<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ad8bd72d-d080-44c7-9a77-198011c8ee08/148318A0-7D97-4D65-94F8-11D1AA8F881B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=D408F4F5-5056-B82A-D01F17C2420BB570" href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=D408F4F5-5056-B82A-D01F17C2420BB570" style="font-size: 11px;">www.brownfieldnetwork.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=D408F4F5-5056-B82A-D01F17C2420BB570"><DIV class="headline">Dog breeders hoping agriculture will join HSUS fight</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=D408F4F5-5056-B82A-D01F17C2420BB570"><DIV> As agriculture grapples with exactly how to confront the growing animal rights movement, the dog breeding industry—and other domestic animal groups—are anxious to see the ag industry become more involved.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=D408F4F5-5056-B82A-D01F17C2420BB570"><DIV>“I would like to see them ‘cowboy up’,” says Cindy Cooke, legislative director for the United Kennel Club, the world’s largest all-breed registry for working dogs. “Get in the trenches and stand up for agriculture.” </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=D408F4F5-5056-B82A-D01F17C2420BB570"><DIV>Cooke and her organization have battled the Humane Society of the United States, at different levels, for several years. She suggests that all segments of agriculture need to unite against HSUS.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=D408F4F5-5056-B82A-D01F17C2420BB570"><DIV>“Most Americans still want to eat meat,” Cooke says. “If it’s presented to the average American in a sensible way they can understand, most times they’re going to take our side. That’s been my experience and I believe it can be true for agriculture. But everybody’s got to stand up, because they focus on the weak links.”</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/148318A0-7D97-4D65-94F8-11D1AA8F881B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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