Animal Rights organizations, namely HSUS and PeTA, manipulate data to support claims of "pet overpopulation" and high euthanasia rates. These organizations use a lot of sensationalism and emotion to make data that contradicts their claims appear to support their claims. What follows is the data used by these organizations and the facts behind the dramatic nonsense spewed in Animal Rights.

10. Shelter dogs can have problems; they aren't for everyone.

9. Your animals are kind of a mess. I know you mean well so we're
going to get you some help.

8. Mandatory spay/neuter is a lousy idea. If all dogs are sterilized,
where will the puppies come from?

7. We're firing all the lobbyists and lawyers and we're going to put
the money into training animal control workers, improving shelters,
and organizing transport programs.

6. We're good at raising money but we don't know much about animals.
If you want advice about animal policy, you should talk to an

The Examiner, an animal ownership separatist-friendly publication, recently published an article opposing NAIA’s (http://www.naiaonline.org/) billboard campaign (http://exposeanimalrights.com/) against animal rights groups that fight against animal ownership. The Examiner’s article cited SourceWatch.com for its information on NAIA. SourceWatch is a wiki, which means that anyone can change the content in its pages. So, wikians, there may be a bit of work for you here.

Links to various SourceWatch pages follow.

The President's family recently created a stir when they were looking for a White House dog. They choose the breed Portuguese Water Dog for their family for its temperament and hypo-allergenic qualities. Animal "Rights" groups pressured the Obama's to get a dog from a rescue organization or shelter, but they acquired a re-home puppy from a breeder instead.