Action Alert: Anti terrorism bill
Request for action by the Senate Judiciary Committee of the Congress
of the United States
Join the Call for Action!
Sample Letters
Request for action by the Senate Judiciary Committee of the
Congress of the United States:
Animal Experts Representing Livestock Production, Farming, Science and Pets
Petition US Senate to Focus on Terrorism.
Radical groups espousing animal rights and environmentalism now dominate mainstream
movements that in the past promoted animal welfare and conservation.
Some of these radical groups use terrorist tactics to achieve their political
ends; their method of operation includes violence, intimidation, arson, theft,
and other crimes against biomedical researchers, furriers, hunters, trappers,
dog and cat breeders, livestock farmers, zoos, circuses, rodeos, exotic animal
breeders, and related enterprises. The time has come to say no to terrorists
who hold legitimate animal interests hostage to extremist agendas and to stand
together against these offensive and intolerable assaults. NAIA therefore issues
a rallying call to all animal interest groups to join in a petition to the US
government, a petition that asks Congress to investigate groups that participate
in or financially support such terrorism and to take steps to hold them accountable
for their actions. Animal welfare proponents can join this call for action against
animal rights extremism by sending letters of support to NAIA (SEE
ADDRESS AT THE END) for federal action in four general areas:
- Congressional hearings into terrorist tactics and their impact on animal
interests;
- Creation of a joint government task force to investigate the use of terrorism
by animal rights radicals and environmental extremists;
- Senate review of the Animal Enterprises Protection Act to increase its effectiveness;
and
- IRS review of the tax-exempt status of animal rights groups that advocate,
fund, or engage in criminal activities to further their political goals.
Animal interest groups and businesses and sympathetic individuals can participate
in one or both of the following ways:
- Individuals may sign the "Request for action by the Senate Judiciary Committee
of the US Senate,"
- Organizations may sign the "Request for action..." using an officer
or a designated signer or they may submit a letter of support for the petition's
goals on organization or business letterhead.
Sample letters follow the petition text.
Request for action by the Senate Judiciary Committee of the
Congress of the United States
To: Senate Judiciary Committee Members
On behalf of: The National Animal Interest Alliance, named
organizations and their members, and other concerned citizens
WHEREAS the Senate Judiciary Committee has oversight
of the United States Department of Justice; and
WHEREAS animal enterprises provide food, clothing, sport,
enjoyment, and benefit public health and the economy, both nationally and internationally;
and
WHEREAS the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines
terrorism as "the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property
to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment
thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives"; and
WHEREAS animal rights extremists and eco-terrorists and
their organizations are engaging in conspiracy that has directly resulted in
increased violence against individuals, businesses, medical and agricultural
research facilities, government property and breeding facilities and farms,
to further their political and social objectives; and
WHEREAS science and academic institutions use and rely
upon animals to conduct research and make advancements in the prevention and
treatment of disease and illness that affect the health and safety of American
citizens and domestic animals; and
WHEREAS many animal rights and eco-terrorist leaders, followers
and their organizations routinely conspire to promote unlawful activity that
violates national policy and law as it concerns public health (disruption of
medical research), nutrition (abolishment of dairy and meat products), wildlife
management (disruption of hunting, fishing, and trapping), commerce and trade
(destruction of businesses engaged in interstate and foreign commerce), destruction
of government property and the exportation of animal rights terrorism to foreign
countries; and
WHEREAS many of these animal rights and eco-terrorist incidences
are the direct result of criminal conspiracy by animal rights leaders, followers
and their organizations, to commit crimes across state lines thereby adversely
affecting commerce, lawful business, public policy and government approved and
financed programs, by use of force, extortion, coercion, threats, violence and
arson that have resulted in destruction of personal and real property, and harmed
human health by impeding lifesaving research, thereby constituting federal crimes
by violating the Animal Enterprise Protection Act [18 USC §43]; the Hobbs Act
[18 USC §195]; and the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
[18 USC §§1961 et seq]; and
WHEREAS many animal rights organizations openly support
and financially contribute to promote unlawful activities, in clear violation
against the common interest and public good while maintaining a tax exempt status
under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described
in Section 501(c)(3) that is in clear violation of educational or charitable
purposes when, in fact, they are operating as action organizations:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate Judiciary
Committee of the United States Congress is respectfully requested
- to constitute and hold hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee
to fully explore the consequences of animal rights terrorism in the nation
and internationally;
- to direct the Department of Justice and other relevant agencies including,
but not limited to, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms and the Department of the Treasury, to constitute
a national task force to jointly conduct a study and report to the Congress
on the extent and effect of domestic and international animal and ecological
terrorism on enterprises using animals for food and fiber production, agriculture
production and breeding, entertainment, animal breeding, sport hunting,
pet ownership, medical and agricultural testing and research; and further,
to direct these agencies to immediately prioritize the apprehension and
prosecution of individuals and organizations involved in animal rights terrorism
resulting in acts of arson, personal and real property destruction, threats,
extortion, personal injury, and death;
- to direct the General Accounting Office to undertake a study to be submitted
to the Congress that evaluates the utilization and effectiveness of the
current laws as a punishment and a deterrent to those organizations and
individuals engaged in unlawful acts, including acts of terrorism against
animal or resource-based enterprises, together with appropriate recommendations
for improvement in those laws or additions thereto;
- to direct the Internal Revenue Service of the Department of the Treasury
to vigorously review the tax exempt status of animal organizations that
advocate, support, fund, or engage in unlawful activities and investigate
and take appropriate action to revoke such classification when the facts
so dictate and report such findings to Congress; and
- to specifically and immediately draft and consider legislation that would
amend the Animal Enterprise Protection Act [18 USC §43] to increase the
sentence of individuals found guilty in violation to up to twenty (20) years
in prison and increase the monetary restitution to treble the damage caused
by such illegal activities.
Join the Call for Action!
The text of this page may be downloaded and distributed in print or electronically
to dog and cat clubs, livestock societies, hunting and fishing associations,
research organizations and companies, and any other groups or individuals concerned
about animal rights or environmental extremism and terrorism. All groups should
respond with a letter of support on organization letterhead.
ORGANIZATIONS: Please have an officer or another designated person sign
on behalf of your group or send your endorsement of this Call for Action on
your letterhead, dated and signed by an authorized organization official, to:
National Animal Interest Alliance, PO Box 66579, Portland, Oregon 97290; Fax
(503) 761-1289.
CONCERNED CITIZENS: Please sign your name and address below and send
the signed document to NAIA at the address or Fax number above. For more information,
write naia@involved.com or visit the NAIA web site at www.naiaonline.org.
Date:
Signature:
Print name of organization & complete address
Print name, title (if signing on behalf of an organization) & complete address
Dear NAIA:
Animal rights terrorism against legitimate research and business enterprises
appears to be on the increase in the US. It is time for the government to make
sure these extremists face the consequences of their violent actions. We therefore
join your "Request for action by the Senate Judiciary Committee of the US Senate"
and urge Congress to schedule hearings into the practices of these groups and
to revoke their nonprofit status if they use contributions to further political
aims or support violence in any way.
Please keep us informed so we can notify our 5000 members of your progress.
Sincerely,
Dear NAIA:
Our board of directors supports your drive for US Senate hearings into animal
rights terrorism. Since these radicals frequently cross state lines to commit
crimes against researchers, farmers, hunters and others and raise money through
federally tax exempt organizations, the federal government has the authority
and the power to investigate their actions and impose restrictions on their
ability to raise money through charitable exemptions.
Please add our name to your list.
Sincerely,
Dear NAIA:
Attached you will find a signed copy of your "Request for action by the Senate
Judiciary Committee of the US Senate." Please add it and this letter of endorsement
to your presentation to Congress.
Animal rights extremists interfere with lawful conduct of business in order
to achieve a radical agenda. They damage and destroy personal property and real
estate, steal animals, obstruct scientific progress, interfere with scientifically-sound
game management programs, and may even finance their campaigns with tax exempt
donations. We - the board of directors and 3000 members -- join you in urging
the US Senate to conduct hearings into these terrorist activities, to commission
a joint agency task force to investigate the depth and breadth of the impact
on animal enterprises, and to take the necessary steps to curtail the use of
tax exemptions for donations that support the use of terrorism for political
gain.
Sincerely,
Dear NAIA:
Thank you for providing leadership on this important issue. Our board and membership
of 2500 farmers and ranchers wholeheartedly support the NAIA drive for Senate
hearings into animal rights terrorism. We depend on the welfare of the livestock
we raise and ask the federal government to help us protect these animals and
our livelihoods from interstate traffic in animal rights terrorism.
Our signed petition is attached to this letter.
Sincerely
Dear NAIA:
Thank you for the opportunity to join in the "Request for action by the Senate
Judiciary Committee of the US Senate" to bring federal attention to the activities
of animal rights extremists. We gladly add our voice to the voices of other
organizations and individuals asking Congress to investigate animal rights terrorism
and to take steps to end the use of tax exempt donations to support that criminal
activity.
Sincerely,
Send your letter of support to:
NAIA
PO BOX 66579
PORTLAND, OR 97290-6579
FAX: 503-761-1289
Write your Government
Write the President-elect, share your views and make sure he knows the difference
between animal rights and animal welfare. Find out where he stands and ask him
to take a stand publicly.
BUSH:
Website: www.georgebush.com/contact/index.html
Phone: 512-637-2000
Fax: 512-637-8800
Write your US Representative and Senators http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
and http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm
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