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Following information from Gary Sinck, Legislative Liasion

Posted : Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:05:23 GMT
Author : Center for Consumer Freedom

PETA Killed 97 Percent of 'Companion Animals' in 2006, According to VDACS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An official report from People for The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), submitted nine months after a Virginia government agency's deadline, shows that the animal rights group put to death more than 97 percent of the dogs, cats, and other pets it took in for adoption in 2006. During that year, the well-known animal rights group managed to find adoptive homes for just 12 pets. The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom
(CCF) is calling on PETA to either end its hypocritical angel-of-death program, or stop its senseless condemnation of Americans who believe it's perfectly ethical to use animals for food, clothing, and critical medical research.
Not counting animals PETA held only temporarily in its spay-neuter program, the organization took in 3,061 "companion animals" in 2006, of which it killed 2,981. According to Virginia's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), the average euthanasia rate for humane societies in the state was just 34.7 percent in 2006. PETA killed 97.4 percent of the animals it took in. The organization filed its 2006 report this month, nine months after the VDACS deadline of March 31, 2007. "Pet lovers should be outraged," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. "There are thousands of worthwhile animal shelters that deserve Americans' support. PETA is not one of them."
In courtroom testimony last year, a PETA manager acknowledged that her organization maintains a large walk-in freezer for storing dead animals, and that PETA contracts with a Virginia cremation service to dispose of the bodies. In that trial, two PETA employees were convicted of dumping dead animals in a rural North Carolina trash dumpster.
Today in Southampton County, Virginia, another PETA employee will face felony charges in a dog-napping case. Andrea Florence Benoit Harris was arrested in late 2006 for allegedly abducting a hunting dog and attempting to transport it to PETA's Norfolk headquarters. "PETA raised over $30 million last year," Martosko added, "and it's using that money to kill the only flesh-and-blood animals its employees actually see. The scale of PETA's hypocrisy is simply staggering."
To speak with a spokesman contact Tim Miller at 202-463-7112.

For more information about PETA's massive euthanasia program, visit http://www.petakillsanimals.com/.
Center for Consumer FreedomCopyright (c) 2007 PR Newswire. All rights reserved.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,254006.shtml

 

January 14, 2008
In a post by Wayne Pacelle on 14 Jan 2008, he, the President, announced the formation of yet another group fronting for HSUS.  The name is the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Associaton (HSVMA).  The purpose of this new group is "to give a home to veterinarians who want to associate themselves with progressive leadership on animal protection issues."  The new organizatoin is a merger between the Humane Society of the United States and the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights, formed in 1981.

Knowing the ultimate political purpose of the HSUS is to totallly eliminate animals from human life, either as pets, food sources, or for medical research, this newly created organizatoin is just another way for animal right fanatics to attempt to pull the wool over the public's eyes.  The full release can be found at http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2008/01/veterinarian.html
submitted by Gary D. Sinck, DKC legislative liaison


Sat 12/22/2007 8:58 AM
There's an Internet message about Ohio law that's getting wide play. Titled "Ohio Bill Strips Away Dog Ownership Rights," this message originated with a new group that is seeking recognition and donations to fight this law and others in California and Pennsylvania.

Some versions of the message have an incorrect bill number, but the message is the same: they interpret the Ohio kennel licensing bill as an attempt to end the property rights of dog owners.

Ohio Valley Dog Owners Inc has been fighting HB 223 since introduction as HB 606 in the last legislative session. The bill does not rescind ownership rights. In order to do so, it would have to repeal the section of Ohio law that specifically grants those rights, and there's no mention of that section (ORC 955.03) in the bill.

HB 223 is indeed a bad bill for several reasons, not the least of which is that it opens the door for further restrictions on dog breeding. Although it is advertised as an anti-puppy mill bill, the language affects everyone who owns more than eight dogs because it does not clearly state whether it applies to more than eight dog actively used for breeding, more than eight intact dogs potentially used for breeding, or more than eight dogs.

This new group has not contacted wither OVDO or the Ohio Association of Animal Owners, the groups that have been actively fighting this bill and its companion in the Ohio Senate. So far it has had three hearings, the last one for opponents on October 11. We packed two hearing rooms and spilled out into the hall. The latest word is that the bill is being rewritten, but we won't know anything until the legislative session resumes in January.

If you receive the above-referenced e-mail and have questions, don't hesitate to contact me. I'll try to keep the OVDO website
(www.canismajor.com/orgs/ovdo) up-to-date as well.

Norma (ovdog01@canismajor.com)

Norma Bennett Woolf, president
Ohio Valley Dog Owners Inc.
6241 N. State Route 48
Lebanon, OH 45036
(513) 932-3176 (Phone & FAX)
http://www.canismajor.com/orgs/ovdo/