Aug/Sept 2010 - Kennel Spotlight

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August/September 2010
Vol. 5, Issue 6
$4.95
Cover Story:
A Birthday Gift for Billie Lou!
* Checks & Balances
* USDA Inspector General Report
* Your Kids-PETA’s Pawns
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Keeping Cool in the Summer!
Cover story: Birthday Gift for Billie Lou
Hunte Breeder Educational Conference
National Pet Fire Safety Day
Checks & Balances
USDA Inspector General Report
Dominate
Your Kids-PETA‛s Pawns
Disaster Preparedness
Who is Legally allowed to enter my kennel?
Animal Abuse
Congressman Sniffing out HSUS
Winning the War-Part 6
CLASSIFIEDS
Calendar of Events
A letter from the Editor...
KEEPING COOL IN THE
SUMMER…..
August can be one of the hottest months of
summer. Understanding how your dogs cool down
and planning ahead can stop dangerous situations
from escalating and avoid potential disasters. Dogs,
like people can suffer in the hot weather and every
year they die tragically in hot vehicles or end up in
the vets office with sunburn or heatstroke.
Dogs are endothermic; regardless of changes
in environmental temperatures, they need to
maintain and regulate their own body temperature
within a set and safe range. The average healthy
dog’s body temp is 101.5 degrees Fahrenheit (38.6
degrees Celsius). When your dog’s body temperature
increases, heat is lost from increased blood flowing
at the skin surface. As a dog breathes in, air travels
through the nasal passage and is cooled before it
reaches the lungs.
As the environment becomes warmer and/or
more humid a dog will regulate body his body temp
and cool down using the respiratory system-mainly
by panting, unlike us humans who sweat when we’re
hot, dogs do not use sweating through their skin as
their cooling mechanism. When your dog becomes
hot, the brain will send signals to different parts
of the body. Your dog’s heart and lungs will work
harder as your dog breathes in and out quicker and
pants to reduce body temperature via the process of
evaporation.
Your Brachycephalic (or short-nosed) breeds
such as Pugs, Bostons, and Bulldogs; just to name
a few, have a much harder time adjusting to hotter
temperatures. Since they have a shorter muzzle
length, they have less air passing in and out and
have to work harder panting to help themselves cool
down. When a brachycephalic dog is too hot and
panting heavily, a foamy phlegm can be produced
in the throat making it harder to breath and airways
can become inflamed and swollen leading to further
respiratory distress.
Remember that the sun moves around
throughout the day so be sure to check out that your
dogs have constant access to a well shaded area
at all times of the day and proper ventilation. An
electric fan in a safe position can also help circulate
air around. You can also place a bowl of cold water
with some ice cubes in it below the fan which will
help circulate cooler air around the room.
Dogs need a constant supply of fresh, cool
water and be sure to keep their water out of the hot
sun. Securing bowls or buckets of water can prevent
them from getting knocked over or played with and
spilt. Some of your ‘kiddie type’ wadding pools can
help to keep your dogs cool providing you have the
space and that your dogs can get out of them easily.
Black dogs will absorb more heat from
the sun. Long haired dogs and dogs with double
coats need to kept well groomed to remove any
dead undercoat and tangles; thus helping the air to
circulate through their haircoat and allowing the
skin to breathe. Since dogs are particularly prone to
sunburn due to a lack of pigmentation, shaving them
down completely is not recommended. The tips of
ears, bridge of nose, around the eyes and abdomen
are areas which can become burnt easily due to the
thin skin and lack of hair in those areas. You can
use a high factor sunscreen or complete sunblock
on your dogs that are out in the sun more to protect
their vulnerable areas.
During the summer months, please don’t
forget your dog’s needs. Learning how to care for
your dogs properly is imperative to their good health
and happiness!
By Kathy Bettes
BREEDERS BEWARE!!!
An idea for a TV commercial....
By Glenn Knox
Picture this: Older man is sitting in front of a fireplace,
reading to his grandson. The camera starts centered on
the fire, then slowly backs off and you then see them
sitting there and the grandfather is reading out loud.
“And the little boy and his favorite dog Rex,
head home from the lake with their catch of
fish.” He slowly closes the book and stares off
in the distance, like he is fondly remembering
his youth.
*Another vicious comment from the
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS);
“The recent report from the OIG (Office of the Inspector
General) and legislative introduction should serve as
a warning to all those who protect this industry; from
‘kennel clubs’ to pet stores to lobbying front groups
who claim to care about purebred dog breeding,
but in fact only care about how much money they
can make peddling loads of puppies. Your days of
abusing dogs for profit while snubbing the laws of
this country and many states are coming to an end.!
“Grandpa, did you have a dog when you were
growing up?”
“I sure did, his name was Sammy, and he was
a Golden Retriever. My parents bought him
for me from a Pet Store in the Mall. I went
everywhere with that dog, he was my best
friend.”
“Can I have a dog Grandpa?”
“No son, I‛m sorry, you can‛t. No one can
anymore.”
“What happened Grandpa, why can‛t I have a
dog, just like you did?”
“I‛m sorry son, I don‛t know why, but we let it
all go, we let them take the dogs away. Now,
there isn‛t any way to stop it, and no one can
own a dog anymore.”
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future without the existence of any companion
animals. This is exactly what the antipuppymill, HSUS, and Animal Rights movements
are trying to create. A life void of companion
animals, with no one breeding them or owning
them. Don‛t let this happen. Reject further
legislation, and tell your representatives that
enough is enough!”
“Because every child deserves
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A SPECIAL
BIRTHDAY GIFT
FOR BILLIE LOU
By Kathy Bettes
It’s not often these days
that you hear of people putting
their life on hold in order to help
someone else out. Such is the
case of Billie Lou Craddock, a long time Bulldog
breeder in Missouri and her fellow dog breeders
and friends. Billie Lou, who will have celebrated
her 80th birthday by the time you are reading this
article, was needing some remodeling done in
her kennel in order to stay compliant with USDA
regulations. Being a diabetic and having had both
knees replaced, Billie along with her daughter Nikki
Burnside, weren’t sure how they were going to get
the kennel back into shape. Nikki, who manages her
own farm and kennel, was at wits end trying to help
her mom and still maintain her own place. That was
when the Andersons of Sugarfork Kennels along
with David and Georgia Henderson of Neosho,
came to her rescue. Having kennels of their own,
they knew what to do and did not hesitate to jump
in and get it done; from painting to rebuilding pens,
they worked tirelessly over the past month in order
to help Billie and Nikki. “I don’t know how to ever
thank them enough. I just can’t stop crying when I
think about them and how much they have helped
me,” Billie said. “God has truly blessed me with
such wonderful friends.”
I had the extreme pleasure of talking with
Billie about her life in the dog business over the
past 30 years. She had some great stories about
her experiences from raising 800 plus rabbits to
acquiring her dogs in ’78. Billie had several different
breeds but found the Bulldogs to be her favorite.
“Bulldogs are the love of my life. I had a female that
I bought from Lorne Greene, the movie actor from
the TV show, “Bonanza”, that never had pups for me
but she had a great personality. I spoiled her so much
that I had to take her for a car ride every night before
she would go to bed. She would just sit up in that
seat and look out the window like she was the movie
star!”
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to weaning. “I had what you would call a ‘working
kennel’. I wanted everything to be labeled and handy
to get to and anything new that I came across to use,
I wrote down in my journal.” Billie has tried to be
consistent in everything she’s done with her babies
from using Buttermilk powder in her milk replacer
to giving tablespoons of vinegar in the water to bring
her females into season. “These remedies really do
work! I also learned to artificial inseminate my own
bulldogs from Darrell Tash who had the well-known
Daystar line.”
One of her funny stories she had was of her
‘breeding board’ she had before she learned to AI.
“I had gone to the local grocery store in town, and
this was back several years ago when they would
help carry your groceries to the car for you, and I
had this breeding board in the back of my truck.
Well this nice young man was carrying my groceries
out for me when he noticed the ‘board’ in the back
of my truck. I could see he was a little nervous
about asking me what it was but finally he got up the
courage, ‘Uh, what is that exactly?. I told him it was
my ‘breeding board’ I used for the dogs. His eyes got
really big and he gasped, ‘OH!’ and he high-tailed
it back into the store. He didn’t even wait for me to
explain how it worked but apparently told the others
about the strange contraption that the ‘dog lady’ had
in her vehicle and I was the talk of the community
for quite a while after that!”
Billie has always been particular about who
she sells her puppies to. “I had a woman and her
child come one time to buy a puppy. The kid kept
running around and teasing my dogs and the mother
refused to say anything to discipline the child. They
took an extreme amount of time looking over all my
puppies and I was getting frustrated. The mother
continued on pg. 10
Billie Lou cont. from pg. 8
finally snubbed her nose and pointed to one. But by
this time, I was angry about the child teasing my
dogs and the mother’s attitude so I told her the price
was $5,000 dollars. The mother and child quickly
left without a puppy! I care deeply about my babies
and I want to make sure they are going to go to a
loving and caring home.”
When Billie had her second knee replaced,
she had an extraordinary experience. “I literally died
on the operating table. One nurse said I was ‘gone’
but the other one told her to keep trying. I saw a
really bright, white light and I could see myself
floating above watching the nurses. That’s when I
saw Jesus and I told him I wasn’t ready to go; I still
had some family and friends that weren’t saved yet.
So Jesus looked at me and said, ‘OK’. And by some
miracle I was revived. The nurses told me later that
I really was dead and they couldn’t believe how I
came back. It was the most amazing experience I’ve
ever had and it has changed my life completely.”
Along with the wonderful help of her friends, the
Andersons and Hendersons and her daughter, Nikki,
I think all of Billie’s prayers have been answered.
Billie’s
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Happy Birthday Billie Lou!
One of Billie’s
Frenchie males!
Editor’s note: Please consult your local veterinarian before using any and all medications on your dogs.
‘DOC’ CRADDOCK’S HOME REMEDIES
•For newborn puppies when momma is slow coming into her milk; get the powdered Buttermilk and
mix 1 part buttermilk to 5 parts water and feed babies for first 3 days.
•For diarrhea in puppies; Mix Pedialyte with yogurt and a lactobacillus pill and administer for 3-5
days.
•For fussy puppies when weaning; Take 1 QT of Buttermilk and 1 lb. of liver (take strip off outside of
meat) and put in blender. Mix to a paste like consistency and feed puppies (along with dry food).
•For water babies; if you have a puppy with a slight water on the brain, you can give a shot of lasix
in the hip and rub well. This should eliminate the fluid-only for slight cases.
•For mild hairloss on puppies; Get the Hy-Yield Sulphur Spray and mix 1 cup of the spray to 2 cups
water and spray lightly on puppies-be careful not to get in their eyes! Towel dry.
•For earmites; 1 part Malathion to 12 oz Mineral oil and use once a month. This should prevent
earmites from coming back.
•For bumps on the heads (like ‘dobie’ bumps on Min Pins); you can use a topical ointment or give a
calcium shot. This should clear them up.
•For excessive phlegm in puppies; Give 1 tsp. of sugar with some clean Coal Oil (like your momma
used to give you!) and use oral feeding syringe. They will want to spit it up but it will clear their
throats.
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Prevention Tips to Keep Pets from Starting Home
Fires
-New Data Says Pets Start Nearly 1,000 Fires Each
YearNew York- An estimated 500,000 pets are
affected annually by home fires, however, nearly 1,000
house fires each year are accidentally started by the
homeowner’s pets, according to a new data analysis by
the National fire Protection Association.
The American Kennel Club (AKC) and ADT Security
Services recently joined forces once again for the third
annual National Pet Fire Safety Day held on July 15th to
spread awareness about how pets can start home fires but
more importantly how to prevent them.
“Not many pet owners realize that their pet
can actually be the cause of a devastating fire,” said
AKC spokesperson Lisa Peterson. “Simple preventative
measures, such as flameless
candles and stove knob covers,
can mean the difference between
life and death for your fourlegged friends.”
Chris and Kay Wardlow of
Oklahoma know that all too well.
Their curious dog Lucy was
home alone and spied a cake on
the stove top. As Lucy tried to
get a taste, her paw accidentally
hit the stove knob and turned on
the gas burner that was under
the cake pan. Within minutes,
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Firefighters were called to the scene, the house was saved
and Lucy was rescued.
“Planning for unexpected emergencies like home
fires and taking these precautions are an integral part
of responsible pet ownership,” Peterson said. AKD and
ADT offer the following tips to educate pet owners on
how to prevent your beloved pet from starting a fire, as
well as how to keep your pets safe.
Prevent your pet from starting fires
 Ex nguish open flames- Pets are generally
curious and will invesƟgate cooking appliances,
candles or even a fire in your fireplace. Ensure
your pet is not leŌ unaƩended around an open
flame and make sure to thoroughly exƟnguish
any open flame before leaving your home.
 Remove stove knobs- Be sure to remove stove
knobs or protect them with covers before
leaving the house. According to the NaƟonal Fire
ProtecƟon AssociaƟon, a stove or cook top is the
number one piece of equipment involved in your
pet starƟng a fire.
 Invest in flameless candles- These candles
contain a light bulb rather than an open flame,
and take the danger out of your pet knocking
over a candle. Cats are notorious for starƟng
fires when their tails turn over lit candles.
 Beware of water bowls on wooden decks- Do
not leave a glass water bowl for your pet outside
on a wooden deck. The sun’s rays when filtered
through the glass and water can actually heat up
and ignite the wooden deck beneath it. Choose
stainless steel or ceramic bowls instead.
Keep your pets safe
 Keep Pets Near Entrances When Away From
Home- Keep collars on pets and leashes at
the ready in case firefighters need to rescue
your pet. When leaving pets home alone, keep
them in areas or rooms near entrances where
firefighters can easily find them.
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window. This criƟcal informaƟon saves rescuers
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update the number of pets listed.
In partnership with the National Volunteer Fire Council,
pet owners can obtain a free Pet Fire Safety Window
Cling from local volunteer firehouses nationwide. For
a list of locations, visit www.nvfc.org/windowclings.
The clings are also free online at www.adt.com/pets
and will be available this September at your local AKC
Responsible Dog Ownership Day. This year’s flagship
event will be held in Raleigh on September 25th. Visit
hƩp://www.akc.org/clubs/rdod/ for more information
on an event near you. Additionally the clings will be
available at Meet the Breeds, October 16th and 17th, at
the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. For more info,
visit www.meeƩhebreeds.com.
Media Contacts:
Lisa Peterson, American Kennel Club (212) 696-8360 or
(203) 788-1951 (AKC website: www.akc.org)
Bob Tucker, ADT Security Services (561) 988-3619
(ADT website: www.adt.com)
Kimberly Ettinger, National Volunteer Fire Council
(202) 887-5700 ext 19 (NVFC website: www.nvfc.org)
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Checks and Balances
By
Dr. Carmen L. Battaglia
Recently I read an article in a judge’s
newsletter that suggested the need for some
fundamental changes in dog shows. The writer argued
that dog shows are out of step with our times because
they are no longer the place to go to evaluate breeding
stock. The judge who wrote the article claimed that
breeders no longer needed to meet at shows to see
what others have bred.
She writes, (parenthetical) “the dog show has
become a community of dog lovers where information
can be shared; a place where the sport requires
training and competence in the ring; a place where
one goes to see dogs from other bloodlines that may
compliment their own”. She further explains, “I
think we have become more of a sport and less of
a gathering of people who evaluate breeding stock.
To that end, I would be totally in favor of allowing
neutered or spayed dogs to compete with fully intact
dogs. Many people don’t have the time, facilities or
the talent to breed a litter, yet they enjoy showing
their dogs. Why create pressure on them to breed
their bitch”.
Others would disagree and argue that the
fundamental need and purpose of dog shows has
increased since their inception over a 100 years ago.
We know that the early breeders first used dog shows
to compare and test breeding stock. If anything has
changed, the shows are bigger, involve more people
and include over 150 breeds. These changes suggest
that they have not lost their place of importance or their
sense of direction. What has changed are the number of
venues and the quality of the competition. In addition
to conformation and obedience, clubs are hosts for
hunting, agility, lure coursing, tracking, herding and earth
dog events. When taken together, these venues attract
larger entries and they also present new challenges. For
example, each year there are more novice breeders who
are beginning to test their skills. There are also growing
numbers of exhibitors anxious to learn about the sport.
In 2001, the AKC reported that entries for all venues
exceeded 1.8 million. While there may not be total
agreement about the role of each venue, breeders and
judges continue to use them as their central place to meet
and see the improvements made in breeds.
Before we consider abandoning or changing
this time-tested tradition and all of the core values that
have successfully been used by breeders for decades,
let’s examine a few of the key issues. Has the purpose
really changed and should dog shows as we know them
be abandoned for something else? Let’s begin by looking
at some facts and some of the ways that shows can be
improved.
No one would argue that there are many positive
social values and interactions that continue to be an
important part of every dog show. The public, exhibitor,
judge and breeder each attend for a variety of reasons,
but common to all are the dogs and the competition they
provide. First and foremost, dog shows remain the place
of choice for breeders to see what others consider their
best stock based on a breed standard.
On the other hand, not all shows are the same.
Some limit their entries to one breed in order to attract
those whose common interests and appreciations are
focused on a single breed. These are the specialty shows.
They are unique in that they provide opportunities to see
not only the breadth of a breed, but also its depth and
strengths along with the individual characteristics of the
best dogs. They are the best places to find a majority of a
breed’s specialists discussing what corrections are needed
and what improvements have taken place. Specialty
shows are regional and national in scope. They produce
a gathering of people who are all involved with the same
breed standard.
The All-breed club serves a different purpose.
They serve a diverse group of breeders, exhibitors and
judges. All-breed clubs host shows that attract more than
150 breeds. Their goal is to provide a venue where all of
the recognized breeds can be observed and judged. In
some ways the specialty and all-breed clubs are similar.
Both recognize and appreciate the role of the breeder who
is central to every event. They recognize the importance
of the breeder because they determine what bitches will
be bred and which stud dogs will be used. They are key
to every event because they produce the pups and provide
the puppy buyer’s with information about the breed, AKC
registration, the importance of positive identification
(microchip), DNA, etc. This places them and the shows
they attend in the center of the dog world and the sport
itself.
The common denominators at every event are
the dogs, judges, breeders and exhibitors. Common to all
of the breeds are their special characteristics, strengths
and weaknesses. Many clubs offer continuing education
activities, which range from seminars to clinics. These
activities continue to make the dog show the key
place to meet and discuss dogs. They also produce the
opportunities to see the best animals and those who breed
them.
Improvements:
There are other reasons for dog shows to be
the meeting place for breeders and judges. When a
breeder shows a faulty dog in the hopes that it can win,
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it becomes the judge’s job to keep the faulty one from
winning. In this sense, the show and the judge become
part of a check and balance system. Let’s take an example
that is a common problem for many breeds such as
missing teeth. If breeders ignore the problem it will
become worse. After a few generations, missing teeth will
spread throughout the breed and over time it will have its
adverse effect. In some breeds it will first affect the lower
jaw, then the shape of the skull. Once it becomes wide
spread there will eventually be a noticeable shift in the
appearance of the head.
We need only to look at some history for
insight into this matter. Without a doubt, one of the
major steps in the evolution of mammals from reptilelike ancestors was the development of their complex
chewing apparatus. Unlike fish, amphibians, and reptiles,
mammals have four kinds of teeth: incisors, canines,
premolars, and molars. Each type plays a different role
in food processing and the structure of each differs from
species to species according to the diet of the species.
But teeth are only one part of the dietary picture. Muscles
are needed to put teeth into action. They are designed for
breaking particular foods, which explains the size and
arrangement of their chewing muscles. Teeth and muscles
also vary from species to species in relation to their diet.
The size of the head muscles, jawbone and teeth all serve
to provide shape and appearance to the head.
For many breeds, the problem begins when
breeders and judge’s over look a fault. At first, they
consider it as just a small and unimportant problem. You
should become suspicious that a problem is about to get
worse when you hear breeders describe it as “a minor,
slight or insignificant deviation from the standard.” In the
case of missing teeth, the typical expression first begins
with the sentence; “they don’t walk on their mouth”.
When repeated often enough, it becomes the rationale for
not faulting missing teeth no matter the number that are
missing. After the problem has been allowed to spread
throughout the breed, certain things about the head begin
to change. Usually it is the expression and shape of the
jaw. Once this has occurred, a new phrase is used which
is also repeated. This time it is of a more serious tone. It
sounds something like this. “Missing teeth have become
another serious problem of the breed and our heads are
no longer what they used to be”. Scenarios like this
involve many traits and are not limited to just missing
teeth. When they are heard, there is usually a long track
that leads back to a large number of breeders and judges
with relaxed attitudes about the breed standard and the
purpose of the show.
The old timers know that unless breeders and
judge’s work together to make improvements, a breed
will slide down hill. It is the judge who determines what
is acceptable, who will win and how the standard will
be interpreted. When judges become lax in their attitude
about breed standards or fail to appreciate a breed’s
function, the breeds they judge will suffer. This is why
clubs should be careful to invite only those judges to
officiate at their shows who they believe will provide a
service to their breed. For example, judges who forgive
more than they should in areas of temperament, structure
and other important breed characteristics, contribute to
breeds problems by allowing the less desirable specimens
to win and thus perpetuate their faults.
Some judges when they notice a trend will call
it to the attention of the breeders through their critiques.
Recently, I spoke to a judge who had just finished
judging 47 Great Danes at an all-breed show. By
the end of the puppy classes he had noticed an
unusual number of youngsters with missing teeth. It
prompted him to begin to keep count. By the end of
his assignment he had totaled 19 out of 47 or 40%
that had two or more missing teeth. In conversation
with another judge, he learned that she also had a
similar experience. At her assignment she noticed
that 12 of 21 or 41% had missing teeth. If both of
these judges had passed their findings on to the
breeders or the parent club, they might have raised
the level of awareness before the problem gets out
of control. When judges and breeders understand
this relationship and how they fit into the equation
for making corrections and improvements, a breed can
improve. If they don’t, the breed over time will suffer.
When I mentioned this scenario to some judges at a
judge’s institute, I was surprised by the reaction of a
few. One said, “The Great Dane Standard does not fault
missing teeth so why should I check them”. Another
replied, “That’s true, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t
look and give feedback to the club”. As the reader of this
is material, which one of these two judges would you
want to judge your breed?
The notion that the show has lost its place of
importance for evaluating breeding stock cannot be
supported. With the growing number of inexperienced
breeders and the decline in the number of large
breeding kennels, the dog show has become the best
and most suitable place to evaluate dogs and one of
the best places to learn about a breed.
There are always opinions on a subject like
this and I would be interested in knowing what the
readers think about the future of dog shows and their
purpose. Those who would care to comment should
drop me a note in care of the editor.
References:
AKC Judges Newsletter, Winter 2001 Volume 3,
Number 19
Burgis, Arnold. The American Kennel and Sporting Field,
(Editor’s remarks) New York, J. B. Ford and Company,
1876, P. 188.
Willis, Malcomb, “Breeding Dogs” Canine Health
Conference, AKC Canine health Conference, Oct. 15-17,
1999. St. Louis, MO.
Willis, Malcomb, “The Road Ahead”, AKC Gazette,
August 2000, Vol. 117, number 8, p-47.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Carmen L Battaglia holds a Ph.D. and Masters Degree from
Florida State University. As an AKC judge, researcher and
writer, he has been a leader in promoting ways to breed
better dogs. He is the author of many articles and several
books and is a popular TV and radio talk show speaker. His
seminars on breeding dogs, selecting sires and choosing
puppies have been well received by breed clubs all over
the country. Those interested in learning more about his
articles and seminars should visit the website:
http://www.breedingbetterdogs.com
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GENERAL REPORT
By Jim Hughes
W
ell, how do you like them apples!!! It
would seem that the Office of Inspector General
has done an audit of the Animal Welfare Act and
has found itself disappointed by their lack of
enforcement. Well, we have not been too happy with
them either, but for different reasons. Now, if the
OG is unhappy, and the Humane Society is unhappy,
and the breeders that are regulated are unhappy, and
the news media seems to be telling us that John Q.
Public is unhappy, then I have a suggestion. Why
don’t we just eliminate APHIS altogether and save
the taxpayers $874 million dollars? Or at least the
animal control portion for $21 million dollars?
If no one is happy, at least the USDA
inspectors must be inspecting fairly. When my
boys were growing up, each claimed I was showing
favoritism to the other. I figured if I could keep them
both complaining, then I was doing a pretty fair job
of walking down the middle.
In 1966, Public Law 89-544, the Laboratory
Animal Welfare Act was passed by Congress. This
act was amended in 1970 to P. L. 91-579, dropping
the laboratory and just calling it the Animal Welfare
Act to cover all warm blooded animals used in
research, exhibition, and the wholesale pet trade.
This law was again amended in 1976, again in 1985,
and again in 1990. In 2002 and again in 2008 this
law was again amended, each time adding new
regulations or re-interpreting the old regulations.
Now we are looking once again at proposed changes
due to the I.G. report.
Of course, Senator Durbin is taking this
golden opportunity to introduce the PUPS BILL.
This is just a warmed over version of the PAWS
bill that then Senator Santorum had introduced and
nobody could live with. Much of the objectionable
verbiage is left out of the PUPS bill or changed to
make it more compatible. I feel that this one might
pass, due to all the bad publicity that H$U$ has
thrown our way. The big selling point is that it is
designed to close the loophole allowing the internet
sales breeder to escape regulation.
I have always believed a fact that I was
taught in college, “Those that can, do, those that
can not, teach, and those that can do neither, work
for the government”. I have associated with many
Veterinarians over the span of my life. In fact, I had
always intended to go to vet school until I finally
realized that I wanted to raise animals, not doctor
somebody else’s. But the practice of Veterinarian
Medicine is an honorable profession and I encourage
young high school students to consider it as their life
work.
We now must consider a term I came across
the other day. It was a reference to the political
lawyers that graduate from Harvard or other Ivy
League schools. I interpose it to the veterinarians
who work as government regulators for the
Department of Agriculture or as inspectors in poultry
and meat processing plants. “High I.Q. Morons” fit
the bill nicely. These H.I.Q.M’s sit on their As—s in
Washington D.C. and write regulations to govern an
industry that they have no practical knowledge about
and then find that they must change these regulations
no less than 7 times and now are considering another
change. Nobody ever asked me what I thought about
these regulations. When I traveled to Washington
to discuss these changes or when one or more of
these H.I.Q.Ms, came to the Midwest to tell us
what they had decided on while pretending to ask
for our opinion, the phrase I heard the most was,
“It seems to me” as the reason for a new regulation
or a position paper on an old one, changing one of
the many regulations for what I considered a worse
one than. We had already grown accustomed to
living with the first one. I could use up this whole
magazine citing examples. Had expert advice from
one or more experienced breeders been asked for,
this “seems to me” phrase could have been changed
to “that will work or that won’t work”, and we could
have avoided these 7 or 8 changes.
The IG audit has found 14 points that it
suggests changes to. APHIS has agreed to all but
two, and these are being studied. They want a new or
modified Dealer Inspection Guide, eliminate a “No
Action” solution for a violation, a need to retrain
inspectors to enforce new regulations, raise penalties
for violations, and document proof of violations
continued on pg. 22
USDA report cont. from pg 20
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breeders. There are 99 inspectors working 15,722
inspections per year. The average inspector performs
159 inspections per year. In 2008 there were 4604
licensed breeders and 1116 licensed brokers in
operation. The inspector can give a breeder 1 day
to 1 year to clean up a violation. The average time
allowed is 16 days. New inspectors go through a
training course of 5 to 6 weeks. I would like to see
that course include a little crap shoveling and sitting
up all night trying to save a sick newborn.
You need to go to http://www.usda.gov/oig/
webdocs/53002-4-SF.pdf and read the 60 pages of
the report and look at the pictures that caused this
very negative audit from the OIG. I grant you the
argument that this is a tiny sampling of our kennel
population, but just one of this type of neglect is
one too many. If we tolerate this kind of neglect
within our midst, then we deserve what we get as
an industry. Missouri has a new plan called “Bark
Alert” that encourages people to report animal
neglect to the Dept. of Ag. This plan has the
opportunity to be abused by people who have an
“axe to grind” or who are just too ignorant to really
understand what constitutes abuse or neglect, but
it does afford another breeder, who is just trying to
protect his industry, the opportunity to remedy the
abuse shown in the picture presented in this 60 page
report. Frank Losey is trying to get a list together of
all people who condemn these illegal, unscrupulous,
sub-standard, irresponsible kennel operators. We
want these people out of our business before they
bring the whole industry into oblivion.
A lot of the problems with USDA
enforcement come from the breeder resenting the
Mickey Mouse, nit picking regulations that do not
amount to a hill of beans. Ninety nine percent of us
strongly support regulations that really do suppress
cruelty and neglect inflicted upon animals, no matter
what the species. If the H.I.Q.Ms would invite some
really High I.Q. genius with a wealth of experience
in the actual raising of dogs to Washington to
help them re-write these rules and regulations, we
could support and welcome the involvement of
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DOMINATE,
SON OF BUGLE ANN
By Jim Hughes
Everybody knew that Bugle Ann was out of the
Charleston finals for that year. It was also pretty obvious
that none of the other dogs in the Orland Hughes pact
stood a chance of winning, so this was just another
year to be a spectator, as had been all of the past years.
Bugle Ann was the only dog my uncle Thumb had ever
owned that “could’a been a contender”. It was time to
start the training for next year, but he realized that a dog
like Bugle Ann only came along once in a lifetime. He
swallowed his disappointment and went back to life as
normal.
On the next night
out, about two weeks later,
several of the farmers got
some dogs together for
another run. I was spending
a week with my uncle and
aunt Mary, so I got to go
on this run. I wanted to
take Dominate with us that
night. Thumb said no, the
pup was way too young
to hunt, but I begged until
uncle Thumb gave in. He
always did spoil me. But
I was to keep the pup on a
tight leash and not let him
pester anyone.
We loaded up the dogs except Bugle Ann. She
hobbled to the fence and whined and gave us that sad
eyed look that only a hound can give. But Thumb said no
as he petted his dog. He was hurt that the dog was forced
to stay behind. She barked that special sound of hers as
we pulled out of the driveway.
Dominate was staring at his mother as he left the
yard. He remembered that all his litter mates had left this
driveway to never return. What would be his fate tonight?
When we arrived at the point where we would build the
fire, we unloaded all the dogs. As soon as they hit the
ground, they were off. Except Dominate! I tied him to a
tree and started to gather firewood to cook the hotdogs
for supper. The pup had just laid down and went to sleep.
It took about an hour for the pack to jump a fox, but
when they did and the sound of their voices came drifting
back to the campfire, Dominate’s head shot up and his
attention stance became immediately present. He barked
and lunged into the leash several times. The other men
laughed and told uncle Thumb that he had an eager dog
there. Everybody wondered if he could match his mother.
Several hunts later, when Bugle Ann was fit to
run again, Thumb decided to just take his dogs and asked
my dad to bring the pups father along to see how they
would do their first time out. Also he needed to get Bugle
Ann back into shape. When we let Leon out of the car, he
went straight to Bugle Ann. With nose sniffing front and
rear, and tails wagging like crazy, it was pretty obvious
the dogs remembered each other.
Dominate was looking this fellow over,
wondering just why he seemed so familiar with his mom.
“If he wasn’t so big, Dominate thought, I might just teach
him some manners”. He was also looking the female pup
over. “Now, that is just more than I am going to stand
for. If he thinks he can treat my mom and my sister just
like a common bitch in heat, well, he’s got another think
coming”. Dominate came in behind me, growling with
his hackles up and his lips raised. Dad told me to put the
leash on him and hold him back or Leon might just eat
him for breakfast. As soon as I got Dominate securely
fastened, he opened up with the
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lunging,
barking, growling and
g
general
hell raising that told
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Leon
that if he were not tied
u Leon was in serious danger
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I never heard a dog laugh out
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before. But the grownups
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decided
to keep Dominate in
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the
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the
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pups
were let out after the pack
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left
h the pack running but not
hear
a sound from Bugle Ann. The
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dogs
returned after about two
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hours
with Leon coming in last.
Dominate jumped him as soon as
he saw him. Leon gave the pup a good whipping but did
not really hurt him much. We all felt that maybe Leon
was not a good teacher for Dominate.
Thumb took the pups on several more outings
and finally let them loose with the other dogs. Both pups
took up the race right behind Bugle Ann. She was still
fast but she knew she was not going to be able to keep
the lead because her leg stated to hurt after only thirty
minutes of running, but she was teaching the pups some
of the tricks she had learned about running the fox. She
showed them how to cut the circle, how to wait for the
double back, how to find the scent after the creek run,
where to look if the fox went into hiding. All her tricks
were taught to the pups.
Old Red had watched the dogs run on many
occasions after the other foxes, but he had not been run
by Bugle Ann since she had broke her leg. He had seen
Leon the night he ran and he was glad that Leon had not
picked up his scent. That big dog was fast and deadly,
but the one he feared was Bugle Ann. But she was not
keeping up with the other dogs. The only way she stayed
with the pack was to leave the pack, cut the circle so as to
save a mile or so and pick up again as they came around
the circle. Her leg hurt and she just was not up to staying
on the trail. But, this was not an excepted way of running
in competition. Thumb decided to leave her home for a
while yet. The next time he took the dogs out, the pups
got to go but not their mother. They were on their own.
A few weeks later, on a particularly cold and
windy night, the pack picked up the scent of Old Red.
They started the cry that hounds do when they are on
the scent. Red heard them and so did Thumb. He was so
far ahead of them that he knew he could shake them off
the trail. He started his usual bag of tricks and soon the
hounds became confused. Finally one of the old dogs
picked up the scent again. As he barked out his message
to the world, Old Red thought he would just call it a
night. He headed straight home, cutting back into eye
contact with the pack. All the dogs could see him but
he had distance on them, so he was not worried about
beating them to the hole. As he was nearing home, he
started to realize that those two pups were gaining on him
much faster than he thought possible. He began to fear
that they would catch him before he could jump into the
hole.
Red and the pups both arrived at the hole at the
same time. Dominate was between Red and the hole. Red
had no choice but to jump high over Dominate and hit
the hole square on. Sister was grabbing for the tail and
expecting Dominate to go for the head, but Dominate
was so shocked by being jumped over that he just stood
there. He let Red hit the hole with Sister holding his tail.
He then got a back foot in his teeth and tried to pull Red
back, but Red was digging in with his front feet as fast
as he could. He whirled around and bit Dominate on the
nose. Dominate was so infuriated that he dropped the
foot to get a better hold. This was all Red needed, Sister
hit the sides of the hole so hard that when it was over, all
she had was a small piece of tail. Red would live to run
another day. Dominate learned a strong lesson that night.
He would never release again. A poor grip was much
better than no grip at all.
Old Red learned another lesson about survival
too. Never under estimate your adversary. Sister had
a piece of fox tail when she returned home. She was
quite proud of herself. Dominate had a large dose of
humiliation and the other dogs could not see what all
the commotion was about. But the other dogs did not
have Bugle Ann for a mother. Good breeding runs
deep. Dominate vowed that Old Red had just had his
remaining days numbered. He would learn every thing
that Bugle Ann could teach him. He also decided that he
would behave much better if and when Leon returned.
Poor Red!
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How the animal rights movement targets children
A seventh-grader organizes a protest outside
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“Clubby the Seal” takes revenge by collecting human
skin hides. Is there any doubt that the animal rights
movement is targeting your kids?
In a newly updated report, “Your Kids, PETA’s
Pawns,” the Center for Consumer Freedom explores
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Treatment of Animals (PETA), utilizes its vast
resources to attract children and teenagers—the next
generation of potential meat eaters, milk drinkers, circusgoers, and fisherman- to its cult-like crusade. In its 2007
annual report PETA boasts of having “the largest youth
membership of any animal rights organization,” with over
800,000 Peta members.
Despite denunciations from psychologists
and school officials, PETA continues to target children
as young as six years old with violent and graphic
propaganda. Sidestepping parents and school authorities,
PETA lures young and impressionable children into
radical activism with a coordinated effort including the
use of graphic comic books, grotesque toys, schoolyard
demonstrations, email alerts sent directly to 65,000
children, and even a classroom lecturer with a felony
rap sheet. Not convinced? Read the updated “Your Kids,
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all ages.
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Everything kids see—in school, in television,
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development. But few parents realize how People
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allies utilize these vehicles to reach kids through clever
communications campaigns. PETA begins a graduated
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benign ‘help animals’ theme, PETA lays out the path to
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blurring line between caring for animals and ‘liberating’
them begins to disappear as teen celebrity endorsements,
schoolyard demonstrations, and other activities help
transition middle and high-school students from
passive sympathizers to “PETA’s army of animal rights
rebels.” By the time PETA kids reach college, many are
encouraged to adopt a lifestyle of vandalism, burglary,
and even arson.
Most parents would be shocked if they knew the details
of PETA’s marketing tactics aimed at children. During
2002 and 2003, for example, PETA sent a ‘humane
education lecturer’ into schools to convert young children
to strict vegetarianism. Little did parents know that
this paid speaker had been arrested over a dozen times
for animal-rights related crimes, many of which were
affiliated with his allegiance to the Animal Liberation
Front—a group described the FBI as a ‘domestic terrorist’
organization. And in addition to sending convicted
criminals to ‘educate’ young children, PETA employees
distribute graphically violent anti-meat and anti-milk
propaganda to kids as they come and go from school.
PETA even gives small children blood-and-gore PETA
comic books entitled “Your Mommy Kills Animals!” and
“Your Daddy Kills Animals!”
Psychologists and school officials have
denounced PETA’s child-propaganda as “despicable,
traumatizing, beyond insensitive, and an absolute
atrocity.” But PETA shows no sign of slowing down, and
the details of its radical messages are unknown to most
parents and teachers.
How PETA & the Animal Cult Movement Target Kids
With $31 million in annual income (2006),
PETA is among the richest, most influential animal
rights organizations in the world. It sees children as a
way to effectively maintain its power by ensuring that
its violent and destructive messages will be promoted
for generations to come. Although many parents are
familiar with PETA’s attention-grabbing media stunts,
few are aware of PETA’s coordinated campaign to bypass
parental authority and indoctrinate children with its
radical philosophy.
In the words of its founding president Ingrid
Newkirk, PETA’s goal is ‘total animal liberation’. In
addition to spelling the end of meat and dairy foods, this
extremist organization has vowed to eliminate animals
from zoos, aquariums, circuses and rodeos. Its activists
campaign aggressively to ban fishing, fur, leather, wool,
pet ownership, and biology-class dissection in schools.
And PETA opposes all medical research on animals
(including lab rats)—even to cure diseases like AIDS
and Cancer. PETA’s clever advertising campaigns are
necessary to achieve its goals because most people are
not naturally inclined to adopt this radical philosophy.
As one animal cult leader candidly told Great Britain’s
Observer newspaper in 2003, “We are after the kids
who are looking and searching for something.” Through
a sophisticated campaign designed to convert the next
generation to its cause, children of all ages are snared by
PETA’s predatory net and told that their search is over.
PETA’s graduated process of indoctrination
begins when children enter elementary school and
continues through adolescence. At each stage, PETA
increases its expectations for ‘animal liberation’ recruits,
going behind the backs of parents at every opportunity.
(See chart opposite page). article cont. on pg. 28
CRADLE TO JAIL: PETA’s ‘Age-Appropriate’ messages
‘PETA Kids’ website criticizes
‘cruel’ fishing, instructs kids on
‘what to eat’, and tells young
children how to avoid field trips
to the circus or the zoo.
In-school curriculum materials from
PETA emphasize animal ‘exploitation’
in The Three Little Pigs & Cinderella.
PETA interns and employees visit
schools dressed in colorful mascot
costumes designed to attract
inquisitive kids.
Activists place ‘Unhappy Meals’
and ‘Buckets of Blood’ into the
hands of children leaving fastfood restaurants.
Middle
School
Elementary
School
Grrr! Kids Bite Back
newsletter introduces
young children to the
vocabulary and
history of the ‘animal
liberation’ movement
PETA emphasizes
‘humane’ treatment
of household pets and
uses ‘Finding Nemo’
to plant the message
that ‘Fish are Friends,
Not Food.’
Activists distribute
colorful anti-milk
and anti-meat
trading cards (and
tofu ‘ice cream’) to
children as they
walk home from
PETA distributes free
curriculum materials to
teachers, featuring antimeat messages and
discouraging kids from
‘chowing down on one
of your friends.’
Young children of furwearing women are given
“Your Mommy Kills
Animals” comic books
outside theaters and holiday
ballets.
Online PETA advice column
directs kids to vandalize dairy
posters in school cafeterias.
PETA literature encourages
students to refuse biology
class dissection
assignments and offers
legal assistance to those
whose requests are denied.
Edgy ‘PETA2’
website urges kids to
‘join PETA’s army of
animal-rights rebels,’
and rewards
‘actions’ (illegal &
otherwise) with
PETA merchandise.
PETA ‘Humane
Education Lecturer’ (a
convicted felon) preaches
strict vegetarianism to
teen audiences.
PETA provides pre-written
‘homework’ packets on animal
rights topics for students to use
in essays, class presentations &
persuasive speeches.
High
School
Curriculum
material
encourages
students to
ponder whether
it’s ‘acceptable
to break a law’
in pursuit of
animal rights.
PETA sponsors
college oriented
animal rights conferences, where hard-core
animal liberation
activists teach the finer
points of arson,
vandalism and police
confrontation.
College
&
Beyond
Vulgar and sexually
oriented PETA ads
encourage students to ‘end
animal exploitation’ by
protesting meat & dairy foods
on their college campuses.
PETA’s college protests
have risqué themes,
including live ‘make-out’
sessions, naked demonstrations, and claims that
vegetarianism improves
sexual performance.
‘PETA2’ program
leaders distribute leaflets,
stickers, spray paint
templates and petitions (and
collect cash donations) at
rock concerts and other
MTV-oriented events.
PETA pays
for the legal
defense of
young
activists
who are
prosecuted
for violent
animal
rights
crimes.
PETA’s
intern
program
provides
college
students &
recent
grads with
hands-on
protest
experience
and free
lodging,
completing
their
‘training’
in the
movement.
NO! I haven‛t seen your lipstick! Why would you ask me that?
I‛m insulted! Everytime something goes missing around here,
everybody looks at me! For your information, I don‛t even wear
that shade-it doesn‛t flatter my complexion and it tastes terrible.
Your Kids cont. from pg. 26
An Online Minefield for Children
In 2002, PETA president Ingrid Newkirk insisted
on CNN’s “Crossfire” that “everything {PETA does}
is based at adults.” But at the time Newkirk made that
statement, PETA was already operating several children’s
websites, each designed to appeal to a different age
group.
PETA begins marketing itself online to
elementary and middle-school children with the “PETA
Kids” website. Another Internet site, “Peta2” targets
adolescents with its ‘question authority’ theme, featuring
skateboarders, violent imagery, and street lingo for
maximum appeal. Diet-specific sites with names like
“Veg Kids” and “Milk Sucks” push false claims and peerpressure messages, like “eating meat causes cancer,” and
drinking milk is “not cool.” The kid-themed “Fishing
Hurts” site uses images from the Disney film “Finding
Nemo” to tell kids that “eating fish is dangerous.” And
international child-oriented PETA websites target young
minds in other countries, including specific pitches to
kids in India, Germany and England.
These entire websites link to PETA’s other online
material, potentially exposing web-surfing children to its
graphic and often sexually-oriented messages for adults.
One such site promotes alternatives to leather clothing,
showing adults (and any child who happens to click twice
from a ‘PETA Kids’ page) ways to “Pleather yourself”
with custom-designed lingerie. But even if they manage
to avoid straying from PETA’s child-centered websites,
kids see invitation after invitation to join “PETA’s army
of animal rights rebels.” Over and over, animal-rights
messages are hammered home, including these:
 PETA tries to overrule parents by telling kids
“what to eat” demanding that they adopt a meatfree, dairy-free, and egg-free diet. One PETA Kids
page describes graphic pig slaughtering methods,
such as ‘having their tails cut off and teeth sawed
off—all without painkillers! And on Peta2, a PETA
columnist tells readers: “EGGS ARE CHICKEN
PERIODS! Eating an egg is the equivalent of
rummaging through your sister’s garbage once a
month, gathering all together all the old sanitary
napkins, and enjoying your finds sandwiched
between a lovely bit of French bread.”
 PETA capitalizes on teen celebrity endorsements
(including pop superstars and television idols)
to glamorize its message. And with its “PETA
Kids Superstars” program, it offers what every
kid craves—validation—in the form of online
‘celebrity’ status to everyday children who act out
in the name of animal rights.
 PETA gives teens detailed instructions on refusing
to participate in biology-class dissection projects,
and even advises suing if their grades suffer. “{If}
school officials still think they can violate your
rights,” PETA warns, kids should “call the Animal
Legal Defense Fund,” which will ‘put you in touch
with an attorney in your area.”
 PETA appeals to kids to demand the cancellation
of their schools’ field trips to the zoo or circus.
“Do your parents have visions of vacation visits to
aquariums or zoos dancing in their heads?” asks
one PETA Kids page. “Boycott circuses,” PETA
urges, advising children to craft “Heck No—We
Won’t Go!” petitions and deliver student signatures
to their teachers.
Teenage Rebellion, PETA-Style
PETA claims that over 235,000 kids signed up
to receive Peta2’s e-newsletter in 2006. But the animal
liberation movement needs more than cheering children:
It needs foot soldiers. Enter “Peta2,” the group’s website
for ‘tweens and teens. On the website, MTV-oriented
celebrities deliver the overall messages, telling kids
‘what to wear,’ what to eat’, and how to adopt a ‘vegan’
lifestyle. But Peta2’s ‘question authority’ message is
tinged with violent, edgy graphics, and sometimes
contains suggestions to commit illegal acts.
As kids grow up and basic animal-rights
propaganda sinks in, PETA gives young adolescents
a road map for getting ‘active’ in the ‘movement.’
It’s called the “Peta2 Street Team,” and it’s one part
scavenger hunt, one part Marlboro Catalog. PETA brags
that more than 65,000 American children have already
signed up.
Through its “PETA Kids” contests and Peta2
Street Team, PETA essentially pays children to adopt its
tactics. “PETA Kids” and Street Team members perform
specific animal-rights ‘actions’ in exchange for points,
which can be redeemed for PETA merchandise and
other prizes like music CDs and tickets to popular rock
concerts. Sponsored activities include: “participate in a
demonstration against KFC,” “veganize your cafeteria,”
stop a field trip to the circus”, and “hand out PETA
leaflets at a concert, aquarium, circus or fur store.” For
more rebellious teens, points are also available for those
who “put our Peta2 stencils to good use. Get busy with
a stencil and some spray paint!” One of these graffiti
stencils is reminiscent of PETA’s early headline-grabbing
spraying of fake blood on fur coats in public places: a
bulls-eye image that says, “If you wear fur, watch your
back.”
Elsewhere on Peta2, an online advice columnist
counsels a high-schooler who complains that he was
‘appalled to see a milk poster’ in his school cafeteria.
What to do? PETA’s columnist, whom the group dubs
“Nugget of Rage”, responds: “Wow, how to get posters
removed…hmmm, geez, that IS a toughy. How does one
go about removing pieces of paper—perhaps laminated,
maybe poster board or cardboard—that are stuck to the
wall with, say, tape or thumbtacks? What to do, what to
do….um, I know! RIP THEM DOWN. I mean, hellooo?
You’re on Peta2.com, you’re supposed to be questioning
authority!”
PETA even taunts the ‘wimpier’ kids who
refuse to run through school hallways tearing down
posters, offering further encouragement ‘that ripping
them down is definitely the punk rock thing to do’.
PETA even extends its animal rights propaganda to
homework. Children sweating over an upcoming class
assignment are told: “Let Peta2 do your homework for
you!” PETA offers “digital packets full of information”
on various topics ‘for use in essays, class presentations,
and persuasive speeches.’ Topics PETA encourages
kids to explore include, “History of the Animal Rights
Movement,” “Animal Rights Philosophy,” “Animals and
the Law”, “Factory Farming,” and “Health Benefits of a
Vegan Diet.”
Young activists who make it through high
school without souring on animal rights have another
stage waiting for them. On PETA’s “College Activist”
website, no punches are pulled. The site announces that
‘the revolution is here’, reinforces it with blood-and-gore
imagery, and tells young adults: “In the coming months,
you will recruit and train a group of animal rights
activists capable of executing complex campaigns and
instituting campus policies that protect animals. Together,
you will permanently end animal exploitation on your
campus.” Of course, PETA’s definition of ‘exploitation’
includes serving meat and dairy in the cafeteria and using
lab rats in vital medical research. Recruits are given
‘missions’, complete with step-by-step instructions.
These one-time ‘PETA Kids’ are now full grown activists,
ready and willing to do PETA’s work.
“Humane” Education:
Legitimizing Lunacy, Coddling Criminals
Incredibly, PETA also deputizes public school
teachers to promote its message. Through the warmand-fuzzy veneer of its ‘Teachkind’ program, PETA
encourages educators at every grade level to incorporate
animal cult propaganda into their classrooms. On its
flagship website, PETA boasts that its ‘education’
department “reached more than 2,300,000 teachers and
students” in 2003 alone.
PETA provides lesson plans, books, videos,
literature, stickers and posters—all aimed at
incorporating the group’s message into existing class
work. One frequent theme involves drawing connections
between African-American slaves and livestock animals.
Students are asked to ‘compare the progression of the
civil rights movement in the U.S. to the current animal
rights movement’ and discuss which of today’s activists’
“methods” were ‘most effective’.
The overall curriculum of Teachkind is designed
to lead children to accept PETA’s radical animal rights
doctrine; in some instances, it subtly encourages kids
to break the law. One ‘research and discussion topic’
designed for high school students asks: “Is is ever
acceptable to break a law (such as breaking into an
animal laboratory and freeing animals)?” The students on
the receiving end of this lecture aren’t likely to know that
PETA endorses this sort of burglary, arson and worse.
The Teachkind curriculum for first and second
graders uses storybook discussions, citing examples of
animal ‘exploitation’ in fairy tales like The Three Little
Pigs and Cinderella. Teachers are told to serve vegetarian
meals to their classes and ‘discuss the nutritional
problems with bacon and other pig-derived foods.’ And
in a factually-challenged attempt to equate pet ownership
with human slavery, teachers are directed to explain ‘that
President Lincoln was an advocate of animal rights.’
PETA’s website for teachers also offers to help
‘find a local speaker’ to give “classroom presentations”
on animal rights issues. PETA’s chosen emissaries have
included a convicted felon named Gary Yourofsky. The
group hired Yourofsky in 2002 as a ‘humane education
lecturer’, with explicit goal of putting him in front of
college, high-school, and even middle-school audiences.
Yourofsky sports an Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
tattoo on his forearm. The ALF, a criminal organization
responsible for arsons, death threats, and physical
assaults, has been called a ‘domestic terror’ group by
high ranking directors within the FBI. In January 2005,
the ALF officially made the Department of Homeland
Security’s list of terrorist threats.
Yourofsky has been arrested over a dozen
times for animal-rights crimes, and was sentenced in
1999 to six months in a Canadian maximum security
prison for the felony burglary of a farm. In his standard
speech, Yourofsky compares himself to Martin Luther
King Jr., Gandhi, and even Jesus Christ. According to
Yourofsky; “What we must do is start viewing every
cow, pig, chicken, monkey, rabbit, mouse and pigeon as
our family members.” In a 2007 lecture at the University
of Southern Indiana, Yourofsky declared, “I hope that
fathers accidently shoot their sons on hunting excursions,
while carnivores suffer heart attacks that kill them slowly.
Every woman ensconced in fur should endure a rape so
vicious that it scars them forever.”
And he’s clear on how to enforce these ‘family’
values, telling the Toledo Blade in 2001 that activists
should ‘not be afraid to condone arsons.” PETA also
endorses the twisted activism of convicted ALF arsonist
Rodney Coronado, who spent 57 months in prison for
the ’92 arson of a Michigan State Research lab. In 2007,
Coronado was sentenced to another year in prison for
publicly demonstrating how to make a fire bomb.
In April 2004, PETA youth outreach coordinator
Karin Robertson told MSU’s State News: “If Rod
Coronado can speak and encourage people, that’s really
a good thing. His message is supportive of animal
liberties and animal rights. We don’t condemn anybody’s
activities.” PETA president Ingrid Newkirk went on
network television to call Coronado a “fine young man.”
Her organization contributed over $70,000 to his legal
defense after his arrest for the MSU arson. When he was
sentenced, the U.S. attorney implicated Newkirk in the
crime as well.
“Grrr!”
It seems incredible that a self-described
‘mainstream’ charity like PETA would maintain a public
relationship with a violent felon. But the group has
continued on pg. 30
Your Kids from pg. 29
also featured Rodney Coronado as a guest columnist in
Grrr! Kids Bite Back, a periodical described as ‘PETA’s
magazine for students aged 8 to 14.” According to its
2005 Annual Review, “PETA distributed 539,162 copies
of Grrr! Magazine to kids and teens.”
The magazine’s very name prepares preteens
to identify with the terrorist Animal Liberation Front,
which has long used the phrase ‘bite back’ as a rallying
cry for violent crime. In fact, Coronado dubbed his own
1990’s arson spree “Operation Bite Back.” In 2004’s first
issue of Grrr!, an anti-milk ad includes a photograph of a
vomiting teen with the tagline: “If you knew what was in
milk, you’d spew.” A comic strip titled “How a Chicken
becomes a Nugget” shows a cartoon chicken facing a
butcher’s bloody knife. An article titled “Do Grandma’s
Woolens Give You the Willies?” encourages children to
stand up to grandma: “So, Granny finally gets that you
won’t eat her meatloaf or touch leather shoes with a 10foot pole. But is she still giving you the old (and not so
true) “But the sheep won’t die’ line when you tell her to
take that itchy wool snowflake sweater back to Sears?
Just give her a quick lesson in ‘Wool 101’ warning, it’s
pretty gross and Granny will have a hard time forgetting
why you feel weirded out by wool.”
Grrr! Kids Bite Back relies heavily on celebrity
vegetarians and animal-rights activists in an attempt to
lure kids into the PETA lifestyle. Children are asked to
vote for the ‘hottest Tofutti cutie’ from a list of vegan
movie, television, and music stars. PETA Kids, the
predecessor to Grrr!, has been a staple of PETA kiddieliterature since at least 1990. The Winter 1990 issue
taught children to “free” mice and rats from glue traps
set by their parents, and encouraged children under 14 to
build an activist network through the mail.
Just When You Thought Schools Were Safe….
In January 2004, PETA sent a costumed activist
into primary schools in England and Ireland to promote
vegetarianism to children. Newspapers reported that
PETA’s representative distributed ‘graphic leaflets
detailing animal killings’ to young children, along with
claims that ‘drinking milk is unnatural.’ PETA has been
similarly invading schools in the United States for over
15 years.
Unfortunately, responsible parents who monitor
their kids’ reading material, supervise their internet
activity, and keep tabs on their school lessons are not
necessarily out of the woods. In today’s violent culture,
most U.S. school districts forbid unapproved visitors
from entering school grounds. Undeterred, PETA activists
now congregate just outside school property, lying in wait
for children as they come and go.
In recent years, PETA has camped outside
schools in at least 15 states, passing out anti-fish, antimilk, and anti-chicken trading cards to children as they
walked home. The cards show cartoon images of children
suffering various illnesses and embarrassing conditions,
supposedly as a result of not being a vegetarian. The
characters include “Pimply Patty,” “Diabetic Diane”,
and “Ear Infection Enrique.” One registered dietitian
told reporters that the PETA campaign was ‘based on
sensationalism’ and ‘a real tragedy. It targets teenagers
who really are calcium deficient and need to drink their
milk.’
Dieticians aren’t the only ones who have spoken
out against PETA’s aggressive tactics. After one incident
in 2005 where PETA employees confronted children on
their way to school, the Idaho Journal responded in an
editorial: “Thumbs down to PETA members opposed to
eating chicken for catching children on their way into
Irving Middle School Wednesday morning. While PETA
may be commended for obeying applicable laws, it seems
underhanded to pass out literature at school when parents
aren’t around to evaluate it.”
That same year, parents and educators in South
Africa were similarly outraged when anti-chicken
PETA activists targeting an elementary school without
permission. As a spokesman for that nation’s Education
Department told newspapers: “It is unacceptable to
terrorize children like this. PETA should be strongly
condemned.” The school’s principal agreed, “I don’t
think that all of the children will be able to distinguish
that it concerns a campaign. They might take every word
for true.”
While some of PETA’s attempts to draw children
into vegetarianism are irresponsibly misleading—such
as its claims that non-vegetarians are more susceptible
to illness—other campaigns inappropriately use graphic
images to scare children out of consuming meat, fish,
and dairy products. In 2002, PETA activists (including
one dressed like a pig) set up outside middle schools in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts with a graphic video
display of pigs being slaughtered. One protester carried
a sign that read “Pigs are friends, not food.” After PETA
showed up in Portsmouth, NH, Mayor Evelyn Sirrell told
reporters: “It’s an absolute atrocity to use children this
way…a lot of kids were traumatized by what they saw.”
No Safe Haven for Kids
PETA doesn’t limit itself to harassing and
propagandizing kids in and around schools. Circuses are
apparently fair game, as are theaters, restaurants, and
even school field trips. In 2004, PETA started handing
out “Buckets of Blood” to children outside of KFC
restaurants, middle-schools, and high schools. The redand-white striped buckets are meant to resemble KFC’s
signature fried-chicken container. But according to the
Associated Press, “instead of fried chicken, each is filled
with items including a bag of fake blood and bones, a
bloodied plastic chicken and a cardboard caricature of a
blood-spattered Colonel Sanders holding a butcher knife
toward a terrified-looking chicken.”
PETA launched a similar campaign in 2000,
distributing “Unhappy Meals” to children outside of
McDonald’s restaurants (focusing on franchises with
playgrounds) in states from California to South Carolina.
The giveaway included a bloodied toy pig, a stuffed
Ronald McDonald doll holding a butcher’s knife, and a
game that asked children to lead a fictional cow through a
maze. PETA’s written instructions read: “If she takes the
wrong path, her throat will be slit with a butcher’s knife.”
PETA’s most controversial child-oriented
campaign to date was kicked off in late 2003. In more
than 15 states, the group handed out a comic titled “Your
Mommy Kills Animals” to children of fur-wearing
women, outside holiday performances of The Nutcracker
and other theatrical shows. The comic’s front page
shows a 50’s era cartoon mom with a sadistic look on
her face, stabbing a bloody rabbit to death with a giant
knife. It urges children: “Ask your mommy how many
animals she killed to make her fur coat.” The back cover
describes women who wear fur as ‘terrible people’, and
tells kids: “One of those terrible people is your mommy.
Your mommy kills animals! I bet you didn’t know that.”
Denver’s Rocky Mountain News classified
PETA’s attempt “to manipulate adults by traumatizing
their children” as ‘despicable.’ The Omaha World Herald
declared that “it’s the vulnerable children who will likely
suffer for the anxiety-inducing insensitivity of the attack
on what should be a happy, family-oriented outing.”
Dr. Jeffrey Dolgan, chief of psychology at Denver’s
Children’s Hospital, told The Denver Post that PETA’s
“Your Mommy Kills Animals” campaign is ‘beyond
insensitive.’ He warned:
“The implication is that mother is a murderer and a
killer…Some vulnerable kids will not do well with this. It
is potentially very anxiety-arousing. Someone has made a
mistake.”
Sadly, given PETA’s lengthy track record of
targeting children for activism, the implication that
“mother is a murderer” was clearly not an innocent
mistake.
Reprinted with permission from David Martosko of The
Center for Consumer Freedom. Be sure to check out
their website: www.thecenterforconsumerfreedom.com
& the PetaKillsAnimals.com for more articles and info
on the animal rights movement.
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disaster preparedness
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I WANT TO REPORT
A CASE OF ANIMAL ABUSE
By Jim Hughes
At different times in my long career, I have
seen animal abuse but never thought to report it. I never
thought anyone would really give a flip. Oh, but my
mother did. When the Gobbler flogged me back when I
was ten, she was upset with the bruises and scratches that
she had to treat with Mercurachrome; especially when
I screamed while she was applying the iodine. She told
Dad we were going to have turkey for dinner that night
but Dad told her that bird was
so tough no one would be
able to chew him. Dad then
gave me a ball bat and told
me to walk across the barn lot
again and try to outsmart that
bird. Surely a 70 pound, 10
year old boy could outsmart a
40 pound, 2 year old turkey,
known to be the dumbest
animal on earth. Well, we had
our discussion and when he
regained consciousness, he
recognized my right to cross
the barn lot in a whole new
light.
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later, a wild cow put me through
had meant to go under the fence but I was only running
at 40 miles/hour and the cow thought I should be going
at about 100, so I got cut up a little as I sailed through the
fence. Again, mom was upset. Dad’s philosophy, “boys
will be boys”. Another time was when I was run over by
a dead hog. Our neighbor had a hog lot at the top of a
pretty steep hill. We went up there to help them butcher
a 300 pound hog. When dad shot it, it fell to the ground
and started to roll down hill. As it rolled it picked up
speed and a hot wire was all that stood between him and
the creek, a quarter mile down that hill. Well not all, there
was also me. Dad yelled, “stop him”, so I stuck my foot
out with the intention of stopping him. Mom was mad
when she had to wash the pig crap out of my clothes and
I was not happy about the bath I had to take in cold creek
water after that hog rolled right up my leg and put me
face down into that muddy pig lot. Smelled bad too.
Later, I took FFA in high school and was required
to have a project. I had raised rabbits when we were on
the farm, about 300 of them, which I just turned loose
when they did not sell at our sale. When your parents
split up, you really don’t care about rabbits. Mom and
I moved from Ohio to the Los Angeles area and then
settled in San Bernardino. We lived in the city, so a few
rabbits in the back yard was a good project. Did you
know that all rabbits are born with Ninja style Sabers
that are razor sharp? Veterinarians call them rear toe
nails, but the medical doctor that treated my arm called
them “Ninja Style Sabers”. He also said something like,
G—D--- Ninja Style Sabers. I suppose that was the
manufacturer name.
I went to college to learn to be a cowboy. I
bought a pair of cowboy boots and a cowboy hat and
everything. I even learned to ride a bucking barrel. Did
you know that there is a world of difference between
riding a fifty gallon barrel and a 1000 pound stick of
dynamite who can go north and south in the same jump
while trying to bite you and kick your head off at the
same time? I changed my thoughts that day from, “I love
horses” to “ I love well trained horses”.
Later in my freshman year, we needed to move
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some 600 pound heifers into
a loading chute to go to a
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was
the right profession.
After going on scholastic probation in both my
freshman and sophomore years, my counselor set me
down and explained to me that Cal Poly was not there
to provide me with non-stop party time. They would
like me to pass a test once in a while. I asked him which
one and he screamed, “All of them”. I had taken all the
fun courses like beef production, swine production,
dairy production, poultry, and dairy manufacturing. Also
crops, tractor repair, welding, etc. Now all I had to do
was pass chemistry one and then chemistry two, farm
math, algebra, botany (which I had already flunked),
and biological science two, which I had flunked one and
then passed. I thought nobody can pass these courses all
at one time. I realized that I should have taken some of
them earlier. But with the help of God and a very good
roommate, who became the head of the animal nutrition
department at the University of Nevada, they pulled
dumb me through and I did graduate.
After a few years working as a chemist for the
state of Ohio and then for San Bernardino county, I
bought a dairy farm in Barry County, Missouri. That was
when the animal cruelty really started. I was kicked by
cows more times than I can remember, bitten by a hog,
trampled by a bull, worked to death taking care of 140
Holstein cows, 27 hogs, 320 dogs, running an artificial
insemination route and hiring out to do custom tractor
Continued on pg. 38
DIVISION OF ANIMAL
HEATLH
ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES
ACT PROGRAM
MEMORANDUM: SOME NEW HEALTH
REQUIREMENTS FOR DOGS & CATS ENTERING
MISSOURI:
2 CSR 30-2.010, section (14), subsections (A)&(B)
Health Requirements for Dogs and Cats Entering
Missouri
(A) All dogs and cats entering Missouri must be
accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary
Inspection. Dogs and Cats over four months of
age must be vaccinated for Rabies.
(B) All dogs and cats must be eight weeks of age to
enter into commerce.
** 2 CSR 30-2.2020, section (9), subsections (A) and
(B) Movement of Dogs and Cats Within Missouri
(A) All dogs and cats exchanged, bartered,
leased, relinquished, or sold within
Missouri over four months of age must be
vaccinated against Rabies.
(B) All dogs and cats must be eight weeks of age to
enter into commerce.
2 CSR 30-2.040, section (2), subsection (1)
Exhibition Requirements for Dogs and Cats
1. Intrastate (Missouri origin dogs and cats)
A. Dogs and cats must be free of clinical
signs of contagious or infectious disease.
B. No Certificate of Veterinary Inspection is
required.
C. Dogs and cats over four months of age
must be vaccinated for Rabies.
2. Interstate (dogs and cats entering Missouri)
A. Dogs and cats must be free of clinical
signs of contagious or infectious disease.
B. A Certificate of Veterinary Inspection is
required.
C. Dogs and cats over four months of age
must be vaccinated for Rabies.
For more information, please refer to the Code of State
Regulations for Movement of Livestock, Poultry and
Exotic Animals. www.mda.mo.gov
Animal Abuse cont. from pg. 36
work. But we made our payments.
I wanted to buy a young Angus bull to breed my
cows. When I tried to load him, he charged me. Struck
me in the stomach, carried me on his neck for about
20 feet and then dumped me on the ground. He then
proceeded to dance on me. Stepped on my leg, then on
my shoulder, then in my stomach and who knows where
else. Did you know those bulls have four feet and they
expect to get you with every one of them? I changed my
mind about owning the bull. Those frozen bulls are much
safer. I got a hematoma the size of a softball on my leg. I
had to hobble around on a crutch and try to milk cows. I
should have had that bull arrested for animal cruelty.
I rode a very high spirited Appaloosa horse in the
drill team during my almost non-existence spare time. He
had thrown me several times. I never said I was a good
cowboy, just a dumb one. One night we were carrying
flags in the drill and he decided to object. He caused me
to drop my flag and look like a fool in front of a lot of
CONGRESSMEN SNIFFING OUT
HSUS LOBBYING
Two members of the U.S. Congress are hot on
HSUS’s trail for what may be excessive lobbying, and
the IRS is apparently taking a hard look.
Here’s a little background: In March we spoke
with attorney Frank Losey, who is independently leading
a campaign to get the IRS to investigate whether HSUS’s
wide-ranging lobbying activities violate its 501 (c) (3)
charity status. As of March, his effort had generated
over 4,000 grassroots letters to the IRS, and hundreds
of letters to Members of Congress. And the effort has
apparently been yielding some serious fruit.
In a letter from March 23rd that just surfaced
on July 9th, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
wrote to the IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman to
convey his concerns about HSUS’s lobbying activities.
Specifically, Luetkemeyer singles out the apparent
conflict of interest in Michael Markarian’s role as
head of HSUS’s lobbying arm (the Humane Society
Legislative Fund) and his positions as HSUS Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer. Luetkemeyer also
notes HSUS’s own admission that it “helped to pass….a
total of 470 new state laws in the last 7 years.”
people. He got mad when I jerked on his reins and started
to rear. I kept sawing on those reins as he got higher in
the air. He finally came over on top of me. I was not hurt
nearly as seriously as I could have been, but I sustained
a number of bruises and a very hurt pride. I never said I
was a good horse rider, just a dumb one.
After 75 years of being with and around animals
of every kind, if I had treated animals as cruelly as
they have treated me, I would be in jail forever. I love
working with animals of every kind. If I did not love it
I would have found something else to do. I never did
need any advice from the government to do my job and
I don’t need any now. I have forgotten more about this
business of working with animals than any government
bureaucrat will ever know. But that’s just the trouble, I’ve
forgotten!!!
Also, on April 28th Congressman Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
forwarded the IRS Commissioner a letter from one of
his constituents who raised additional concerns about
HSUS’s lobbying activities.
The IRS is, at a minimum, seeking more
information. Luetkemeyer send a second letter on May
12th to IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner,
thanking her for speaking with him about HSUS the
week before. Luetkemeyer also forwarded her additional
information provided by his constituents, and concluded
(in his own words): “The attached information
unquestionably demonstrates that HSUS invests a
substantial amount of time and money in political
campaigns and attempts to influence specific legislation,
a clear and direct violation of section 501(c) (3) of the
Internal Revenue Code.”
It’s worth noting that Rep. Luetkemeyer is a
member of the House Oversight & Government Reform
Committee. This body is empowered to issue subpoenas
and its role is to tackle government waste, fraud, and
abuse. He’s probably in a good position to wield some
leverage if he really wants to sink his teeth into the issue.
This didn’t happen by itself. It simply takes concerned
constituents.
Every American has a Member of Congress, and
squeaky wheels tend to get all the grease.
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for more info and updates on the Animal
Activist Movement!
Winning the War…..Part 6
By Adrienne Wilder Loggins
“Do you trust me Mr. Jacobs?” asked Amelia Hannon.
Did I? My brain stuttered. “To be honest, Ma’am…no. I
guess because I don’t know you.”
She surprised me by smiling. It had to be the real deal
because those cold chips of winter sky she had for eyes
actually warmed a few degrees.
“Honesty. I appreciate that in a person.”
“Then you won’t mind if I speak my mind then,” said
Maggie while she glared at me from the corner of her
eye.
Kristy Snow stood up and plucked the coffee pot
from the stove. She came back and refilled Amelia’s cup.
She topped off my cup but didn’t bother with Maggie’s.
Hers was still kissing the rim, untouched and most likely
forgotten. Amelia gave Maggie her attention while she
nursed her second cup.
Maggie cleared her throat. “Look, you say that
you want to help us, but right now I don’t think we can
live through any more of your kind of help. We’ve been
slaughtered in the media, the entire town thinks we abuse
our dogs, and now you’re saying the local dog clubs think
we got what we deserved?”
Amelia plucked a napkin from the chicken shaped holder
in the center of the table. She dabbed the corners of her
mouth then put it in her lap. “Which is precisely why you
can’t survive without my help.”
“Maybe we don’t want it!” snapped Maggie.
“You do not strike me as a stupid person, Mrs. Jacobs.
However, I have been wrong before.”
A bright red heat raced up Maggie’s cheeks
and her small hands became tight fists. I put my hand
on her arm and squeezed. She looked at me with eyes
that burned and I silently begged her to hold her tongue.
Amelia watched the test of wills between us, amusement
glinting in those cold-cold eyes. I was getting really tired
of her snooty attitude. I looked at her for a long time
before I opened my mouth. Mostly I was biding my time
to figure out what I was going to say. I’ve always been
the type of man who’s good with his hands, never the
type that’s quick with words.
“Mrs. Hannon, I have a hard time believing you
just came here out of the goodness of your heart to help
us. So would you please just say what you’re wanting
from us? Because you do want something, otherwise you
wouldn’t be wasting your time here. Am I right?”
I could see the expression on Kristy’s face from the
corner of my eye. She looked like a barn owl with a
perfect ‘O’ cut in the center of her face.
“You’re very astute Mr. Jacobs. I do want something
from you. I want the opportunity to use your misfortune
to drive home a point to people like Emily Ducet. I want
the opportunity to show other dog breeders; those who
have the misfortune to think they are immune from such
injustice as they are just as vulnerable.” She paused,
stroking the edge of her cup with one finger. I had the
funny feeling that’s exactly how you’d pet a poisonous
snake. “Mostly I want the challenge.”
“Challenge?” asked Maggie. “You think this is some sort
of game? One of your stupid beauty pageant shows?”
“Do you know the name of the group that is helping Mrs.
Ducet?” asked Amelia.
Maggie snapped her mouth shut then shook her head.
“They are known as ‘ITDA, In the Defense of Animals’.
They present themselves as a small, quiet animal welfare
group. When in fact, they are the biggest anti-animal
underground movement this country has ever seen.”
“How come we’ve never heard of them?”
“They don’t want to be heard of Mr. Jacobs. They prefer
to stay in the shadows behind the more well known PETA
and HSUS. They are their version of the “men in black”,
so to speak.”
Maggie laughed. “You’re kidding, right?”
I could tell by the expression on Amelia’s face she was
anything but a funny girl.
Maggie’s smile melted and she looked at me,
then back at Amelia. She didn’t want to believe what
Amelia was saying. Heck, I didn’t want to believe
it either. It was so outrageous that it was hard not to
believe.
“You’re serious?” asked Maggs. “Deadly serious,” said
Amelia.
“And we play into all this, how?” I asked.
Amelia tilted her head a little. Either she was
thinking or listening to voices I couldn’t hear. Both were
possible. Although the latter scared me a little more.
“Because, Mr. Jacobs, you are nearly picture perfect
for the stereotypical dog farmer,” said Amelia. Her tone
conveyed the insult. Maggie bristled. “You can relax Mrs.
Jacobs. I was trying to be sarcastic, not hurtful.”
“Well you didn’t do a very good job of it then, did you?”
Amelia stared at Maggs for a very long time, her cold
expression soaking up every bit of anger that my wife
cared to share.
“I suppose I didn’t.” She gave me her attention. “Your
situation has the potential to make global news. If you
are willing to let me help you and willing to stand up to
these people, I think we stand a very good possibility of
bringing groups like Mrs. Ducet’s to their knees.”
A small smile ticked at the corner of my mouth,
a detail that Amelia didn’t miss. Her expression hardened
and her stare burrowed into my skull. “What I am asking
of you isn’t going to be easy. It’s going to get very ugly.
It’s going to get dangerous. The ITDA isn’t your typical
sign waving media street walker, Mr. Jacobs. They are
the kind of people that blow up buildings and send razor
blades wrapped in candy to the children of their targets.”
A hard cold lump was forming in my stomach. Maggie
glanced at me with real worry in her eyes.
“Then why get involved…” I started to ask but Amelia
cut me off. Not with words or a gesture but with those
eyes.
“Mr. Jacobs, you are already involved. There is no doubt
that now Emily Ducet has gotten this group involved,
they will help her in destroying you. They will take great
delight in doing it as well. You have already been turned
into the ‘backwoods illiterate, red neck farmers’, thanks
to the articles in your local paper and Elwood’s touching
interview with Mrs. Ducet. Whether you realize it or not,
as it stands, they have already won.”
Something wound so tight inside me snapped
and I slumped back into my seat. My eyes dropped; my
hands felt like lead weights and every breath I took made
my chest ache. I realized then, she was right. As much as
I wanted to think otherwise, the truth was right there and
had been all along. I’d simply been clinging to the false
hope that justice would prevail. Maggie said something
but I couldn’t hear it for the high pitched buzz that was
ringing in my ears. My head hurt, my eyes hurt, and
even more painful than that was the acceptance that my
humanity no longer had a spec of value. I’d waited too
long before killing the bear. The damage was already
done. All the times that I’d heard stories like ours on the
news, all the times I’d been ready to believe reports in the
paper, all the times I’d shaken my head over declarations
of animal abuse. I’d been all too willing to believe, never
thinking to question the facts. No, I’d just fed the bear a
little more, hoping it would be appeased and wander back
into the woods and leave my family, my property, and my
life alone. It had been a stupid mistake.
“What are you thinking about Mr. Jacobs?”
asked Amelia. It didn’t surprise me that her voice could
cut through the hum of hurt, anger, and helplessness that
fogged my brain. I blinked at her once, twice, and shook
my head as if I could clear it of the cobwebs. Maggie
had her hand on my arm and I wanted to look at her,
to reassure her I was alright but Amelia was holding
me with those cold-cold eyes. “Bears,” I said. And she
nodded once as if it all now made perfect sense.
We sat at the kitchen table for the next two
hours while Amelia told us about Emily Ducet. The
real Emily Ducet; the one that had been expelled from
Florida State for an assault on another student that left
them permanently scarred and unable to use one arm.
The Emily Ducet that had tried showing in conformation
and when she lost, the kennel she’d purchased her dog
from burned down. According to Amelia, Emily had
tried breeding, but when her bitch and puppies became
ill, she’d abandoned them in the house she was renting
and skipped town. Of course all that was before she was
known as Emily Ducet. Her maiden name was Harris. I
didn’t ask Amelia how she knew all these things, I only
listened to what she had to say. When Emily was in her
late twenties she got involved with ITDA.
“Emily enjoyed the violence,” said Amelia. “She
seemed to thrive on attending demonstrations in front of
luxury department stores and throwing red paint on the
people that walked out with a fur coat purchase.”
She gave us a few details about this Animal
Rights group. How they recruited young impressionable
teens by convincing them they were saving the world,
that there was a battle to be fought. “Other groups use
guilt tactics, but then they usually target colleges where
young people are trying to find their place in the world.
At worse, they go into middle schools or high schools
and use fear. Those groups usually prefer comic books
with stereotypical family characters mutilating the family
pet or giving group talks about the cruelty of wearing
leather or eating meat,” said Amelia. “The ITDA is a little
more selective. They send recruiters into youth camps,
juvenile prison facilities, into the campuses of alternative
schools. They specifically target the most violent and
emotionally unstable individuals they can find. Their
young targets go from bad to worse.”
“And you know all this, how?” asked Maggie.
Amelia gave one of those strained smiles. “My
late husband brought a son to our marriage. When he was
about seventeen he got himself into some trouble and
wound up in a boot camp. He was angry with Leonard
for sending him there so when the opportunity arose to
defy his father, he took it. Emily was the recruiter that
convinced him to join. He was killed during a robbery
when he fell off of a fire escape. Emily had taken him and
four other teenagers to break into a lab and release all the
animals.”
“I’m so sorry,” said Maggie.
“Don’t be,” she said. It was a cold reply, nearly
emotionless. Amelia must have read the shock in my
expression because she added, “he had a quick death Mr.
Jacobs, two of the other boys were not so lucky. They
contracted a serious viral infection from the animals that
bit and scratched them while they were releasing them
from the cages. Both of them died two weeks after they
were arrested. I visited them once in the hospital to ask
them about Emily and I could hear them screaming in
pain from the parking lot below their window.”
Her bottom lip trembled. If I hadn’t been staring
at her so hard I would have missed it. She inhaled once
and her composure became flawless. continued on next pg.
Winning the War from pg. 41
“I made Emily Harris my new project. I hired private
investigators; professionals. The kind of people who
you never admit knowing about. I learned everything
there was to know about her and I brought it all to law
enforcement. All they had to do was file the paper work.
She did 5 years in prison and when she got out, she
disappeared. I thought perhaps she’d gone to Mexico or
maybe Europe. I was quite surprised when I saw her last
night on that interview. She’s aged some. Gained a few
pounds. But I know her, Mr. Jacobs, I know what kind of
person she is and what she is capable of.”
Silence. None of us knew what to say. The
ticking of the clock on the wall was the only thing that
kept the lack of sound from crushing all of us. I took a
breath I didn’t realize I was holding and shifted in my
seat.
“How can we stop her?” asked Maggie. Her
small hands were balled into fists at the edge of the table.
Amelia’s lips twitched and her eyes darkened. “That’s up
to me, my contacts and my lawyers. All I need from you,
specifically Mr. Jacobs, is to be willing to hang on for the
ride.”
So Amelia told us her plan. I would fire Ben,
and it would be published in the papers. The official
reason was to keep him safe. They had already set fire to
his car. Amelia felt Emily had probably done that little
bit personally. Then she’d send Ben and his wife on a
long vacation, somewhere safe, where they couldn’t
be reached. Apparently Emily had a lot of property in
Europe and would put them up in a flat, probably near the
city of Bath, or maybe a small house in the Cotswolds.
The hard part was what she wanted from Maggs.
“I will not hide from this!” shouted Maggie. She
jerked herself out of her seat and carried her cold cup
of coffee to the sink where she poured it out. Amelia
watched her, the expression on her face blank. “This is
my fight too.” Her voice trembled and I wondered if she
was crying.
“I’m not sending you away to hide Mrs. Jacobs.
I am sending you away because of how bad things
are going to get.” Amelia looked at me expectantly.
“Maggie,” I said but she whirled on me and pointed a
finger right at my nose. “Franklin don’t you dare.” I stood
up and Maggie teetered back on her heels.
“Maggie, do what she asks,” I said. I didn’t like giving
my wife orders but I believed Amelia. I believed every
warning, every caution, she had told us about this group.
I think Maggie was still skeptical. Her blue eyes
narrowed on me and her lips pressed together. My wife
had just tipped over the angry scale and gone into full
fledged pissed off. But I stood my ground. If I could stop
this from happening to someone else I was going to do it.
“The bear’s gotta’ die, Maggs,” I said. Her face crumbled
and she folded her arms against herself hugging her
elbows.
“But why does it have to be us? Why you?” I told her
the truth. “I don’t know. But we’re here and I have the
chance to keep this from happening to someone else.
If I do this Maggie, maybe next time they won’t be so
brazen.”
“Just like that? You’ll trust this woman just like that?” I
glanced at Amelia.
She wasn’t looking at us. Her eyes were on the
far wall where Maggie hung the pictures that she often
received from puppy buyers. A lot of happy smiling faces
were tacked in dollar store frames. And Maggie knew the
names of every one of those dogs; even the ones that had
been sold over a decade ago. Did I trust her? Not in the
way you trust a friend. Nope. I’d served 7 years in the
Army before I was injured and discharged. I’d gone in
during a relatively quiet time. I’d missed out on the front
lines. But I met a lot of men who had been there and the
things they’d seen and done had killed something inside
them, something that made them human. Men like that
became machines they process the world in categories of
action and reaction. They’d die for the job they’d been
assigned. They would finish it even if it meant paying
with their life. Amelia had that look. And if she had seen
half the horrors she’d spoken about, it was obvious why.
Something inside my head was screaming. I
think it was my instinct for self preservation. Every
animal has it. Even the smallest spiders. That’s why they
run when you try to step on them. Amelia would carry
out her mission at any cost. I looked back at Maggie and
tried to figure out what to say to her. I didn’t have any
wise words or comfort to offer.
“I’ve been helpless to protect us since this
started. I have the chance to change that. I need to do this,
Maggie. If doing it will protect one other person and their
dogs it will be worth it. No one deserves this. You know
that better than anyone.”
She shut her eyes and dropped her chin. When I
opened my arms she leaned against my chest. Her breath
shuddered and it was hot through my shirt. She wasn’t
crying. I think all the tears had finally worn out. Amelia
cleared her throat. “If you’re quite through, I’d like to
start making a few phone calls.”
To be continued........
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