I have removed the copy of the original (PAW) People Against Waste and (BESNA) Brother Ellis Society of North America PAGE, that was previously provided via a link here!

I do not want to help this person spread his message of obtaining "Free to Good Home" Dogs, Cats and other animals through classified ads for the purposes of using them as food and fur!

His websites graphically expain how to violate Federal Laws to obtain Random Source Dogs & Cats through false pretense and deceit, then further explain how to violate most State Animal Abuse and Cruelty Statutes by euthanizing these companion pets to provide food and clothing for your family.

I do respect the "Freedom of Speech" principles of individuals, however there is a thin line between "Freedom of Speech" and the Advocation & Possible Pratice of illegal and/or immoral activities that will cause harm to the innocent that can not speak for themselves, and provide other misguided individuals a reason to abuse our companion pets and other innocent animals through the name of christianity!

Brother Ellis and BESNA is just a drop in the bucket of the overflowing realism of companion pet and animal abuse in todays misguided society. However, eliminating it one drop at time and fixing the leaks through awareness, advocation, and positive actions will help keep the bucket from overflowing in the future!!

HELP US STOP THIS PERSON & PEOPLE LIKE HIM



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WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?

We still have to pursue this and get him and others like him tracked down, found, and investigated for these possible crimes! Even if he is "Real" or a "Troll" or "Hoax" his advocation of these activities through religous justification could mislead other misguided individuals to take up and act out these activities themselves!

If you find a site of his up or another promoting similar activity.

Then Please:

1. Email me at petrights101@aol.com with the information.

2. Write the ISP (Page Host) a letter of complaint and ask them to remove it.

(Here is an example of the letter I use!)

To whom it may concern:

Please check the web page at http://(The URL of the site in Question). This page contains very offensive and disturbing language and/or photos and I ( Or whom-ever you represent here), would be very appreciative if you could ask this gentleman to remove the site voluntarily or if you might remove it if you feel it violates your policies.

We feel that this person's site MAY violate certain state and federal statutes, and hope that your site would protect the public interest by removal of the site.

We would appreciate the favor of a reply and thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

(Your Name and Email Here)

3. Write other Animal Rights and Humane Groups and make them aware of it.

4. If illegal activity is involved, then notify the Web-Police at: http://www.Web-P olice.org (Yes! They do really exisit!)

5. If you know the local area the person is originating from, then also report to that areas local authorities and Animal Rights and Humane Groups.

6. Also in the case of Brother Ellis, report the new location to the HSUS Companion Pet Dept. for their current investigation on this!

7. Remember not to email these site authors directly or post in their guest book! People like this also feed from the negative attention they receive!

8. Share the information on other Pet related Message Boards, Community Bulletin Boards, Your Internet Servers Message Boards, Mail List, News Groups (UseNet), and email people you know. (The more people that take action on it, will produce quicker and better results!) Also, this makes others aware that people like this exist and to be cautious when placing pets to new homes by FREE TO GOOD HOME advertisements.

There are links on my home page for your local animal shelters, etc.!



EMAIL CONTACT STARTER LIST
Here is a list of some places for starters to email and contact, I urge all of us to do this! Also, let them know a copy of his original site (minus graphics) can be found at:

http://members.tripod.com/~judymyers/paw.html (This is the link to this page)

Here is a list for us to start contacting:

1. HSUS at htt p://www.hsus.org/forms/contact.html
They also have legislator links at:
http://www.hsus.org/programs/governm ent/leglineup.html


2. FBI email at: baltimore@fbi.gov

3. ASPCA email at: Le gal_Department/Aspca@aspca.org

4. In Defense of Animals at: ida@idausa.org
5. PETA at: info@peta-onli ne.org

6. Betty White at: dearbetty@b ettyblvd.com

7. Doris Day Animal League at: ddal@aol.com

8. Animal Protective Institute at: onlineapi@aol.com

9. Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) at: mjones@paws.org

10. Performing Animal Welfare Society at: elephus@softcom .net

11. Your Representative at: http://www. house.gov.writerep/

12. More Contacts Can Also Be Found on the World Animal Net at:
http://worldanimal .net/

(They have thousands of links to websites and email listings for thousands of groups National and State!)

This is just starters, be sure to include a copy of his or the site in question, and current link to the site if still on the internet, along with how immoral and/or illegal these practices they state they participate in and/or advocate to others are!

If you have more places to send this info, email me at: petrights101@aol.com, and I'll start another list to send out and to add here!

Also, other Animal, Humane, Rescue and Shelter Links can be found at my links page http://members.tripod.com/~judymyers/links.html. You can find other email addresses in these various links to forward a warning or complaint letter to!



Judy (founder of news:alt.pets.pet-rights on usenet, news:alt.discuss.pet-rights for webtv'ers, and the pet-rights mail list (provided by Egroups)


SAMPLE AWARENESS/WARNING LETTER TO SEND
My Sample Letter I've Sent (on the Brother Ellis Issue)


To Whom This May Concern,

Recently there has been a man on the internet promoting and also possibly participating in the immoral and/or illegal acts of obtaining pets through free to good home ads, then slaughtering these pets in God's name to feed and cloth his family! He claims to have 500 plus followers in his cause. He also explains in detail how to prepare and use the meat and furs of these animals.

The slaughtering of cats and dogs for human consumption is illegal in most or all states and and possibly a violation federal laws.

He has had several sites up, but with complaints to his ISP's by animal lovers like myself, they took them down. He was using free homepage hosting services to do this, and it will take a law enforcement agency to have the ISP's provide his data which should give his location for investigation.

I hope you will investigate into this and/or help spread the word to other pet lovers, as we all need to be more cautious now than ever when placing our loved ones into new homes. A copy of his original site is attached and/or the URL to it is http://(site address here)

He goes by the name Brother Ellis and his group was called PAW (People Against Waste) and now is called BESNA (Brother Ellis Society of North America and Chapter Variants).

Let me know if I can be of further assistance! Please advise me of your actions.



(your name, and address along with your email address)




SAMPLE LETTER TO SEND TO MEDIA
Here is another letter I urge you to send or email to your local newspapers and media! This was written by the People Against Companion Animal Slaughter (PACAS), and will help the newspapers and media to run a warning on "Free to Good Home" Ad's (Some Newspapers already have!).

Sample letter to send to Media!


To Whom It May Concern or Dear Editor,
_____________(your local paper):


Currently, many people place advertisements in their local papers to give away animals they can no longer care for. Many of these ads state "free to a good home." This is one of the many ways people give animals to loving homes. Unfortunately times have changed and we as a society have to be careful of where we place animals. Are we really sure that the person who comes to take our beloved pet is sincere in their intent to take care of this animal? We have to be cautious of who we hand over our animals to.

Today we have laws and statues that state there are animals deemed as livestock, for instance cows and pigs. They also state certain animals are deemed as companion, like dogs and cats. In most of the 50 states, it is illegal to consume meat from a dog and/or cat. We have domesticated these animals and they now are protected under laws. The average American doesn't think about eating their animal friends, but there are some that do. These people are obtaining animals through deception. As we speak, there is a man on the Internet advertising his way of finding free animals to feed his family with. He is under investigation by the Human Society and many other animal rights organizations, but has stayed anonymous. No one is able to locate him, and he is spreading his word rapidly. He speaks of how to obtain the animal, how to prime their meat and how to prepare them for the slaughter. While we are all entitled to our opinions, he is breaking the law and fooling many people into giving them their pets. This man gets a local paper and looks for ads that state "free to a good home," he then uses the animal for meat. Of course he does not tell these people what he intends to do with the animal. According to Federal Regulations Title 9, Volume 1, "no person shall obtain live random source dogs or cats by use of false pretenses, misrepresentation, or deception." This is only one of the laws he breaks, he goes on to break many animal cruelty laws.

We have to let people know that these animals are in risk of cruel people like this man. Instead of ads saying "free to a good home," we need to come up with a better system to get these animals to a good home. This man and his followers only want free meat, they are not willing to pay for it. This is a situation that people need to be aware of. No one is able to locate him, so as of now every free animal out there is at risk of becoming this man's dinner. So I, and many others, ask you to run an article in your paper to let people know about what is going on.


Thank you so much for your time,


(Your Name)

(THIS ONE IS FROM THE HSUS (HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES)


To Those Concerned About the Brother Ellis / P.A.W. Website:

Thank you for writing to The Humane Society of the United States (The HSUS) regarding the Brother Ellis / P.A.W. web site. Over the past week and a half, The HSUS has been receiving a tremendous number of complaints from individuals concerned about this website. Although there is a good possibility that this site is a hoax intended to create a stir among animal lovers and activists, The HSUS is very concerned about this site. We have been consistently advising individuals to contact the Internet Service Providers (ISP's) to alert them to the P.A.W. site and to register complaints. However, although Brother Ellis' site has been removed by several ISP's, we are aware that the site continues to reappear on new ISP's.

In response to the complaints we have received, The HSUS has been documenting all information we can gather on Brother Ellis and the P.A.W. website and we are looking into what action can be taken. Please note that due to the large volume of correspondence we have been receiving regarding this site, we can no longer respond to individual inquiries. We ask that you only contact us if you know of a Brother Ellis site appearing on an address other than those listed below or if you have any information regarding Brother Ellis's identity or location.
The current Brother Ellis sites are:
http://www.geocities.com:80/CapitolHill/Parliament/1727/besna.html
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/1727/besna.html
http://homepages.go.com/~besna/besna.html

Please know that we realize how disturbing the content of this site is and we will make a concerted effort to keep you informed of any progress on this matter. In the meantime, we ask again that you please not respond to "Brother Ellis" in any way and please continue to contact the Internet Service Providers hosting the Brother Ellis site. In many cases, the site may be violating the Provider's Usage Agreement and will be removed.


Thank you for your concern,

Julie Shellenberger
Companion Animal Care, HSUS





(LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PERVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (ASPCA))

Dear Ms. Myers,

We at The ASPCA share your anger and concern about the Brother Ellis website, which advocates the killing and eating of companion animals.

While internet technology has made a positive contribution to our society, it has also resulted in the rapid expansion of publicity for individuals who promote animal abuse. This is very troublesome to us at The ASPCA and we are exploring various responses to animal cruelty on the Internet.

Thanks to the active participation of web-users such as yourselves, the above-mentioned website has been forced to shut down and move a number of times. We appreciate your effort in contacting us, and would like to pass to you some general information on how to fight against this and other sites which you may encounter. Unfortunately, new ones appear every day.

In the United States, individuals have the constitutional right to Freedom of Speech and therefore, they may discuss and advocate for animal abuse on the Internet and in other public forums. If they go beyond words and speech and actually practice what they preach, animal cruelty is a crime in every state.

Therefore, The ASPCA encourages concerned citizens to write the various internet service providers which host these websites that advocate animal abuse. You can find the address of the provider by connecting with the following website: http://www.internic.com and inputting the address of the website. We also suggest that you contact local and national media     organizations to make them aware of these sites. Finally, you may want to write the on-line providers with which you regularly do business to encourage them to screen their own sites and not allow websites which promote animal cruelty.

Furthermore, if you have concrete information that the individual has moved beyond words to criminal actions and you know the city in which this web-site creator lives, the most effective response remains with traditional measures. While the ASPCA is a national organization in many     respects, our powers to enforce animal cruelty statutes are limited by law to the State of New York. We care, however, that acts of animal cruelty and neglect be addressed wherever they occur. In this situation, we would urge that you contact any or all of the following organizations and advise them of the facts of the situation:

("local" means based in the area from which the web-site originates)

1) the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and/or Humane Society (which may have the power to enforce animal cruelty laws in the area);

2) the local city/county Health Department/Board of Health (because abuse of animals often involves unsafe or unsanitary conditions for humans);

3) federal, state and local taxing authorities (because operations involving cruelty to animals often operate without filing or paying taxes);

4) local law enforcement officials; and

5) local and national media organizations.

Please feel free to contact us again for support or with additional information. We truly appreciate your concern and efforts on behalf of the welfare of animals.


Sincerely,

The ASPCA Legal Department
424 East 92nd Street
New York, NY 10128
(212) 876-7700 ext. 4551




(LETTER FROM THE PEOPLE FOR ETHNICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS (PETA))



Dear Friend, Thank you so much for your concern for the cats and dogs that "Brother Ellis" encourages individuals to eat on his website for "Brother Ellis Society of North America" (BESNA), formerly know as People Against Waste (PAW). Due to your diligence and efforts, the website has been removed by several internet providers and may face the same fate on his current site.

We share your outrage over the thought of using cats and dogs for human consumption. Fortunately, unlike many other countries where this is common, there are laws in some states in the U.S. prohibiting the use of cats and dogs for food. Unfortunately, other animals just as deserving of consideration are not provided the sameprotection and are kept in horrible conditions on factory farms and trucked off to terrifying slaughterhouses.

Certainly, the use of any animal for food has dire consequences for animal welfare, human health, and the environment.

BESNA illustrates that the solution to alleviating the suffering of the majority of animals is simple: Vegetarianism. As more people become vegetarian, there will be fewer animals suffering, less pollution from animal waste on factory farms, more resources to feed the hungry, and healthier humans as the risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer is reduced. In short, the animals and the earth will be better off.

The website is also a clear illustration of the potential dangers of "free to good home" ads. These ads are found in abundance in the classified section of almost every newspaper. Despite people's good intentions when placing them, these advertisements have proven dangerous to animals. Animal abusers frequently obtain animals through "free to good home" ads. Small animals such as kittens, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, and mice are often obtained through these ads to be fed to snakes or used as bait for training dogs to fight. "Bunchers" sometimes obtain animals through the ads to sell to research laboratories.

We need your help in getting the word out about the perils that can befall animals given away for free. Please contact the classifieds section editor(s) of your local newspaper(s) and ask that they print a warning ad at the top of their "pets" section alerting advertisers to the dangers of "free to good home" ads. In addition, please write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper(s) to alert readers to the dangers of "free to good home" ads and to stress the importance of taking the placement of animals seriously.

You can also help by contacting individuals who place these ads to warn them about the risks and urge them to properly screen potential adopters, charge an adoption fee and use an adoption contract. You can contact us at amyr@peta-online.org for written materials, including sample contracts, to provide to these individuals to help ensure the animal goes to a good home.

Don't forget to urge people to seek help from their local humane society, SPCA or animal shelter when placing animals. Feel free to modify and use our sample letter, or simply give these individuals a friendly call.

If we spread the word of vegetarianism and warn the public about "free to good home" ads, BESNA does not stand a chance, even if it finds a permanent site on the web. We also encourage you to continue to write to internet providers about BESNA and to refrain from visiting the website so that "Brother Ellis" does not get the satisfaction of watching his counter grow.

His current internet provider has a complaint form at the following URL:
http://www.geocities.com/main/info/company/contact/alert_form.html .

Please feel free to contact us for materials on vegetarianism or if you should have any further questions or comments. I can be reached at cema@peta-online.org. Thank you so much for your efforts and keep up the good work.


Sincerely,

Cem Akin
Research Associate
Research, Investigations & Rescue Department PETA

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