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'''NAIA Trust''' is an affiliated [[501(c)(4)]] ''legislative'' branch of the [[National Animal Interest Alliance]], a [[front group]] and industry [[lobbying]] organization for animal commerce and agriculture based in Portland, Oregon. Agendas include; : financial interests, legislation and legislative issues as well as public perception related to animal agribusiness, sports, blood sports, entertainment, commercial breeding, hunting, fishing, trapping, fur ranching and , [[animal testing]]and animals in entertainment. <ref>National Animal Interest Alliance [http://www.naiaonline.org/resources/links.htm Sites of interest], accessed February January 2009</ref> This branch of the NAIA appears to be primarily focused on legislative opposition to humane welfare laws and regulations concerning breeders, pet stores and research facilities.
== Lobbying against humane legislation ==
According to its website, the NAIA Trusts' ''mission'' is to ''promote animal welfare and safeguard the rights of responsible animal owners''. This includes ''sounding the alarm'' about threats to the ''human-animal bond'' by ''people who mistreat animals and by [[animal rights]] and environmental zealots.'' The NAIA Trust counters ''misinformation'' of the environmental and animal rights movement. <ref>NAIA Trust [http://www.naiatrust.org/index.htm Welcome to NAIA Trust], accessed February 2009</ref>
In fact, NAIA keeps careful track of humane animal welfare legislation being proposed across the country. <ref>NAIA Trust [http://www.naiatrust.org/gov/index.htm Legislative Corner], accessed February 2009</ref>, <ref>NAIA Trust [http://www.naiatrust.org/gov/leg_by_state.html State, County, Municipal Bills Pending: Listed by State], accessed Febrary 2009</ref> The NAIA lobbies in the interests of its clients and ''members'' in industry and commerce. <ref>NAIA [http://www.naiaonline.org/resources/links.htm Sites of Interest], accessed December 2008</ref> The NAIA Trust opposes legal oversight, standards, guidelines and progressive legislation regarding animals which include: opposition to spay/neuter, breeder licensing, breeding restrictions and standards. The NAIA endorses inhumane and unnecessary surgical procedures such as tail docking, ear cropping, debarking and declawing. The NAIA supports animal agribusiness, factory farming, foie gras, commercial breeding, hunting, fishing, trapping, fur ranching, [[animal testing]], pound seizure, horse slaughter, and animals in entertainment. It also supports horse slaughter, factory farming, vivisection, pound seizure and the fur industry as well as [[Puppy Mills]]. See also [[National Animal Interest Alliance]], sections 2 through 5.
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