What are these big, bad hunters thinking? Thousands of pets across the US are being abandoned in shelters or left to suffer in abandoned homes and these guys want to wage a turf war.

May I suggest that if you or someone you know is a member of this group you let them know that you care more about the dogs and cats that are dying needlessly because of their petty behavior.

BTW, when I checked the U.S. Sportsmans’ Alliance Partner Link page I noticed that a number of breed clubs are shown as supporting this group. These breed clubs include the American Brittney Club, the Jack Russell Terrier Club of America, and the German Shorthaired Pointer Club of America. Inc. If I belonged to any of these groups I would let them know I don’t appreciate their support of the U.S. Sportsmans’ Alliance.

Hunting Industry Group Sets its Sights on Pets

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance takes aim at animals when they’re most vulnerable. Polar bears in the Arctic, as their ice floes are vanishing, body weights are declining, and populations are dwindling. Mourning doves in states where they’ve been protected for decades as backyard songbirds, still nursing their young during September target practice. Endangered antelope stocked in fenced pens for captive trophy hunts, where they have neither the opportunity nor the inclination to escape.

But now this Ohio-based trade association for weapons manufacturers has stooped to a new low. By firing with its blunderbuss, the group is going to wind up with dogs and cats in its trophy case—just when these abandoned pets need our help the most.

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It looks like puppy mills finally have an opponant they can’t shake off — Oprah!

Thanks to Mary O. of BanOhiodogAuctions for barking in this article. The first article is about Oprah’s show tomorrow where she is expected to call for passage of the Pennsylvania legislation that cracks down on puppy mills.

Thanks to Philly.com for this article.

Oprah to push Pa. dog law
By Amy Worden
INQUIRER HARRISBURG BUREAU

HARRISBURG - Talk about a lobbyist with clout.

Oprah Winfrey - the woman with the power to send authors to the top of the New York Times best-seller list - is planning to appeal to viewers tomorrow to back a crackdown on puppy mills in Pennsylvania.

Winfrey is expected to read excerpts from a letter Gov. Rendell sent to her last month seeking support for legislation to overhaul the state’s dog law, according to participants in a Monday conference call with producers of The Oprah Show.

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Thanks to the Guardian.co.uk for this amusing article. BTW, you can check out both the YouTube videos mentioned in the article. The Obama video is at the top of this post and the Clinton video is at the bottom.

Barack’s cats and Hillary’s dogs battle it out for the White House
Emine Saner The Guardian, Monday May 5 2008

Maybe it is because the Clintons dumped their cat Socks when Bill left the White House that Democrat cats (I resist the strong urge to call them “Democats”) are turning out for Barack Obama. A number of felines have demonstrated their support on the Cats for Obama website, often by sitting on a poster or T-shirt, which obviously means they approve of the Illinois senator’s strong voting record on animal rights rather than thinking it’s a comfy place to take a rest. Why so many cats are coming out in favour of Obama is puzzling pollsters because, known for being selfish and superior, if ever there was a Republican animal, cats would be it.

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Do your furbabies have definite political views? Do they wear those views on their backs? If so check out two recent Lady Bee blogs.

Lady Bee has found the best left and right wing shirts for dogs. No matter which side you and your Dogster favor, these are fun!

Here’s a little from the right side:

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Please Crosspost!!!!

Now is the time for us to help our fellow doglovers in Korea fight the horrific dog meat trade. Please take a moment to sign this Care2 Petition.

Please be warned that the information in this petition is very upsetting. You do not need to read through all the information if you just want to sign the petition.

This is some of the information on the petition.

Animals in Korea currently are in a horrible situation. But we find it too difficult for us to protect our suffering furry friends on our own in this country.

1. Korea is a country of cruelty to animals. A large number of people in Korea have no trouble accepting the fact that animals are being taken advantage of and mistreated as long as it is done for human purposes.

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But remember, its not just pollutants that can damage our furbabies; things like lawn products can hurt them too. Who spends the most time rolling around on those artificially green lawns with all those weed and bug killers? Dogs and cats, of course. So while pollutants are terrible things please keep in mind that we can protect our furbabies from some things.

Meanwhile, join Eddie at his blog and the Pets for the Environment to work together against the pollution killing us all.

Thanks to the Environmental Working Group for letting me know about their recent report on taxic contamination in pets. How sad!

On the other hand, Dogster Eddie is leading the way for all dogs, cats and other pets to take a stand (or sit) for the environment. I look forward to hearing more from Pets for the Environment!

Hi Joy,

I just wanted to give you a heads-up about a report EWG is releasing today on pet body burden. We tested 60 dogs and cats for 70 different toxic chemicals and found that in many cases, pets are even more contaminated than people.

Considering rising rates of cancer in dogs and rampant hyperthyroidism in cats, we think there’s cause for concern. You can see the report at the Environmental Working group site.

We’re launching a campaign to go along with the report: Pets for the Environment — the idea is to rally pet lovers to advocate for toxic chemical reform while providing tips to help us all keep our pets healthy. We’ve got a supercute spokesdog named Eddie (who’s on dogster, of course!), and supporters can even upload their own pet photos to Eddie’s Wall of Cute.

Here’s the article:

High Levels of Toxic Industrial Chemicals Contaminate Cats And Dogs
Summary and Findings

They are trying their best to warn us.

In the first study of its kind, Environmental Working Group found that American pets are polluted with even higher levels of many of the same synthetic industrial chemicals that researchers have recently found in people, including newborns.

The results show that America’s pets are serving as involuntary sentinels of the widespread chemical contamination that scientists increasingly link to a growing array of health problems across a wide range of animals—wild, domesticated and human.

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PLEASE CROSSPOST!

Now this is a petition I can REALLY get behind! It seems the only way to get the message across to Amish communities that puppy mills are evil is to hit them economically.

Thanks to Karen S. for barking in this petition. It only takes a moment to sign and all our signatures are important.

Here’s more information from the Boycott Amish products until puppy mills are discontinued petition.

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If the Romanian government can manage to help stray dogs for this one week, why can’t they keep it up for the rest of the year? How about spaying all the dogs collected for this fix-up? That would go a long way to helping make a dent in the stray population?

Thanks to Bloomberg News for this article.

NATO Summit Spurs Bucharest Ban on Stray Dogs, Puddles, Pranks

By Adam Brown

April 1 (Bloomberg) — Bucharest has outlawed stray dogs, puddles and April Fools’ Day pranks as the city prepares to host its biggest international event.

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What brave people! The members of the Chinese Companion Animal Protection Network should get many loud barks!

If you’re looking for information on the advances for dogs and cats, or you’re trying to meet up with animal lovers in China, check out the CCAPN site.

Here’s more about CCAPN from their site:

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This is an excellent post from Salon.com on the very real differences between China and the majority of the world’s countries where dogs and cats are part of our families.

Please be aware that this article has some very upsetting points and information.

Thanks to Salon.com for this article.

An Olympic disgrace
The current spotlight on China’s human rights record fails to illuminate its cruel and inhumane treatment of dogs and cats.

By Ted Kerasote
March 24, 2008

On my first trip to China I met a dog who was a dead ringer for Lassie. He lived with a dozen other dogs at a remote training camp for Olympic skiers in Manchuria, where a friend and I were spending a few days as we explored the area’s backcountry skiing. In return for food and lodging we gave the Chinese athletes some clinics in American ski techniques.

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