Pet Age.com December 14, 2007
http://www.petage.com/news010803.asp
Now for once we have an article that is well written and speaks of facts.
The report was fair and discussed the real issues with bad operations, "lack of oversight". We applaud "Pet Age.com" for being smart enough to see through the smoke and go directly tot he problems and determine why the problems exist.
Again
Well Done
Joe Overlease
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Fighting Puppy Mills Full-Force
By: Wayne Pacelle
http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2007/12/puppy-mill-hsus.html#more
Mr Pacelle, the President of the HSUS has been so kind to outline the HSUS attack positions on many issues as they close out the year. Many of those activities have drawn our attention and review of some of the press releases we have found to be unfair and somewhat embellished.
Anytime we have people involved in animal issues passion and emotions run high, there are several aspects. without exception, where the average person finds distasteful or just down right wrong. We ourselves are no exception to this emotional roller coaster. But unlike the HSUS and PETA or what we call the purest of the AR movements we recognise the need for animals and the benefits they have provided to the human race.
And we do agree there are areas that do need improvement. However we do disagree with the methods the HSUS have elected to use.
The underlying push seems to be the HSUS hates people, disturbing in context but mounting a campaign of hate towards any group of people is not the way any organization or cause can win the hearts and minds of people. The HSUS likes to say one (1) out of every thirty (30) people are supporters of the HSUS. So if these are truthful numbers, we can safely say based on the HSUS that Twenty-nine (29) out of Thirty (30) people do not support the actions of the HSUS. These guys could not win an election for dog catcher with these numbers. I guess since we are focused on dog issues the comparison is a good one.
In the matter of dogs in all venues there are without a doubt people who do very poor jobs in the care and operation of their facilities. The fault of the HSUS position is to attack breeders of all kinds and lay the blame of over population if it even exists, on breeders (Kind of like Al Gore's, Global Warming).
It seems that without exception if you have a problem with a dog, the HSUS has decided that it is the breeders fault. The facts of the matter are when looked at pragmatically we see there are problems with our dog population, however, breeders are not responsible for all of them.
As an example:
1. Pet over population as reported by shelters. Roughly 80.0% of the dogs in shelters are not purebred dogs. Breeders do not breed Mutts, I often wonder where do these dogs come from?
2. The remaining 20.0% or the dogs are purebred dogs and they all at one time have been owned by someone somewhere. Now unless all these dogs are the result of some ownership redistribution plan of the HSUS or other AR organization, we can safely assume that individual owners are to blame for the presence of these dogs.
To Summarize the problem, I would think it is safe to say 95.0% of all dogs falling into the care of the shelters is the direct result of individual owners failing in their responsibilities. Not Breeders.
The Spay and Neuter programs would do little or nothing in as far as impacting the shelter population, since people who let their dogs run loose and breed when ever or where ever, probably would not be the same people who have purebred dogs and follow the law. There is no reason to assume that if a law to spay or neuter a dog was in place people who don't license or manage their animals now would suddenly become responsible owners.. I don't think human nature works that way.
I am getting a little off the subject of Wayne's article, God love him... He has directed his people to go after "all" breeders and calls everyone a "Puppy Mill".
Now that is so wrong, and really misguided, but we both know that if we don't make headlines the contributions will fall off. I personally and a little suspicious the real agenda here is to improve funding, they have a lot of stuff going on and trying to go in so many directions must be a cash drain. So I think this is about money.
Now we as breeders really don't have a problem with making everyone accountable to meet the standards for the Animal Welfare Act. We quite frankly want everyone to be better than that. and those who are failing in their efforts, we want them to get out of the business. We simply don't need them and besides they are criminals, but... and here's the problem Wayne, by you taking on the entire industry you leave us no choice but to defend the industry from the likes of you and your boys, a terrible waste of resources and time, when the solutions are so simple....
Here are a few facts you need to understand without breeders the American public would not be able to afford to buy a great purebred dogs. Americans love having and owning purebred dogs. No other country in the world has this resource available for their citizens and this American way of life is not going to die, just because you don't like breeders.
Already we are seeing an absence of breeders in specific breeds nationwide due to the expense of doing business. And this is the way our economy works people want good dogs and if you don't have what the market wants you will be hard pressed to remain in business. Not from your (HSUS) doings but from the economics. It is very expensive to have a kennel of any kind. And breeders like any business must stay focused on the ultimate profitability of the operation no matter how big or small, breeders will not raise dogs if there is no return for the thousands of dollars required and the long hours needed to care for the animals properly.
A misconception you try to promote is the lack of quality in dogs.. and you have tried to divide the breeding group in to segments... and for now saying the little hobby breeders are somehow OK while the big guys are really really bad. Please, the little guys have no resources and you know it, and they have no base to make good breeding selections from. Simply because they are too small.. For an outfit that wants to promote the well being of animals, you should know that breeding from a small community only creates more genetic disorders due to poor natural selection. To the contrary large operations have the best dogs, because they have the base from which to choose for the best breeding cycles. You should also know that any breeders who have poor quality dogs go out of business, due to infant mortality rate, compounded by small litters and then rejection from the buyers who want a dog that meets the standard.
All in all you have taken on a big chew.. Americans love their dogs and breeders will continue to provide them. The best approach is to spend our resources on education, People not laws or regulations change the world.. Education about raising dogs is a good idea for you and the HSUS, as often we see things written and promoted that are way off base and make no sense what so ever. And we need to educate people on responsible dog care and ownership. We also need to make sure those who are involved in breeding dogs know how to and meet the standards for care and facility management. All breeders not just a special interest groups, everyone who wants to raise a litter of puppies, needs to know the right way to do in the proper conditions.
We need to see you spending money for the animal shelters, not just promoting animal sales as you have been, put the money you raise to good work opposed to paying a bunch of lawyers and fat in house salaries
These are good meaningful goals... and if you guys really do care about the animals you would agree... or is it just about the money?
http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2007/12/puppy-mill-hsus.html#more
Mr Pacelle, the President of the HSUS has been so kind to outline the HSUS attack positions on many issues as they close out the year. Many of those activities have drawn our attention and review of some of the press releases we have found to be unfair and somewhat embellished.
Anytime we have people involved in animal issues passion and emotions run high, there are several aspects. without exception, where the average person finds distasteful or just down right wrong. We ourselves are no exception to this emotional roller coaster. But unlike the HSUS and PETA or what we call the purest of the AR movements we recognise the need for animals and the benefits they have provided to the human race.
And we do agree there are areas that do need improvement. However we do disagree with the methods the HSUS have elected to use.
The underlying push seems to be the HSUS hates people, disturbing in context but mounting a campaign of hate towards any group of people is not the way any organization or cause can win the hearts and minds of people. The HSUS likes to say one (1) out of every thirty (30) people are supporters of the HSUS. So if these are truthful numbers, we can safely say based on the HSUS that Twenty-nine (29) out of Thirty (30) people do not support the actions of the HSUS. These guys could not win an election for dog catcher with these numbers. I guess since we are focused on dog issues the comparison is a good one.
In the matter of dogs in all venues there are without a doubt people who do very poor jobs in the care and operation of their facilities. The fault of the HSUS position is to attack breeders of all kinds and lay the blame of over population if it even exists, on breeders (Kind of like Al Gore's, Global Warming).
It seems that without exception if you have a problem with a dog, the HSUS has decided that it is the breeders fault. The facts of the matter are when looked at pragmatically we see there are problems with our dog population, however, breeders are not responsible for all of them.
As an example:
1. Pet over population as reported by shelters. Roughly 80.0% of the dogs in shelters are not purebred dogs. Breeders do not breed Mutts, I often wonder where do these dogs come from?
2. The remaining 20.0% or the dogs are purebred dogs and they all at one time have been owned by someone somewhere. Now unless all these dogs are the result of some ownership redistribution plan of the HSUS or other AR organization, we can safely assume that individual owners are to blame for the presence of these dogs.
To Summarize the problem, I would think it is safe to say 95.0% of all dogs falling into the care of the shelters is the direct result of individual owners failing in their responsibilities. Not Breeders.
The Spay and Neuter programs would do little or nothing in as far as impacting the shelter population, since people who let their dogs run loose and breed when ever or where ever, probably would not be the same people who have purebred dogs and follow the law. There is no reason to assume that if a law to spay or neuter a dog was in place people who don't license or manage their animals now would suddenly become responsible owners.. I don't think human nature works that way.
I am getting a little off the subject of Wayne's article, God love him... He has directed his people to go after "all" breeders and calls everyone a "Puppy Mill".
Now that is so wrong, and really misguided, but we both know that if we don't make headlines the contributions will fall off. I personally and a little suspicious the real agenda here is to improve funding, they have a lot of stuff going on and trying to go in so many directions must be a cash drain. So I think this is about money.
Now we as breeders really don't have a problem with making everyone accountable to meet the standards for the Animal Welfare Act. We quite frankly want everyone to be better than that. and those who are failing in their efforts, we want them to get out of the business. We simply don't need them and besides they are criminals, but... and here's the problem Wayne, by you taking on the entire industry you leave us no choice but to defend the industry from the likes of you and your boys, a terrible waste of resources and time, when the solutions are so simple....
Here are a few facts you need to understand without breeders the American public would not be able to afford to buy a great purebred dogs. Americans love having and owning purebred dogs. No other country in the world has this resource available for their citizens and this American way of life is not going to die, just because you don't like breeders.
Already we are seeing an absence of breeders in specific breeds nationwide due to the expense of doing business. And this is the way our economy works people want good dogs and if you don't have what the market wants you will be hard pressed to remain in business. Not from your (HSUS) doings but from the economics. It is very expensive to have a kennel of any kind. And breeders like any business must stay focused on the ultimate profitability of the operation no matter how big or small, breeders will not raise dogs if there is no return for the thousands of dollars required and the long hours needed to care for the animals properly.
A misconception you try to promote is the lack of quality in dogs.. and you have tried to divide the breeding group in to segments... and for now saying the little hobby breeders are somehow OK while the big guys are really really bad. Please, the little guys have no resources and you know it, and they have no base to make good breeding selections from. Simply because they are too small.. For an outfit that wants to promote the well being of animals, you should know that breeding from a small community only creates more genetic disorders due to poor natural selection. To the contrary large operations have the best dogs, because they have the base from which to choose for the best breeding cycles. You should also know that any breeders who have poor quality dogs go out of business, due to infant mortality rate, compounded by small litters and then rejection from the buyers who want a dog that meets the standard.
All in all you have taken on a big chew.. Americans love their dogs and breeders will continue to provide them. The best approach is to spend our resources on education, People not laws or regulations change the world.. Education about raising dogs is a good idea for you and the HSUS, as often we see things written and promoted that are way off base and make no sense what so ever. And we need to educate people on responsible dog care and ownership. We also need to make sure those who are involved in breeding dogs know how to and meet the standards for care and facility management. All breeders not just a special interest groups, everyone who wants to raise a litter of puppies, needs to know the right way to do in the proper conditions.
We need to see you spending money for the animal shelters, not just promoting animal sales as you have been, put the money you raise to good work opposed to paying a bunch of lawyers and fat in house salaries
These are good meaningful goals... and if you guys really do care about the animals you would agree... or is it just about the money?
Monday, December 17, 2007
HSUS Tricks American Animal Lovers... Again
By: Joe Overlease
Advocate for Fair and Truthful Reporting
In recent weeks the HSUS, (Not your local Humane Society) has conducted a campaign of terror on unsuspecting dog breeders and pet stores across the United States.
The misconception by the average American is the HSUS is a legal entity having some form of federal authority. They in actuality do not, although they carry official looking badges.. the badges carry no authority in any jurisdiction.
The HSUS have arrived on private property with hidden cameras and have intimated owners to surrender their dogs in fear. They represent themselves as inspectors, but they have no authority to inspect anything. To the unsuspecting and un informed breeder this can be a tragedy beyond belief.
These people (HSUS Inspectors) conduct themselves like the Gestapo, they bully and intimidate, and they use any means of false reporting to discredit their target. By using selective photographs and often make comments about conditions and or events that are not even or have never occurred at the property they are targeting.
Recently the HSUS targeted a Pet Store in Southern California and made the public think they had been conducting business illegally. There report said the Pet Store was buying its inventory form "Puppy Mills". a puppy mill is a
unlicensed breeding facility. Pet stores are required to buy only from licensed and inspected USDA facilities. So they have not lied and they have not misrepresented themselves or their puppies
They the HSUS reported the store only bought puppies from individual breeders. In the business of raising dogs, the entire industry in made up of individual breeders, this is a cottage industry, where the majority of all breeders are small family operations. But to hear the HSUS report you would think Standard Oil is involved in some sinister plot. Again the Pet Store has done nothing wrong, They are buying animals from American breeders who are licensed and inspected and are legal in everyway..
This heavy handed smear tactic has caused a great deal of damage to this local business and the media, happily went along with the scam..
The HSUS report showed examples of kennels and called them "Puppy Mills", to the unsuspecting public they have no reason to challenge the report. But... The truth is most of the kennels shown are state of the art USDA design approved facilities and exceed all federal standards. It is not clear if the photo’s used were actually any of the suppliers of the store.
The HSUS is a organization that raises millions of dollars each year through a large secret layered organization of so called charities, they spend pennies
for the actual benefit of any animal any where in America. However, most people think when they give to the HSUS they are helping their local Humane Society...Sadly Not one dime goes to your local facilities as they are not even related to each other in anyway.
The next time you get asked to donate for the benefit of animals, you should make sure the money is in fact going to a shelter that really needs the support... Don't be tricked again by the HSUS .
Advocate for Fair and Truthful Reporting
In recent weeks the HSUS, (Not your local Humane Society) has conducted a campaign of terror on unsuspecting dog breeders and pet stores across the United States.
The misconception by the average American is the HSUS is a legal entity having some form of federal authority. They in actuality do not, although they carry official looking badges.. the badges carry no authority in any jurisdiction.
The HSUS have arrived on private property with hidden cameras and have intimated owners to surrender their dogs in fear. They represent themselves as inspectors, but they have no authority to inspect anything. To the unsuspecting and un informed breeder this can be a tragedy beyond belief.
These people (HSUS Inspectors) conduct themselves like the Gestapo, they bully and intimidate, and they use any means of false reporting to discredit their target. By using selective photographs and often make comments about conditions and or events that are not even or have never occurred at the property they are targeting.
Recently the HSUS targeted a Pet Store in Southern California and made the public think they had been conducting business illegally. There report said the Pet Store was buying its inventory form "Puppy Mills". a puppy mill is a
unlicensed breeding facility. Pet stores are required to buy only from licensed and inspected USDA facilities. So they have not lied and they have not misrepresented themselves or their puppies
They the HSUS reported the store only bought puppies from individual breeders. In the business of raising dogs, the entire industry in made up of individual breeders, this is a cottage industry, where the majority of all breeders are small family operations. But to hear the HSUS report you would think Standard Oil is involved in some sinister plot. Again the Pet Store has done nothing wrong, They are buying animals from American breeders who are licensed and inspected and are legal in everyway..
This heavy handed smear tactic has caused a great deal of damage to this local business and the media, happily went along with the scam..
The HSUS report showed examples of kennels and called them "Puppy Mills", to the unsuspecting public they have no reason to challenge the report. But... The truth is most of the kennels shown are state of the art USDA design approved facilities and exceed all federal standards. It is not clear if the photo’s used were actually any of the suppliers of the store.
The HSUS is a organization that raises millions of dollars each year through a large secret layered organization of so called charities, they spend pennies
for the actual benefit of any animal any where in America. However, most people think when they give to the HSUS they are helping their local Humane Society...Sadly Not one dime goes to your local facilities as they are not even related to each other in anyway.
The next time you get asked to donate for the benefit of animals, you should make sure the money is in fact going to a shelter that really needs the support... Don't be tricked again by the HSUS .
Kansas Breeder Victim of HSUS Gestapo
Newsweek
http://www.newsweek.com/id/77831
By Jamie Reno | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Welcome to the world of the HSUS and Animal Rights. This story is about the fact no one has broken the law. But the HSUS will stop and take any means necessary to make a media sensation. No matter the cost.
The report said the kennel smelled of urine... according to whom? Is there a state law on how urine should smell, Where was the reporter standing . When "she" defined the urine in here report. Was "She" and her so called daughter down wind from the septic system? "She" failed to say... The state inspectors job is to write a quality report and do a good visit when he is on the property. Little things like air exchangers in the kennel buildings just as in a restaurant sometimes fail... that was the case almost three years ago the problem had been repaired. I can't help but to notice the breeder wasn't asked either. and how about the sharp points? When dogs are housed on a wire floor system the metal becomes fatigued, are we speaking on one broker wire or thousands?
On further investigation the report the reporter was referring to was almost least three years old!
The reporters or so called investigative reporters are two women, we have their names and their addresses. They did not enter any of the buildings and we not allowed on the kennel property property... So I guess at the end of the day they best have deep pockets.. ...
Shame on you girls... you just can't go around and make up stories but I am sure you will find what the the cost of tuition is soon. But we will leave that to the lawyers... I think it is a great case.
Folks this is America, were we have the right to pursue happiness, it's guaranteed by the constitution. These people are honest hard working people and have done nothing wrong.. We are also promised due process where our accusers can be met face to face. The little weasels have violated the entire basis of the laws of our country..
I am appealing to all Americans to stand up to these outrageous acts of terror and demand these Gestapo tactics be stopped by HSUS and their hired thugs.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/77831
By Jamie Reno | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Welcome to the world of the HSUS and Animal Rights. This story is about the fact no one has broken the law. But the HSUS will stop and take any means necessary to make a media sensation. No matter the cost.
The report said the kennel smelled of urine... according to whom? Is there a state law on how urine should smell, Where was the reporter standing . When "she" defined the urine in here report. Was "She" and her so called daughter down wind from the septic system? "She" failed to say... The state inspectors job is to write a quality report and do a good visit when he is on the property. Little things like air exchangers in the kennel buildings just as in a restaurant sometimes fail... that was the case almost three years ago the problem had been repaired. I can't help but to notice the breeder wasn't asked either. and how about the sharp points? When dogs are housed on a wire floor system the metal becomes fatigued, are we speaking on one broker wire or thousands?
On further investigation the report the reporter was referring to was almost least three years old!
The reporters or so called investigative reporters are two women, we have their names and their addresses. They did not enter any of the buildings and we not allowed on the kennel property property... So I guess at the end of the day they best have deep pockets.. ...
Shame on you girls... you just can't go around and make up stories but I am sure you will find what the the cost of tuition is soon. But we will leave that to the lawyers... I think it is a great case.
Folks this is America, were we have the right to pursue happiness, it's guaranteed by the constitution. These people are honest hard working people and have done nothing wrong.. We are also promised due process where our accusers can be met face to face. The little weasels have violated the entire basis of the laws of our country..
I am appealing to all Americans to stand up to these outrageous acts of terror and demand these Gestapo tactics be stopped by HSUS and their hired thugs.
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