NAIA Articles
Animal Agriculture
We Live in a Marginal Zone
By Lana Kaiser | Published: 05/4/2012Mother Nature is in control, and most times she has the last laugh.
Announcing the NAIA 2012 Conference!
By Patti Strand | Published: 04/12/2012Arm yourself with the facts: attend the NAIA 2012 Annual Conference!
The Red Cow: Cows with Names
By Lana Kaiser | Published: 04/3/2012If you think naming humans is complicated, try cattle!
Animal Legislation
Maryland’s Pit Bull Owners: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
By Julian Prager | Published: 05/1/2012Common Law principles overruled in Maryland
Announcing the NAIA 2012 Conference!
By Patti Strand | Published: 04/12/2012Arm yourself with the facts: attend the NAIA 2012 Annual Conference!
Oregon HB 4170 Passes Unanimously
By Patti Strand | Published: 03/2/2012In an impressive display of bipartisanship, the Oregon state Legislature has unanimously passed HB 4170, a bill that authorizes dog training and testing on exclusive farm use (EFU) zones.
Animal Rights Extremism
Guilt: It’s Not Just For Jews and Catholics Anymore (Purebred Dog Owners Can Play)
By Susi Szeremy | Published: 05/3/2012Guilt for owning a purebred dog? Welcome to the new elitism.
Denise Minger
By Administrator | Published: 02/26/2012Fighting for nutrition in a world ruled by politics and ideology.
PETA Didn’t Do It!
By Patti Strand | Published: 02/11/2012Nowadays, in practically every dog publication you pick up you’re likely to find letters to the editor from Ingrid Newkirk, National Director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, [PETA].
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare
Announcing the NAIA 2012 Conference!
By Patti Strand | Published: 04/12/2012Arm yourself with the facts: attend the NAIA 2012 Annual Conference!
Quotes From the Leaders of the Animal Rights Movement
By Staff | Published: 02/20/2012Pets and Pet Ownership versus Guardianship “Owning animals is the equivalent of slavery.” Hope Bohanec, In Defense of Animals, AR 2010. “Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage.”…
BOOK REVIEW: HIJACKING OF THE HUMANE MOVEMENT
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/15/2012“The humane movement has been hijacked, radicalized, and rerouted. Started more than 100 years ago, it was traditionally concerned with the humane treatment of animals. In the last 20 years, however, it has been taken over…
Animal Welfare
Announcing the NAIA 2012 Conference!
By Patti Strand | Published: 04/12/2012Arm yourself with the facts: attend the NAIA 2012 Annual Conference!
Pure Breeds, Mixes, and Designer Breeds
By Jerold S. Bell, DVM | Published: 03/26/2012The Clinical Truth About Pure Breeds, Mixed Breeds, and Designer Breeds. Commentary by Jerold S. Bell, DVM.
Crufts: Lost Opportunities
By Dr. Marty Greer, DVM, JD, NAIA President | Published: 03/23/2012Last year, the Kennel Club announced it was ushering in big changes for 2012, the most noted being new judging criteria, where a veterinarian can overrule a dog show judge, taking away the breed win and eliminating that dog from…
Animals in Education & Entertainment
THE PERFECT COUNTRY AND WESTERN SONG
By Anna Sadler | Published: 01/15/2012How I wish I were a Country & Western songwriter. My mournful ballad would begin with a longing for the gool ol’ days when humane societies were actually humane, and when animal rights meant your beloved pet’s right…
TARGETING CHILDREN SHOULDN’T BE TOLERATED
By Denny Bannister | Published: 01/15/2012“Isn’t it the parent’s right to know what’s being taught and who’s doing the teaching?”
ANIMAL ACTIVISTS TARGET CIRCUS
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/15/2012Congressman Sam Farr wants to ban elephants in circuses. Mayor Paul Schell of Seattle, Washington, wants his city to go a bit further and ban all wild animal acts at city facilities, and Redmond, Washington, enacted a circus animal…
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: HIJACKING OF THE HUMANE MOVEMENT
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/15/2012“The humane movement has been hijacked, radicalized, and rerouted. Started more than 100 years ago, it was traditionally concerned with the humane treatment of animals. In the last 20 years, however, it has been taken over…
BOOK REVIEW: AT THE HAND OF MAN: PERIL AND HOPE FOR AFRICA’S WILDLIFE
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/15/2012While browsing the shelves of new books in my branch library a few weeks ago, I came across John Hoyt’s Animals in Peril: How ‘Sustainable Use’ is Wiping Out the World’s Wildlife.
BOOK REVIEW: BLOODTIES: NATURE, CULTURE, AND THE HUNT
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/15/2012Upon reflection Bloodties can be (and is being) used to justify both hunting and anti-hunting philosophies, depending on the reader’s preconceived notions about the issue. But readers who come to the book with an open mind…
Canine Issues
Guilt: It’s Not Just For Jews and Catholics Anymore (Purebred Dog Owners Can Play)
By Susi Szeremy | Published: 05/3/2012Guilt for owning a purebred dog? Welcome to the new elitism.
Maryland’s Pit Bull Owners: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
By Julian Prager | Published: 05/1/2012Common Law principles overruled in Maryland
Announcing the NAIA 2012 Conference!
By Patti Strand | Published: 04/12/2012Arm yourself with the facts: attend the NAIA 2012 Annual Conference!
Farm and Ranch Almanac
FUR IS NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND
By Mark Schumacher | Published: 01/15/2012This letter was written to a sixth grade student by Mark Schumacher, an NAIA board member and furrier, and was first published in an early NAIA Newsletter.
LETTER IN RESPONSE TO “FOR THE SAKE OF VANITY”
By Mark Schumacher | Published: 01/15/2012n your article you correctly state that “we must know the facts” about a particular issue and that we “must be able to allow others their right to an opinion.” I could not agree more.
WITHOUT CONSCIENCE
By Janet Stevens | Published: 01/15/2012Robert Sproul, 83, never had anything quite like this happen to him before, not in 70 years of ranching the Grant County land around Mt. Vernon. His neighbor, on some sort of cockamamie crusade, had shot nearly a dozen of his cattle…
Feline Issues
Cats: “There Oughta Be a Law ...”
By Anna Sadler | Published: 01/11/2012n order for cities and towns to get a handle on solving any perceived problems with cats, they must first recognize that there are different types of cats. Perhaps the most foolish laws being entered on the books of cities and counties…
Trap, Neuter, Return Plans Provide a Practical Solution to Feral Cat Population Growth
By Bryan Kortis | Published: 01/11/2012The growing population of feral cats is fast becoming one of the top issues today in animal control and welfare. Estimates on their numbers run into the tens of millions in the US alone, and community after community now has to…
SFSPCA: Mandatory Cat Licensing: Ill-conceived and Ill-advised
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/10/2012The report begins with an indictment of the latest fad in animal control laws: The San Francisco SPCA has considered the various claims made for mandatory cat licensing legislation and has found little in the way of evidence - or…
From the Offices of NAIA
The Growth of Extremism
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/7/2012Over the last hundred years, the United States, along with the rest of the western world has undergone what many historians consider to be the most dramatic transformation in all of human history: the shift from a rural, agricultural…
1998 is a breakthrough year for NAIA!
By | Published: 01/7/2012How do we know? We know, because during 1998 the number of incoming contacts and requests for information increased to more than an average of 300 per month. And we weren’t just preaching to the choir. The calls and letters…
The World is Run By Those Who Show Up: Get Involved!
By | Published: 01/7/2012When I was in high school Ralph Nader was just getting started and most people were grateful that Ralph and others like him were willing to take on the multinational corporations they said were raping the earth and defrauding the…
Rescue
Burnout: The Monster in the Rescue Closet
By Vicki DeGruy | Published: 02/13/2012“I’m so tired and discouraged all the time. I feel like I’m on duty 24/7 and never get a day off. The harder I work, the harder they want me to work. Nothing ever gets better, it seems like it only gets worse.…
1995 NAIA Purebred Rescue Symposium
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/12/2012About six dozen purebred rescue advocates gathered at the Holiday Inn Lakeview in Clarksville, Indiana, on March 16 to discuss the vagaries of working in purebred rescue efforts. The speakers were tops in their fields of rescue,…
BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS FREQUENTLY SEEN IN RESCUE ANIMAL
By Gary L. Clemons, DVM | Published: 01/12/2012Rescue animals pose many problems that are not always apparent to those people adopting or rescuing them. Many of these medical problems may not surface for weeks, months, or, in some cases, years.
Research Reports
The Little Girl Who Stumbled
By Robert Speth, PhD | Published: 02/12/2012The animal rights movement’s effort to place the rights of animals above those of humans concerns me. A recent book, Rattling the Cage, by Stephen Wise argues that chimpanzees should be granted legal standing; in other words,…
Federal Report Highlights Animal Rights Terrorism
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/12/2012“In July 1989, without warning, Animal Liberation Front activists entered a laboratory and office at Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas.”
PeTA Drops 10-year Campaign Against Gillette
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/12/2012After 10 years of demonstrations, fundraising, a letter-writing campaign by children, and a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ended its feud with The Gillette Company in December.
Shelter Issues
LIFE’S UNPLEASANT JOBS
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/16/2012In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird Gem Finch asked why his defense attorney father must take on a controversial court case. Gem was told, “There are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs.”
SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS SAVE HUMAN AND ANIMAL LIVES
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/16/2012Hoarding is a phenomenon that most animal control agencies eventually encounter. It’s the situation where scores or even hundreds of neglected, sick and sometimes dying animals are found living in squalid conditions under the…
HELD FOR RANSOM: THE PLIGHT OF “HIGH SPEED FLIGHT”
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/16/2012In early April, High Speed Flight disappeared from her stable in Monterey County, California. In early May, after reporting the horse stolen and conducting an exhaustive search, her owner found the mare at Redwings Horse Sanctuary…
Uncategorized
Consider the Source
By Patti Strand | Published: 02/24/2012Progress always carries with it the potential for unintended consequences. In this case, efforts at reducing dog overpopulation have been so successful that in parts of the country there are not enough dogs to meet local demand.…
Do Nine out of Ten Breeders Really Suck?
By Dr. Marty Greer, DVM, JD, NAIA President | Published: 02/14/2012It is unfair to paint all dog breeders - hobby breeders, backyard breeders, or commercial breeders - with a broad brush and assume that they are all cut from the same cloth.
NAIA APPLAUDS INHOFE BILL TARGETING ANIMAL RIGHTS TERRORISM
By Patti Strand | Published: 01/24/2012From our beginning in 1991, the National Animal Interest Alliance has worked for laws to protect animal enterprises from animal rights extremism.
Wildlife Journal
Animal Rights Activists Gloss Over Trapping Facts
By Stephen Vantassel | Published: 01/14/2012We at Wildlife Damage Control have no problem with developing traps and techniques that reduce animal pain and injury.
Book Review: Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt
By Norma Woolf | Published: 01/14/2012Upon reflection Bloodties can be (and is being) used to justify both hunting and anti-hunting philosophies, depending on the reader’s preconceived notions about the issue.
Book Review: Playing God in Yellowstone by Alston Chase
By Norma Bennett Woolf | Published: 01/14/2012A Harvest Book from Harcourt Brace & Company, New York;
393 pages, including a epilogue written three years after original publication
$14, trade paper
