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“Not only is HSUS seeking to limit our state’s legislative process”: Reiboldt, “Capitol Report by Bill Reiboldt.”
156
“The governor ultimately issued a statement”: Office of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.
156
“removed the fifty-dog limit along with specifics for exercise and rest”: Hartmann.
157
“describes itself as the nation’s leading advocate for legislation to regulate puppy mills”: Humane Society of the United States, “Puppy Mills: Frequently Asked Questions.”
157
“HSUS received more than $130 million in contributions, grants, and bequests, right behind the $140 million or so that the nearly 150-year-old ASPCA reported”: 2013 Annual Reports, HSUS and ASPCA.
158
“the AKC had consolidated total revenues of $64.6 million”: 2013 Annual Report, American Kennel Club.
158
“cripple and then destroy all animal agriculture”: Reiboldt, April–May 2012.
159–161
Story of Tracy Cotopolis: original interview.
160
“Rescue Waggin’ has transported more than seventy thousand dogs since 2004”: PetSmart Charities, “Saving Lives One Trip at a Time.”
160
“some five million unique page views a month”: Quantcast, September 1, 2014.
163
“Parvo is highly contagious, swiftly debilitating, and expensive to treat”: WebMD.
164
“trying to standardize the way small-scale rescues operate”: Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association.
164
“working to institute regulations for temperament testing in Massachusetts”: Kavin, 2013.
164
“at least fifteen people had to undergo precautionary rabies shots”: Midura.
165
“It’s ridiculous. It’s discriminatory”: Rodrigues.
165
“barbarians are at the gate”: Jim Crow Dogs.
167
“kill rates are as high as 95 percent unless the nonprofit rescue groups step in”: Kavin, “The Good, the Bad, and the Biters.”
167
“The leading cause of death for healthy dogs in the United States”: Winograd, p. 2.
167–168
Biography of Nathan Winograd: nathanwinograd.com.
168
“the cities of Delhi, Chennai, and Jaipur”: Animal People.
168
“Italy banned the killing”: Natoli et al.
168
“Spain’s first to ban killing”: Mead.
169
“killing has been reduced from hundreds of animals a year to fewer than ten”: Clegg.
169–171
Tour of and statistics about Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: original reporting and interview with Jerry Rosenthal.
173–174
Tour of Homeward Bound Adoption Center: original reporting.
CHAPTER TEN: REPACKAGING AND REBRANDING
176
“it sprang from the brain of Jake Barrow”: McGlensey.
176–177
Description of Human Walking Program: original reporting with Jake Barrow and Martha Coro.
179
“Dietrich Bangert to design its multimillion-dollar facility”: Art Das Kunstmagazin.
179
“The Berlin shelter holds about 1,400 animals”: Beton.
179
“about the size of the largest Target retail store”: Hilario.
180
Description of Territorio de Zaguates unique breeds campaign: Ads of the World.
181–183
Story of Mike Arms: whatwouldmikesay.com; original interview with Arms.
182
“same concept as bringing any product to the public”: Mathewson.
183
“had annual income of more than $36 million and its president earned nearly $350,000”: United States Department of Treasury, North Shore Animal League America Inc., Form 990.
183
“about the same as the one given to Wayne Pacelle”: United States Department of Treasury, Humane Society of the United States, Form 990.
183
“less than half of the $713,166 in annual salary and other compensation”: United States Department of Treasury, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Form 990.
183
“Sayres left the rescue segment of the dog business to become president and CEO”: Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council.
184
“proceed to pillage and profit”: Yankee Shelties.
184
“management salaries and benefits totaled $373,420”: Considine and Considine.
187–188
Story of first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Masters Agility Championship: Dockterman; Grier; Clyde Hughes; Susman; westminsterkennelclub.org, 2014; Lichtenberg; Mahaney.
189
“dog snobbery and elitism”: Lichtenberg.
189
“Westminster spokespeople had a decidedly different attitude”: Nir.
189
“Pedigree’s parent company ranks number one among all pet food companies”: Watt Petfood Industry; Statista, “Market Share.”
190
“starting the Pedigree Feeding Program”: Mars, Inc.
190
“Brand trust went up six points”: Marketing Society Awards for Excellence.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: LEMONS VERSUS STEALS
192–195
Story of Cassidy: original interview with Kathy Cain.
196
“a $2.5 million ongoing lawsuit brought against the facility in 2014”: Hartley; Vo.
196–201
Story of Westminster Veterinary Group and WAGS: original interviews with Tia Greenberg, Michelle Russillo, and Cortney Dorney.
201–203
Story of Senior Dogs Project: original interview with Teri Goodman.
203–206
Story of Peace of Mind: original interview with Cari Broecker.
206
“covered under the Sale of Goods Act”: Pet Advertising Advisory Group.
207
“the laws began to appear in the early 1990s”: Savino; American Veterinary Medical Association.
207
“outpouring of reader mail was so overwhelming”: Colker.
208
“like turning in a lemon automobile for a gleaming new model”: Grogan.
210
“a Pennsylvania family adopted a mixed-breed puppy at about ten weeks old”: This story is taken from the author’s experience as the foster mom for the puppy in question.
CHAPTER TWELVE: THE GENESIS AND THE FUTURE
214–216
Story of Kate Neiswender: original interview with Kate Neiswender.
216
“stems from the Law of the Twelve Tables”: Grimm, p. 135.
216
“Byzantine emperor Justinian I sponsored”: original interview with Kate Neiswender.
218
“including Charles Darwin”: Grimm, p. 64.
218
“more than a hundred exist in the United States, along with similar curricula”: Animal Legal Defense Fund.
218
“China, as an example, is undergoing this transformation”: original interview with David Favre.
219
“being the family dog, who is often already treated like a human child”: Antenucci and Li.
219
“American Veterinary Medical Association is against the concept”: Grimm, p. 223.
220
“Adam Karp in the Pacific Northwest”: Judd.
220
“Massachusetts-based attorney Steven M. Wise”: nonhumanrightsproject.org.
221
“Gary L. Francione”: Unferth.
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“living property”: original interview with David Favre.
222
“about seventy thousand Beagles alone are used in US laboratories”: Rhyne.
223
“details were gruesome”: Gorant.
223
“longtime fans selling their season tickets in disgust”: Briquelet.
223–226
Story of Rebecca Huss: original interview with Huss.
227
“Twenty-seven states do today”: Humane Society of the United States,“Clark, Ros-Lehtinen Bill Protects Domestic Violence Victims and Pets.”
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SMART SHOPPING
235
“equal in status to children”: Coren.
235
“More Young Women Choosing Dogs over Motherhood”: Antenucci and Li.
236
“to study trends in AKC dog registrations between 1946 and 2001”: Herzog.
236
“The nickname long tail comes from the shape of the graph”: Anderson.
237
“We do it when picking baby names”: Gureckis and Goldstone.
237
“We do it when deciding whether or not to take up the habit of smoking”: Christakis and Fowler.
237
“shifts in preferences for some types of dogs show the boom-bust patterns”: Herzog.
238
“pixie dust phenomenon”: Lindstrom, p. 154.
239
“Listerine’s marketing team coined the scary-sounding term”: MCNG Marketing.
240
“more and more research is proving this notion false”: Khuly.
241
“perceived justification symbols”: Lindstrom, p. 51.
241
“children who can recognize logos by eighteen months old”: Boston College Chronicle.
242
“part of the cognitive process actually shuts down”: Science Daily, “Financial Advice Causes Off-Loading in the Brain.”
251
“toddler-level”: Science Daily, “Dogs’ Intelligence on Par with Two-Year-Old Human, Canine Researcher Says.”
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: CONSUMER INTELLIGENCE
253
“Condemning California Egg Regulations”: Reibholdt, “Condemning California Egg Regulations.”
254
“at least a decade into animal welfare group efforts to raise consciousness”: Humane Society of the United States, “Progress for Egg-Laying Hens.”
254
“supply needs to increase with the demand”: Severson.
255
“percentage of hens living cage-free lives has more than doubled”: Humane Society of the United States, “Progress for Egg-Laying Hens.”
255
“cage-free has grown to comprise 10 or 12 percent of their annual business”: Charles.
255
“having garnered 51 percent of the British market”: Cooper.
256
“Willamette announced it was doubling its cage-free production”: Mortenson.
258
“put out lists of puppy mills”: Humane Society of the United States, “A Horrible Hundred: Selected Puppy Mills in the United States.”
262
“the Idols television show concept”: BBC News Asia.
INDEX
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A
ABC World News Now, 117
“Abramovich, Roman,” 138
ACA (American Canine Association), 58, 62, 100
“Adopt, Don’t Shop,” 161
advertisements, 179, 240–241, 263
advertising, fear-based, 239–240
Aeon Flux (film), 179
Affenpinscher, 116, 118, 119, 135, 239
Affenpinscher Club of America, 119
Afghan Hound, 26, 29
Airedale Terrier, 36
AKC (American Kennel Club), 13, 14, 19, 21, 27, 32, 47, 49, 53, 56, 57, 128
AKC Border Collie, 58
AKC Breeder of Merit, 92
AKC/Eukanuba National Championship, 40
Akita Inu, 133
Alaskan Collie Fluffyterrier, 180
Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 45
“Alford, John,” 148
America, dog industry in, 140–141
American Akita, 59
American Bar Association, 230
American Border Collie Club, 58
American Bulldog, 128
American Canine Association (ACA). See ACA (American Canine Association)
American English Coonhound, 29
American Eskimo, 6, 7, 8, 9
American Humane Association, 195
American Kennel Club (AKC ). See AKC (American Kennel Club)
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). See ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). See AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association)
America’s Dog, 116, 119, 140, 141
American Pet Registry, Inc. (APRI). See APRI (America’s Pet Registry, Inc.)
“Anderson, Abby,” 60–63, 251
“Anderson, Ken,” 60–63
Animal Estate, The, 46
Animal Friends Rescue Project, 203
animal law, 33, 213, 215, 217, 218, 219–220, 222, 224, 225, 228, 229, 230
animal rights, 18, 91, 93, 219
animal rights activists, 59, 96, 221, 253
animal rights extremists, 227
animal welfare, 34, 60, 75, 89, 90, 112, 129, 157, 167, 218, 219, 254, 255, 265, 270
Animal Welfare Act, 165
animal welfare activists, 97, 98, 105, 107
animal welfare advocates, 18, 74, 86, 91, 109, 110, 157
animal welfare movement, 157
anti-puppy farm law, 155
APRI (America’s Pet Registry, Inc.), 4, 7, 58, 85, 100
Argus, 88
“Arms, Mike,” 181–187, 252
Ascob Cocker Spaniel, 54
ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), 25, 48, 142, 147, 157, 172, 181, 183, 226
Assured Breeder Scheme, 73
Australia, Lost Dogs Home in, 176–178
Australian Shepherd, 162
AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association), 207, 219
“Ayrapetyan, Igor,” 137
B
“Babcock, Josh,” 72
back yard breeder, 66–67, 86, 89, 122, 124, 127
“Bad is Stronger than Good,” 145
Banana Joe, 115–120, 128, 130, 135, 239
“Bangert, Dietrich,” 179
Barbie Collie. See AKC Border Collie
“Barnum, P. T.”, 47, 48
“Barrow, Jake,” 176–179
Basset Hound, 30, 118, 133
battery farming, 254
Battle Creek Enquirer, 88
BBC, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Beagle, 6, 8, 9, 29, 30, 75, 82, 88, 162, 222, 244, 251
Bedlington Terrier, 36
“Behar, Joy,” 117
Ben and Jerry’s, 254, 255
“Bergh, Henry,” 48, 157
“Berns, Gregory,” 242
best all-American, 188
Best Dog shows, 262–263, 266
best in show, 13, 25, 29, 32, 35, 39, 40, 41, 92, 116, 122, 128, 133
Better Business Bureau, 107
Biewer Terrier, 22
“Blackie, Linda,” 32, 33, 34
Bling Bling V Tani Kazari, 119
Bloodhound, 31, 39, 41, 60, 62
Bloomberg Businessweek, 118
Bluetick Coonhound, 162
Border Collie, 49, 56–58, 59, 188, 250
Border Collie Defense Fund, 57
Border Collie Society of America, 57
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Born to Buy, 241
Boston College, 242
Boston Terrier, 55, 56, 127, 128
Boxer, 61, 66, 98, 111, 128, 129, 132, 133
“Boyle, Ryan,” 108, 183, 259
brachycephalic, 128, 129
“Brackman, Jane,” 53–55
“Bradley, Janis,” 50–52, 56, 252
“Bradley, Tom,” 187
Brandow, Michael, 47
Brandwashed, 239
breed club, 47, 58
breeder, full-time, 71
Breeder Educational Conference, 110
breeders, in England, 47
breed parent clubs, 47
breeds/breeder. See also back yard breeder; commercial breeder; hobby breeders
breeds/breeders, 44–63
“Brinkley, Elizabeth,” 92–96, 243–244
British Dalmatian Welfare, 121
“Broecker, Cari,” 203–205
“Brown, Catherine,” 125–126, 127
“Brown, Charles,” 88
“Brown, Greg,” 110–112
Brown-Eyed Australian Dalmapointer, 180
Brussels Griffon, 61, 128
Bulldog, 1, 48, 59, 61
Bull Mastiff, 9, 128
Buying a dog, 244–252
“Buy One, Feed Two,” 190
C
cage-free eggs, 254–256
“Cain, Kathy,” 192–195
“Caius, Jonathan,” 53