[ SHOWGSD-L ] Animal Rights Group Dupes Donors Into Believing It Takes Care of Animals

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  • Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:16:11 EDT


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cory Johnson (614) 888-4868 
ext. 214

May 8, 2008 Sharon Hayden (614) 
888-4868 ext. 226

Animal Rights Group Dupes Donors Into Believing It Takes Care of Animals

(Columbus) - When regional retailer, Meijer, received pressure from 
sportsmen to sever ties with the animal rights extremists in the Humane 
Society of the Unites States (HSUS), some questioned why the U.S. 
Sportsmenâ??s Alliance (USSA) acted to oppose the partnership.

â??Most people simply donâ??t know that the HSUS is actually an animal 
rights organization that is opposed to any use of animals for the 
benefit of humans,â?? said USSA president and CEO Bud Pidgeon. â??The 
public deserves to know the hidden agenda behind this is to deceive them.â??

On April 24, 2008, HSUS, the worldâ??s largest animal rights organization, 
announced a partnership with Meijer, a regional discount retail chain to 
raise $5,000 for the organizationâ??s fund to address the purported 
problem of abandoned pets as a result of the national home foreclosure 
crisis.

The USSA, a national organization founded to protect the rights of 
sportsmen, responded with an alert asking hunters to contact the 
retailer to protest the partnership. Meijer quickly responded by 
canceling the arrangement. Since that time, some animal welfare 
activists have questioned why USSA would oppose a partnership alleged to 
benefit pets.

The Washington DC-based HSUS, raised $100 million dollars according to 
its 2006 IRS filing. Despite a name that seems tailor made to animal 
shelters, HSUS is in fact an animal rights organization. Its main 
function is to change laws that permit Americans to gain any benefit 
from animals. It advocates for restrictions on livestock farmers, bans 
on life-saving medical research performed on animals and opposes zoos, 
circuses and rodeos. Of course HSUS also opposes hunting. The HSUS 
does not operate or represent the local dog and cat shelters that exist 
across the United States.

â??With a name like the Humane Society of the United States, itâ??s easy to 
see why some people believe that there is a connection between it and 
local animal shelters, which struggle every year to make ends meet,â?? 
explained Pidgeon. â??HSUS spends the bulk of its money on making 
contributions to politicians, lobbying, lawyers and expensive 30-second 
advertisements to promote voter issues aimed at banning various uses of 
animals.â??

The Humane Society uses campaigns, such as the Meijer campaign, as a 
public relations tool to help it raise its $100 million dollar war chest 
for its animal rights crusade. Evidence of this is contained within its 
leadership. Wayne Pacelle, CEO of the organization, is the former 
executive director of the Fund for Animals, which was the nationâ??s 
leading anti-hunting group. Upon accepting the executive job at HSUS, 
Pacelle announced a merger with the Fund for Animals and quickly hired 
its most ardent hunting opponents as his top management staff.

The HSUS then swallowed several anti-livestock organizations, hiring 
their leadership as well. Its takeover of the Doris Day Animal League 
has given it access to Hollywood dollars, previously the home turf of 
the radical People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Unlike PETA, however, Pacelle and HSUS are not interested in making a 
large public relations spectacle using naked models or making outrageous 
statements comparing the Holocaust to the slaughter of chickens. 
Instead, HSUS has launched a series of campaigns that put it in a 
positive light with animal lovers in general.

Such was the case in 2005, when HSUS created a fund to aid animals 
stranded as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Later, the Louisiana 
Attorney Generalâ??s office launched an investigation of HSUS when 
allegations surfaced that the money never made it to the pets in need.

In 2007 it launched a campaign to address the issue of so-called â??puppy 
mills,â?? abusive large-scale commercial dog breeding operations. Using 
sentimental images of suffering puppies, the organization is backing 
legislation in Pennsylvania that would devastate small hobby breeders, 
dog show kennels and sporting dog enthusiasts. The legislation is so 
radical that it has been opposed by the American Kennel Club, United 
Kennel Club and even dog rescue shelters in the state.

â??Taking advantage of the American peopleâ??s love for their pets, HSUS is 
able to deceive donors and the public into believing that the 
organization is in the mainstream of American values,â?? said Pidgeon. 
â??It is this mainstream image that allows HSUS to raise its 100 million 
dollar budget to take our hunting and fishing rights away. At the same 
time, by deceiving animal lovers, HSUS robs financially strapped dog and 
cat shelters of critical funds needed to actually look after abandoned 
and abused pets.â??

The U.S. Sportsmenâ??s Alliance recommends that people who want to help 
real animal shelters give to their local shelter organizations.

â??Some animal rights groups masquerade as pet shelters, so donating to a 
local organization gives the contributor the opportunity to determine 
how their funds will actually be spent,â?? said Pidgeon.

The U.S. Sportsmenâ??s Alliance is a national association of sportsmen and 
sportsmenâ??s organizations that protects the rights of hunters, anglers 
and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and 
through public education programs. For more information about the U.S. 
Sportsmenâ??s Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its 
website, www.ussportsmen.org.



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