The Ohio Association of Animal Owners is currently a 13,000+
member
organization in Ohio that has a three-fold mission:
1. Protect the rights of animal owners;
2. Aid in securing fair regulations and legislation;
3. Educate animal owners in their responsibilities to
animal care and
public safety
The OAAO supports the responsible use of animals
and animal products.
Formed in March 1990, OAAO's membership is comprised
of people from every
aspect of the animal business: farmers, exotic animal
owners, educators and
exhibitors, dealers, medical researchers, pet stores,
capture/transport
specialists, game ranchers, and pet owners. The organization
first formed
in direct response to animal rights legislation being
sponsored by Senator
Charles Horn from Montgomery County, Ohio, which would
have prohibited
private ownership of "potentially dangerous" animals.
The list of
potentially dangerous animals included pygmy goats and
exotic goldfish!
OAAO managed to defeat the bill and has been successful
in defeating every
single animal rights bill, without exception, since that
time.
OAAO is regarded at the Statehouse as being an
organization that is not
necessarily huge, but is painfully honest. Politically
incorrect at times,
OAAO does not play the political game of "I'll
give you this if you give me
that". OAAO does not believe in bargaining away
the rights of one group of
animal owners in order to safeguard the rights of another.
OAAO
members
stick together and do their best to encourage other animal
interest groups
to do the same.
For a list of accomplishments the OAAO has made in the last 10 years -
For more information on the OAAO:
OAAO
P. O. Box 175
Pleasant Hill, OH 45359
Ph: (937) 676-2058
email: oaao@erinet.com