TX-RPOA E-News
>From RPOA Texas Outreach and
Responsible Pet Owners Alliance
"Animal welfare, not animal 'rights'
and, yes, there is a difference."
Permission granted to crosspost.
July 5, 2010
TIME-SENSITIVE ACTION ALERT
CNN poised to give animal rights radicals a platform
It is time to educate CNN about the radical animal rights agenda and their
dangerous promotion of it!
CNN is set to air a full hour special tonight called Jane's Fight for
Animal Rights. It features representatives from the hardcore animal rights
fundraising groups, PETA, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS),
Sea Shepherd, In Defense of Animals, Farm Sanctuary, and Mercy for
Animals -- not one of which represents mainstream values. It also includes
cameo appearances from celebrity spokespeople for animal rights, Bob Barker,
Pierce Brosnan, and others used to legitimize extremist views.
Media depends on ratings to stay on the air, so it's understandable
that TV networks sometimes select groups whose media-grabbing antics and
out-of-the-mainstream views makes them newsworthy, at least as representing
a minority point of view. What makes CNN's show so reprehensible is their
lack of balance, their lack of providing people representing the majority
view the opportunity to refute extremist claims with fact-based evidence.
The result is that CNN's show is providing radicals a platform to be
seen as America's go-to resource when it comes to animal issues. Thus,
PETA, a group that has refused to condemn violence committed in the names of
animals, HSUS, a group with a spokesperson who said his goal is the
abolition of agriculture, and Sea Shepherd whose leader, Paul Watson was
recently placed on Interpol's International Wanted List all get free
publicity and the CNN bully pulpit.
It's vitally important that you tell CNN how you feel about their
program and about the groups they've selected to represent animal issues.
CNN needs to understand that pandering to sensationalism not only hurts the
people who actually care for animals, it hurts the animals themselves.
Let's use this opportunity to educate CNN about the animal rights agenda
and how it differs from true animal welfare.
Please click on the following link to write CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?106Here are some resources you can use in composing your letter:
a.. Quotes from animal rights leaders showing how radical they are
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/animalrightsquote.htmb.. The animal rights agenda
http://www.naiaonline.org/body/articles/archives/aragenda.htmc.. Description of animal rights versus animal welfare
http://www.naiaonline.org/articles/archives/animalright.htmd.. NAIA's value statement
http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/continuum%20poster3.pdfGood luck! And if you're not already a member of NAIA, Join Today!
Sincerely,
Patti Strand, national director NAIA
