Marie, here is what I think, written in a long three article series I wrote earlier this year. Now you must read all three to get the entire context of my message. The first might lend you to believe I think a certain way but the other two pull it all together in context:

Come to the Edge, Part One: The Scenario
Come to the Edge, Part Two: The Questions
Come to the Edge, Part Three: The Conclusion

I invite you to join us on http://www.breakthematrix.com to learn more about this worldwide situation we are all facing. It is MUCH deeper and wider than banning dogs.

Dr. Kim & Shadrach

Read The Future of Dogs ( http://www.pet-law.com/future/intro.html ) and maybe you’ll understand the concern. It isn’t half-baked or reactionary. It’s very well thought out and documented.

PETA may kill more animals each year than it saves worldwide (petakillsanimals.com) and HSUS spends more on lobbying than it does on direct animal welfare supporting local humane societies and animal shelters.

The way both of those organizations used the Michael Vick dogfighting story is shameful. They collected millions playing on peoples’ emotions but have had zero involvement with the dogs, many of which are or have been rehabilitated, despite their call to kill all of the dogs. Equally shameful is PETA’s reaction to Eight Belles death and their delay in reporting the downer cow investigation among the long list of transgressions.

PETA and HSUS are the national leads in a network of associated state and local organizations, one of which we must try to work with on a regular basis in NM. That organization’s leader has stated that no one should have pets (and that children are a nuisance). I can only assume her parents are ashamed.