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MO Farm Bureau battles HSUS ballot efforts
Agriculture’s fight to keep the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) from changing the ballot initiative process in Missouri continues. Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst tells Brownfield they are working with other groups on initiative petition reform and on fighting the HSUS initiative petition called “Your Vote Counts” that Missouri Farm Bureau has renamed “Big Money Talks.” Hurst says, “We think ‘Big Money Talks’ is a lot more descriptive of what’s going on. We’ve got out of state groups, including the HSUS, who are trying to make it impossible for the state legislature to hold hearings on initiative petitions that have been passed by the voters to make needed either technical or substantive changes.”
Hurst says because of the continued threat to production agriculture from the HSUS, the Missouri Farm Bureau is “working hard to defeat” that initiative. “It’s just a really bad piece of legislation influenced by people who don’t have Missourians’ best interests at heart, so, we’re opposing it,” Hurst says.
The HSUS is pushing for changes because the Missouri legislature this year revised the animal rights group’s so-called Puppy Mill Ballot Measure – also known as Proposition B – that voters passed in 2010.
Heading into the next legislative session that begins in January, the Missouri Farm Bureau is working on legislation to restrict paid petition gatherers and to make ballot language on initiative petitions more transparent.
“We didn’t feel that the language that the voters saw,” continued Hurst, “If all you knew about Proposition B is what you read in the voting booth, you were not a well-informed voter.”
Ag groups contend that the ballot language would have allowed similar restrictions on livestock production as HSUS had proposed for Missouri dog breeders.
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no new news here – another one of the liberal groups (guess which party they belong to) keepeing up their assault on rural America. I hope at least just one of you out there catches on what those people are trying to do & take the time to try to enlighten others to open their eyes & ears!
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I don’t think this is a liberal or a conservative matter. It is a control issue. The animal rights group, HSUS, wants to exert control over people…control over their personal choices, their pets, eliminating meat as food by eliminating animal agriculture, eliminating circuses and zoos. That is the HSUS agenda and they are working to accomplish it by incrementally putting in place laws, regulations, and amendments which further their goal of restricting, prohibiting and eliminating animal uses. So, that is why they are attempting to change voting and state laws in Missouri.
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There are several of us who’ve been voicing our concerns for several years now only to watch those concerns fall on deaf ears. The thief is in the house now. Our only hope is to join forces with Humanewatch.org and, Animal Ag Alliance, PRAY and fight this battle together.
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Proposition B was a good faith effort by people who care about how animals are treated to ensure that honest dog breeders did not run their business in the notorious puppy mill conditions we have all seen and know to exist all over this state. Any good farmer cares about his animals. Extending the provisions of Prop 2 to include livestock was never on anyone’s agenda, as far as i can tell. Sounds like a far-fetched conspiracy theory by a few trouble makers.
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Laura is exactly right. It is not a matter of Liberal or Conservative, it is simply one more thing they will be closer to controlling. Even though I dont live in the state, I sure hope they do not get their way. We all need to stand up, and fight them on every issue, every step of the way, their Agenda is one of pure Capitolism. It really scares the hell out of me…
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I am a little confused. Isn’t Missouri one of the WORST states for puppy mills? So what is the problem here?????
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The HSUS machine must be stopped! They want to change the entire American way of life.Make us all Vegan cultists as they are .Our American Government should be ashamed to let this fleecing of America continue .If not for the various Politicans in there pocket I am sure it would not.Our American Rights are being blatantly ignored so the corporation can continue to lie and put the lives of rural people in jeopardy over the rights of chickens! Wake up people !! Look what History is telling you. NO cockfighting in Nazi Germany ,Hitler banned it. No Cockfighting in communist cuba ,Castro banned it. NO CF in Russia . It all started with your rights being taken away. Over one fourth of the free world has Cockfighting as a Legal Main sport .But WE would be criminals for wanting our Heritage and rights to be respected. The chance to pursue our passion and love for our birds is called cruel by the HSUS sheep. most have never seen a live chicken or have an honest idea of what it takes to raise these Fowl. Having been brainwashed by the Machine they continue to contribute to the downfall of America like lambs to slaughter.
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HSUS is a dangerous,fanatic organization headed by a dangerous,fanatic man. Missouri must stand up to this horrific group and keep them from destroying the core of our state,our agriculture. Destruction of animal agriculture and control of our farms is one of their main missions.One has only to listen to “wacko waynes” declaration of “one generation and out”to see their true goal.Our Governor needs to stand up to them and get them out of Missouri as the Governor of Nebraska did. They are NO GOOD and NO GOOD will come to Missouri if they are allowed to continue their deranged and revengeful attack on our way of life.
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No Missouri is not one of the worst “puppy mill” states. That is just slanderous propaganda put out by the vegan ran HSUS. They named many other states the same before they went in for the kill. The only difference here is Mo stood up to them. Please all thinking that take 30 minutes to educate yourself as opposed to believing such. Mo has had strict dog laws since 1993. Many states have “NO” laws concerning dog breeding. Animal agriculture is Mo # 1 idustry. Not because we are puppy mills or factory farms but because we are danged good at what we do!
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Also! Proposition B was far from a good faith effort to see that dogs were treated in a humane manner. It was indeed aimed at the livestock industry through the defenition of pet being any domesticated animal. If you do not understand that cows, chickens, hogs and so on are domesticated animals you really do not need to be singing prop B’s praises. If Prop B was truly for the protecion of dogs it would of not forced breeders to have new born puppies exposed to the outdoor elements. Anyone who knows squat about breeding knows that new born puppies need to be kept at 90 plus temps the first few weeks of life since they do not have the ability to shiver.
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Most of HSUS’s “big money” was obtained through fraudulent fundraising campaigns involving Hurricane Katrina “rescue”, the Michael Vick case, and raids on breeders and animal owners that were later ruled to be illegal. In addition, HSUS is violating the IRS limits on lobbying for tax exempt charities in their efforts to punish the state of Missouri for standing up to them last year.
Fight back with the truth about the many HSUS scandals, documented lies, inappropriate legislative lobbying and Wayne Pacelle’s ethical bankruptcy. It can be done.
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HSUS includes ANYONE who breeds one dog a puppy mill…. Check out the PUPS bill! ONE intact dog considers you as a high volume commercial dog breeder. Incredible!
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