Florida Animal Owners is a site dedicated to assisting animal owners in protecting their right 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 of current laws. 

Animal Rights groups such as Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are hard at work trying to force their philosophy on the average animal owner.   Their true agenda is to eventually end all animal use by incremental changes to laws and regulations.  That means no medical research, no fur, and no consumption of eggs, milk, meat, or fish, no pets.  This also includes an end to hunting, fishing, dog shows, service dogs, working dogs, zoos, circuses, and rodeos.  Yes it even means no SeaWorld or Animal Kingdom.  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 through Ballot Initiatives, as well as pose a serious threat to the food supply and medical research.  Even once respected groups like the ASPCA have been infiltrated by fanatics that divert funds from direct animal care to excessive lobbying for laws they support.  This is relatively new to the ASPCA who spent little money on lobbying nationally prior to 2010.  However in 2010 the ASPCA located in New York spent $575,015.00 lobbying in the state of Missouri.  One can only wonder how much good those dollars could have done if only used for the purpose intended, which is direct animal care. 

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 of dollars 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 increase surrenders, drive up food prices, retard medical research and in the end cost the taxpayers 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.