They were disinvited:-) They did put out an appeal, saying their "experts" were ready to help, but I have learned that they are hiring local people, helping the economy. and "The Humane Society of the United States -- with a history of more than 30 years in disaster relief work, including some oil spills -- has pledged to the lead agencies that we stand ready to help as the situation in the Gulf region unfolds. But they aren't being asked. So they sent 12 Tons of Mars, Humane Choice Pet Food there. This is the VEGETARIAN dog food that they have been pushing and not selling. Stormy On Jun 8, 2010, at 10:16 AM, BAERENTATZE312@xxxxxxx wrote: > In a message dated 6/8/2010 11:49:18 AM Central Daylight Time, > shephaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > The thing that I have not heard mentioned, what with the terrible > mess the birds and animals are in down there is PETA, HSUS and other > outfits > like them. > Wouldn't you think with all the money these people rake in that they > would > be able to moblize thousands of people to jump right in and help > these poor > creatures. > What an opportunity for these people to show that they are really > interested > in the animals and not just the money. Where are they when they are > really > needed. > Probably out trying to raise more money. Just a thought. > Wayne > Wayne Ewart > Lynne Gibson > > Unfortunately these organizations are ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS not animal > WELFARE. They use animals as a means to an end, they are only > interested in the > money they can solicit from people whom they bamboozel with their > falsehoods > of caring for the animals. I'm am surprised though that we haven't > seen a > campaign from HSUS regarding the animals in the gulf. Perhaps > because they > are already being 'cleaned' and released by people already on site. > Regards, > Pat ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================