The Animal Rights Myth of Pet Over-Population
by Cherie Graves, May 23, 2007
We have all heard, and seen HSUS, and PeTA promotions to stop pet
over-population. Many people accept without question that there really is a
pet-overpopulation crises in the United States. They cite the numbers of
animals that are killed in shelters as their proof. That "proof" will
increase dramatically in shelters across the county that took in animals
that were "rescued" from the areas hit by the Hurricanes Katrina, and Rita.
These animals will considerably add to the shelter's kill numbers, and will
lead to legislation to quell the crisis. California Shelters are importing
plane loads of dogs from China, Romania, the Carribean, and with these
animals come their diseases. In California there was the recent death of an
11 year old boy attributable to a strain of rabies that is not indiginous to
the United States. The boy did not respond to standard rabies protocols. In
order to prove "pet-overpopulation" the animal rights movement has a huge
animal transport system in place that rapidly moves animals from one area to
another in order to stack intake, and euthanasia figures in areas targeted
for introduction of their legislation of removing pets from our ownership.
One such shipment was videotaped in Las Vegas. A van bearing the logo of an
AR group from Utah, and Utah license plates pulled into the night deposit of
the animal shelter and dropped off numerous dogs. More will come out on this
incident at a later date.
Let us take a real look at over-population. It is usually caused by an
environmental situation that affects the whole population, such as drought,
or crop failure, or even war. It means that there are no life sustaining
resources to keep the populace alive. Over-population affects every living
thing within the confines of the afflicted area. It would mean that there is
no food, no potable water, no shelter, no medical supplies, no clothing,
nothing to keep the whole population alive, and thriving. If we truly had a
pet-overpopulation here in the USA, we wouldn't just be talking about the
sterile killing of animals for disposal in so-called shelters. We would be
eating those animals to save ourselves from starvation.
If there was truly an overpopulation, there would be empty super-market
shelves. No medical supplies, or services. Lines for potable water. We would
all look like the people who have honestly suffered from the real situation
of no sustaining resources available. We wouldn't be a diet conscious
nation, we would be in serious nutritional trouble. Over-population doesn't
play favorites. It affects the entire population.
We live in the richest nation on the face of the earth. We lack for nothing.
We as a society are so spoiled we do not value life. We get an animal on a
whim, and dispose of it just as readily. That irresponsibility has nothing
at all to do with over-population, and everything to do with our throw-away
mentality. The animal rights movement relies upon our gullibility to foster
their agenda. Look back about forty years, and see that before the
manufactured crisis, there was not the huge need for shelters.
Animal rights groups basically built the shelters, and told people that they
didn't have to be responsible for their animals anymore. Just dump them at
the shelter. It's become big business, and the shelters are not only
thriving, but they are getting bigger, and better multi-million dollar
facilities. Interestingly the Humane Society of the United States operates
no shelters at all, and uses a large portion of it's donations to make even
more money. They recently have come under investigation by the Louisiana
Attorney General for misuse of funds obtained after Hurricane Katrina, some
$30,000.000.00. PeTA with all of it's millions in revenue operates one
shelter where it kills 83% of all the animals that it brings in.
We need to question what we are being told by these animal rights groups,
and not be so quick to accept what they tell us as truths. Look at their
real agenda. They post it on their websites. That agenda is to liberate all
animals from our ownership, use, and care. No more pets. If we can't own
pets, there can't be an "over-population". No more domesticated animals of
any kind. Associated Press, Dec. 30, 1991)
"We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock
produced through selective breeding. ...One generation and out. We have no
problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of
human selective breeding"
(Animal People, May, 1993)
Cherie Graves is a chairwoman of Responsible Dog Owners of
the Western States and can be reached at
paragon@surf1.ws
http://www.povn.com/rdows
http://rdows.wordpress.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BSL56-UAOA
http://www.unitedAnimalownersalliance.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WARDOG
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