Patti Strand

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Patti Strand
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationPresident of National Animal Interest Alliance
SpouseRod Strand
Website naiaonline.org

Patti Strand is the founder of the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA), a broad-based, mainstream, nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to encouraging high standards of animal care and treatment, and to preserving the human animal bond. [1] She is an author of books and articles and has served on numerous local, state and federal animal welfare advisory boards, committees and task force bodies. [2]

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Background

Her articles and views on animal welfare and public policy have appeared in a wide variety of trade, professional and scientific magazines and lay publications, ranging from the Los Angeles Times, [3] [4] USA Today [5] [6] [7] and the Washington Post [8] [9] [10] to the AKC Gazette, Veterinary Forum, Wall Street Journal and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

She has been a guest expert and panelist on dozens of radio talk shows including National Public Radio, [11] [12] the BBC [13] and CBC; TV news shows including NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News, [14] and has been a featured speaker at conferences for zoos, state and national veterinary groups, physician groups, lab animal scientists, kennel clubs [15] and federations; and agricultural, hunting and humane associations.

Works and achievements

Patti Strand is actively involved in numerous animal organizations and some of her contributions and achievements are:

Criticism of animal rights

Strand is a critic of animal rights and has argued that the humane movement has been highjacked by animal rights extremists, "whose priority is neither the humane care of animals nor the prevention of cruelty to animals, but instead, the promotion of a revolutionary value system which redefined man’s relationship with animals. Animal rightists want to end man’s use of animals altogether." [23]

In 1993, Strand co-authored Animal Rights and Wrongs: The Hijacking of the Humane Movement, which argues that the animal rights movement is an anti-democratic new age cult that seeks to eliminate man's total use of animal's including pets and private property. [24] A criticism of the book is that Strand ignored the diversity of opinion amongst animal rights activists and failed to distinguish the animal rights movement from the environmental movement. [24] Adrian R. Morrison a noted proponent of animal experimentation defended the book. [25]

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ "About NAIA - Mission Statements", National Animal Interest Alliance Official Website
  2. ↑ "NAIA Board Members", Patti Strand Bio
  3. ↑ "Stirring up animal passions'" . Retrieved August 14, 2004.
  4. ↑ "Big Cats Big Problems as Pets'" . Retrieved March 6, 2005.
  5. ↑ "More cities importing pound puppies'" . Retrieved January 30, 2003.
  6. ↑ "Dog imports raise fears of a resurgence of disease'" . Retrieved October 21, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Pet shop owners challenge Phoenix's puppy mill law'" . Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Vegan in The Henhouse - Putting Animals On (and Off) The Table'" . Retrieved August 9, 2004.
  9. ↑ "Doggone! Gene Research Leads to Surprises for Dog Lovers'" . Retrieved May 24, 2004.
  10. ↑ "Shar-Peis, Huskies Are Closest to Wolves'" . Retrieved May 20, 2004.
  11. ↑ "No-Kill Shelters Save Millions Of Unwanted Pets — But Not All Of Them'" . Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  12. ↑ "With Rescue Dogs In Demand, More Shelters Look Far Afield For Fido'" . Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ "How animal rights took on the world'" . Retrieved November 18, 2004.
  14. ↑ "Study: Dogs Understand Human Language'" . Retrieved June 10, 2004.
  15. ↑ "American Kennel Club. "AKC Breeder to Breeder Symposium: Patti Strand on Mentoring Puppy Buyers and Managing Stud Dogs on Youtube"'" . Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  16. ↑ "AKC ANNOUNCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION RESULTS'" . Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  17. ↑ "Veneman Appoints Members to National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee'" . Retrieved June 18, 2004.
  18. ↑ "USDA APPOINTS NATIONAL WILDLIFE SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS'" . Retrieved June 6, 2008.
  19. ↑ "USDA APPOINTS NATIONAL WILDLIFE SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS'" . Retrieved July 23, 2015.
  20. ↑ "NAIA Online Library Resource - Compendium of Animal Welfare Articles, Animal Rights Articles, Animal Issues Articles'" . Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  21. ↑ "NAIA Trust Official Website- About the NAIA Trust'" . Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Merry Go Round Dalmatians Website'" . Retrieved August 4, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Animal Rights: The History and Nature of the Beast'" . Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  24. 1 2 Herzog, Harold (1993). "Animal Rights and Wrongs". Science. 262 (5141): 1906–1908. doi:10.1126/science.262.5141.1906.
  25. ↑ Morrison, Adrian R. (1994). "Animal Rights and Radical Politics". Science. 264 (5150): 1073–1075. JSTOR   2883395.
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