Humanewatch –
Early last year, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) made a big stink about online access to USDA inspection records. The agency inspects facilities with animals regulated under the Animal Welfare Act, such as zoos and sanctuaries. The USDA has since put some back records online, and it’s notable that a couple of HSUS-affiliated facilities were cited by the USDA for violations.
New York Time
The chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States resigned on Friday after sexual harassment allegations against him prompted an uprising from staff and donors.
The executive, Wayne Pacelle, who was the face of the Humane Society for more than a decade, had held onto support from a majority of the group’s board, which voted on Thursday to immediately end an investigation into his behavior.
How to Avoid Hiring an Animal Rights Activist | Successful Farming
When hundreds of people are hired by large livestock producers, often for relatively short times, it’s difficult to keep track of them all. Even on smaller farms, if you aren’t careful, you could unknowingly hire an animal rights activist aiming to infiltrate your operation.
As a rule, livestock producers take very good care of their animals, not only because it’s the right thing to do, but also because they know that the health and well being of their animals affect their bottom line. Policies to prevent animal abuse should be set in place, and employees should be trained to follow proper animal-care standards. That goes without saying. Still, we’ve all seen the undercover farm videos captured by animal rights activists, who claim abuse.
Humane Watch
The Humane Society of the United States is not honest with the public about its true political agenda. Most people believe that HSUS is a moderate group focused on animal welfare—something HSUS is all too happy to have people believe—when in fact the group is run by radicals who have more in common with PETAthan they do mainstream America. And occasionally, the mask slips. Full Story
High Plains Journal
In the past few years, you may have noticed major fast-food joints advertising their sourcing of food by more “ethical” farm practices. Panera Bread is the latest restaurant to get on its high horse and announce it will only source eggs from producers who do not use battery cages and pork from producers who do not use gestation stalls.
Humane Watch
As HSUS works to get a bacon-and-egg ban on the Massachusetts ballot next year, it seems as if a whole brigade of vegan activists has converged on the Commonwealth to collect signatures for the initiative. One such fellow is HSUS campaigner Matt Dominguez. You may remember him from this summer, when he was in Rhode Island harassing a state senator (and farmer) who helped defeat HSUS-backed anti-egg farmer legislation, which resulted in the police being called at one point. Now, in one of his latest tweets, Dominguez giddily sports a shirt that says, “Be kind to animals or I’ll kill you.” Full Story
Truth About Fur
Thirty years! The other day I suddenly realised that this is the 30th anniversary of the publication my book Second Nature: The Animal-Rights Controversy. First published by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in 1985, this was the first serious critique – and is still one of the very few – of the animal-rights movement from an environmental and human-rights perspective.
The publication of Second Nature changed my life. Until then, my interests as a freelance writer had ranged widely, although curiosity about different people and cultures was often a unifying theme: from promoting the cause of Tibetan refugees to exploring the mystical world of Hassidic Jews. While I was brought up in a Canadian fur manufacturing family, the emerging “animal rights” debate was only one story among many. Full Story
Protect The Harvest has put out a great 4-part series on understanding the animal rights movement. The four articles discuss the history, connections, financials, and legislative / legal battles behind the animal rights movement. The articles share great information and pose the final question of “Will you help us end the corruption of the animal rights industry?” Link To The Stories
Drovers Cattle Network
In all of the media monitoring we do at the Alliance – which is quite a bit – I am constantly seeing the terms “animal rights” and “animal welfare” treated interchangeably, even sometimes within trade media. I’m really not trying to be pedantic here, but the difference between these two terms is much more than just a few letters. Full Story
Protect the Harvest
If you missed our previous article on the animal rights movements and its brief history, you can find it HERE. Today we will be discussing the subtle connections between animal rights organizations, their personnel, and their financial interactions to gain a better understanding of the interplay within the animal rights movement as a whole.
To illustrate some of the connections we are including a web map put together byanimalagalliance.org. Their map alone clearly shows what an influential part of the animal rights movement the Humane Society of the United States is, and consequently why noting their corrupt behavior is so important. Full Story