{{Short description|American animal welfare advocate}} {{Infobox person | name = Patti Strand | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | citizenship = American | occupation = President of National Animal Interest Alliance | spouse = Rod Strand | website = {{URL|https://naiaonline.org/}} }}
'''Patti Strand''' is the founder of the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA), a broad-based, mainstream, nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to encouraging high standards of animal care and treatment, and to preserving the human animal bond.<ref>[http://www.naiaonline.org/about-us/mission-statements/ "About NAIA - Mission Statements"], National Animal Interest Alliance Official Website</ref> She is an author of books and articles and has served on numerous local, state and federal animal welfare advisory boards, committees and task force bodies.<ref>[http://www.naiaonline.org/about-us/board-members/ "NAIA Board Members"], Patti Strand Bio</ref>
== Background == Her articles and views on animal welfare and public policy have appeared in a wide variety of trade, professional and scientific magazines and lay publications, ranging from the Los Angeles Times,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-aug-14-et-humaneside14-story.html | title= Stirring up animal passions' | website= Los Angeles Times | date= 14 August 2004 | access-date = August 14, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-06-adna-tigers6-story.html | title= Big Cats Big Problems as Pets' | website= Los Angeles Times | date= 6 March 2005 | access-date = March 6, 2005}}</ref> USA Today<ref>{{cite web | url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-01-30-dogs-usat_x.htm | title= More cities importing pound puppies' | accessdate = January 30, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-21-dog-imports_N.htm | title= Dog imports raise fears of a resurgence of disease' | accessdate = October 21, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/21/phoenix-puppy-mills-lawsuit/12964459/ | title= Pet shop owners challenge Phoenix's puppy mill law' | website= USA Today | accessdate = July 21, 2014}}</ref> and the Washington Post<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50953-2004Aug8.html | title= Vegan in The Henhouse - Putting Animals On (and Off) The Table' | newspaper= The Washington Post | accessdate = August 9, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50369-2004May23_2.html | title= Doggone! Gene Research Leads to Surprises for Dog Lovers' | newspaper= The Washington Post | accessdate = May 24, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42608-2004May20_2.html?sections=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation | title= Shar-Peis, Huskies Are Closest to Wolves' | newspaper= The Washington Post | accessdate = May 20, 2004}}</ref> to the AKC Gazette, Veterinary Forum, Wall Street Journal and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
She has been a guest expert and panelist on dozens of radio talk shows including National Public Radio,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.npr.org/2014/12/31/374218425/no-kill-shelters-save-millions-of-unwanted-pets-but-not-all-of-them | title= No-Kill Shelters Save Millions Of Unwanted Pets — But Not All Of Them' | website= NPR | accessdate = December 31, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.npr.org/2015/01/01/374257591/with-rescue-dogs-in-demand-more-shelters-look-far-afield-for-fido | title= With Rescue Dogs In Demand, More Shelters Look Far Afield For Fido' | website= NPR | accessdate = January 1, 2015}}</ref> the BBC<ref>{{cite news | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4020235.stm | title= How animal rights took on the world' | date= 18 November 2004 | access-date = November 18, 2004}}</ref> and CBC; TV news shows including NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.foxnews.com/story/study-dogs-understand-human-language | title= Study: Dogs Understand Human Language' | website= Fox News | access-date = June 10, 2004}}</ref> and has been a featured speaker at conferences for zoos, state and national veterinary groups, physician groups, lab animal scientists, kennel clubs<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=9U_6kCWbIA4 | title= American Kennel Club. "AKC Breeder to Breeder Symposium: Patti Strand on Mentoring Puppy Buyers and Managing Stud Dogs on Youtube"' | website= YouTube | date= 4 February 2014 | accessdate = February 4, 2014}}</ref> and federations; and agricultural, hunting and humane associations.
==Works and achievements== Patti Strand is actively involved in numerous animal organizations and some of her contributions and achievements are: * Member of the American Kennel Club board of directors, 1995–2011<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.akc.org/press-center/press-releases/akc-announces-board-of-directors-election-results-3/ | title= AKC ANNOUNCES BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION RESULTS' | accessdate = March 14, 2007}}</ref> * Appointed by three consecutive US Secretaries of Agriculture to the National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee (NWSAC).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdamediafb?contentid=2004/06/0245.xml&printable=true&contentidonly=true | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012448/http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdamediafb?contentid=2004/06/0245.xml&printable=true&contentidonly=true | url-status = dead | archive-date = March 5, 2016 | title= Veneman Appoints Members to National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee' | accessdate = June 18, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://judicialview.com/News/Environmental/USDA-APPOINTS-NATIONAL-WILDLIFE-SERVICES-ADVISORY-COMMITTEE-MEMBERS/24/3371 | title= USDA APPOINTS NATIONAL WILDLIFE SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS' | accessdate = June 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/newsroom/news/sa_news/sa_by_date/sa_2006/sa_06/ct_wsnominee/!ut/p/a0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOK9_D2MDJ0MjDzdXUyMDTzdPA2cAtz8jT1dTPULsh0VAbiDHEw!/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906190251/https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/newsroom/news/sa_news/sa_by_date/sa_2006/sa_06/ct_wsnominee/!ut/p/a0/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOK9_D2MDJ0MjDzdXUyMDTzdPA2cAtz8jT1dTPULsh0VAbiDHEw!/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 6, 2015 | title= USDA APPOINTS NATIONAL WILDLIFE SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS' | accessdate = July 23, 2015}}</ref> * "Dogdom's Woman of the Year" and Fido Award winner, the sport of dogs top award, in 1993. The award was given for her advocacy for responsible dog ownership and breeding. * Author of numerous articles on dogs and animal issues including: Co-authoring the 1995 book, ''An Owner's Guide to the Dalmatian''; and the 1992 book, ''The Hijacking of the Humane Movement: Animal Extremism'', first book published in the US about animal rights extremism. Source book on the subject, featured at the 1993 National Conference of State Legislatures as a key resource for understanding contemporary animal issues. * Featured speaker on national radio and television shows and at national conferences for the AVMA, for humane, medical, livestock and conservation associations, for boarding kennels and dog trainers and for AKC clubs and federations. * President of NAIA which she co-founded in 1991. NAIA role is to promote responsible animal ownership and use, and to counter the misinformation of radical animal rights fundraising groups. NAIA is a leading media resource for all issues related to animals, animal welfare, animal rights and public policy.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.naiaonline.org/naia-library/articles/ | title= NAIA Online Library Resource - Compendium of Animal Welfare Articles, Animal Rights Articles, Animal Issues Articles' | accessdate = August 4, 2015 }}</ref> * Founded NAIA Trust in 2001. NAIA Trust is the legislative counterpart to NAIA.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.naiatrust.org/about-us/ | title= NAIA Trust Official Website- About the NAIA Trust' | accessdate = August 4, 2015 }}</ref> NAIA Trust has tracked between 700 and 1000 bills during each of the last 4 years, actively working more than 100 of them and achieving success on the overwhelming majority of those bills. * Dalmatian breeder with her husband Rod since 1969 under the kennel name Merry-Go-Round (MGR),<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.merrygorounddalmatians.com | title= Merry Go Round Dalmatians Website' | accessdate = August 4, 2015 }}</ref> owning, breeding the top winning Dalmatian of all time (Westminster Group I winner) and others including numerous group, specialty, Top 10 and Best in Show winners. Good temperament, health and sound movement have been their top priorities throughout the development of their bloodline.
==Criticism of animal rights==
Strand is a critic of animal rights and has argued that the humane movement has been highjacked by animal rights extremists, "whose priority is neither the humane care of animals nor the prevention of cruelty to animals, but instead, the promotion of a revolutionary value system which redefined man’s relationship with animals. Animal rightists want to end man’s use of animals altogether."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.naiaonline.org/articles/article/animal-rights-the-history-and-nature-of-the-beast | title= Animal Rights: The History and Nature of the Beast' | accessdate = February 16, 2012 }}</ref>
In 1993, Strand co-authored ''Animal Rights and Wrongs: The Hijacking of the Humane Movement'', which argues that the animal rights movement is an anti-democratic new age cult that seeks to eliminate man's total use of animal's including pets and private property.<ref name="Herzog 1993">{{cite journal|author=Herzog, Harold|year=1993|title=Animal Rights and Wrongs|journal=Science|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.262.5141.1906|volume=262|issue=5141|pages=1906–1908|doi=10.1126/science.262.5141.1906|pmid=17829635 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> A criticism of the book is that Strand ignored the diversity of opinion amongst animal rights activists and failed to distinguish the animal rights movement from the environmental movement.<ref name="Herzog 1993"/> Adrian R. Morrison a noted proponent of animal experimentation defended the book.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Morrison, Adrian R.|year=1994|title=Animal Rights and Radical Politics|journal=Science|volume=264|issue=5150|pages=1073–1075|doi=10.1126/science.263.5150.1073 |jstor=2883395|bibcode=1994Sci...263.1073M }}</ref>
==Selected publications==
*''Animal Rights and Wrongs: The Hijacking of the Humane Movement'' (1993) *''The Dalmatian: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet'' (2007)
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