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Posted by: rodneynboalich at Thu Apr 26 11:47:51 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rodneynboalich ] with the ohio bill s310 passing yesterday i figured it was time for another rant. i dont blame usark for the bill passing but after the whole zainville terry tompson issue, usark, pijac and max from max pets met with a lot of politicians in ohio pushing usarks bmp's. if you dont know what they are heres a link http://www.usark.org/uploads/USARK Model Reptiles.pdf this did not help the situation. and now the only way we can probably defeat this bill is in a court room. so usark is out. they are not willing to walk into a court room or engage in litigation. usark is a trade organization. a trade organization purpose is to push the agenda of an industry and thats all. but what is the industries agenda and is usark representing the industry fairly as a whole or are they only representing the special intrust of a few. gary bagnell (zoo med) is the largest contributing member of usark. his donations represent 1/3 of usarks total annual revenue. and because of his sizable donation gary bagnell sits as the head chair of usarks board and gary also has another person from zoo meds on the board. gary bagnell sells pet store stuff. if your a serious hobbyist chances are you dont own any of the produces gary bagnell sells. also gary bagnell reportedly said he feels the large constrictors are a pariah in the industry. you need to ask yourself what are the implications of the head chair of the board of the organization thats supposed to be fighting for all are rights, equally, when he feels large constrictors are something we as an industry should shun and avoid. two more question that must be ask is why as an industry did we put so much faith in andrew wyatt and usark when no one had ever heard of the guy prior to usark, and two why do we still put so much faith in andrew and usark when we have seen the out come of his methods. to answer the first question. it was marketing. usark was marketed very well as the savoir of the industry. we were told it was going to do what ever was necessary to fight for our rights. even file a class action lawsuit if need be. here are two links where wyatt talks about law suits. in one he ask for money for the lawsuit. this was in 2011. he said he thought it was going to be necessary to file a lawsuit for the python ban. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w9_CNAlHIc&feature=share http://reptilelivingroom.com/2011/01/andrew-wyatt-answers-what-is-usark/ so the question everyone should be asking is. where did the money go. wyatt said they were putting together a lawsuit and asked for donations for it. people then donated and when it was time to file the lawsuit the money had already been spent. why didnt the reptile industry hold wyatt accountable for this. the second question. why do we still have some much faith in wyatt and usark. i think basically because one on knows what else to do. with people having so much invested in usark wyatt they dont want to admit its not working. plus usark gives people hope, but it gives people the wrong kind of hope. usark has lead people to believe that all they need to do is give money to usark and usark will solve all their problems for them. this is a lie. usark cant be everywhere at once. and with all their money already spent they cant afford to walk into a court room. a lot more people are becoming skeptical of wyatt and usark. and questioning how much wyatt is making. i believe the figure is $60,000 or $80,000 a year. and wyatt defends this by comparing it to what wyane pacelle makes. which is $250,000 a year. heres the big difference. wyane pacelles organization bring in on average $100,000,000 a year. when you break down the numbers wyane gets paid 1/4 of 1% of his organizations annual income. usark bring in on average $300,000. so wyatt making 60 or 80 g's a year come around 30% of usrks total annual income. in terms of percentages to each organizations annual revenue wyatt makes a lot more then pacelle. plus husu at least has the decency to pretend to be a non profit and file as a 501c3. usarks filing as a for profit. i believe as a LLC. so now lets look at the implication of usark filing as a LLC or as any for profit organization. but first ask yourself. what makes usrk necessary. obviously anti reptile and amphibian legislation. and what would be the result if all anti reptile and amphibian legislation went away. there would be no need for usark. that is undeniable. ok now ask yourself. what is the basic rule for any business that wants to remain in business. its to make money. now as i stated before whats is the business of usark. its fighting anti reptile and amphibian legislation. so if wyatt wants to continue to make his 60 or 80 g's or whatever each and every year he needs anti reptile and amphibian legislation to fight. that can not be denied. so if you need anti reptile and amphibian legislation to stay in business, but at the same time its your job to fight and stop it, how do you do that without putting yourself out of work. easy. you let bill pass committees and them lobby senators and governors to hold the bill until the end of the session so they die. but then the bill is just reintroduced at the beginning of the next session. so it becomes a never ending fight. | ||
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