1. promotes an animal rights philosophy under the cover of compassion and respect for animals and humans.

2. attempts to present animal rights as a mainstream belief system by grouping it with such universally held concerns as human rights violations, genocide, slavery and the Holocaust.

3. attempts to place this animal rights philosophy on the same level as important civil rights movements of the past, when in actuality the philosophy of animal rights reduces and restricts the rights of humans.

4. would allow an opening for animal and Earth "liberation" propaganda to infiltrate California schools without critical review and under the guise of "compassion".

5. requires materials to be used in the schools as content background and resources for instructional materials to promote compassion and respect for animals. Such a loose definition could evade rigorous content standards now in place for textbooks used in classrooms (www.cde.ca.gov/standards) circumventing the process designed to protect our children from propaganda.

6. would require schools to source materials from groups offering "humane education" materials. Since all such "humane education" programs are controlled by animal rights groups opposing virtually all use and ownership of animals, California taxpayers would be forced to underwrite such corporations as the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education program, www.nahee.org, a subsidiary of the Humane Society of the United States (assets $90 million, income $60 million) or the National Humane Education Society, www.nhes.org (assets $5 million, income $7 million).

7. would fund, with taxpayer dollars, animals rights-focused corporations, offering them free promotion, creating a multi-million dollar conduit for advancing their agenda through our children.

8. would require a massive counter campaign by California citizens, businesses and institutions raising animals for food, fiber, research, protection, companionship, etc.

9. would promote a curriculum that is anti-science, anti-wildlife management and anti-animal husbandry.

In short, SB 811 is an attempt to force California schools to underwrite the costs of programs run by extreme groups promoting animal "rights" philosophy. SB 811 is selling a product that taxpayers should not be forced to buy and our children should not be forced to consume.