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Please help end the slaughter of such a beautiful natural living piece of art. http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-usa-horse-slaughter

I just had to share this with you all. Please follow the link to the story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068431/Ethan-Bennett-tries-kill-squirrel-scampering-leg-shoots-foot.html

Pawz up,

The Pawz Cauze Team

Hello All,

Hope you are having a great day. I wanted to get a jump start on someone who might try to cause some problems for me and the show. So I am posting it here and on all of my sites before he is able to twist my words around or change my email response to him to make me look bad. I received the following email today and I am posting it here along with my response so that it is in the open for all to see and read for themselves. Feel free to spread it around. It won’t bother me. I stand behind what I said to him and I will not be intimidated by ANYONE. The sooner people learn this, the better off the world would be. This is how I end arguments when people try to get in my way or undermine what I am doing or what I stand for. So, here it is in black and white, copied and pasted directly from my email with no changes or deletions. Word for word of what was said and I do mean every word I typed.

—– Original Message —–

From: Matt Blackwood

 

To: leigh@thepawzcauze.net

 

Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:55 AM

 

Subject: Animal issues

 

Leigh,

Through facebook and other media, I notice that you reach a number of people and I wanted to ask why you speak so rarely about veganism. You are a vegan I would assume. I know you support vegans but I just cant recall ever seeing you mention that you are specifically so I wanted to ask. If you are not a vegan would you please explain why.

Also, when you speak about the animal control officer in KS you mention that a dog was shot I believe while chained. This is in excusable. I do hope you also educated your friend about how cruel it is to chain a dog. You also mention when discussing this case how valuable the dog was…..is that because it was purchased? Again I hope you educated your friend about how “every time you buy, another dog dies”.

Thanks,

Matt

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MY RESPONSE:

Hello Matt,

I hope this email finds you doing well and making a positive difference in the world. Since I don’t believe in beating around the bush, I am going to jump right in and answer your inappropriate and rude questions.

You apparently do not listen to my show or you would know that I have done several shows about Veganism. I also respect the decisions others make for themselves because they are the ones who have to pay for their actions in the long run. I educate, I do not dictate. I have, on many occasions, stated that I am Vegan and why. However, I am not completely Vegan because I have spoiled chickens that give me good eggs and spoiled goats and cows for milk of which I use to make my own butter. I do not purchase these items from the store; they are gifts from my own animals that I tenderly care for every day.

As for the dog, we live in a small town. The owners of the dog have several dogs. They are inside dogs but to keep them safe, the dogs are taken outside one at a time to spend some time in the sunshine and to use the bathroom. The family was not allowed to put in fencing so the chain was their only option of allowing the dogs to have time outside. The dogs were never left on the chain for long periods of time. The dogs are very well cared for and the family does their very best for their animals that they can. They just recently were able to find a home in a nearby town that they could afford to purchase instead of renting and we are assisting them in getting fencing put up since we were given a ton of fencing that we don’t need. At the time the shooting occurred, they were renting a small mobile home and the owner wouldn’t allow fencing to be put up because he knew they would take it down when they moved. They had problems with the dogs escaping and running out of the yard and they feared that the dogs would be killed or harmed if they couldn’t get them to stay in their tiny yard. THAT is why they used the chain. It was to protect the dogs, not to keep them outside 24/7.

The dog was a rescued wolf hybrid that is very very rare. THAT is why the dog was so valuable. They rescued the dog, took him to the vet and found out about how rare his breed was and the vet was amazed that the breed still existed. To the family, the dog was much more than just a rare breed that they rescued; he was the kids’ best friend, the other dogs loved him dearly and are going through depression stages that I am helping them deal with by using essential oils on them and diffusing the oils in the home as well as play therapy. The loss of Thunder effected more than just the humans involved, it effected the animals as well.

Now, let me tell you a thing or two. How dare you email me and try to undermine all that I do and all that I stand for. I have devoted my life to my show and to the animals. I work 20 hours a day online and in the community talking to people about animals and their importance to the Earth and our environment. You obviously know nothing about me and you just wasted an hour of my time that could have been spent networking shelter animals to save lives. What do you do daily with your time? It looks to me that you would rather distract those of us whom are making real differences in the world and judging others than helping to make a difference in the lives of animals. The time you took to harass me, you could have spent networking animals, starting your own show to help animals, or go to a school and teach the children to respect animals instead of torturing and killing them. You are not my father, God, my husband, or anyone that is involved in my life so you have no right to question my motives or my work. You seem to be a person who just likes to stur up trouble however he can to prevent those of us whom are making real differences in the lives of animals and humans. What a great way to make an impression.

Now if you don’t mind, I have animals to save and people who need help. You have a great day. Try to do something more positive with your time. It will make you a better person.

Oh, and if I wasn’t making such a great difference in the world, I guess I wouldn’t have been nominated for Woman of the Year for 2011. A nomination that I never expected and never asked to receive but if I am the winner, I will hang the plaque on my wall to remind me that I AM making a TRUE difference in the world.

One last thing that I just can’t help but mention, I don’t care how you react to my response because you are now part of my spam folder right along side all the others who try to stop me from doing my work. Go ahead and post this email for the world to see because I have already beat you to it. By the time you read this, your email message and this response will already be posted on all of my sites for the world to see. I have nothing to hide and I am ashamed of nothing I do, say or feel. That is the great part of being free. Have a great life, I know I am and you are very welcome.

Pawz up,

Rev. Dr. Leigh Foster

Here’s a summery: https://apps.facebook.com/petitions/1/unlicensed-animal-control-officer-illegally-shot-a-dog-inside-city-limits/ This is the case I am working on in my town. PLEASE sign it and pass it on. This woman needs stopped, arrested, convicted of animal abuse as well as shooting a firearm inside the city. The best part is that her husband admitted it in front of witnesses at a town meeting which is recorded and documented! Please help us stop her. Thank you. Pawz up!

Here is the full story and the petition wording: Continue Reading »

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Please sign the petition to help Hans Petersen to be removed from the ‘Do Not Adopt’ list in Los Angeles. Thank you. You will find it located in the right Sidebar of our website.

The following information was copied and pasted to this post. Information came from: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hans-Peterson-is-a-Hero-To-Animals/102914806435037?ref=ts 

Hans Petersen was arrested for rescuing a young dog left in an abandoned and foreclosed house for over 5 days in 100 degree temperatures after LA Animal Control decide to leave the two dogs in the house for 24 hours and post a notice on the front door.  

Hans Petersen did what Animal Control chose not to do, apparently for fear of the City being sued, and would have rescued the other dog but found himself in handcuffs. He was released without charge after being handcuffed to a bench for over 3 hours.

During the night another samaritan rescued the older dog from the building and dropped it off at the local Animal Shelter.  Hans Petersen found a dream home on a 23 acre ranch in Colorado but had to suffer the embarrassment of being told he could not rescue the dog from the shelter because he was on an LA Animal Services  ’Do Not Adopt To ‘ list .  

The same was true of the other dog who Hans secured a place for at the Zen4K9s Behavior and Rehabilitation Center in LA. Hans was able to secure the release of the dogs by having others officially sign for them, but made it clear to Animal Services that it was he who would be finding them homes.

LA Animal Services have sought to blame Hans Petersen for ‘compromising their ability to prosecute the people who abandoned the dogs’ and to date accept no criticism of their in-action or decision to have a man they themselves describe as a ‘good samaritan’ arrested and detained as a criminal. We believe that LA Animal Services should take the following action:Remove Hans Petersen from any ‘Do Not Adopt To’ list with immediate effectIf you agree please help support Animal Hero Hans Petersen by signing this petition.
You can find out more by visiting www.laanimalrescue.org or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hans-Peterson-is-a-Hero-To-Animals/102914806435037?ref=ts

Tonight Nov 18 starting at 7pm EST USA we will be taking calls. Cops vs Dogs in Shootouts. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepawzcauze/2010/11/19/cops-vs-dogs-with-angel-nieves CALLERS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED!!! Call 646-716-9947

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.