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Re: [APD] Check out NO HR 669
Thanks Scotty
I think their actions/intentions and their public stance on their
webpage are not in sync. The wise choice is to be wary of those that
speak smoothly. The undertone is certainly there. I highly doubt
that they would spare the aquarium trade if given the choice.
PETA is certainly a well funded and savvy group. Their ads are slick
and they have big names on their large and expensive billboards. What
is the pet trade doing to preserve itself? The hobbyists have spoken,
but I am curious about the pros (vendors, trade publications and
whatnot).
-jason
On 4/20/09, Stuart Scott <sscott255 at yahoo_com> wrote:
> Thank you Jason. You posted this at the time I was writing a response to Jerry. It does express their position but in a very pleasant manner to make sure the contributions from pet lovers keep coming in. I didn't say they were stupid. They are very clever. If you will notice, near the end of their paragraph, they say, "never from pet shops or breeders" which tells you what they feel.
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> Take Care......Scotty
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> From: jason stone <jasonstone at gmail_com>
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> To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 9:04:45 PM
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> Subject: Re: [APD] Check out NO HR 669
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> Their official stance can be found on their website...
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> http://www.peta.org/campaigns/ar-petaonpets.asp
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> Animal Rights Uncompromised:
> PETA on 'Pets'
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> We at PETA very much love the animal companions who share our homes,
> but we believe that it would have been in the animals' best interests
> if the institution of "pet keeping"—i.e., breeding animals to be kept
> and regarded as "pets"—never existed. The international pastime of
> domesticating animals has created an overpopulation crisis; as a
> result, millions of unwanted animals are destroyed every year as
> "surplus." This selfish desire to possess animals and receive love
> from them causes immeasurable suffering, which results from
> manipulating their breeding, selling or giving them away casually, and
> depriving them of the opportunity to engage in their natural behavior.
> Their lives are restricted to human homes where they must obey
> commands and can only eat, drink, and even urinate when humans allow
> them to.
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> Because domesticated animals retain many of their basic instincts and
> drives but are not able to survive on their own in the wild, dogs,
> cats, or birds, whose strongest desire is to be free, must be confined
> to a house, yard, or cage for their own safety.
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> This is a "best case" scenario. The truth is that millions of dogs
> spend their lives outside on heavy chains in all weather extremes, or
> they are kept locked up in tiny chain-link pens from which they can
> only watch the world go by. Millions more are confined to filthy wire
> cages in puppy mills—forced to churn out litter after litter until
> they wear out, at which time they are killed or dumped at the local
> animal shelter. Even in "good" homes, cats must relieve themselves in
> dirty litterboxes and often have their digits removed by "declawing,"
> and dogs often have to drink water that has sat around for days, are
> hurried along on their walks, and are yelled at to get off the
> furniture or be quiet.
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> Most compassionate people never think that someone would throw a
> litter of kittens out the window of a moving car, and they would
> certainly be shocked by PETA's inches-thick files on cases of dogs and
> cats who have been shot with arrows, blown up with firecrackers,
> doused in gasoline and set on fire, cooked in microwave ovens, used as
> "bait" in dogfights, tortured in satanic rituals, beaten with baseball
> bats by bored kids, dragged behind cars to "teach them a lesson" for
> running away, or bound in duct tape to silence their barking. Abuses
> such as these happen to many animals every day.
>
> Contrary to myth, PETA does not want to confiscate animals who are
> well cared for and "set them free." What we want is for the population
> of dogs and cats to be reduced through spaying and neutering and for
> people to adopt animals (preferably two so that they can keep each
> other company when their human companions aren't home) from pounds or
> shelters—never from pet shops or breeders—thereby reducing suffering
> in the world.
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> Learn more about how you can provide full, interesting lives for your
> animal companions.
> http://www.helpinganimals.com/
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> On 4/19/09, Jerry Baker <jerry at bakerweb_biz> wrote:
> > I am not aware of PETA having an official position on pets. Do you have a source for that? I'd love to have a look.
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> > Jerry Baker
> > Sent from my mobile phone
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stuart Scott <sscott255 at yahoo_com>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 7:39 PM
> > To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> > Subject: Re: [APD] Check out NO HR 669
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> > Take Care......Scotty
> > To me, all I have to see is that PETA is supporting this bill! PETA is against any humans keeping any pets. Period! Please support the effort to put this bill down in the congress. You'll be supporting the pet industry in general to keep your pets.
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> > Scotty
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> > To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
> > Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 9:55:01 PM
> > Subject: [APD] Check out NO HR 669
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