Florida Animal Owners is a site dedicated to assist animal owners in protecting their rights to own animals.  Laws and issues that negatively impact the animals or their owners will be posted here to help the average citizen stay abreast current laws. 

Animal Rights groups such as HSUS & PETA are hard at work trying to force their philosophy on the average animal owner.  Their true agenda is to end all animal use.  That means no medical research, no fur, and no consumption of eggs, milk, meat, or fish, no pets.  These groups have hijacked the animal welfare movement through deceptive names and rhetoric.  Instead of using the bulk of their donations to actually help animals they instead use the money to sue state and federal governments, promote anti animal legislation, as well as pose a serious threat to the food supply. 

HSUS and like minded non profits can often be heard at public hearings bemoaning how much money hobby breeders make "off the backs of animals".  While Wayne Pacelle of HSUS draws a $234,000 a year salary plus perks.  Since these are all non profits they pay NO taxes.  Hobby breeders do not turn a profit and in fact lose money as do most of us that participate in hobbies.  Hobby breeders do however pay sales tax on pet food, supplies, crates, leashes, etc as well as support numerous businesses that we purchase goods from.   Additionally dog/cat/horse shows bring in thousands to the local businesses that surround a show site.  Most clubs donate money to their local shelters and have their own rescue group for their particular breed.  Call your local shelter and ask how much money HSUS has provided them for the care of animals. 

In fact HSUS charges shelters for training, inspections (even though they do not run any shelters) and literature.  HSUS & PETA take in millions of dollars annually yet do little to nothing to actually help animals.  They are however constantly pounding the halls of political leaders clamoring for more laws to force their lifestyle (vegan) on you.  They push for laws that will contribute to increased surrenders, drive up food prices, retard medical research and in the end cost the taxpaying citizens through cost of enforcement of laws that do nothing to aid animals.  Stop donating to these groups.  They and their employees are the ones that truly make money off the backs of animals.