That is interesting since Animal Planet does reference to them as being good organization.  We do have workers here for ASPCA in our area that sends the money to New York where their base is. Are we talking about the same organization here?  http://www.aspca.org/Aspca-nyc  Theresa  On Tue, 1/15/13, Stormy V. Hope <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: ASPCA + HSUSâ¦. ASPCA does have a shelter, but they share employees (not at the same time) and have the same goals.  ASPCA has joined with HSUS in many raids and law suits, with ASPCA just settling with Feld (Ringling) for over 9 Million dollars.  Donate to your local shelter or rehoming facilityâ¦. but check them out first, too! Storm On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Theresa-GSD Stolz-Scenecrest Farm <scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I think people get confused since they have the same initials but the Humane Society only uses Humane Society in their web name.  The Humane Society of the United States : The Humane Society of ... www.hsus.org/ The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization. Their website... http://www.humanesociety.org/ Humane Society of the United States            It's a LOBBYING GROUP, not an animal-shelter provider!                           http://www.crbeagles.com/misc/HSUS.htm    I prefer ASPCA though   Theresa  ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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 SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================