Poaching America’s Traditions: When animal extremists attack

[Ptarmigan]

Poaching America’s Traditions: When animal extremists attack
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/05/05/poaching-americas-traditions-when-animal-extremists-attack0.html

If you’re like me, you may have an uncontrollable nostalgia for things that impacted your childhood. On Thursday, March 5, I picked up my iPhone to read my morning news alerts and saw the headline, "Ringling Bros. eliminating elephant act.” 

It took a few moments for this to sink in. When it did, I realized a special childhood memory of watching elephants march down Main Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and seeing my first circus show with my grandfather would never be one I would share with my sons, at least not in the same way.  I also realized animal rights extremists had just landed a blow to my family and me I hadn’t seen coming.

Sadly this news likely went unnoticed by the majority of Americans, or those that heard it mistakenly may have thought that the decision to retire elephants is cultural progress and an actual victory. 

Animal rights groups are criminal organizations. They are no different from any gang or terrorist organization like Al-Qaeda or ISIS.

Despite extremists claiming that they’re “speaking for” the interest of animals, the record shows that they are doing nothing more than lining their pockets and restricting our interactions with wildlife.

Year after year extremist groups like HSUS get C and D grades from the American Institute of Philanthropy for spending as little as 55 percent of money raised on their stated mission.

Meanwhile in Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is putting an end to animal rights groups. We do have stiff laws against them, but not fully enforced.

Stephen Harper intimidates charities into silence: Goar
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/07/15/stephen_harper_intimidates_charities_into_silence_goar.html

Voluntary agencies live in fear of the Canada Revenue Agency. If it decides they have stepped over the line between good works and political activity — pointing out the link between poverty and government austerity for example — it can revoke their charitable status.

That means they can no longer issue tax receipts to their donors. They fall off the list of “registered charities.” They lose their credibility and their funds dwindle.

Until 2012, this threat was largely theoretical. In rare instances, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) revoked an organization’s charitable status, but it was clear why they were de-listed: they siphoned donations into their founders’ own pockets, they provided a front for shadowy groups or they used most of their funds for administration.

[obumazombie]

Hmmm.
Canada is using their version of the IRS to curtail criminal enterprises.
Not like our country where libs use the IRS to silence political foes.

[SVPete]

One of the best schools of Veterinary Medicine on the West Coast is at UC Davis, especially for animals other that Fido and Fluffy. "Animal Rights" activists burned down its research lab. I got the message, though not the message they intended.

[Ptarmigan]

Hmmm.
Canada is using their version of the IRS to curtail criminal enterprises.
Not like our country where libs use the IRS to silence political foes.

The IRS should audit animal rights and radical environmental groups as a start.