According to DNA studies, some 15,000 years ago man
crawled from his cave to find food for his family.
As he set out to hunt, he was shadowed by wolves
that visited the nearby refuse piles. Ever
observant, they knew his mission and they knew that
when he was done there would some remnants for them.
One very bold and clever female stayed closer to the
man than the others. As the wolf lifted her nose
and read the air in the clear cold morning, she knew
man would find food. Anticipation forced her pace
faster, ahead of the hunter toward the game she knew
lay ahead. The hunter, seeing the wolf’s direction,
trusted her guidance. Together they found the
quarry quickly and feasted well that night. A
portion of the kill was tossed to the wolf and at
that moment, they were bonded.
As time passed the relationship grew to include
warmth at the fire and friendship. Their trust grew
as well. She was his partner. He part of her
pack. Together they were both stronger and safer in
one another’s company. The female grew strong with
man’s offerings and evolved into the dog which
became the first domesticated species circa
13000 BC. (Ref #1) Eventually that wolf took a
mate and brought her young into the camp, gifting
the man with new offspring that carried the female’s
abilities into the next generation.
Canis lupus familiaris became Dog and Homo sapiens became Man. The
first breeder was born and neither man nor dog ever
looked back.
So it was that every breed of dog began as a dog
that exhibited a useful function. The owner would
recognize those talents and seek to preserve them in
the offspring. Shepherds created herding dogs with
coats to match the climate of the area where they
lived. Through selection for specific traits,
hunters developed dogs that would go below ground
after vermin, run down fast quarry, or track wounded
animals. When an individual came along that was
especially talented in any desirable task, others in
the area would seek to gain those talents by getting
a pup or breeding to the litter sire.
The results of these efforts developed into an array
of different looks and types of animals specific to
the purpose for which they were bred. While all
were still dogs, they preserved the physical
characteristics and talents that enabled them to be
successful in pursuit of the purpose for which
they’d been carefully selected. Over hundreds of
years, one generation at a time, nurtured talents
were brought into the present day. Each breeder was
but a single link in an unbroken chain linking past
generations of talented animals to the next
generation. A breeder’s choices determined the
direction and survival of the species and the
goodness that it possessed.
AND THEN CAME ANIMAL RIGHTS
The partnership between man and dog continued to
develop and both species were enriched until animal
rights activists arose as a threat to the creation
of talented dogs with specifically developed skills.
(Ref #2)
The “animal rights” goal is the end of all animal
agriculture, meaning no human can own or control any
animal. Dog breeders were attacked first as a
softer target than livestock production.
The “animal rights” activists created demeaning
terms like “Puppy Mill” and “Back Yard Breeder” and
catchy phrases such as “Don’t breed or buy while
others die”. Slowly they crept into the animal
welfare community and
changed its mission from caring for animals to that
of destroying the human-animal bond, one breeder at
a time.
The animal rights agenda has evolved to destroy
animal breeding. They say:
"Our goal is to make [the public think of] breeding
[dogs and cats] like drunk driving and smoking." Kim
Sturla, former director of the Peninsula Humane
Society and Western Director of Fund for
Animals, stated during “Kill the Crisis, not the
Animals” campaign and workshops, 1991
"We have no ethical obligation to preserve the
different breeds of livestock produced through
selective breeding. One generation and out.
We have no problem with the extinction of domestic
animals. They are creations of human selective
breeding." Wayne Pacelle, Senior VP of Humane
Society of the US (HSUS), formerly of Friends of
Animals and Fund for Animals, Animal People, May,
1993
"My goal is the abolition of all animal
agriculture." JP Goodwin, employed at the Humane
Society of the US, formerly at Coalition to
Abolish the Fur Trade, as quoted on AR-Views, an
animal rights Internet discussion group in 1996.
"Breeders must be eliminated! As long as
there is a surplus of companion animals in the
concentration camps referred to as "shelters", and
they are killing them because they are homeless, one
should not be allowed to produce more for their own
amusement and profit. If you know of a breeder in
the Los Angeles area, whether commercial or private,
legal or illegal, let us know and we will post their
name, location, phone number so people can write
them letters telling them 'Don't Breed or Buy, While
Others DIE.'" "Breeders! Let's get rid of them too!"
Campaign on Animal Defense League's website,
September 2, 2003.
Today mankind stands at a unique point of time in
the history of animal agriculture. We can choose to
support the work of breeders to ensure the
continuation of special animals into the future, or
we can turn away. Some say “none of it is our
fight, let them work it out on their own” but as the
knife cuts away the sex of each canine till there is
no reproduction possible, what else is being lost to
human kind? What talents are forever silenced?
The union of our two species created a wildly
successful survival strategy which has stood the
test of thousands of years. If this is lost what
else will be lost? If you love your dog, thank a
breeder. Your best friend did not get here by
chance.
Ref (1)
How Dogs Changed Human Evolution
Ref (2)
Who Is Served – Man Or Dog?
http://www.thedogplace.org/LEGISLATION/Evolution-Breeders-AnimalRights_Byrd-1112.asp
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HUMAN RIGHTS
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ANIMAL RIGHTS
