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Your Rights for Your Animals Are Threatened Daily

Your pet could become a Pet-Snatcher victim.

Those who would deny rights to animals like my dog should know the penalties are high. Money for abducted pets could lead to selling her to a research laboratory.

You don't even have to own a pet to protect the rights animals deserve. Act now to protect thousands of dogs and cats in America. There are more victims now because of our troubled economy, making it more important for all of us to do our part. Don't say, "I'm just one person," "What can I do, I'm not the ASPCA?" Or, "I'm too busy."

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) says Class B Dealers are "people who collect dogs and cats to sell to the research industry. They sometimes obtain their animals through illegal or unethical means, such as by responding to "free to good home" ads in newspapers, falsifying records to keep the true origins of the animals unknown and stealing pets kept outside in yards. They also buy animals in bulk from "bunchers," whose methods are even more questionable."

Further down this page there's a link for you contact your Federal LawMakers. EasyPeasy! Everyone can do it!! By taking away the profit motive of bunchers we could provide a much-needed extra layer of protection for beloved pets. The idea of my dogs or your cats being stolen or acquired under false pretenses and sold to facilities that test on animals makes me angry. Angry enough at least to pick up the phone and call my legislators.

The Rights Animals Have To Remain Safe Need This Safety Net.

Pet Safety and Protection Act: Sale of Dogs and Cats to Research Institutions S. 1834/H.R. 3907

Sponsor(s): Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI); Rep. Michael Doyle (D-PA)
ASPCA Position: Support
Action Needed: It will take about 60 seconds of your time to send a letter to your representative and senators if you go here >>urging them to support and cosponsor the Pet Safety and Protection Act, a bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.

Here's what ASPCA says about what will happen if the law passes: The Animal Welfare Act would be amended so that the only people who would be allowed to sell dogs and cats to research facilities would be:

1. Dealers who have bred and raised the animals.
2. Publicly owned pounds or shelters that obtained the animals from their legal owners.
3. A person donating a dog or cat whom they have bred and raised, or owned for at least one year.
(These categories of people are already allowed to sell to research. The Pet Safety and Protection Act would not change that or give them more rights than they currently have.)

As of July 1, 2010, the bill has stalled in the Senate, only going as far as being read twice; then referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry on January 1st for the second time.

The House bill has gone somewhat further. It has moved from the Committee on Agriculture to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry on June 18th. Why? Dogs and cats are not considered farm animals! However, their official jurisdiction includes animal welfare.

Write your senator and call your congressperson and tell them you want action on this bill. Now!

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How Fast Can You Contact Your Senator? Your Congressman?

What else can we do to stop the sell of pets to research laboratories?

How else - besides this lens/page at Squidoo - can we encourage everyone to get this bill passed?

The best way is to phone my Congressman and tell my Senator I want him/her to pass the Pet Safety and Protection Act.

OhMe says:

yes, we should contact our congressman

No way, Monkeybrain! There's much more we can do!

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ASPCA helps make it as easy as throwing a ball to contact your senator or congressperson.

Thank you for supporting this important issue!

By all means use >>this email service to send a letter. It would make an even bigger impression if you also phone their offices. It only takes a moment. And, while you probably won't speak to the lawmaker directly, you can leave a message with the receptionist or secretary. He or she will want your home town zip code, so they can keep up with where the "it" people, the "thinking people" in their state reside. And, where the people live who care about this issue.

Are your pets, or your neighbors' pets safe? What might happen when you aren't looking is spooky and mean all year long.

Take the Pledge to Fight Animal Cruelty

I support the ASPCA in its steadfast commitment to end animal cruelty. I will do all that is possible to help the animals in my community live happy, healthy lives.

MaggieMae is on the lookout for would-be pet snatchers!

Are you doing all you can to keep her and other loyal pets safe from abductions?

Newspapers, television news and blogs mirror to us our society's treatment of animals

Animal cruelty charges filed against Ontario livestock auction: The video provided officials with enough evidence to charge the property owner with cruelty to animals. "We want this to stop," Lemus said. "They improperly handled the animals, neglected them. And it's all for the sale of these animals.
WSET.com - ABC13Judge's ruling stops construction of Tenn. mosque: Southern California prosecutors have filed animal cruelty charges against the owner and seven employees at a livestock auction house after undercover video taken by an animal rights group showed workers kicking, hitting and... Mitt Romney has won the ...
METRO DIGEST || Animal Charity to dedicate benches: The Paw Steps are similar and have the names of people in businesses that have donated to Animal Charity to show it takes many people to stop animal cruelty, according to a news release. Animal Charity is a nonprofit humane agency at 4140 Market St.
Pennsylvania Politics Continues To Override Humane Actions: The conflict-of-interest part of the complaint dates from 2010 when Heckler refused to allow Johnna Seeton, a humane officer, to have an attorney and then blocked her from filing summary citations of animal cruelty against the Philadelphia Gun Club of ...

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Cruelty Can Be Stopped

If we all support ASPCA and its programs to eliminate animal cruelty, the organization can travel to places where people like you and me provide information about abuse. Saving animals from horrendous situations like the one shown here is all part of keeping pets out of laboratories, hoarders terrible conditions, and more. This dog who never knew anything other than the squalid conditions of a hoarder was a prime candidate for dog snatchers.

Thankfully, this little guy is now receiving the care he needs.

Let's keep on supporting ASPCA so they find and rescue others like this one. Just click the photo to find out more about the fate of this dog.

Photo credit ASPCA.

It Only Takes A Little To Help A Lot ~

The Society was formed to alleviate the injustices animals faced then, and we continue to battle cruelty today. Whether it's saving a pet who has been accidentally poisoned, fighting to pass humane laws, rescuing animals from abuse or sharing resources wi

This CD from Amazon, ASPCA and the A & E channel highlights the REAL way to treat animals

The patients can't tell the doctors what is wrong in fact, they're quite likely to bite. And the only thanks they might offer is a wagging tail, but the men and women who minister to sick and injured animals are among the most dedicated healers in the world. This one-of-a-kind program goes behind the scenes at New York City's ASPCA veterinary clinic for an up-close look at animal medicine today. It's a hectic place, where the howls and cries of injured animals mingle with the emotions and demands of their distraught owners. Against this backdrop, highly-trained veterinarians labor to heal people's beloved companions, with an amazing amount of high-tech machinery at their disposal. But here, owners are often forced to put a price on love, choosing between expensive treatment and putting their pet to sleep. Incredible footage and revealing interviews with the men and women who work there make ANIMAL E.R. a fascinating examination of veterinary medicine. This wonderful CD entertains, educates and fascinates everyone who sees it. Please go here for information or to buy
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all non-photographic images, including the above cat, courtesy Webweaver.

The ASPCA is fighting cruelty on the ground around the nation - wiping out animal fighters, busting law-breaking breeders and saving thousands of animals from the horrors of abuse. See aspca.org

Garfield says, "Come on everybody, get with the ASPCA program!"

If a "thank you very much," is all you need to do a good deed, their barks and waggy tails will have to suffice.

Don't let that stop you from helping - kindness thrives from giving with no agenda.

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Thanks for visiting! I'd love to know your thoughts about protecting pets from animal laboratories

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DavidDove Nov 20, 2011 @ 7:28 am | delete

With you all the way! David

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Jerrad28 Jun 22, 2011 @ 9:31 am | delete

It's hard to imagine that these horrible things still go on... Education and putting a spotlight on this is very important

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A-Redneck Jun 16, 2011 @ 8:06 pm | delete

You would think that our society as a whole would have become more ethical in our treatment of animals. But not so unfortunately.

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MarkUpshaw Nov 8, 2010 @ 6:11 pm | delete

Here is a question for you? How do we test medicines and such prior to coming to market? Do we use humans? Or do we forgo all new developments in medicine and such?

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LoKackl Nov 8, 2010 @ 7:54 pm | delete

Thanks for visiting and commenting. The issue I have tried to address on this page has to do with the practice of stealing domesticated animals such as cats and dogs to sell them to others who attempt to sidestep legal means of acquiring animals for scientific purposes. Aside from the fact that stealing another's property is clearly wrong, the guidelines for laboratory specimens does not include pets. Your concern about losing means to develop medicine for humans is related somewhat but is not the problem described here.
However, if pressed I guess my thoughts about animal testing is that it belongs on that long list of things prefaced by, "If we can put a man on the moon....."

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Wordwinder Mar 2, 2010 @ 11:20 am | delete

That such activities go on, is news to me. Thank you for making me aware.

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OhMe Feb 19, 2010 @ 4:17 am | delete

Back to lensroll to Squidoo Pets Two. Hi

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hlkljgk Feb 15, 2010 @ 7:44 pm | delete

thanks for this information. the group PCRM really is helping - and succeeding - to stop animal testing. pcrm.org

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LoKackl Feb 16, 2010 @ 6:59 am | delete

Thank you for visiting, hlkljgk, and for the information on another source of help for pets.

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OhMe Feb 9, 2010 @ 4:42 pm | delete

Many years ago when I was in high school, we thought that our dog was a victim of Animal Lab snatchers but never could prove anything.

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LoKackl Feb 9, 2010 @ 6:39 pm | delete

I guess I've lived a sheltered life. I never knew about this activity until recently. I hope we can shut it down.

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enslavedbyfaeries Jan 25, 2010 @ 10:57 am | delete

It sickens me to think about the horrors that animals endure at the hands of humans. This is a fantastic and informative lens because most people have no idea that this is happening. Well done!!

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Laniann Oct 30, 2009 @ 7:50 pm | delete

I think everything should be done to protect our pets and all animals. The people that sell animals should be shut down along with all the laboratories.

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Thanks for visiting and Thank you especially for contacting your Senator and Congressperson to support this law.
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