Purpose in the Bylaws

By Jonathan Whitcomb

Here is the specific purpose of Animal Discovery (AD) in the Bylaws, as of May 4, 2021:

One aspect of the mission of AD is to inform the public about the existence, or potential existence, of apparent living animals or birds that to many Western scientists were unknown, or unacknowledged as extant species, at the end of the twentieth century. Such apparent or potential animals and birds are hereafter referred to in these Bylaws as “cryptids”.

Another part of the mission of AD is to promote the public’s open-minded consideration of reports from eyewitnesses, or possible eyewitnesses, of cryptids, and to analyze and publicize what we have learned from both eyewitness reports of cryptids and other sources.

Another purpose of AD is to promote expeditions and other searches that may result in photographing or videotaping cryptids or may result in learning about cryptids, especially through interviewing eyewitnesses or possible eyewitnesses.

Another part of the mission of AD is to protect people, farm animals, and pets from individual cryptids that are dangerous or may be dangerous and to protect cryptids that are not dangerous or that may not be dangerous.

At least at the beginning of the existence of AD, the principal cryptids of interest will be apparent non-extinct pterosaurs, flying creatures that are often called, in many Western countries, “pterodactyls”.

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