Readers of World Dairy Diary, please be aware of the agenda of the Human Society of the United States (HSUS), and be sure to pass the message along to your friends.
A full-page ad from HumaneWatch.org, a watchdog project of the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), appeared in this Sunday’s New York Times, criticizing the recent claim of Wayne Pacelle, the President of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), that convicted dog abuser Michael Vick “would do a good job as a pet owner.” The ad condemns HSUS for supporting the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback’s ownership of dogs and urges all recurring HSUS donors to cancel their memberships and stop giving to the organization. The ad ran this past Sunday as the Eagles suited up against the Giants in the Meadowlands.
HumaneWatch.org points to the Eagles’ $50,000 donation to HSUS in 2010 as one possible motivation for Pacelle’s indefensible suggestion that Vick should be allowed to own more dogs. Despite the words “humane society” in its name, HSUS is not affiliated with local humane societies anywhere in America. It spends tens of millions every year supporting a staff of more than 700, lobbyists in all 50 states, and an $11 million executive pension plan. Yet during the past two years, HSUS shared less than 1 percent of its money with hands-on pet shelters.
“It’s absolutely shocking that the leader of America’s biggest animal rights group would side with a convicted dog fighting felon instead of with helpless pets,” said David Martosko, CCF’s Director of Research and the editor of HumaneWatch.org.
Within 24 hours of Michael Vick’s arrest for running a Virginia dog fighting ring, HSUS began raising money online to “care for the dogs seized” at Vick’s home. Wayne Pacelle later admitted to The New York Times that HSUS was not caring for the dogs. Pacelle also recommended that officials “put down” (kill) the animals. Despite HSUS’s wishes, most of those dogs have since been successfully rehabilitated.
The ad reads:
The Eagles wrote the Humane Society of the U.S. a GIANT check. Guess who now says Michael Vick can own a dog? The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has lost all credibility.
The Philadelphia Eagles made a $50,000 donation to HSUS this year. And now the animal rights group’s leader says Eagles’ quarterback Michael Vick should be allowed to own dogs again.
Michael Vick was a dog fighting kingpin. He went to federal prison for participating in the unbelievably cruel deaths of (at least) eight dogs. Encouraging him to own more animals makes as much sense as hiring a bank robber to be a security guard.
If you donate monthly to HSUS and you’re disgusted by the organization’s willingness to trade its principles for money, contact HSUS’s Membership Department at 1-866-720-2676 to cancel your pledge.
It’s critically important to support pet shelters in your own community, but HSUS isn’t affiliated with any real “humane societies.” Hands-on pet shelters typically share in less than 1% of the money HSUS raises.
Source: Dairy Herd Management
18 Comments on “Ad Urges HSUS Members to Stop Donations”
I can’t believe you would even think twice about letting Vick own another animal. If this happens I will stop all donations to HSUS and I will tell friends to do the same. People like Vick never change. Those dog’s suffered and died a cruel way and no other animal should be subjected to that again and I believe if you let Vick have another animal it will happen again. Shame on HSUS for even thinking about doing that.
I can’t believe you would even think twice about letting Vick own another animal. If this happens I will stop all donations to HSUS and I will tell friends to do the same. People like Vick never change. Those dog’s suffered and died a cruel way and no other animal should be subjected to that again and I believe if you let Vick have another animal it will happen again. Shame on HSUS for even thinking about doing that.
I can’t believe you would even think twice about letting Vick own another animal. If this happens I will stop all donations to HSUS and I will tell friends to do the same. People like Vick never change. Those dog’s suffered and died a cruel way and no other animal should be subjected to that again and I believe if you let Vick have another animal it will happen again. Shame on HSUS for even thinking about doing that.
Nice blog post regarding the Eagles donating money to HSUS and then the seeming quid-pro-quo response. My question to you, is since you are such an animal lover, where do you stand on the dairy industry supporting the veal industry and the extreme cruelty shown to calves? Perhaps you should also address this topic on your blog… Or maybe the pharmaceutical industry’s extreme cruelty to pregnant horses from which they extract (torturously), urine in order to make Premarin? And the foals they leave to die in the snow? I look forward to reading such articles. Thank you.
Nice blog post regarding the Eagles donating money to HSUS and then the seeming quid-pro-quo response. My question to you, is since you are such an animal lover, where do you stand on the dairy industry supporting the veal industry and the extreme cruelty shown to calves? Perhaps you should also address this topic on your blog… Or maybe the pharmaceutical industry’s extreme cruelty to pregnant horses from which they extract (torturously), urine in order to make Premarin? And the foals they leave to die in the snow? I look forward to reading such articles. Thank you.
Nice blog post regarding the Eagles donating money to HSUS and then the seeming quid-pro-quo response. My question to you, is since you are such an animal lover, where do you stand on the dairy industry supporting the veal industry and the extreme cruelty shown to calves? Perhaps you should also address this topic on your blog… Or maybe the pharmaceutical industry’s extreme cruelty to pregnant horses from which they extract (torturously), urine in order to make Premarin? And the foals they leave to die in the snow? I look forward to reading such articles. Thank you.
michael vick should never,ever be able to own ANY animal again unless it’s a komodo dragon!
michael vick should never,ever be able to own ANY animal again unless it’s a komodo dragon!
michael vick should never,ever be able to own ANY animal again unless it’s a komodo dragon!
I hope all the readers know that Center for Consumer Freedom, is run by the the same person/s who ran another PR group that attempted to close down Mothers Against Drunk Drivers MADD and used similar tactics while working for the tobacco industry to promote tobacco use.
Local humane societies, one of which I work, have an increasing problem housing stray cats and dogs. Animal cruelty complaints, of all animals from chickens to cows, overwhelm phone lines.
We need to get to the root causes of these problems and that is what HSUS job is. We commend them!
The HSUS does more to help animals than any other group by getting to the root problems which can only be dealt with at state and federal levels.
I hope all the readers know that Center for Consumer Freedom, is run by the the same person/s who ran another PR group that attempted to close down Mothers Against Drunk Drivers MADD and used similar tactics while working for the tobacco industry to promote tobacco use.
Local humane societies, one of which I work, have an increasing problem housing stray cats and dogs. Animal cruelty complaints, of all animals from chickens to cows, overwhelm phone lines.
We need to get to the root causes of these problems and that is what HSUS job is. We commend them!
The HSUS does more to help animals than any other group by getting to the root problems which can only be dealt with at state and federal levels.
I hope all the readers know that Center for Consumer Freedom, is run by the the same person/s who ran another PR group that attempted to close down Mothers Against Drunk Drivers MADD and used similar tactics while working for the tobacco industry to promote tobacco use.
Local humane societies, one of which I work, have an increasing problem housing stray cats and dogs. Animal cruelty complaints, of all animals from chickens to cows, overwhelm phone lines.
We need to get to the root causes of these problems and that is what HSUS job is. We commend them!
The HSUS does more to help animals than any other group by getting to the root problems which can only be dealt with at state and federal levels.
You can say over and over agin them same old lies about hsus being so wonderful, but we know the truth and you will never change our minds about the crimial activities of the hsus, they should spend time behind bars where they belong!! Anybody that tries to take my hound hunting, my meat, fishing, trapping, away from me,
is hated from the bottom of my heart. Don’t tell us how good hsus is we don’t buy it!
You can say over and over agin them same old lies about hsus being so wonderful, but we know the truth and you will never change our minds about the crimial activities of the hsus, they should spend time behind bars where they belong!! Anybody that tries to take my hound hunting, my meat, fishing, trapping, away from me,
is hated from the bottom of my heart. Don’t tell us how good hsus is we don’t buy it!
You can say over and over agin them same old lies about hsus being so wonderful, but we know the truth and you will never change our minds about the crimial activities of the hsus, they should spend time behind bars where they belong!! Anybody that tries to take my hound hunting, my meat, fishing, trapping, away from me,
is hated from the bottom of my heart. Don’t tell us how good hsus is we don’t buy it!
HSUS just seized 44 dogs from Alabama and dropped them off in high kill shelters. Some of the dogs were killed in a gas chamber within days. HSUS did nothing to save those dogs, or stop their killing. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
Want more? Google “Wilkes County Massacre” to see HSUS demand that puppies in foster homes be killed. All of the fostered pups from this case were killed. Puppies. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
Want more? HSUS illegally took Dan Christensen’s dogs and dumped them in unsanitary conditions where many of the young dogs and puppies caught preventable diseases and died. HSUS apparently did not bother to vaccinate. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
There are many, many, many, many more cases where animals that went through HSUS hands ended up dead. That is hardly help CKing.
HSUS just seized 44 dogs from Alabama and dropped them off in high kill shelters. Some of the dogs were killed in a gas chamber within days. HSUS did nothing to save those dogs, or stop their killing. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
Want more? Google “Wilkes County Massacre” to see HSUS demand that puppies in foster homes be killed. All of the fostered pups from this case were killed. Puppies. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
Want more? HSUS illegally took Dan Christensen’s dogs and dumped them in unsanitary conditions where many of the young dogs and puppies caught preventable diseases and died. HSUS apparently did not bother to vaccinate. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
There are many, many, many, many more cases where animals that went through HSUS hands ended up dead. That is hardly help CKing.
HSUS just seized 44 dogs from Alabama and dropped them off in high kill shelters. Some of the dogs were killed in a gas chamber within days. HSUS did nothing to save those dogs, or stop their killing. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
Want more? Google “Wilkes County Massacre” to see HSUS demand that puppies in foster homes be killed. All of the fostered pups from this case were killed. Puppies. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
Want more? HSUS illegally took Dan Christensen’s dogs and dumped them in unsanitary conditions where many of the young dogs and puppies caught preventable diseases and died. HSUS apparently did not bother to vaccinate. Are those some of the animals that HSUS “helped” CKing?
There are many, many, many, many more cases where animals that went through HSUS hands ended up dead. That is hardly help CKing.