Animal welfare is based on the time-honored
traditional relationship of man and animal. It emphasizes respect for
and concern for animals, and the concept that animals deserve to be
treated humanely, provided a quality life and a humane death. Unlike the
Animal Rights philosophy, Animal welfare supports responsible ownership,
breeding and use of animals in agriculture, research, and other venues.
In comparison, Animal rights advocates seek the end to all breeding of
animals. Their stated ultimate goal is NO
USE OF ANIMALS BY MAN
-- not for food, fiber, medical research nor even
as pets.
In recent years, animal rights extremists have manipulated public
perception with exaggerated and distorted data. They are the largest,
most vocal group impacting on laws and issues relating to animals and
are generally extremely well funded by people misled by their erroneous
data. Animal Rights organizations spend a significant portion of the
donations sent to them on such legislative initiatives. While some of
their initiatives would appear superficially to make sense to the
general public, they ignore much more workable alternatives that would
not support the ultimate aim of abolishing the use of animals by man,
and which may, as a result, have ramifications that are far more
dangerous to our society than are seen at first glance. Thus, without
public awareness, the rights of animal owners are being gradually
eroded, while animal welfare is getting lost in the shuffle.
Some of the animal rights goals are subtle and aimed at gradually
achieving their ends... like the effort to substitute "companion animal"
for "pet" in our laws and vocabulary and in the process gradually
destroy the concept of pet ownership and your ability to own pets. Such
smoke and mirrors tend to cloud their real aims, as you will see when
you visit the links below. We encourage you to join us in responsible
animal advocacy by supporting animal welfare goals and recognizing the
danger posed to our society by the animal rights movement.
If you came to this site to adopt an animal or help in rescue, you
are already supporting animal welfare ideals. We provide the following
links to help you view the whole picture and to help you target your
donations to help the animals:
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