THE EXTREMIST AGENDA
STEP 1 - ESTABLISHING A PROXY
A member of the community will begin to adopt the talking points of the Extremist Agenda using aggressive and divisive language to describe the state of that community's animal welfare organizations.
STEP 2 - CREATING A LOCAL ORGANIZATION
The proxy forms an organization (i.e. No Kill San Bernardino/Austin/Philly) that will act as the local brand for the Extremist Agenda and begin to use social networking to expand.
STEP 3 - ENGAGING IN LOCAL POLITICS
The No Kill organization lobbies local public officials and candidates regarding the euthanasia rates at the municipal shelter. In many cases, there does exist public attention to the need to reform the sheltering system to increase lifesaving. The proxy will get involved in providing questionnaires and financial support to candidates perceived as sympathetic to the Extremist Agenda.
STEP 4 - SLANDERING EXISTING ANIMAL WELFARE
The Extremist Agenda slanders the existing shelter director and any local humane organization that is deemed as sympathetic to the status quo. The aim of the slander is to put enough pressure on the director to step down (which is often achieved).
STEP 5 - INSTALLING A PUPPET REGIME
A new "compassionate" director sympathetic to the Extremist Agenda is put into place by effective lobbying. The Extremist Agenda organization will often advocate a candidate with little or no experience who will essentially do as they are told.
STEP 6 - SAVING FACE WHEN THE AGENDA FAILS
The Extremist Agenda displaces blame when the program becomes unsustainable by blaming either their own director or local public officials for not backing sufficiently.
STEP 7 - SLANDERING MEDIA
Attacking unfavorable media is commonplace for the Extremist Agenda when a story runs that questions any component of implementing overnight solutions while demonizing hard working welfare organizations.
Even the ASPCA has acknowledged that the “No-Kill” agenda being advanced by radical activists is extreme and counterproductive. The only way to truly address and reduce pet over-population is to collaborate and work together. If municipal shelters, private non-profit organizations, and rescue groups could all agree to work on projects of mutual interest, countless animal lives could be saved. Instead the extremists within the “No-Kill” movement would prefer to attempt to divide and concur, which only wastes limited resources and eventually fails to serve those animals in need. Maybe one day the activists will get with the program and actually work with animal shelters to save lives instead of being critical of shelters and only fulfilling their self-serving agendas.
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