[ SHOWGSD-L ] FWD: Activists Campaign Against Hunte Breeders Conference
- From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:49:07 EDT
NOTE: This may be controversial for some of you, but let me suggest that the
more the AR groups attack large corporations of ANY sort, the more action
there will be defeating the main goals of the AR groups. NRA, the agricultural
companys, the poultry industrys, dairy and beef groups are all being attacked
and
are awakening to the need for a coaltion, uneasy as some of the groups may be
at working together. And if companies like Royal Canin back off
participating because of AR pressure in this situation, will they cave in when
"we" want
their support at our event? Just my thoughts on this.
Stormy
Forwarded:
Activists Campaign Against Hunte Breeders Conference
Animal activists aligned with Best Friends Animal Society (Kanab, Utah) in
July targeted the Ninth Annual Breeders Educational Conference, organized by
The
Hunte Corp. (Goodman, Mo.), as part of an online campaign attacking the pet
trade and puppy mills.
At press time, the group was asking animal lovers to contact Pfizer Animal
Health (New York) to discourage the company from supporting the event and
calling for a boycott of Pfizerâ??s Revolution flea/tick preventive.
In response, Pfizer issued a statement expressing its support for the Hunte
conference: â??Pfizer Animal Health provides sponsorship to the Hunte breeders
conference as it does at many educational venues for veterinarians, students,
farmers, producers, technicians, pet owners, shelters and others in the animal
health care business. This sponsorship is consistent with Pfizerâ??s approach
to
medically educating many of the stakeholders involved with the diverse aspects
of animal health.
â??Pfizer Animal Health supports and encourages strict adherence to all state
and federal laws regulating pet breeders, including effective USDA enforcement
of the Animal Welfare Act,â?? it continued.
According to Hunte, activists have had limited success in their attempts to
undermine the conference. However, one speaker, dog trainer Mark German, and
two pet food companies, Royal Canin USA (St. Charles, Mo.) and NutriSource Pet
Foods (Perham, Minn.), had pulled out of the conference at press time.
In a message posted on its Web site, Hunte stated: â??The animal rights
campaign against pet ownership and the American pet industry has accelerated
over the
last few years, with numerous state and local legislative proposals to limit
dog breeding and impose unreasonable regulations on retail pet stores. And in
the last few months, animal rights activists have undertaken to intimidate and
extort pet food companies, breeders and corporate employees as part of their
misguided campaign.
â??The activists attempt to bury The Hunte Corp. under a barrage of lies,â??
the
message continued â??They falsely accuse Hunte of encouraging substandard
breeding practices and contributing to pet overpopulation. These are false
accusations.â??
The conference is scheduled to take place Sept. 26-27 in Joplin, Mo. For more
information, visit www.thehuntecorporation.com. [September 2008 PET AGE]
http://www.petage.com/nes090803.asp
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