02/18/2010: "Horse owners call for boycott of celebrities, groups"
Members and supporters of the United Organizations of the Horse (UOH) recently called on every American who supports the rights of horse owners and the principles upon which this country was founded to boycott celebrities and organizations who have aligned themselves with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
"Anyone who wants to protect their ability to enjoy animals in their lives, to make a living in the time honored professions around animals and animal agriculture; and to raise their children in a wholesome environment needs to join this effort."
UOH said in a press release "We must block efforts by big, wealthy so called nonprofits and their paid for hire celebrities who are becoming a deadly cancer on our society and attempting to constrain and dictate our activities."
"HSUS and PETA and their many minions have been bankrolling an all out assault against the people of the land, " the group said. These attacks threaten our ability to sustain a valuable culture of responsible, sustainable stewardship of the land and the animals. Recent reports show that HSUS paid 41 people salaries in excess of 100.000.00 each. Their leader makes over 250.000.00 per year. These groups spent less than 1/2 of 1 percent of their budget to actually help a single dog or cat, let alone a horse. Their dollars go to hire celebrities, produce media events, and buy off politicians. Their primary purpose is to create drama, manipulate the emotions of those who don't live and work with animals every day, and draw even more dollars into their over-violated accounts.
"What hurts the worst" said Sue Wallis Wyoming state representative and executive direct of the UOH, "are people like Willie Nelson, who has done so much good for agriculture with his Farm Aid concerts, turning against the folks who make their living from the land, and swallowing whole the ridiculous conclusions of the radical groups making wild assertions about the extinction of while horses...nothing could be further from the truth. He needs to go to the country, see the devastation of while horse overpopulation for himself, and work with the rest of us to find a solution that allows our children and grandchildren the ability to see a sustainable number of horses in the wild forever. The approach that he is advocating only leads to miserable starvation for the horses destruction of the environment for every living species and devastation of families and communities."
In a move that can only be described as the ultimate hypocrisy and a blatant example of the prostitution that the allure of big dollars can provide the United States equestrian Federation (USEF) which bills itself as the national governing body of the equestrian sport has allowed SHUS to become the primary sponsor of its annual convention, the group said.
"Pat Parelli, a prominent horse trainer, has also seen the dollar signs and somehow thought that his betrayal of his fellow horse people would go unnoticed; Celebrities like Carrie Underwood, Viggo Mortensen, Sheryl Crow, and the Barbie twins cannot be left unanswered," the press release said. "All celebrities who choose easy money in exchange for sponsorship of organizations seeking to destroy the ability of American families to support themselves with animals must learn that there is a heavy price to pay.
"It is time to hit them where it hurts the worst, square in the checkbook," said Dave Durquette, a working cow horse trainer from Hermiston, Oregon. "We are asking every American who believes as we do that our rights , our culture, and our ability to enjoy animals in our lives is at stake to boycott anyone who promotes HSUS/PETA and of their affiliates.
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