March 28, 2014
1) HSUS scams Americans out of millions of dollars through manipulative and deceptive advertising. An analysis of HSUS’s TV fundraising appeals that ran between January 2009 and September 2011 determined that more than 85 percent of the animals shown were cats and dogs. However, HSUS doesn’t run a single pet shelter and only gives 1 percent of the money it raises to pet shelters, and it has spent millions on anti-farming and anti-hunting political campaigns. 2) Six Members of Congress have called for a federal investigation of HSUS. In April 2011, six Congressmen wrote the IRS Inspector General showing concerns over HSUS’s attempts to influence public policy, which they believe has “brought into question [HSUS’s] tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status.” 3) HSUS’s own donors feel deceived. A 2012 poll of over 1,000 self-identified HSUS donors found that 80 percent of HSUS’s own donors think the group “misleads people into thinking that it supports local humane societies and pet shelters.” A second poll, conducted last year, found that 84% of donors think “HSUS misleads people into thinking that it supports local humane societies and pet shelters.” 4) HSUS receives poor charity-evaluation marks. CharityWatch (formerly the American Institute of Philanthropy) has issued several “D” ratings for HSUS in recent years over the group’s wasteful spending practices. CharityWatch , finding that HSUS spends as little as 50 percent of its budget on its programs. CharityWatch now gives HSUS a “C-minus” grade for being slightly less wasteful. Additionally, the 2013 Animal People News Watchdog Report discovered that HSUS spends 55 percent of its budget on overhead costs. 5) HSUS regularly contributes more to its own pension plan than it does to pet shelters. An analysis of HSUS’s tax returns determined that HSUS funneled $16.3 million to its executive pension plan between 1998 and 2009—over $1 million more than HSUS gave to pet shelters during that period. 6) The pet sheltering community believes HSUS misleads Americans. According to a nationally representative poll of 400 animal shelters, rescues, and animal control agencies, 71 percent agree that “HSUS misleads people into thinking it is associated with local animal shelters.” Additionally, 79 percent agree that HSUS is “a good source of confusion for a lot of our donors.” 7) While it raises money with pictures of cats and dogs, HSUS has an anti-meat vegan agenda. Speaking to an animal rights conference in 2006, HSUS’s then vice president for farm animal issues stated that HSUS’s goal is to “get rid of the entire [animal agriculture] industry” and that “we don’t want any of these animals to be raised and killed [for food].” 8) Given the massive size of its budget, HSUS does relatively little hands-on care for animals. While HSUS claims it “saves” more animals than any other animal protection group in the US, most of the “care” HSUS provides is in the form of spay-neuter assistance. In fact, local groups that operate on considerably slimmer budgets, such as the Houston SPCA, provide direct care to more animals than HSUS does. 9) HSUS’s CEO has said that convicted dogfighting kingpin Michael Vick “would do a good job as a pet owner.” Following Vick’s release from prison, HSUS has helped “rehabilitate” Michael Vick’s public image. Of course, a $50,000 “grant” from the Philadelphia Eagles didn’t hurt. 10) HSUS’s senior management includes a former spokesman for the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a criminal group designated as “terrorists” by the FBI. HSUS president Wayne Pacelle hired John “J.P.” Goodwin in 1997, the same year Goodwin described himself as “spokesperson for the ALF” while he fielded media calls in the wake of an ALF arson attack at a California meat processing plant. In 1997, when asked by reporters for a reaction to an ALF arson fire at a farmer’s feed co-op in Utah (which nearly killed a family sleeping on the premises), Goodwin replied, “We’re ecstatic.” 11) HSUS’s senior management includes others who have voiced support for terroristic acts. HSUS chief policy officer Mike Markarian has written that “A perfect example of effective rebellion is an Animal Liberation Front raid on a laboratory.” HSUS food policy director Matt Prescott, meanwhile, has written that “I also believe in the actions of the ALF and other such groups.” (Prescott is a former PETA activist.) 12) HSUS is being sued under federal racketeering law. Feld Entertainment sued HSUS and two of its in-house lawyers under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act for allegedly participating in a scheme to pay a witness who lied in court. Court documents indicate that HSUS sent at least four payments to one of the witness-paying vehicles in the alleged scheme. 13) CharityWatch found that HSUS violated IRS rules for three years. The watchdog group pointed out in its Fall 2013 issue that HSUS had improperly inflated its revenue. HSUS has since revised its revenue figures. |
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Top 10 most popular cat breeds
Cat breeders in ancient times
OKLAHOMA cop shoots and kills family dog says it was awesome.
March 22, 2014
Warning: This is graphic
http://www.infowars.com/oklahoma-cop-shoots-kills-family-dog-says-it-was-awesome/
TENNESSEE puppy mill law set to expire
March 14, 2014
CDT Stream WZTV Fox 17 Newscasts
A law that was passed in 2010 created a state regulatory agency that local
law enforcement agencies could call for expertise when inspecting commercial
kennels, with the aim of putting an end to puppy mills.
The law is set to expire and supporters say it’s because it’s too costly……Leighann Lassiter, U.S. Humane Society’s Tennessee State director said,”
It created a state regulatory agency that local law enforcement agencies
could call on to use their expertise and all of their knowledge in
inspecting these commercial kennels.”…
USDA/APHIS update
March 19, 2014
There is an update on the KODA website dated today, March 19, 2014, “Setting the Record Straight”:
http://www.keepourdomesticanimals.com/
OKLAHOMA attorney general calling out HSUS on tornado donations
March 18, 2014
OKLAHOMA issues consumer alert against HSUS
March 17, 2014
http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-national.php?Id=601&yr=2014
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt issued a consumer alert against the
Humane Society of the United States last week just hours before an organization with a history of antagonism toward the animal rights group
launched a week-long advertising campaign in the state. According to the
Tulsa World, the Center for Consumer Freedom announced its advertising buy
with a press release praising Pruitt and alleging “The Humane Society of the United States deceives donors with tear-jerking and manipulative images of dogs and cats, and then funnels the money to push a radical animal liberation agenda aimed at attacking farmers.”
Pruitt said he had no advance knowledge of the ad campaign and that it is
coincidental with his consumer alert. The alert says the attorney general’s
office has received complaints that HSUS misled donors after last year’s
Moore tornadoes by telling them their money would go to help local shelters
and dislocated animals….
Bayer healthcare launches new flea and tick treatments
LOUISIANA, Feds dismiss animal rights activist’s claim about UL research center
LA: Feds dismiss animal right activist’s claim about UL research center
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20140314/NEWS01/303140014/Feds-dismiss-
animal-right-activist-s-claim-about-UL-research-center?nclick_check=1
Feds dismiss animal right activist’s claim about UL research center
Mar. 14, 2014 |
Staff report
The National Institutes of Health and the USDA have dismissed an animal rights activist’s latest complaints about the treatment of some primates at the New Iberia Research Center.
In January, Michael Budkie of Stop Animal Exploitation Now called for a federal investigation of injuries to three African green monkeys and the deaths of two chimpanzees in 2012, and a baby rhesus monkey in 2013.
But a statement by the National Institutes of Health, released March 6, said the events Budkie cited are not current.
“These events have been managed by the institutions as required by the PHS (Public Health Service) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, reviewed by the OLAW (NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare), and the cases are closed.
“These institutions are in good standing with OLAW and in keeping with the requirement for self-reporting, will report to OLAW any noncompliance with the relevant policies and regulations involving research animals, should they arise,” it says….