I have heard him speak on the radio many times and have read his first book. I will say a great deal of what he is talking about is the truth and I believe most people cannot handle the truth of what is really going on in this country and the people who are involved all have their own little kingdoms to protect. I see it right her on YT...everyone hates puppymills, cruelty to animals etc but few will do anything about it and most can't even look at the pictures. Most only care about their own dogs and the heck with the rest.....The pet industry is over a 94 billion dollar a year industry...
I understand his anger at the other organizations because I believe everyone is making $$$ off of animals and at the end of the day...more just die. It was the same for me when I found out AKC doesn't give a flying flip about the animals...only the breeders. Just look at the legislation they help pass to protect the breeders rights...no matter what. Look at the USDA requirements..they are beyond cruel, but again no one does anything about it.
I am not just bashing the AKC but also any of these other organizations and many of our laws. Enough $$$ is raised but few organizations really step up to the plate. One that I believe in is Best Friends in Utah (read their books) but since they are private I have never seen numbers issued on euthanizing dogs. I am also a person who will look at each organization knowing they are not all 100% perfect and I take different parts from each one of them. For the most part I want an AKC dog as an example. I do not agree with everything PETA is doing but I do know they have always been the first ones to tell the world many of the cruel actions that are happening to many animals. I support them because of this...
If people got involved in rescue and could take the emotions out of the issue then they would understand how cruel this country is. They would understand laws have to be changed and I have been saying this for years. You have to look at each cities laws, each counties laws, each state laws and the federal laws...everyone is making $$$ off of these animals. Spend some time in a city paid shelter and look at the laws they are forced to follow..you will get a real rude awakening.
But before anyone says we have to change it...I have two issues:
First we over product dogs and cats every year by over millions....I believe we should restrict the amount of litters that can be born in a year...it starts with the breeders (all of them - volume included). It is beyond me how anyone feels it is their "right" to bring in more animals into this world and use my tax payer $$$ and my emotions to do this. Also if they all lived who would feed them and who would pay for the medical costs?
Second - I do not believe animals should live in a shelter environment for the rest of their lives. While I hate all of these animals being euthanized, I also think being kept in a kennel is also cruel and there are articles about this with some of the no kill shelters...they go crazy.
In my mind unless we stop the massive amounts of breeding this all will continue. I also believe we should charge the breeders for their dogs ending up in rescue situations that are tax payers burden.
Just go to all the sites that sell or give away puppies/kittens every day. It is all about supply and demand and in order to sell new puppies/kittens then the older ones (old stock) must be removed. Almost all of these issues would go away if we stopped the huge production of animals that goes on in this country.
Radio : Nathan J Winograd
P.S. Interesting about not helping animals from other countries....then we shouldn't help people from Haiti as a comparison? I believe we have to all care about all animals to fix this problem...It affect everyone of us both emotionally and financially.