surely the voting public isn't really that complacent. Oh wait, voter turnout isn't exactly at an all time high and once an overly broad, vague or unconstitutional law is on the books the only way to challenge it is with litigation. Animal rights supporters are counting on the fact that “we the people” will not be able to organize ourselves to fund the lawsuits. They want to keep us divided and bickering over the small details so that their legal precedents go unchallenged. The American Canine Foundation (ACF) has been fighting, and winning some critical legal battles in this war but the adversary has had exponentially greater funding. It's time for that to change.

This is an election year. Do you know where your legislators stand? Have you taken the time to poll them?

Be informed. Register to vote. Tell your representatives where you stand. Ask them where they stand on topics like breed specific legislation, pet limit laws, public space bans, mandatory micro chipping, licensing fees, forced spay and neuter and pet owner data bases. Keep your PAWS off my pet because in my house, My Dog Votes. Does yours?

Ms. Jade

Handy links: __________________________________

Click PAWS for in-depth serving of alphabet soup, i.e. HSUS, ASPCA, etc.

More Columns by Ms. Jade:

Backyard Breeder

I Vote on Behalf of My Dog
Media Bias - Pit Bull Sensationalism

"Chicken Soup" - Leaves a bad taste

Best Friends History Exposed!- Part One

Best Friends Part Two...

T'was the Night Before X-mas

Still Life Pets 

Pass The Ammunition

Dog Bite Stats