HUMAN RIGHTS vs. ANIMAL RIGHTS

So far, Animal Rights Activists have defeated us,  subverting Human Rights and Freedom Of Choice.  Here's what YOU can do to stop the Animal Rights bill PUPS.  We only stalled the PUPS bill in 2008. Losey says HSUS has a new strategy this year, read the plan, get the form letter, and ACT NOW!

Update:  The PUPS Bill Number H.R. 5434  "died" when the Congressional Session ended at the end of 2010, all Bills not acted on by that Congress, "die".  In 2011 a New PUPS Bill was introduced with the current number H.R. 835.

GRASSROOTS ANTI-PUPS INITIATIVE

Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act - H.R.5434 Information
H.R.5434 Sponsored by Representative Sam Far, D-CA already has over 80 co-sponsors

View H.R.5434 and all sponsors http://news.opencongress.org/bill/111-h5434/show

August 2010 report by Judith Kelsey / See the HSUS Sneak Attack Plan below.  I urge all club members to forward this to other clubs, including performance people, grooming shops, veterinarians and anyone else that has a vested interest in dogs.  Ask them to contact their Congressmen & Senators, giving the reasons we are opposed to the recently introduced "PUPS" bill. In addition to the information in Frank's note below, additional copy/paste material is available at: http://www.saova.org/PUPS.html

Frank's IRS initiative is ongoing; several congressmen have taken up the cause, personally asking the director of the IRS to investigate the HSUS; now Frank is asking us to band together to stop this (HSUS) PUPS bill.  Contrary to another group's opinion that we should "let it be" (hoping it would die in committee) PUPS is gaining momentum.

In addition, there is a huge strategic importance to the issuance of "public condemnation of substandard kennels".  I would like to see parent clubs join that list.  The more organizations, the more fighting power we have against bills such as the PUPS bill. Please have your clubs issue a statement, note it on their website, and send it to me, so I can make Frank aware. He is going to use the sheer numbers in his "arguments" for future dialogs with various powers.

COPY & SEND THE SAMPLE LETTER BELOW to your senator & congressmen.  PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR ANIMALS, take 3 minutes to do this one simple but very powerful thing to prevent the PUPS bill from passing!

PUPS - - THE "PERFECT STORM" FOR AN HSUS "SNEAK ATTACK"

Based on my 20 years of Lobbying Experience in Washington DC , I believe that the HSUS is methodically executing a "Behind-the-Scenes Strategy," with the help of several Members of Congress, to ensure that the PUPS Bill is enacted this year for the following reasons:

1. The number of co-sponsors of the PUPS Bill (H.R. 5434) in the House of Representatives continues to grow each week. As of July 23, 2010 the number of sponsors and co-sponsors in the House of Representatives is 83.

2. HSUS is "beating the drum," behind the scenes, to Congressional Members and their respective Staffs about the scathing USDA IG Report with regards to APHIS Inspection Procedures, and is citing that Report as a reason for House Congressional Members to co-sponsor the PUPS Bill.

3. HSUS has ballyhooed the Animal Crush Video Bill (H.R 5566), which passed the House on July 21, 2010 by a vote of 416 to only three votes in opposition. Significantly, nearly 300 House Members had co-sponsored this Bill. That is why House Rules on voting for this Bill were suspended. The horrific images used to gather Congressional support for this Animal Crush Video Bill will consciously and subliminally carry over in the minds of many Members of Congress and their respective staffs.

4. HSUS is masterful with its use of subliminal messages and resonating, horrific images that have framed the Public's "misperceptions"uot; about all breeders.

5. HSUS has spent millions of dollars on advertising on the FOX Network. These ads on FOX raise the following question: Why would uld HSUS not run the same ads on other major networks, unless there was an ulterior motive? Unquestionably, HSUS is seeking donations as part of its "Factory Fundraising" efforts. However, a secondary and major subliminal purpose of using the FOX Network is to reach out to conservative Republicans, who historically have not scored well on the HSUS Congressional Scorecard. HSUS is politically streetwise and savvy, and it knows that Conservative Republicans are more apt to watch FOX, and "coincidentally" see the HSUS ads, which contain gut-wrenching" images of dogs and puppies. This is done not only to try and gather support for more co-sponsors on the PUPS Bill, but more importantly, to reduce and mute opposition to the inevitable efforts of the HSUS to orchestrate a "Sneak Attack" amendment to a "Must Pass Bill," such as an Appropriations Bill for funding the USDA.

6. "Sneak Attacks" are by their very nature sneaky and designed to use the element of surprise to one's advantage. In short, you do not publicly tell your potential opposition of your plan of attack against responsible breeders until it is too late to stop the orchestrated "attack!!!!"

7. Why would the HSUS use a "Sneak Attack" for the PUPS Bill???  In March of 2009, during a Workshop sponsored by the Georgetown Law School and the HSUS, Congressman Moran from VA, who was a Congressional Panelist at the Workshop, was asked the following question: "Why is it so hard for us to amend the Animal Welfare Act, and how can we do it? His response was chilling, and the gist of what he said is as follows: The best way to overcome opposition is to wait until the eleventh hour and add a late night, last minute amendment to a "Must Pass Bill," such as an Appropriations Bill, so that there will be no time for opposition to kill the amendment. Significantly, Congressman Moran is on the Appropriations Committee!

8. I respectfully submit that the reason why why HSUS recently has been eerily "silent" on the PUPS Bill, and has not been repeatedly and publicly urging its "11 Million Members" to contact their respective Members of Congress and ask them to support the PUPS Bill is because the HSUS is executing a "Sneak Attack" in the following sequence:

▪Continue to work behind-the-scenes, and "under the radar" to gather co-sponsors for the PUPS Bill by following up with the nearly 300 U.S. Representatives who co-sponsored the Animal Crush Video Bill, and literally "take a license" with these unsuspecting Members of Congress by simply implying that their support is needed for the same reason as was their support for the Animal Crush Video Bill.

▪HSUS will continue to "recruit" more Representatives to co-sponsor the PUPS Bill, and once the number crosses the 100 threshold, HSUS will employ the "herd mentality" approach to persuade more and more Representatives to jump on the bandwagon. HSUS will claim that this will "protect those dogs and puppies that need your help."

▪When the USDA Appropriations Bill comes up for a vote, as Members of Congress are scrambling to wrap up outstanding issues in a hurry so that they may return to their States and Districts to run for re-election, the PUPS Bill will be added, "at the last minute," and the justification for "expediency" will be that since the PUPS Bill has well in excess of 100 co-sponsors, it "obviously" is not a controversial amendment, and it will become part of a "Must Pass Bill," and there will be no time to mount opposition to it.

9. Why is this suggested "Sneak Attack" Scenario not only feasible, but likely, you ask?

▪The Congressman who suggested a "Sneak Attack" Approach is Congressman Moran.

▪Congressman Moran co-founded and is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus in the House of Representatives. This Caucus has 84 Members.

▪The Website for the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus lists 40 different animal related Bills "currently under consideration by Congress." Conspicuous by its absence is the PUPS Bill, which currently is being sponsored and co-sponsored by 83 Members of the House - - that is nearly 20% of the House of Representatives. Could that "omission" be yet another tell-tale indication that a coordinated "Sneak Attack" is on-going, especially since Congressman Moran is the Co-Chair of this Caucus?!?!?!

▪Congressman Moran has introduced and sponsored Bills championed by the HSUS.

▪Congressman Moran has been a featured speaker at HSUS Events.

▪Congressman Moran is a Member of the House Appropriations Committee which will be considering the Appropriations Bill for the USDA.

▪And in the Senate, which must also pass the Appropriations Bill for USDA, you have Senator Durbin, who could smooth the way for Senate passage of the PUPS Bill as an Amendment to the USDA Appropriations Bill in the Senate because:

▫Senator Durbin is in a Democrat Leadership Position in the Senate.

▫Senator Durbin introduced an identical version of the PUPS Bill in the Senate.

▫Senator Durbin is on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

▪The HSUS Annual Lobbying Event in Washington DC (Taking Action for Animals) concluded on July 26, 2010 with a Major Lobby Day Campaign, which was totally scripted by the HSUS, and resulted in hundreds of HSUS supporters descending upon the U.S. Capitol to personally tell their respective Members of Congress to support every Bill that HSUS wishes to have Congress enact - - this includes the PUPS Bill!