wikipedia photo of Farm Sanctuary president Gene Bauston by Derek Goodwin
If you are like most of America, you have noticed that the amount of money in your pocket has dwindled or stayed the same. Rising food prices in a country that is one of the greatest food producers in the world is a shock to many Americans that are struggling to get by.
The price of meat and eggs and other products of animal husbandry are being effected by animal rights activists, who’s goal is driving farmers out of business and making the price of meat so expensive that only a few can afford to buy it.
Two of the worst offenders are Farm Sanctuary and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), which it should be pointed out, is a multi million dollar organization that runs no animal shelters and is not affiliated with your local animal shelter.
HSUS takes advantage of the confusion of many good hearted animal lovers who have been mislead by the pictures of dogs and cats on their fun raising literature. The Humane Society of the United States has 113 million in assents according to a watchdog web site called ActivistCash.com.
HSUS employees have complained to the press that their organization wastes its resources on fund raising expenses and high salaries for its chief executives. Robert Baker, an HSUS consultant and former chief investigator, told U.S. News&World Report: “The Humane Society should be worried about protecting animals from cruelty. It’s not doing that. The place is all about power and money.”
HSUS and Farm Sanctuary masquerade as animal “welfare organizations”, which work for the humane treatment of animals, when they are really animal “rights” organizations, instead.
There is a major difference between the philosophy of “humane treatment” and giving animals “equal rights” with people. Animal “welfare organizations” have been around for centuries. The animal “rights” groups emerged in the 1980’s, with the rise of the radical, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
According to an article in the National Center for Public Policy Research, HSUS, started out in the 1950’s as an animal “welfare” organization and at their 1980 convention changed the organization’s mission to that of a classic “ animal rights” group, calling for the endowment of animals with some of the same rights normally reserved for human beings. HSUS’s 1980 convention called for “the clear articulation and establishment of “ the rights of all animals” and a senior HSUS official once said, “human beings aren’t superior” to animals, there “Just different”.
This organization has come out against hunting, fishing, and laboratory tests on animals. Its programs include: A “Shame of Fur” campaign, which seeks to persuade consumers that wearing fur is cruel through demonstrations, radio commercials and other activities. They also have started “Beautiful Choice”, which works to end animal testing for cosmetics.
The attack on live stock agriculture is called “The Breakfast of Cruelty” campaign. One of the ads says, “behind virtually every slice of bacon and every innocuous looking egg lurks a long, hidden history of unbearable suffering.”
Farm Sanctuary, possibly the most dangerous of the two, claims to be an advocate for “humane” farms and “humane” slaughter methods. Farm Sanctuary’s mission—the complete abolition of live stock agriculture—would be absurd if it weren’t already making headway. This group lobbies for “humane” slaughter laws, but at the same time insists that “there is no such thing as “humane” slaughter. “When ever people eat meat, they support unnecessary cruelty and death.” According to Farm Sanctuary spokesmen.
In a letter to the editor, published in the Kansas City Star farm Sanctuary “investigator” David Cantor wrote: “Everyone who agrees unnecessary animal suffering should be ended must eat no animal food products.” This was in a story in Center for Consumer Freedom, in 2009.
In ActivistCash.com, the question is asked, “Has Farm Sanctuary president Gene Bauston openly declared that all dairy, egg and meat production must be stopped?” The answer is “no”.
Farm Sanctuary’s radical animal rights agenda must be concealed in order for it to gain any ground. As he observed in 2002 in the environmentalist magazine E, “If some of the legislators we work with on farm issues learn we promote vegetarianism and veganism, it tends to discredit us in their eyes.”
When the Center for Consumer Freedom debated Bauston on the BBC in January of 2004, he had literally nothing to say when asked to describe what “humane “ live stock agriculture would look like. For Farm Sanctuary, even silence is preferable to publicly declaring its real motivation.
How do they drive up the cost of food?
The most common approach, according to ActivistCash.com is to lobby against live stock farmers among legislators and voters in states where there is little or no opposition. After a bad miscalculation of the strength of New Jersey farm interests, Farm Sanctuary unsuccessfully lobbied against veal farmers in the garden state. Farm Sanctuary tried to mandate feeding of iron and fiber to calves, which experts in live stock agriculture say is bad feeding practice. Calves that die from a bad diet run up the farmer's costs and the cost of beef.
Rutgers scientist, Professor Michael Westendorf wrote on the subject of calf nutrition in 2004, in the journal, Professional Animal Scientist: "controlling iron intake may also reduce risks from iron dependent pathogens in the small intestine. Pathogenic bacteria, such as Salmonella and Escheria coli, require iron for growth. These bacteria often cause scouring and diarrhea, infections that are the leading cause of death in calves." As for fiber, Dr. Westerndorf cites several sources indicating that "veal calves fed straw or other high fiber feeds had increased abomasal lesions, ulcerations, or both."
Farm Sanctuary conducted a sustained campaign to restrict hog farming in Florida, despite the fact that their initiative targeted only two farmers in the whole state. In California and in New York Farm Sanctuary pushed for wholesale bans on the production of foie gras (a kind of fatty goose liver) in order to close down a single family farm in each state. The purpose is to use these wins and these new laws as precedents to take to states that have a meaningful impact on your table.
American farmers, already struggling with tough times are operating on a very slim profit margin in most cases. The temptation to sell out and let the land be “developed” is strong and federal inheritance tax isn’t called the “farm killer tax” for nothing. Less farms mean higher prices and any laws that cause the profit margin to be reduced often tips the farmer over the edge.
The law on hog farming passed in the Florida campaign banned the use of gestation crates, which keep sows from moving around freely. Sounds very humane to people who don’t know about hog farming. The crates keep the sows from rolling over and crushing the piglets. This was a leading cause of lives stock loss in the past.
Lack of knowledge about good farming practices makes Farm Sanctuary’s favorite tactic, the ballot initiative process so deadly. Most voters don’t know what they are really voting for and it gives the group a way to side step state legislatures where someone might actually catch on.
The Farm Sanctuary organization is well funded and totally unscrupulous. In Florida, they created an illegal direct mail scheme and funneled $465,000 in supposedly tax exempt contributions directly to the Florida campaign’s PAC, supplying about a third of the campaign’s $1.4 million war chest. The Humane Society of the United States contributed $180,000 and the Fund for Animals about $210,000. PETA supplied armies of volunteers with clipboards and flew them into Florida with frequent flier miles begged from its members.
At first glance, this seems to be a huge and incomprehensible effort to put two farm families out of business and give constitutional rights to pregnant sows. This was all part of a crafty plan for the future.
The state of Arizona was the real target all along. They targeted Arizona in 2006 and won with the usual ballot initiative.
Arizona is the 11th pig producer in the United States. Moving behind the scenes, Farm Sanctuary created a new coalition, called “Arizonans for Humane Farms” and collected signatures for a ballot initiative to combine it’s anti hog and anti veal platforms into one massive anti live stock proposal.
Farm Sanctuary has issued a press release that makes the connection with Florida quite clear.
Citing “ a citizen initiative in Florida as precedent to help justify the attempt to change Arizona’s live stock agriculture. Of course, the “Floridian citizen’s initiative “ was facilitated by Farm Sanctuary, a nonprofit incorporated in Pennsylvania with facilities in New York and California and no connection to Florida other than opportunity, according to ActivistCash.com. Bauston and his group paid a $50,000 fine after the Florida election board found them guilty of 210 counts of campaign finance fraud. By then the damage was done.
Farm Sanctuary now has California on its list of things to do, and a legislative agenda in every state in the union. A story in the Sacramento Bee, by Aurelio Rojas, shows the same old list of destructive demands to change live stock agriculture plus demands for changes in the way chickens and eggs are produced.
Chicken farmers would be required to give more room to egg laying chickens. Supporters say it would add a penny to the cost of an egg. Opponents say it would force farmers out of business because they would be obligated to build 8 to 16 times more hen houses than under the current system. A study by the University of California, concluded the state’s $337 million annual egg industry would face “almost complete elimination” if ballot initiative, proposition 2 passes.
The steps that Farm Sanctuary is taking to achieve its goal of abolishing live stock agriculture are thoroughly practical. They do not seek to end live stock farming by a national ban: their strategy is far more subtle. Under the guise of “humane” legislation, these activists gradually drive up farmer’s costs, while simultaneously campaigning to reduce demand by promoting diets completely free of milk, meat or eggs. While outlawing gestation crates in Florida barely affects other American pork farmers, using that victory as momentum for further bans in hog heavier states will take a much bigger bite out of farms in the long run.
How effective is Farm Sanctuary’s Hog farming law? From Britain there comes disturbing indications. In a Times online story, by Valerie Elliott, called “Alarm over cruelty behind the bacon on our breakfast plates”, Tony Blair’s first Labor administration banned the stall and tether system, which confines sows during pregnancy and after giving birth.
This was blamed for the parlous state the UK’s pig producing industry is now in, by a committee of MP’s called The Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. The MPs say that the government’s pressing ahead with these welfare reforms was “a significant factor” in driving 14,000 farmers out of the pig industry since the policy was implemented in 1998.
What can we do about it?
The best defense against this wacko agenda is knowledge. Know what your legislators are up to. Read the papers and listen to the news. Learn the basics of where your food supply comes from and how it is grown. It has a history that doesn’t start in Kroger or Food City.
Comments
Lennis,
The Center For Consumer Freedom, who seems to supply all of your "facts" was created as a lobby group for tobacco and fast food corpoartions. They're about as unscrupulous as you can get.
Also, your understanding of animal rights philosophy and the movement it supports is so backwards that I don't even know where to begin. If you'd like to educate yourself instead of just repeating misinformed talking points from tobacco lobbyists, I suggests Peter Singer's _Animal Liberation_ as a good starting point.
Finally, whether or not people believe they have a right to exploit non-human animals for selfish ends (speciesism), the vast majority of Americans agree that it is inhumane to keep animals in cages so small they can barely move.
Gene Baur is a hero!!!! And how is it looney tunes to respect an animal's right to live peacefully? Go Gene!
PS--Baur is his last name. Get the facts right!
Waco agenda? Get a brain moran!
Sandra, don't you mean that "Baur" is his alias now? He seems to have changed it recently. I notice that shady characters do that quite frequently.
Boy this roast beef sandwich I am eating right now sure is GOOD! LOL!
wow -- this article is not only riddled with baseless arguments but typos. so many typos, it's hilarious!
If you have to torture animals to get cheap meat and eggs, then you shouldn't want cheap meat and eggs. The only loony tunes are the immoral people who don't mind torturing others to save a few cents.
It's the same group of right-wing nuts who think its okay for our government to torture people and of course, doesn't mind torturing animals either.
I am surprised by the tone of voice many respondents use. If you cannot discuss on content than you problably lack knowledge and start with insulting. People, just ask yourself: When do these animal right groups ever deliver. They just kick and kill. They never give an alternative. Vegies? Give me a break. An animal is not a human being. Animals and their products are meant to be eaten. Many of these so-called animal right activists are so biased that they lack the power to infrom themselves on animal farming. Many of them have never seen a pig or poultry farm from the inside. They are just parrots of propaganda and never looked into real agriculture. Give farmers an alternative and they will follow. But you can't! You simply cannot deliver an alernative living for these people. Shame on you.
If someone still needed proof that eating animal products makes you stupid, they need look no further than this story. It's almost hard to decide what is worse - the childish, defamatory content, based on propaganda from well-known industry lobbyists Center for Consumer Freedom and their "ActivistCash" web site, or the poor delivery style, riddled with typos and grammatical errors.
"The best defense against this waco (sic) agenda is knowledge," writes Mr. Waggoner in what seems to be the only insightful statement in his entire article. Indeed, Mr. W, knowledge is required, and you should try to acquire yours from sources more reliable than a lobbyist group that is paid hefty sums to protect the financial interests of fast food moguls and tobacco death dealers by defaming nonprofit groups that fight them in the name of social justice.
This article is terrible. Terrible writing, and terrible points. I don't even need to argue FOR animal rights (even though I am a supporter) after reading this.
Spell Check. Grammar check. Wow.
Oh and, CCF sucks.
What a sorry bunch these politically correct internet police are. Unable to refute anything in the story, they lie, distort, and attack the messanger and his sources. Who pays you guys? Acorn?
The author's ignorance shows at the close of this article. The more we learn about the filth and chemicals involved in the mass-production of cheap meat, the more we will be motivated to pay a little more for locally produced vegetables and (occasionally) humanely raised and processed meat from local farms. I recently read a book called The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, a simply fantastic read for anyone looking to learn more about the food we eat and where it comes from.
As a hog raiser may I point out that gestation crates are where sows are kept for just that purpose gestation. Farrowing crates are where sows are put to have their litter to keep from laying on them. A normal gestation crate is 2 foot by 71/2 feet, and a farrowing crate is 2 foot by 7 1/2 feet with a space on either side for the babies to lay. Most of these sows never see the light of day being moved from the gestation crate to the farrowing crate within the complex. The pigs are weaned at just 10 days old and the sow is rebread.
It really dosen't have to be like this but it does take more labor to have them outside but I think the meat taste much better and it's a lot of fun to watch a momma come across a pasture followed by a group of spread out pigs. I just had 5 sows farrow outside, lost 1 piglet from being layed on and weaned 51 piglets, so it can be done but like i said it is a lot of work. But if I had to raise them in barns like that I would quit first cheap food or better
Everyone is encouraged to research where their food comes from - as well as organizations that they support.
What you will find is that the HSUS is against animal cruelty, which includes the most egregious forms of hunting, such as internet and canned hunts, as well as the inhumane treatment of farm animals.
The HSUS supports those farmers and ranchers who give proper care to their animals, act in accordance with the basic ethic of compassion to sentient creatures under their control, and practice and promote humane and environmentally sustainable agriculture.
For anyone wondering about the CCF, I recommend you visit Wayne Pacelle's blog on them: hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2009/04/martosko-investigations.html
How can I trust research done by someone who doesn't know "who's" from "whose," "effect" from "affect," or "it's" from "its." That's third-grade grammar, Shakespeare.
So, we have 10 percent of the population dictating what the other 90 percent should believe. Animals should not be used in any form, much less food? Do not own, do not enslave, do not "use" for enjoyment an animal. The way to accomplish this is to all become veggan. I happen to think a leaf of lettuce should not be harmed and tomatoes should not be seperated from the parent plant and it's younger, smaller brothes and sisters. Sounds crazy doesn't it. It is. Guess the animal rightist do not mind seeing the human race disappear from the face of the earth as long as animals are freed, correct? Is there any place for humane treatment for humans and "choice"! Something very wrong in this entire movement.
Gag. Lots of commenters here have drunk the AR-ista's Kool-Aid. What a bunch of elitists. They love the animals and hate their fellow man.
I am stunned that the grammer and spelling are more important to some of the readers than the content. Wake up people! HSUS does not support ANY FARMERS! They don't want us to have any meat, no pets, no service dogs, no search and rescue dogs, nothing, nada that is an animal. The facts are there! The quotes form HSUS if you would take the time to do some research, are quite clear on the agenda. HSUS is against humans, no doubt about it. Would rather see them starve...
The author references, several times, "Activistcash.com and Center for Consumer Freedom." Those are front groups for Big Tobacco and they are one in the same. They are a lobby group for the tobacco, restaurant and alcohol industry. They even lobbied for Payday Loans. Can you believe it? Google it. It's on sourcewatch and wikiepedia.
The author also references Rick Berman. He is the CEO of "CCF" and "Activistcash" and the founder of "Center for Consumer Freedom". How anyone could use this group as a reference is beyond me!
Rick Berman is the founder of Center for Consumer Freedom and it was started with $600,000!
This group even advocates NOT telling pregnant women and women with infants that more than 6oz of tuna causes birth defects and brain damage.
Good job on doing your diligence, Mr. Author!
Jan A:
I'm perplexed. Are you comparing a head of lettuce or a tomato to say, a cow, pig or chicken.
If you cut into a tomato, dear Jan, it hardly bleeds or screams. But if you do the same to an animal...are you seeing my point yet? Do I need to draw you a picture?
Killing an animal, dear, is not the same as killing an animal.
Why on Earth would animal-rights activists do anything that would cause the "meat" industry to earn more money?
Citing ActivistCash.com does nothing to help your credibility. It's run by Rick Berman who will do anything to discredit his enemies.
Flocks of urban animal rights activists have exactly 'zero' clue about the care of animals. One of the biggest problems is urbanites driving legislation when animal husbandry is unknown to them. Wake up, people! HSUS and their ilk propose legislation to make anyone involved with animals criminals. HSUS anti breeding legislation was in 26 states and it is aimed at purebreds. Then rescues, then shelters...until there are NONE. NONE.
Jan A:
I'm perplexed. Are you comparing a head of lettuce or a tomato to say, a cow, pig or chicken.
If you cut into a tomato, dear Jan, it hardly bleeds or screams. But if you do the same to an animal...are you seeing my point yet? Do I need to draw you a picture?
Killing an animal, dear, is not the same as killing an animal.
The real question is this: Does examiner.com print any garbage no matter how ridiculous it is? Does examiner.com not have anyone to fact check, or at least edit this drivel?
So, When the humaniacs have had their way and there's nothing left to eat I say we eat the humaniacs! BTW, one fun fact that the vegan nazis always fail to mention is that in order to feed the world a vegan diet we whold have to produce 10 times the amount of food thet we presantly do. Just where do they expect to do this???
Jan A:
I'm perplexed. Are you comparing a head of lettuce or a tomato to say, a cow, pig or chicken.
If you cut into a tomato, dear Jan, it hardly bleeds or screams. But if you do the same to an animal...are you seeing my point yet? Do I need to draw you a picture?
Killing an animal, dear, is not the same as killing an animal.
Well - how about I add to this senseless debate by saying that I (and literally a few billion other humans) don't give a crap where my food comes from or how it's produced - as long as I have food to eat.
I can't help thinking that the few loonies trying to force the majority of us to follow their twisted ways, have never had to go to bed hungry at night.
Listen up! My God gave me the right to eat meat - so get out of my face and my life. I will oppose you and your sick devious methods to the bitter end - which I have a feeling will be YOUR bitter end.
No "Animal Rights" organization will EVER see a penny of my hard earned cash. "Animal Welfare" organizations - now that's different.
Jan A:
I'm perplexed. Are you comparing a head of lettuce or a tomato to say, a cow, pig or chicken.
If you cut into a tomato, dear Jan, it hardly bleeds or screams. But if you do the same to an animal...are you seeing my point yet? Do I need to draw you a picture?
Killing an animal, dear, is not the same as killing an animal.
Jan A:
I'm perplexed. Are you comparing a head of lettuce or a tomato to say, a cow, pig or chicken.
If you cut into a tomato, dear Jan, it hardly bleeds or screams. But if you do the same to an animal...are you seeing my point yet? Do I need to draw you a picture?
Killing an animal, dear, is not the same as killing an animal.
Wow! I suppose everyone's entitled to their opinion, even if it's riddled with misinformation like this one. It's because of your war and your high cost of living that your economy's in the crapper, not because of food prices. How many billions of dollars a day are spent on killing the "evildoers" and taking their oil? And there is no such thing as "good farming practices" if it causes unnecessary pain, suffering and death to others, and raising animals for food is unnecessary and barbaric.
But I do agree with you that Prop 2 and other reforms are a waste of time. Bigger cages and a more "humane" way of killing animals aren't the answer. Abolition of all animal exploitation is. If there's any conspiracy here, as the tone of your column indicates, it's the promotion of the idea that violence should not be tolerated and encouraged, even if it's financially rewarding. It makes me sad that our society still puts money above compassion and respect for others.
Two more things. willybou1257 says "...in order to feed the world a vegan diet we whold have to produce 10 times the amount of food thet we presantly do."
Hey willy, do your research (and learn how to spell). It actually takes less food and less land to feed vegans than it does to feed meat-eaters. For example, one acre of land can produce 165 pounds of beef OR 20,000 pounds of potatoes. If all the crops grown to feed livestock were instead used for human consumption, we could feed another 800 million people.
And about Gadfly's comment on Gene Baur. Gene's real last name is Baur but when he married Laurie they combined their last names into one: Bauston. They recently split up so he went back to his original name.
Thank you Daniel for addressing the fact that indeed we can feed more people on a plant based diet. It stands to reason as we would be eliminating the "middle" eater...
But anyone who believes that their "meat" products don't come at the expense of taxpayers is highly mistaken. There are billions of dollars of government funding, grants, cattle grazing priviledges and other "bailout" money that comes out of the pockets of US citizens - even "vegans" pay for animal agriculture industries. Furthermore, the exceptions in EPA laws create havoc in our environment -all left for taxpayers to clean the mess up.
If anyone really wishes to see the truly powerful lobby groups look to the meat and dairy industries.
And as far as the economics of it are concerned the fastest growing food sector is in non-animal based products...This is creating jobs and revenue in a healthy, sustainable and compassionate market. As the demand decreases for animal "foods", so shall the economics adjust.
Hey Cayenne,
I guess your comments (misguided as they are) are as a result of your mother eating too much tuna when she was pregnant with you. So why don't you just crawl back into the womb, or the rock you crawled out from under.
Everyone reading your comments has by now figured out that you are one of the nazi's that by screaming loud enough and long enough you'll whine your way into legitimacy.
Great summary of what the true agenda of these extremists groups are up to and the frighteningly subtle means they are accomplishing their goals. Wake up Americans before you have no choice on how you live your life. HSUS or any of these extremist groups couldn't tell the truth to save their soul (which they don't have anyway). They have an ends justifies the means mentality, and will kill as many animals as they need to to accomplish the goal of "liberating" the rest. Just check out how many animals PETA kills a year because they believe the animals are better off dead (that's more humane) than being "owned" by a loving person. Totally disgusting and warped! And HSUS keeps convincing people they are legitimate because they lie and say they are supported by 11 million Americans. NOT! Check out their tax filings and they have less than 500,000 members!!! So where do the other 10.5 million so called supporters come from? Likely counting all those who voted on their "initiatives."
As Kissinger said there's no faster way to bring a nation under total domination than to destroy its food supply. As for HSUS not being involved with shelters--nonsense. HSUS supplies shelters with gonad gutted product to sell. Check out how particularly New England states are put at risk of new fatal animal diseases from flown in unwanted mutts from all over the world -- brought here to fill many other but particularly New England shelters.
"HSUS and Farm Sanctuary masquerade as animal 'welfare organizations', which work for the humane treatment of animals, when they are really animal 'rights' organizations, instead. There is a major difference between the philosophy of 'humane treatment' and giving animals 'equal rights' with people."
You're wrong, Lennis Waggoner. HSUS is not an animal "rights" organization. Next time, do your research.
See My Face is on Fire blog by Mylène Ouellet:
"[O]n one point, Waggoner is correct: There is a major difference between animal 'welfare' and animal 'rights'. Unfortunately, he proceeds to conflate the two in a very clumsy manner, providing no actual evidence of HSUS' actual promotion of animal rights, but plenty of their promotion of welfarism."
You should also check out Gary Francione's work, which explains the differences very well.
Danielle, quoting lies and liars doesn't=truth. Shame on you!
I think the loony tunes are the folks who cite the CCF.
According to SourceWatch, a project of the Center for Media & Democracy the Center For Consumer Freedom (CCF) is a front group consisting of lobbyists for the tobacco,alcohol, restaurant industry.
For more on the CCF and Berman see the bermanexposed website.
"Richard Berman has been a regular front man for business and industry in campaigns against consumer safety and environmental groups...Berman runs at least 15 industry-funded front groups and projects...and holds 16 "positions" in those organizations.
"Each year, Berman, using his front groups to spread misinformation, spends millions of dollars distracting the public with misleading ads."
Animals rights groups and environmental groups have been the constant target of the CCF, because these groups threaten the bottom lines of the CCF's corporate clients.
we the people of the United States of America urge the Attorney General's Office to immediately investigate the Humane Society of the United States (herein referred to as "HSUS") for criminal activities including but not limited to conspiracy, racketeering, domestic terrorism and treason during wartime against the United States and for violation of their own charter by influencing legislation and elections.
FACTS 1) HSUS's California charter was revoked in 1992 by the State of California Attorney General's Office for illegal fund-raising activities.
2) According to an ongoing investigation by the Louisiana Attorney General, the HSUS has received $30 Million in direct donations for Hurricane Katrina animals.
3) HSUS co-conspirators fraudulently misappropriated tax sheltered donations of a nonprofit organization violating the American Disabilities Act.
4) HSUS promotes the use of the "humane raised" label used by farm animal producers. A fee is illegally assessed for this service,
5) HSUS, along with Farm Sanctuary and other non-profit and for-profit entities, have conspired to cause illegal restraint of free trade.
6) Under Title 18 CHAPTER 105 SABOTAGE, Section 2152 - Livestock are second in importance as war materials and defense materials only to guns and ammunition. HSUS is guilty of interfering with the raising of livestock and therefore is guilty of sabotaging national defense materials.
7) California Prop 2 also violates State of California Penal Code Section 186.2 which defines "prosecuting agency" as ONLY the district attorney or the attorney general in violation of California's Title 15.33. Public Protection.
8) HSUS has supported and participated in attempts to implement laws restricting ownership and use of dogs and cats within the state of California and other states.
CONCLUSION: They listed fraudulent activities of the HSUS encompass the Seven Elements of RICO:
(1) That a defendant (2) through the commission of two
.) Under Title 18 CHAPTER 105 SABOTAGE, Section 2152 - Livestock are second in importance as war materials and defense materials only to guns and ammunition. The places where chickens are raised are defined by law as war premises and national defense premises. All those personnel on aircraft carriers eat eggs every morning, and animal proteins for lunch and dinner. Anyone who interferes with the raising of livestock is therefore guilty of sabotaging national defense materials.
“Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as cock fighting and dog fighting.”
— Bozeman (MT) Daily Chronicle, Oct 1991
“We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge corporate agriculture.”
— “Animal Rights 2002” convention, Jul 2002
“We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding ...One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding.”
— Animal People News, May 1993
Wayne Parcelle- President of the HSUS
Quotes
“If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.”
— Associated Press, Dec 1991
“We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States ... We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state.”
— Full Cry magazine, Oct 1990
“Our goal is to get sport hunting in the same category as cock fighting and dog fighting.”
— Bozeman (MT) Daily Chronicle, Oct 1991
“We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge corporate agriculture.”
— “Animal Rights 2002” convention, Jul 2002
“We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of livestock produced through selective breeding ...One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals.They are creations of humans
Meat is cheap because it is subsidized by the tax payer. A pound of sirloin steak should be well over $100/pound, when you consider it takes enough water to sink a destroyer for each cow. I say, stop wasting my tax money, and stop polluting the environment - meat eating is a bigger factor of climate change than driving SUV's - the UN reported that 18 months ago.
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