UPDATED Donation Info

I am writing this to let any potential donors to our Campaign to Expose the HSUS know that our paypal acct is down temporarily. We have updated our information to show our non profit status on paypal. However, this means we need to also change our bank account to a non profit account. We have been looking for a better bank to do this with. Once we open the account and connect it with our paypal we will continue taking donations online.

Meanwhile, we are able to take money order and/or check donations by mail.

Allie Renar
C/O Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination
2209 W Boone Ave
Spokane, WA 99201

Fellow Bloggers. . .

I am writing this because I wanted to ask which of my fellow bloggers would be willing to add their insightful and informative spark to www.game-dog.com. The owner of the site has been reading blogs like that from Blue Dog State and The Endangered Owner and would like to make a section on the forum just for bloggers to post their information, kind of a one stop shop.

Every blogger would be welcome to post their blogs there along with links to help keep the entire forum abreast of new information.

Here is the link for anyone who wants to start posting! The more intelligent, informed and Anti Animal Rights Nutjob posters, the better!

Thanks all!

A suggestion has been made to set up RSS feeds from your great blogs. I will check with the forum owner and moderators to see if any of them know how. Great idea!

Update on "Campaign to Expose the HSUS"

Please cross post the following EVERYWHERE:

If you are a dog owner, fisherman, farmer, hunter or any other variety of American citizen who believes in your rights to Own animals, eat animals and raise animals the time has come for you to stand and be counted.

The Humane Society of the United States has begun working towards the same goals as PETA. This means, unless we stop them now, total Animal Liberation. In case you didn't know "animal liberation" means the complete extinction of domesticated and farm animals, outlawing hunting fishing and all other "animal use."

An organization called Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination is currently taking donations to help fund the "Expose the HSUS campaign." This group, a small anti-BSL group, has been watching how the HSUS and PETA's support of anti-dog laws has grown into an all out assault on dog owners, breeders and buyers. They are using false accusations of dog fighting to kill innocent dogs and shut down long time hobby breeders in the "pit bull breed" and allegations of abuse to shut down minature dog breeders as well.

Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination has decided to fund a radio ad campaign in order to counter self serving ads the HSUS has recently placed in areas like Tucson, Arizona. This campaign will run in targeted areas alongside an informative website section and Utube video. The radio campaign would grab the attention of listeners guiding them to the campaign's website. Once they are on the website they will see a Utube video which highlights all the nasty tidbits the HSUS doesn't mention when panhandling for their cash.

The website will have detailed information about the HSUS goal of eliminating animal husbandry of all kinds in America. It will outline many of the underhanded tactics they have used in recent months to "capture" dog breeders, kill innocent dogs and then wash their hands of the whole ordeal.

This campaign can reach thousands of American citizens and educate them on what the HSUS is really doing. We can stop this before it goes much further! But, we need your help. Blogging on the internet and running informative websites is not enough anymore. The HSUS is a multi-million dollar corporation which can and does run TV and radio ads regularly. They get free advertisement from news stations who know nothing about their real agenda and millions of pet loving Americans donate to them every year without knowing what the money is really for.

Please donate what you can to help us reach our $1000.00 goal and start the campaign! If you cannot donate, or even if you do donate, please cross post this on every message board, discussion group and myspace page you can find where people who value their Constituitional Rights still can be found.

An Award For Bloggers From Bloggers

The wonderful author of The Endangered Owner (another awesome blog you ought to read) passed this Friendship award onto our humble little thinking spot here at United We Bark. She awarded this honor to us for " for [our] hard work on stopping BSL and for educating people on the true agenda of the HSUS ." A very nice thing to say, indeed.

The rules of the award say that we must pass this on to 8 fellow bloggers who we feel deserve it. I am not sure if I can or cannot duplicate the bloggers she passed it on to along with myself. . but, just to be fair I will not duplicate them.

• B. Haywood of Dog Politics - For showing me that blogging really can help us make a difference!
• The Real Pit Bull - For helping be another voice of reason in an otherwise uninformed world.
  
• We Are Just Like You - For showing the gentler, more lovable side to the American Pit Bull Terrier and trying in your own way to educate the public about responsible ownership!
• The Pit Bull Blog - for having a lot of good info and a great attitude. You haven't posted in a long while, but I am hoping this award will help rev you back up!
• Defend-A-Bull Blog - For keeping the world up to date on the happenings in Canada concerning pit bulls and BSL.
• Love Does Not Discriminate - For trying to help end breedism once and for all!
• The Woof Report - For telling the other side to every story that you post.
• The No Kill Nation - For adding to the blog buzz about how no kill shelters can and do work in America!
  

All the blogs awarded are deserving for different reasons. But, in the end they all have the animals in mind. As it should be.

The HSUS misleads citizens in Tucson, Arizona Ad

In a recent paid advertisement placed by the Humane Society of the United States the headline "Bringing Animal Abusers to Justice" is all the lies they need to tell, but they continue anyway.

This ad mentions Amy Eades (President & CEO of Humane Society of Southern Arizona) as well as Detective Therese Deschneses and Sgt. Terry Parrish as having received the 2008 Law Enforcement Awards. The 2008 Law Enforcement Awards were given to these parties for what the HSUS calls sparing 150 dogs from the cruelty of illegal dog fighting.

A speaker at the ceremony had this to say:
"We applaud these dedicated and hard-working law enforcement officials and compassionate citizens for their tremendous work to bring animal abusers to justice. These leaders have made a very meaningful impact in the lives of animals and in their communities, and we celebrate their work to create a more humane society."

Michael Markarian, executive vice president of external affairs for The HSUS

As a dog, I have this to say. . .

The fact that no actual evidence was presented in court to support allegations of dog fighting on the properties which were raided haunts my mind. It haunts me because although no factual information was presented to prove that the dogs confiscated were in fact being "spared the cruelty of [an] illegal blood sport" they are still dead. The dogs "spared" by these "hard working" and "compassionate" individuals were killed before any of the supposed abusers were allowed into court to defend themselves.

And, when Mahlon Patrick and Emily Dennis did see their day in court they were swiftly acquitted due to lack of evidence that they ever broke any laws or abused any of the dogs in question. But, the dogs are still dead.

Now, long after they cruelly killed 150 dogs which belonged to 6 people whom had not been proven guilty of abusing said dogs the HSUS is clapping it's hands. It is giving out awards to the murderers in question and running ads in local Tuscon papers telling the good people of Tucson exactly what they want them to believe.

This dog for one is sick of the unsuspecting public being led like sheep to see the villains which the HSUS so gladly paints for them. American Pit Bull Terrier breeders are swiftly being made into your neighborhood boogie men. The HSUS storms in to raid innocent people, bringing all the news reporters they can find with them. They tout how they will save these poor, neglected and abused dogs. Then, when no one is watching, they give the order to kill all the dogs they can muster up enough blunt objects for. When the accused are proven innocent they make no attempt to right the wrongs they have done in the media. Oh no! Instead they continue to claim they saved the dogs involved and that, although they had no evidence to prove it, these people were guilty, evil dog fighters!

That is why I am asking you to donate whatever you can spare to the chip in meter on this blog page. This money raised by Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination will be used to run an ad campaign which will tell the good people of Tucson what the HSUS really did with the dogs it "spared" and how the "major dog fighting operation" they heard so much about was all smoke and mirrors designed by the HSUS to get their donations and kill innocent dogs.

Please visit the chip in page to read about developments in this campaign!

Official Statement Regarding Libel Blog

To whom this may concern,

A recent internet slander article has drawn our attention at Stop-BSL.com. The website dogsbite.org has decided to "oust" Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination founder, Allie Renar, as a "dog fighter supporter" or something of the like. This gross misrepresentation of the facts has lead us to address you here. This email is being sent to anyone I think it may concern and will be posted on our website shortly for visitors.

Several things were written about Allie and Stop-BSL.com which are much less true than they are blatant lies.

First off the claim that this organization is some sort of cover for dog fighters is absurd. Allie has never supported dog fighting and has never said that she does. The truth is that some funds have been routed through Stop-BSL.com and donated from Allie herself to help support ACCUSED dog fighters who were beleived innocent. The supposedly great thing about American society is how you are innocent until proven guilty. In the cases which Stop-BSL's reasearch dept has taken time to find information to help the defense and money has been sent all parties were beleived innocent and had been illegal searched, violationg their Consitutional Rights. All money which went to these people was sent with the request that it reach them. It was sent through Stop-BSL.com to avoid posting personal addresses on the internet. No general donations were routed to these people or used for this cause.

The outcome of these trials and investigations has shown us why we felt we should be involved. Thus far one person plead guilty (due to threats of losing his home which he is currently investigating appealing), four were acquitted, one had his dogs returned without charges being filed and one plead no contest with no jail time served. With these type of statistics it is very hard to believe that these people did not deserve their day in court. Out of over 150 charges the HSUS and local law enforcement had come up with for seven people total only one person has plead guilty to anything. That one person plead to INTENTION TO FIGHT A DOG, which is NOT the same as ever having done it. We know many of you who do not know the background of these cases or know in depth what the HSUS and groups like dogsbite.org are doing will not understand this. For that we are sorry. However, this issue cannot be ignored. The HSUS is trying to make America a country where simply owning a dog allows them to barge in your home without a warrant. They use false allegations and missing evidence to get warrants, kill dogs and then blow it off like it never happened when no one is found guilty of anything. This issue falls squarely in the realm of our mission. We help only those people we feel are innocent from either looking at the evidence presented or from speaking to character witnesses who are willing to bet their lives these people are innocent. Five out of seven times we were right in a court of law.

We fight BSL every day and know that the number one reason it passes is fear. The HSUS and other organizations have long perpetuated the myth that only dog fighters, drug dealers and criminals own pit bulls. They continue to raid innocent dog breeders in order to further perpetuate that myth. These groups know that the acquittal will not warrant much press and the initial media frenzy is all they need to bump up their donations and get more politicians on board with BSL.. We make countless phone calls, orchestrate petitions, inform the public of REAL statistics and yes, we support innocent people with information and some funds in order to help stop the spread of this stereotype.

A largely ignored and forgotten part of fighting BSL is stopping the proponents from polluting the media any more than they already are. And, that is what we did in these cases. We provided information that John Goodwin is adimittedly not an expert on dog fighting or trained in any animal service or care field. Additionally, we provided evidence that Goodwin is a high school dropout with airtight connections to a domestic terrorism organization. This got him removed as an expert witness in several cases because he is not an expert. We helped innocent people prove that they were innocent- that is all. Those parties who were acquitted are not "known dog fighters" as dogsbite.org and the HSUS would like you to beleive. They are dog breeders who had their lives taken from them and slaughtered by pit bull hating fearmongering people and in the end were found to have done nothing wrong.

Groups such as dogsbite.org actively advocate for unfair pit bull restrictions and breed based laws. It is no wonder they would decide to slander a young non profit who is trying to stop them from perpetuating lies and passing useless laws which kill innocent pets. The Humane Society of the united states also advocated sterilizing all pit bulls and is actively offering rewards of $5000 for any information (true or not) which may lead to the senseless killing of more innocent dogs owned by good people.

We truly feel that our organization has been making waves and we have been doing more with getting people to act than we have done to raise money. This is complete retaliation to our blogs and our efforts in which have helped people at least get a fair day in court. Stop-BSL has been around about a year now and this recent attack happens only after the HSUS was embarrassed by it's own ignorance and ill preparedness in court.

As it stands we have not raised a lot of money. What we have done is created a lot of awareness and convinced a lot of people to become active in their communtiy. That is our ultimate goal. To stop BSL at it's roots, in your communities and in the minds of the public. As far as the alleged advertisement in "Scratch Back" we did not pay for this ad. It was donated by someone who saw our site and believed in our mission. As a group that does not have a war chest of money we do not turn down ads offered to us. We do not subscribe to this magazine or know the details of it's contents. Apparently the people at dogsbite.org do have the connections to the "dog fighting" world that our founder is being accused of having.

Sincerely,
Owners, Breeders and Dogs Against Breed Discrimination

Animal Owners Devoid of Constitutional Rights?

Recently I have begun to wonder if the United States has somehow amended the Constitution to exempt animal owners from certain "rights" which other citizens enjoy. For example, the the 5th Amendment which says "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." However, every day laws are being passed which allow cities to take dogs (aka property) from their owners without the due process of a trial. The alarming rate with which this questionable practice is spreading has lead me to this idea. . .

Perhaps the United States of America no longer views animal owners as having equal rights afforded under the Constitution.

There are many examples in today's society of this phenomenon from breed specific ordinances to so called "dog fighting investigations." What they have in common is simple, the government and private organizations support of violating the Bill of Rights in favor of Animal Rights propaganda over real public safety and animal welfare considerations.

To many people who have not witnessed this firsthand it may seem far fetched. So, let me give you a short test . . .

TRUE OR FALSE?

1. Pit bulls are owned only by drug dealers, gang members, criminals and DOG FIGHTERS!

2. Pit Bulls have locking jaws which will never let go of an animal or person they are biting

3. Treadmills are only used by dog fighters

4. Weight pull and conformation shows are cover for dog fighters

5. Pit bull bans do not affect any other types of dogs

6. Shelters are greatly over crowded with pit bulls and mandatory spay/neuter laws will fix this

Thought it over? Well, you may be shocked by the real answers.

1. FALSE. People from all walks of life enjoy owning athletic, short haired, loyal dogs (which includes the pit bull breeds) and many famous people have and do own pit bull dogs. For example, Rachael Ray, Frankie Munez, Benjamin Franklin and Helen Keller.

2. FALSE. There has never been a study to confirm this. However it has been properly disproved. As explained below by Dr. I. Lehr Brisbin of the University of Georgia.

“The few studies which have been conducted of the structure of the skulls, mandibles and teeth of Pit Bulls show that, in proportion to their size, jaw structure and thus its inferred functional morphology, is no different than that of any breed of dog. There is absolutely no evidence for the existence of any kind of “locking mechanism” unique to the structure of the jaw and /or teeth of the American Pit Bull Terrier.”

3. FALSE. Treadmills have been used in the dog show world for years to keep dogs of all breeds fit and healthy. Many veterinarians and dog trainers also advocate their use.

4. FALSE. Weight pull and conformation, along with many other dog sports and acitivities are undergone by many fanciers of different breeds. Some enjoy the bonding with their dogs and fellow fanciers, others compete in order to test a dogs structure and athletic ability which they want to breed.

This is a myth created in order to cast doubt on innocent dog owners so that certain groups could continue to blemish their reputation in the court of public opinion.

5. FALSE. There are 75 breeds of dogs currently being targeted somewhere in the United States by BSL. They range from the Labrador retriever to the Boston Terrier.

"BSL Pandemic" by Scot E. Dowd Ph.D of the Canine Research Institute suggests that by the year 2022 at least 25 additional breeds will join that list. This would effectively make owning the majority of popular dog breeds illegal in the United States.

6. FALSE. Nathan Winograd's Redemption has blew the lid off the pet overpopulation myth, proving that a more active role in animal sheltering can effectively reduce the number of animals killed in American shelters each year. Additionally, mandatory spay/neuter laws have been seen to actually raise shelter populations because many people surrender dogs or have them confiscated as opposed to complying with these laws, not to mention they violate your rights just as much as BSL does.

If you were surprised by the factual answers to the above questions you have been the victim of media biased. You have watched news stories, read articles and heard tall tales for years about evil pit bull owners and how BSL would save children and kittens from being eaten. Fact is, that's a load of crap.

The reason you may find it hard to swallow that dog owners are having their rights violated every day in this country is because most of those dog owners are pit bull owners. Even when the evidence is overwhelmingly stacked in their favor the pit bull owner has a hard time getting a fair shake with the media.

Here are some facts for you to ingest. Breed specific legislation is a growing problem. It in no way solves the problems which cause a danger to the community like irresponsible ownership and violation of existing fair laws. What it does accomplish is to criminalize innocent people based on information supplied by biased sources and verified by other biased sources which has no factual basis.

Dogs are the property of their owners. Seizure of a dog based on breed and without trial is a violation of both the 4th and 5th Amendments.

Fair and reasonable laws can be created to uphold public safety. All it takes is intelligent legislators with constituents who do not buy all the media bull. The Responsible Dog Owners of the Western States has created the Model Dog Owner Regulations for this purpose. If implemented it could drastically change the climate of a community, leading to responsible ownership practices and a drop in dog bites and other animal control issues.

On a whole other topic, and yet the same problem, is the recent string of high profile dog fighting busts. I know when I say "dog fighting bust" you most likely think Micheal Vick. But, for a moment, wipe that overplayed memory from your mind and envision instead your neighbor. Any neighbor. Because today there is a $5000 reward for dog fighter information. ANY information, true or not. Any person who owns "pit bulls" and has angered a neighbor or acted "odd" can fall victim. You may be thinking that there is no way an innocent person would be raided for dog fighting. But you have been proven wrong by numerous cases recently.

Where dog fighting is concerned it is a huge cash cow to donations for groups like the HSUS. Many times warrants are given for people who have never broken the law, simply on "suspicion" of dog fighting thanks to helpful tips the HSUS supplies to local law enforcement agencies. This is thanks to a little something called the "patriot act" which basically allows warrants to be written entirely from spectulation. Fourth amendment anyone?

Many times dog fighting trials also violate the 6th amendment as well. As in the case of Floyd and Guy Boudreaux who were acquitted after THREE YEARS of stalling from the prosecution. Turns out they were stalling because they had taken 50 dogs in violation of the 4th and 5th amendments, killed them within a few days time and had no evidence to tie the Boudreaux's to ANY illegal activity.

Another recent example of this blatant violation of the Bill of Rights is the case of Pat Patrick and Emily Dennis. Not only were all of their dogs seized and killed before trial and without evidence to back up the warrant written for them, the prosecution was also pushing for forfeiture of their home in order to pay civil penalties for "cruelty." After the prosecution presented the pathetic "evidence" collected against the couple it was obvious to the judge that this case was also a witch hunt without the broomsticks and the couple was acquitted. Of course, their dogs are still dead.

Don't think it stops with pit bull owners either in Arizona recently Wanda and Bill Jones were indicted for what the HSUS describes as "Hoarding" small dogs and birds. Although the animals were well taken care of and not confined to small cages as some reports have said the HSUS and other Animal Rights Extremist groups want this couple punished for what amounts to a love of animals. The couple had a lot of dogs and birds, that is true, but even video released by the Humane Society of Southern Arizona does not show one SINGLE dog in a cage or looking unhealthy/abused.

Before the HSUS got involved the couple had been visited by Animal control without incident. Now, they are facing criminal charges. That can be called an interesting turn of events for sure.

What this all amounts to is a clear problem in America. Dog owner's are being criminalized, violated and ignored on a daily basis. Meanwhile, "Humane organizations" are overstepping their bounds (legally speaking) and supplying bogus information to law enforcements agencies in exchange for media coverage which results in donations. Directly resulting from these acts of pure greed are the deaths of innocent animals, the ruined lives of innocent dog lovers and the wasted taxpayer money which is used to arrest these people, harass these people and then lose in court to these people.

Perhaps the citizens of the United States should stand up for their rights under the 4th, 5th and 6th amendments and ask that laws to "protect" the public be fair and without breed stereotypes, that police actually have evidence before storming homes, killing dogs and wasting taxpayer dollars and that some "humane organizations" are held accountable for the lies they feed the public and the cops in the name of fund raising.