This will sound funny coming out of a "madman" such as myself but. Whether it be pijaac or another organization that is formed in our interest. Borrowing from the Cattle men's association. Perhaps the time has come for something similar to the beef check-off program they have. How the check-off program works is that a dollar or 2 of every head of cattle auctioned off is taken and used for a promotion campaign for beef. While this program has not been totally free of controversy among ranchers, over all it has been quite successful. Perhaps something like this could be established to where such a fee is charged per animal sold on say 'kingsnake' (for example) and at certain shows (I could think of a certain show in august that would generate lots of revenue this way as could several others.) provided the money absolutely went to that purpose. I am sure it would take some serious work to legitemize such an idea but it does seem to work for the beef industry. Perhaps also it is time to ally ourselves with other groups that are also the targets of such legislation that ultimately has it's roots with the animal rights groups in this country. Hunters farmers, owners of other types of exotics. A few years back there was an individual on this web site who liked to take pot shots at the wolf-dog groups. Something I found comical for several reasons I won't get into but ultimately it was comical because they have their s*** together and have had for many years and while it is true that they lose some battles they win some as well. I( also think we really need to drill the message in to the politicians about the connections of these animal rights groups to the domestic terrorist groups they fund. It's kind of hard to get up on your pedastal and carry on about "fighting the war on terror" when people are protesting their support of legislation backed by people who support such groups.

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