Well...here are some more examples of stunning behavior from H$U$...maybe someone should simply tell them to shove it and go on with your business....This is off the CFA list. So much for "caring"....... From: "Jan" <Kaeleron@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:32:24 -0000 Subject: Problems with HSUS and Katrina Rescue --- In Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "tumbili" <tumbili@xxxx> wrote: (from: Michael Bell) HEY EVERYONE, I JUST GOT A DISTURBING CALL FROM CAT CROSSING'S SHERYL GREEN WHO HAS BEEN IN NEW ORLEANS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW SHERYL , YOU HAVE MISSED AN EXPERIENCE. SHE IS A TOUGH RESCUER AND A NO NONSENSE PERSON WITH A BACKROUND IN LAW WHOSE ONLY AGENDA IS TO ADOPT, AID AND SUCCOR CATS AND KITTENS..( AS WELL AS THE OCCASIONAL DOG)... FROM THE STREETS OR OUR SHELTERS. SHERYL HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED MANY RESCUERS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS THREATENED BY NEIGHBORS OR THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SERVICES IN CIVIL ISSUES REGARDING THEIR PETS. SHERYL SAYS SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM AN HSUS DISPATCHER IN NEW ORLEANS TO RESCUE SOME CATS AT A STRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. SHE WENT INTO THE TOXIC FLOOD ZONE AND PICKED UP ( NOT TRAPPED, PICKED UP ) 13 CATS AND PUT THEM IN CARRIERS. SHE DROVE BACK TO GONZALES AND THERE, WAYNE PACELLE HIMSELF TOLD HER THEY WERE NOT TAKING IN ANY CATS THAT WEREN'T ATTACHED TO A SPECIFIC ADDRESS. ?????????? PISSED DOESN'T DESCRIBE SHERYL'S RESPONSE. SHE ASKED HIM WHAT HE SUGGESTED SHE DO WITH THE 13 CATS IN THE CARRIERS AND MR. PACELLE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, TOLD HER TO "RELEASE THOSE CATS WHERE THEY CAME FROM". RELEASE THOSE DISTRESSED, BUT OBVIOUSLY TAME CATS IN THAT FLOODED TOXIC AREA TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES.WHAT A STERLING AND HUMANE IDEA! YOU CAN CALL SHERYL AT 818 921 0019 AND VERIFY THIS INFORMATION FOR YOURSELVES. PERSONALLY, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR AN AUDIT OF HSUS ( RECORDED BY MERRITT CLIFTON OF " ANIMAL PEOPLE" MAGAZINE TO BE WORTH WELL OVER $100 MILLION IN CASH ALONE..EXCLUDING THE ALLEGED $12 MIL TAKEN IN SINCE KATRINA). IF THE CLAIM BY SHERYL IS VALID, THEN IT IS TIME FOR MR. PACELLI TO STEP DOWN AS DIRECTOR...AND WE SHOULD ALL BE WRITING TO HSUS FOR THEM TO CONSIDER THAT ACTION. IN THE FACE OF THEIR STRENUOUS DEFENSE OF HIM AND HIS ACTIONS, THEY MUST CONSIDER WHAT THIS INCIDENT OF CALLOUSNESS WILL MEAN TO THEIR FUTURE AS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES MOST POWERFUL ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS MICHAEL BELL CITIZENS FOR A HUMANE LOS ANGELES --- End forwarded message --- Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." Benjamin Franklin. _http://www.rihadin.com_ (http://www.rihadin.com/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================