“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.” - Wayne Pacelle, the former president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, former chairman Animal Rights Network Inc
As a lifelong animal lover, rescuer, and animal welfare advocate, I have spent decades educating the public about why so-called “animal rights” is a subversive term and a dangerous idea that is wholly incompatible with the responsible care and stewardship of our animal friends. The terms “animal rights” and “animal welfare” are not interchangeable, they are actually polar opposites.
The confusion is both understandable and intentional. The linguistic propaganda is intended to deceive. The psychological operation uses heart wrenching ads and warm fuzzy terms such as compassion, respect, humane, ethical, kindness, and protection, convincing well meaning animal lovers to donate money to slick organizations with well paid board members whose core mission is to lobby for laws that work against the interests of actual animal welfare.
Organizations such as HumaneWatch.org, the National Animal Interest Alliance, and the recently defunct Protect the Harvest, have fought the good fight for years to educate the public, oppose bad laws, and protect the rights of animal owners.
Some animal rights groups such as “Animal Liberation Front” (ALF), a group that began in the UK as the Hunt Saboteurs, are actually considered to be domestic terrorist groups by the FBI. People for the ethical Treatment of Animals, PeTA, was created as a fundraising front for ALF. Not capitalizing the “e” for “ethical” is basically a sick inside joke. See the website: PeTAkillsanimals.com
The animal rights movement in
America gained momentum in the 1980’s, but began in the 70’s in the United
Kingdom, and was thrust into the public dialog by Australian philosopher Peter
Singer and his book “Animal Liberation.
In 2007, radical animal rights lobbyist Julie Lewin published a 276 page spiral bound how to political strategy guide called “Get Political for Animals and Win the Laws They Need”. I obtained a copy at the time, and it was quite enlightening. A tactic called “ratcheting up” is used to erode animal owners rights. Get a soft law on the books, then incrementally increase it so the normies don’t object.
The ultimate goal of animal rights advocates is enjoyment of animals only at a distance without human intervention,with vast tracts of land set aside for nature and humans crammed into easily controlled “15 minute cities” living in pods and eating bugs. It is the love-less, pet-less, meat and egg-less apocalypse of humankind through starvation and pandemic disease. Animal rights is anti-human.
As far as I’m concerned, the animals can have rights when they march on Washington DC and demand them. Until such time as that miracle occurs, humans must assert our Constitutional property rights as animal owners, not “guardians”, and fight for sensible and practical regulation that minimizes harm rather than domestic animal abolition. Because if you don’t own your animals then the government does, and can confiscate them any time for any reason. And I’m pretty damn sure that none of my animals want to be liberated from “mommy and daddy” on the whim of a government bureaucrat, do yours?
For more information on animal rights, read the classic book “The Hijacking of the Humane Movement: Animal Extremism” by Rod and Patti Strand, available used on Amazon.com
Also check out “Quotes From the Leaders of the Animal Rights Movement”: www.naiaonline.org/naia-library/articles//quotes-from-the-leaders-of-the-animal-rights-movement/