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"We are urging everyone to actively
boycott not a word we use lightly anything from China
given the bludgeoning killing of thousands of dogs," said
PETA president Ingrid Newkirk.
The PETA boycott is ironic considering the fact that two PETA
employees face felony charges for illegally euthanizing cats
and dogs in 2005 in the back of a PETA-owned van. The two
employees, neither licensed to euthanize animals, illegally dumped
the dead animals in dumpsters around Ahoskie, North Carolina.
The Center for Consumer Freedom reports that in 2003, PETA euthanized
over 85 percent of the animals it took in, finding homes for
only 14 percent. As many as 14,000 animals are reported
to have been killed by PETA since 1998.
The Center for Consumer Freedom website is urging readers to
actively boycott all things PETA something sportsmen have
been doing for years.
From the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and www.ussportsmen.org
USSA Files Complaint with Postal Service Regarding
Anti-Dove Hunting Stamps
The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance has filed a complaint with the
U.S. Postmaster General in regards to the sale of postage stamps
which support and raise money for an initiative to ban dove hunting
in Michigan.
The organization is exploring whether or not is will pursue legal
action in the matter.
The stamps which were available for purchase at www.zazzle.com/JoyceJanicki
since March, have been removed from the website.
Each of the nine stamps featured images of mourning doves and
the slogan "Protect MI Mourning Doves"
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According to a posting that appeared until
today on the Zazzle website, "Any profit gained from the
sale of these stamps will go towards protecting Michigan's 'Official
Bird of Peace' the Mourning Dove." It is not known
how much money the sale of the stamps may have raised to support
the dove hunting ban.
In January of this year, Michigan citizens will vote on whether
or not to continue dove hunting in their state.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the leading
contributor to the Committee to Restore the Dove Shooting Ban,
the organization which spearheaded the movement to have the dove
hunting ban placed on the January ballot and to which the creator
of the offensive stamps belongs.
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Sale of customized postage stamps, which
may feature everything from baby photos to advertising, began
earlier this year after Congress amended an 1872 law that forbade
advertisements on U.S. currency, including postage stamps. The
U.S. Postal Service (USPS) began a one year trial program allowing
Zazzle and two other companies to sell the customized stamps.
In April, the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) alerted sportsmen
about this program when it was discovered that the HSUS was profiting
from the sale of postage stamps featuring anti-animal use rhetoric.
The USSA was alerted to the Michigan dove issue stamps by members
of the Washington State Bowhunters Association.
From the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and www.ussportsmen.org |
