The Pawz Cauze

We all know that living life as an animal defender gains much harrassment from all walks of life from those whom are ignorant and uncaring.  It mostly comes from lack of compassion as well as just plain greed.  So what gives these people the right to harrass those of us who are trying to preserve lives and save the world?  I guess it is because they feel the need to pick on ‘the little people’.  What they fail to realize is that there are far more of us ‘animal defenders’ than there are ‘animal haters’.  We have proved that time and time again as we prevail in animal abuse cases, gather signatures to prevent needless killings of animals, and set forth a world wide movement to prevent animal cruelty and animal abuse.

Missouri Legislators discovered that their ’scare tactics’ and ‘harrassing phone calls’ are no match for the voice of the world.  This was released in the newsletter from Kinship Circle over the world’s response to Missouri Rep Jim Viebrock’s proposal on House Bill 1747 which side steps the Government Ban on Horse Slaughter.  The Pawz Cauze Show joined the band with other animal organizations, including Kinship Circle (but they were not the only ones, tho their newsletter wishes their readers to believe it was all them who accomplished the task; when in fact, it was many animal organizations who helped out all over the world) to crush this Bill before it was able to be passed.  Millions of letters and emails were sent to Missouri Legislators demanding the Bill be rejected and it was.

Then Rep. Viebrock took it a step further.  He then tried to to attach the horse slaughter provisions to an unrelated Senate Bill 795.  He thought the American people and people of the world would be stupid enough to overlook these provisions.  Once again, the same groups united to call for another world wide demand for horse slaughter to end.  Once again, we stopped them in their tracks.  This feat was NOT accomplished by one sole group but by many groups acting as one to accomplish a common goal.  As you can see, I hate it when one group takes credit for the work of many…….

Anyway, by taking sole credit for the millions of letters, faxes, phone calls, and emails being sent to the Missouri Legislators, Brenda, from Kinship Circle ended up paying the price for it.  Had she given proper credit to the hundreds of other organizations, including The Pawz Cauze Show, and activist groups on FaceBook and MySpace, Brenda would not have had to endure the harrassment she claims to have received from Missouri Legislators. 

I get death threats all the time and warnings to ‘watch my back’ when I am on my live show and in the chatroom by ignorant COWARDS who haven’t got the balls to come to my house and face me like a REAL person.  They wish to hide behind fake names and disguised voices.  Do I care? NO……..will I stop what I’m doing?  HELL NO!!!!!!  Do they scare me????  AGAIN, HELL TO THE NO!!!!!  I laugh at them because I have the courage to stand up for what I believe in and I am PROUD to be an Animal Defender!!!!!  If they want to confront me, they will see a side of me they will never soon forget because they ain’t seen me crazy yet!!!!!!!!!!  I’m still waiting for those ignorant people who claim I need to watch my back to do something about it…..have I called the police? Heck no, I don’t care about fruitless publicity.  Why should I give those clueless cowards one bit of publicity when the animals will be the winners in the end and I’ll still be alive to report the next story?

I have this to say to Rep. Casey Guernsey: You are the wacko if you get your kicks from killing helpless animals for greed and to just piss off the American people who love animals.  Please remember….us ‘clueless’ people are the ones who decide if YOU will be re-elected at the next poll.  So, I say it is more fun to piss you off to the point of making such a stupid comment that will now be heard all around the world.  We’ll see how funny you think it is when you are booted out of office and standing in line at the unemployment office!!!!!!  I know I’ll be laughing at you and thinking how much fun it was to write this article! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhaha all the way to the horse stalls to pet the loving beautiful horses WE saved that YOU tried to kill but only ended up killing your own career……When that happens, please be sure to let me know how it feels to be beaten by us ‘wackos who are incredibly clueless’…………..

Here is what the Kinship Circle newsletter had to say (and I must add that I was working with a group in Arizona over the BLM taking place and heard about Missouri from my contacts there and started my own email campaign WEEKS BEFORE Kinship Circle’s newsletter calling for action was released and Missouri Legislators had already received millions of letters from posts on FaceBook and MySpace BEFORE Kinship Circle released their campaign, in fact, it was released in my book Tears of Courage before Kinship Circle became involved…..please do not misunderstand, we are ALL working for the same goal, but I really hate it when people try to take sole credit for a group action taken by many people and other organizations):

4/6/10: HARASSMENT OF KINSHIP CIRCLE MAKES FRONT-PAGE NEWS
St. Louis Post Dispatch runs a front page story about Missouri House
Representatives tampering with public information and harassing Kinship
Circle: State Legislators Target Activist. Post also runs an editorial
against killing horses and hounding activists, Squirrelly about animals in
the Frog Kingdom. An Associated Press version runs in Washington Post, Los
Angeles Times, CBS News, Yahoo News, and more papers nationwide.

In an attempt to silence our opposition to horse slaughter…
– Some Reps forward 2,000+ unread emails to Kinship Circle’s server.
– Rep. Casey Guernsey, R-Bethany memorably tells our members: “It’s so fun to piss you wackos off.
You’re lucky I even acknowledge your existence. It’s
so much fun to taunt people like you — ha! Tell me, is it truly liberating
to be so incredibly clueless?”

– In a call to Kinship Circle’s line, from CALLER ID: Missouri State
573-522-0000, a male voice screams a tribal war chant…and hangs up.

– In another call a man sings “A Horse Is A Horse,” from the movie Mr. Ed.

– In a 10:00pm call, a creepy male voice drones “Brenda, Brenda,
Brenda…neigh…Brenda…neigh…” in reference to Kinship Circle’s Brenda
Shoss. This call frightens leads her to file a police report.

– Other calls from unidentified Reps begin with a menacing “Hey Brenda…”
In one call: “There aren’t but three people here [the MO House] who care for
you or your organization… Your group has guaranteed passage of this
bill…[because of] frickin’ emails from everyone in the world!”

CONTRIBUTING SOURCE FOR TIMELINE:
Animal Law Coalition, Laura Allen
http://www.animallawcoalition.com/horse-slaughter

Pawz Up,

The Pawz Cauze Team 

We, The Pawz Cauze Team wishes to thank ALL the organizations and people all over the world who helped make this bill a thing of the past.  Your efforts are truly appreciated by us all.

 

 Protest to free Forrest [22:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Once again the spotlight is on Denver, Colorado, Forrest the dog held captive, and his owner, Chris; an innocent man who thinks of his dog as his ’son’.  Join us as DJ Ice speaks with Dr. Paula Terifaj and Chris LIVE at the protest.  Hear as Chris tells his chilling tale of how Forrest was stolen the first time he ended up across the Denver city line and how DENVER forced him to keep his dog locked in a kennel.  Now Denver is holding the dog and threatening to euthanize him over the Breed Ban Legislation they passed several years ago that has since resulted in the deaths of hundreds of family pets only because they were guilty of being the wrong breed.  Forrest has never hurt anyone.  Chris doesn’t even reside in Denver.  His place of residence is recorded as being in Adams County; yet Denver feels the need to confine this dog and KILL him!

You hear the words, then you make your decision, then take action.  Don’t allow prejudice to win.  Stand up and be heard.  Stand up for Forrest.  Demand that he be returned to Chris.

Please feel free to pass this along and gain as many supporters as possible to stop Denver from killing this dog!  Thank you.  Below you will find the emails to the city officials and mayor.

Ursla.Null@Denvergov.org ; Doug.Kelley@denvergov.org ; Nancy.Severson@denvergov.org ; Felix.Ortiz@denvergov.org ; LinkhartAtLarge@ci.denver.co.us ; Rachel.Kurtz-Phelan@denvergov.org ; Lisa.Zoeller@denvergov.org ; Carol.Boigon@denvergov.org ; Rosalind.Alston@denvergov.org ; Julia.Gayles@denvergov.org ; Michael.Hancock@denvergov.org ; Caitlin.Quander@ci.denver.co.us ; Kathi.Anderson@ci.denver.co.us ; Nora.Kimball@ci.denver.co.us ; Jeanne.Robb@ci.denver.co.us ; Teresa.StPeter@Denvergov.org ; Stephanie.Syner@denvergov.org ; Judy.Montero@denvergov.org ;

Lynne.Lombard-Hunt@denvergov.org ; Stephanie.Cross@Denvergov.org ; Carla.Madison@denvergov.org ; Valerie.Kerns@denvergov.org ; Jennifer.Redies@denvergov.org ; Chris.Nevitt@denvergov.org ; Meagan.Mercer@denvergov.org ; Carol.Singer@denvergov.org ; Charlie.Brown@Denvergov.org ; Sarah.Hader@denvergov.org ; Lynn.Pressnal@denvergov.org ; Marcia.Johnson@Denvergov.org ; Sunni.Rogers@denvergov.org ; Diane.Young@denvergov.org ; Peggy.Lehmann@denvergov.org ; Denise.Perez@ci.denver.co.us ; Gia.Irlando@denvergov.org ; Paul.Lopez@denvergov.org ;

Jeanne.Fatz@ci.denver.co.us ; Pat.Defra@denvergov.org ; Rita.Contreras@denvergov.org ; Rick.Garcia@DenverGov.org ; Doug.Kelley@ci.Denver.co.us ; Nancy.Severson@ci.denver.co.us ;

Dencc@denvergov.org ; Heather.Barry@denvergov.org ;

Suzan.Moore@denvergov.org ; Sue.Cobb@denvergov.org

 

 OIPA Official Announcement [16:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This is an official press release about our very own, DJ Ice, accepting the nomination and appointment for USA Representative for OIPA; International Organization for Animal Protection.  Take heed and be forewarned, we are not messing around.  You abuse animals you will deal with us whether you are in the military or not.  Plus, Ice has a special announcement especially for the military….NO TOLLERANCE POLICY!!!!!  If we hear of ANY military personell abusing or killing an INNOCENT animal, we will be all over your butts and will not stop until you are fully prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law AND kicked out of the military branch you are serving in.  So animal abusers, this is your ONLY warning…watch your back and look over your shoulder because the host of The Pawz Cauze WILL hit you like a boulder!!!!!

Pawz Up!!!!

The Pawz Cauze Team

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=lobby_2k5_searchLaw

Please visit the above link then choose your state. Be sure to print this information out for your records when law enforcement tries to ignore you or tell you they can’t do anything. If this happens, you can then pull out the penal code for your state and show the officers that they MUST take action or you will file proper charges against them.

Pawz Up!

 Also joining us will be Genea from Hooves and Paws Rescue.

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION to the DISTRICT ATTORNEY

“Justice 4 Gage-Pitbull shot & killed by neighbor”. I’m asking you to sign this petition to help reach the goal of 3,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support this effort. These people have been deeply traumatized and the guilty party must be punished! Please ask everyone you know to give this petition a boost! This could happen to any of us, and we would want justice, too. Let’s show all the madmen, animal haters that their vile acts will not go unnoticed and unpunished!

You can view this petition at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/302594
Leave a message of support: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy3pCyuLRZ4

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Dear Activists and Concerned Citizens:

On Saturday, September 8th, 2007, the Washington State Indian tribe known as the “Makah”, brutally slaughtered a GENTLE & TRUSTING  resident Gray whale. This despicable act took place without the necessary permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service and in direct violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Makah Treaty of 1855, preserves the Indian tribe’s right to whale, however, after killing a female, juvenile Gray whale in 1999, the Makah have been in the midst of court challenges brought by animal rights groups. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals twice ruled the tribe must procure a “waiver” from MMPA, before being allowed to legally continue whaling. Permission was/is PENDING until the waiver is granted. The Makah broke U.S. federal laws by viciously attacking [harpooning and shooting] this whale without the necessary federal authority to do so. According to observers, it took 10 hours of agonizing suffering for this poor creature to die…its body has yet to be recovered.

Three of the five tribesmen perpetrating this cowardly act, were members of the Makah’s own WHALING COMMISSION.
Yet, Makah Elders [who sit on the same board] maintain they had no prior knowledge of this planned atrocity.

This killing was a contemptuous, inflammatory act carried out by individuals who enjoy HIGH RANKING POSITIONS within the Makah tribe. As such, the tribe’s whaling rights under Article 4 of the 1855 Makah Treaty should, and MUST be permanently REVOKED.

Much is at stake here. If the Makah are granted their waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act it means they will be allowed to continue whaling forever–TORTURING & KILLING up to 5 Gray whales each year!!

We are petitioning NOAA; asking that the agency permanently STRIP Makah whaling rights for the following reasons:

A)   The Makah Treaty of 1855; [specifically Article 4, which allows the tribe to whale], is a 152 year old document; one which pre-dates the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BY 6 YEARS, and is therefore no longer relevant; anymore than the past ‘traditions’ of slavery, cannibalism or the ritualistic murders of innocents as offerings to the “Gods”. 

 
B)   The Makah claim of ’subsistence’ whaling [under the International Whaling Commission’s criteria] is obviously false. You can not “subsist” on whales that your tribe has not hunted for over 70 years.

C)   The Makah right to whaling on a ‘cultural’ basis is no longer true or applicable. In the hunt of 1999 the tribe availed itself of speed boats; cell phones; Coast Guard cutters; “spotters” from helicopters; high powered rifles and machine guns to bring down their prey.  The traditional long boats and spears used by their ancestors played a minor and incidental role in the kill. From a “traditional” standpoint, the methods employed were solidly 21st century…and a complete travesty of Makah ancient whaling practices. [It should also be noted that when the 1999 “hunt” was complete, the Makah people (other than a few elders who tasted one or two strips of flesh) left 99.9% of this whale’s body to ROT on the beach].

D)   Whale populations are being depleted at an alarming rate. Pollution, global warming, dwindling food sources, ship strikes, disease, sonar disturbances and rogue whaling worldwide, have all taken a devastating toll on a species capable of producing only one calf, per adult female, per year. No ONE group should be exempt from the global responsibility we ALL share for ensuring the continued survival of our whales. Scientists have recently admitted to miscalculating the ’success’ of the Gray whales’ return from the brink of extinction. They have observed several ’skinny’ Gray whales and conclude that their food sources may be rapidly declining due to global warming.

E)   The Makah’s cousins, members of the Maa-nulth First Nations, who reside on the Western shores of Vancouver Island have signed an agreement with the Canadian government in which they will honor a 25 year moratorium of their whaling rights. In return, they were given generous concessions of land and cash. If the Makah are genuinely interested in “honoring” whales, they must be committed to allowing them to live in peace and safety; while helping improve the quality of life for all Makah by increasing financial and educational opportunities for their people.

At a time when the world is faced with multiple species extinction; pollution; global warming and rapidly dwindling natural resources, eliminating ALL whaling is the only ethical, moral and ecologically responsible decision to uphold.
 

Please SIGN THE PETITION [and contact the individuals listed below] Demand permanent revocation of Makah whaling rights, now! These whales belong to ALL OF US, and we must not sit back and watch as a privileged few destroy them!

NOAA ADMINISTRATOR:
Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher
Email: conrad.c.lautenbacher@noaa.gov

ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:
[National Marine Fisheries Service]
Bill Hogarth
Email: bill.hogarth@noaa.gov

Secretary of Commerce
Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez
U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20230
Email:  cgutierrez@doc.gov
Phone: (202) 482-2000
NMFS:  Northwest Region

 
Bob Lohn
Northwest Regional Administrator
Office of Protected Resources
National Marine Fisheries Service
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115-0070
Email: bob.lohn@noaa.gov
Phone: (206) 526-6150

WANT TO HELP STOP WHALING COMPLETELY? PLEASE GO TO:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/194508729
BUT, FIRST…ARM YOURSELF WITH KNOWLEDGE AND READ ON!

MAKAH WHALING FACTS:

A) A petition by the Makah Tribe successfully REMOVED the Gray Whale from the U.S. Endangered Species list in 1994. [Scientists studying Gray whales, today, report their numbers as increasingly endangered.]

B) The Clinton Administration chose to SUPPORT Makah whaling instead of the U.S. backed international treaty banning hunting; of which America is a signatory. Through the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and others, Clinton gave the Makah tribe $335,000 [taxpayer money] to create their own TRIBAL WHALING COMMISSION. We, the U.S. taxpayers, [via the Clinton Administration] also hired the public relations firm of Miller and Associates; as well as flew Makah to France, New Zealand, Oman, and Alaska to plead their case to the International Whaling Commission. [The IWC rejected the Makah whaling request saying they did not meet the requirements under the ‘cultural’ OR ’subsistence’ criteria set forth by the IWC].

C) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], part of the Dept. of Commerce, has given the Makah tribe several hundred thousand dollars. The then head of NOAA, D. James Baker, traveled to International Whaling Commission meetings in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1996, and to Monte Carlo, Monaco in 1997, to argue the Makah case for their resumption of whaling. When it became apparent that the IWC was not going to approve the Makah request in 1997, it was Baker who ultimately helped broker a back-room deal with Russia, which allowed the Makah to take a portion of the Russian Gray whale subsistence quota. [The IWC, to this day, has NEVER given permission to the Makah to whale…international law supercedes Makah’s U.S. treaty rights].

D) The Makah tribe’s TRUE interest in whaling has nothing to do with culture or tradition. They are attempting to use their whaling right under the 1855 Treaty, to leverage themselves into a lucrative commercial whaling deal with the Japanese.
Makah leaders have been quoted widely as saying that they either intend to sell Gray whale meat to Japan, or at least  reserve the right to sell the meat. [A clear violation of the IWC moratorium].

E) Makah have met with [and have ties to] Japan’s Maruha Co., [Maruha is one of three massive fishing conglomerates
 (including Nissui & Kyokuyo); who own 7 fish processing plants in the Pacific Northwest region alone…and several hundred more globally]. Maruha, Nissui and Kyokuyo ARE the whaling industry in Japan. Together they have killed over 1/2 million whales since WWII. Recently these companies (under pressure from threatened seafood boycotts) ‘divested’ their whaling stock; to appease growing outrage at Japan’s continued refusal to abide by international law and honor the ongoing whaling moratorium. However, their whaling stock was simply transferred to the “Institute of Cetacean Research”…a “front” organization owned by the Japanese government; who has long claimed their whaling is for ’scientific research’…yet the whale meat is sold throughout Japan. Kyokuyo reaps millions from this slaughter as it provides the whaling ships AND manufactures/packages and distributes the meat as well. [ Initiating consumer seafood boycotts against Maruha, Nissui and Kyokuyo COULD QUICKLY, EFFECTIVELY AND PERMANENTLY BRING AN END TO JAPANESE WHALING!…it would also, almost certainly, dry up any serious opportunity for the Makah dream of successfully selling whale meat].

F) The Makah tribe’s low-profile meetings/relationship with Maruha does INDEED signal the future intent for the tribe to process and sell whale meat to Maruha, who [as stated before] already has established processing plants in the Seattle area. [Both the processing and selling of whale meat outside of the Makah reservation is a DIRECT VIOLATION of their 1855 Treaty].
 
G) To date, over 5 MILLION U.S. TAX DOLLARS have been spent on subsidizing the Makah Tribe’s “right” to hunt whales.

NOTE: The Makah continue to petition U.S. Fisheries to subsidize their whaling. Their latest request? A ship which would cost taxpayers ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The request was denied. It is believed that the tribe intended to use it for ILLEGAL whaling, outside of their territorial waters and out of view of state & federal officials.

HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP WHALING, WORLDWIDE–RIGHT NOW:

1) Stop buying seafood–immediately and permanently. The global slaughter of marine mammals is driven, and carried out by the COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY. Every whaler, sealer and dolphin killer around the world, makes their living from the sale of SEAFOOD. Dropping ALL seafood products from your diet means you will no longer be supporting their bloody, barbarous trades.

2) Notify the top whaling countries [Japan, Norway and Iceland] that  family, friends, groups, etc. are dumping seafood from their diet. A BOYCOTT IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNLESS THE TARGETS KNOW THEY ARE BEING BOYCOTTED. Each of these countries depends heavily on seafood exports for their survival. Japan’s Maruha, Nissui & Kyokuyo depend nearly exclusively on seafood sales. [They have killed more whales, than any ONE group on planet Earth!]

Please take time to email each one of these butchers…let them know you will NOT be supporting their blood-splattered industries by eliminating ALL seafood and choosing other vacation destinations.

*** JAPAN ***

Orca Bay Seafoods   [MARUHA]
info@orcabayfoods.com