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> > Writtenby Frank Losey: PUPS - - THE "PERFECT STORM" FOR AN HSUS
> "SNEAK ATTACK"
> >
> > Based on my 20 years of Lobbying Experience in Washington DC , I
> believe that the HSUS is methodically executing a "Behind-the-Scenes
> Strategy," with the help of several Members of Congress, to ensure
> that the PUPS Bill is enacted this year for the following reasons:
> >
> > 1. The number of co-sponsors of the PUPS Bill (H.R. 5434) in the House
> of Representatives continues to grow each week. As of July 23, 2010 the
> number of sponsors and co-sponsors in the House of Representatives is
> 83.
> >
> > 2. HSUS is "beating the drum," behind the scenes, to Congressional
> Members and their respective Staffs about the scathing USDA IG Report
> with regards to APHIS Inspection Procedures, and is citing that Report
> as a reason for House Congressional Members to co-sponsor the PUPS Bill.
>
> >
> > 3. HSUS has ballyhooed the Animal Crush Video Bill (H.R 5566), which
> passed the House on July 21, 2010 by a vote of 416 to only three votes
> in opposition. Significantly, nearly 300 House Members had co-sponsored
> this Bill. That is why House Rules on voting for this Bill were
> suspended. The horrific images used to gather Congressional support for
> this Animal Crush Video Bill will consciously and subliminally carry
> over in the minds of many Members of Congress and their respective
> staffs.
> >
> > 4. HSUS is masterful with its use of subliminal messages and
> resonating, horrific images that have framed the Public's
> "misperceptions" about all breeders.
> >
> > 5. HSUS has spent millions of dollars on advertising on the FOX
> Network. These ads on FOX raise the following question: Why would HSUS
> not run the same ads on other major networks, unless there was an
> ulterior motive? Unquestionably, HSUS is seeking donations as part of
> its "Factory Fundraising" efforts. However, a secondary and major
> subliminal purpose of using the FOX Network is to reach out to
> conservative Republicans, who historically have not scored well on the
> HSUS Congressional Scorecard. HSUS is politically streetwise and savvy,
> and it knows that Conservative Republicans are more apt to watch FOX,
> and "coincidentally" see the HSUS ads, which contain
> gut-wrenching" images of dogs and puppies. This is done not only to
> try and gather support for more co-sponsors on the PUPS Bill, but more
> importantly, to reduce and mute opposition to the inevitable efforts of
> the HSUS to orchestrate a "Sneak Attack" amendment to a "Must Pass
> Bill," such as an Appropriations Bill for funding the USDA.
> >
> > 6. "Sneak Attacks" are by their very nature sneaky and designed to
> use the element of surprise to one's advantage. In short, you do not
> publicly tell your potential opposition of your plan of attack against
> responsible breeders until it is too late to stop the orchestrated
> "attack!!!!"
> >
> > 7. Why would the HSUS use a "Sneak Attack" for the PUPS
> Bill????????? In March of 2009, during a Workshop sponsored by the
> Georgetown Law School and the HSUS, Congressman Moran from VA, who was a
> Congressional Panelist at the Workshop, was asked the following
> question: "Why is it so hard for us to amend the Animal Welfare Act,
> and how can we do it? His response was chilling, and the gist of what he
> said is as follows: The best way to overcome opposition is to wait until
> the eleventh hour and add a late night, last minute amendment to a
> "Must Pass Bill," such as an Appropriations Bill, so that there will
> be no time for opposition to kill the amendment. Significantly,
> Congressman Moran is on the Appropriations Committee!
> >
> > 8. I respectfully submit that the reason why HSUS recently has been
> eerily "silent" on the PUPS Bill, and has not been repeatedly and
> publicly urging its "11 Million Members" to contact their respective
> Members of Congress and ask them to support the PUPS Bill is because the
> HSUS is executing a "Sneak Attack" in the following sequence:
> >
> > · Continue to work behind-the-scenes, and "under the radar" to
> gather co-sponsors for the PUPS Bill by following up with the nearly 300
> U.S. Representatives who co-sponsored the Animal Crush Video Bill, and
> literally "take a license" with these unsuspecting Members of
> Congress by simply implying that their support is needed for the same
> reason as was their support for the Animal Crush Video Bill.
> >
> > · HSUS will continue to "recruit" more Representatives to
> co-sponsor the PUPS Bill, and once the number crosses the 100 threshold,
> HSUS will employ the "herd mentality" approach to persuade more and
> more Representatives to jump on the bandwagon. HSUS will claim that this
> will "protect those dogs and puppies that need your help."
> >
> > · When the USDA Appropriations Bill comes up for a vote, as Members
> of Congress are scrambling to wrap up outstanding issues in a hurry so
> that they may return to their States and Districts to run for
> re-election, the PUPS Bill will be added, "at the last minute," and
> the justification for "expediency" will be that since the PUPS Bill
> has well in excess of 100 co-sponsors, it "obviously" is not a
> controversial amendment, and it will become part of a "Must Pass
> Bill," and there will be no time to mount opposition to it.
> >
> > 9. Why is this suggested "Sneak Attack" Scenario not only
> feasible, but likely, you ask?
> >
> > · The Congressman who suggested a "Sneak Attack" Approach is
> Congressman Moran.
> >
> > · Congressman Moran co-founded and is the Co-Chair of the
> Congressional Animal Protection Caucus in the House of Representatives.
> This Caucus has 84 Members.
> >
> > · The Website for the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus lists
> 40 different animal related Bills "currently under consideration by
> Congress." Conspicuous by its absence is the PUPS Bill, which
> currently is being sponsored and co-sponsored by 83 Members of the House
> - - that is nearly 20% of the House of Representatives. Could that
> "omission" be yet another tell-tale indication that a coordinated
> "Sneak Attack" is on-going, especially since Congressman Moran is
> the Co-Chair of this Caucus?!?!?!?!?!?
> >
> > · Congressman Moran has introduced and sponsored Bills championed by
> the HSUS.
> >
> > · Congressman Moran has been a featured speaker at HSUS Events.
> >
> > · Congressman Moran is a Member of the House Appropriations
> Committee which will be considering the Appropriations Bill for the
> USDA.
> >
> > · And in the Senate, which must also pass the Appropriations Bill
> for USDA, you have Senator Durbin, who could smooth the way for Senate
> passage of the PUPS Bill as an Amendment to the USDA Appropriations Bill
> in the Senate because:
> >
> > o Senator Durbin is in a Democrat Leadership Position in the Senate.
> >
> > o Senator Durbin introduced an identical version of the PUPS Bill in
> the Senate.
> >
> > o Senator Durbin is on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
> >
> > · The HSUS Annual Lobbying Event in Washington DC (Taking Action for
> Animals) concluded on July 26, 2010 with a Major Lobby Day Campaign,
> which was totally scripted by the HSUS, and resulted in hundreds of HSUS
> supporters descending upon the U.S. Capitol to personally tell their
> respective Members of Congress to support every Bill that HSUS wishes to
> have Congress enact - - this includes the PUPS Bill!
> >
> > For all of the reasons set out above, I believe the "Perfect
> Storm" exists for the HSUS to successfully orchestrate the enactment
> of the PUPS Bill.
> >
> > WHAT CAN BE DONE?
> >
> > Follow the HSUS Lobbying Play Book, and send E-Mails to your
> respective Members of Congress that politely ask that they suspend
> judgment and action on the PUPS Bill (H.R. 5434 and S. 3424) until the
> following questions are fully vetted in a Committee Hearing:
> >
> > 1. Is the "perceived problem" and "need" for the PUPS Bill
> caused by the so-called internet sales "loophole," or by simply an
> inability of APHIS to enforce existing laws and regulations? In short,
> would the "perceived problem" and "need" be best addressed by
> more strictly enforcing the existing laws and regulations, rather than
> adding new laws and regulations onto the existing laws and regulations
> that may not have been strictly enforced?
> >
> > 2. Is it the intent of Congress to mandate that if someone has as few
> as one intact female dog that is capable of being used for breeding,
> then that person may be subject to the expanded coverage of the PUPS
> Bill?
> >
> > 3. Is it appropriate for Congress to define a four-month-old puppy to
> be an adult dog?
> >
> > 4. Would the existing language in the PUPS Bill have the unintended
> consequence of dramatically reducing the number of available dogs that
> are specifically bred and trained for use by special needs organizations
> that support the handicapped and the blind?
> >
> > 5. Would the existing language in the PUPS Bill have the unintended
> consequence of dramatically reducing the number of available dogs that
> that are specifically bred and trained for use by law enforcement
> throughout the U.S. , the Department of Homeland Security, and the
> Department of Defense, such as bomb sniffing dogs?
> >
> > 6. Why has the Humane Society of the U.S. , for the last three years,
> repeatedly refused to tell the American Public and the U.S. Congress
> that major Pet Breeder Organizations in 10 States have publicly
> condemned substandard kennels? Significantly, over 85% of all Federally
> licensed and inspected kennels are located in those 10 States.
> >
> > · If you live in Arkansas , Colorado , Indiana , Iowa , Kansas ,
> Missouri , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania or South Dakota , you may wish
> to add the following sentence. "Our State is one of the 10 States."
> >
> > If enough breeders send E-Mails to their respective Members of
> Congress, such a collective effort may derail and stop the HSUS PUPS
> Bill Freight Train that is picking up steam.
> >
> > Frank Losey

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