Posts tagged ‘HSUS’
50 Things List Leaves Out #1
Wayne Pacelle’s blog, A Humane Nation, posted an article yesterday titled, 50 Things You Can Do for Animals and the HSUS. For those who don’t know, Mr. Pacelle is the President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).
The list is striking the nerves of some in the vegan community. One user, @MFIoF, tweeted “From HSUS: “50 Things You Can Do to Help the Animals and The HSUS”–not a single mention to go #vegan. So sad/pathetic” along with a link to the list itself. And they’re right. So what did Mr. Pacelle say excactly?
Well, it says, “Follow the 3 Rs of eating: reducing your consumption of meat and other animal-based foods, refining your diet by avoiding animal products derived from factory farming, and replacing meat and other animal-based foods with vegetarian foods.”
He is advocating vegetarianism rather than veganism. And if that wasn’t bad enough, the list goes on reading, “Ask your local restaurants and grocery stores to switch to cage-free eggs, and to protect seals by boycotting Canadian seafood.” Is he implying that we should only purchase seafood from America?
That, after this one, “Adopt a friend for life from a local animal shelter or foster an animal waiting for a home.”
Confused yet? I am. Why bother to suggest adopting an animal from a shelter (one that was most likely saved from slaughter) if you are going to also encourage people to support purchasing eggs? It doesn’t matter if they are “cage-free” or not, it’s still factory farmed. And regardless of that, it’s still contributing to the slaughter of animals. Everyone has seen the baby chicken grinder they use to kill male chicks (Please be aware that the link is to a graphic video – view at your own risk), right?
I feel the same way about promoting people’s “reduction” of their consumption of meat. Reducing the consumption of meat still sends animals to slaughter, whether it’s one cow or two. With revenues into the hundreds of millions, the HSUS is perfectly set up to make a large, positive impact on animal rights issues- specifically the vegan movement. It is well past the time for a large animal rights organization to take a firm stand on the human use of animals. Then real change can begin.
via hsus.com
Restaurants and Grocery stores affected by spay/neuter program?
Judy Hill wants you to know that she has a response to the new pet regulations that the city of Sikeston, Missouri is talking about. And, she wants you to know that it isn’t just about Sikeston, it’s about the country as a whole. Here’s what she had to say:
“In response to the story “Sikeston seeks public input on new railroad, pet regulations”: If this proposition to spay and neuter all dogs were to spread to the rest of the country, there would be no more service dogs, no more search and rescue dogs, no more dogs to help with cattle and other livestock.
What are you thinking? Have you thought of the consequences? Have you been taken in by the animal rights movement of the Humane Society of the U.S. and PETA?
By the way, if no one is breeding any more puppies, how are veterinarians going to survive?
If this idea takes hold, the entire economy of the U.S. will be affected: dog food companies, veterinarians, pet supply stores — any industry associated with pets. You know as quickly as the animal-rights people finish with the dogs, they will go after the cats, birds, horses — perhaps cows. No more leather. No more hamburger or steak. There go the restaurants. Grocery stores will be affected.
Think about the consequences if every town in the country does what Sikeston is proposing.”
Yeah, I know. Wow. So what is it that Sikeston is doing to upset Judy? Well, the original article states that “The legislation, if adopted, would make it unlawful for residents of Sikeston to own or care for cats or dogs over the age of six months which were not spayed or neutered. Special exceptions would be in place for animals whose health would be jeopardized by the spay/neuter procedure and breeders of service animals or operators of commercial kennels.”
Please notice that commercial kennels (aka puppy mills) are not required to adhere to the spay/neuter procedures. Breeding and raising animals should not be a commercial industry. We are talking about lives here people. Furthermore, we have millions of unwanted animals in our shelters, more on the streets, that need our help. Hasn’t anyone told her about the overpopulation crisis and the problems that result from it? Why are we still creating a bigger problem for ourselves and the animals “breeding” pets?
As for Judy Hill’s article, well I’ll just let that highly intellectual piece speak for itself.
via semissourian.com
Humane Society partners with Parsons School of Design!
Now that is more like it!
The Humane Society of the United States and Parson The New School for Design (you might know them from Project Runway) have announced a partnership and it’s a pretty awesome thing. The HSUS will work with Parsons’ fashion design and fashion marketing students on issues surrounding apparel that uses animal fur (including cruelty!!), advertising and even environmental imapcts.
Seriously awesome.
The thought is that, by providing the students with local and global perspectives of the issues within the animal fur trade (and I assume the loss of life), they will be able to make better decisions about using the animal products in their designs.
Did I mention awesome??
Simon Collins, Dean of Fashion for Parsons has this to say:
“We encourage our students to consider the global impact of the apparel industry and with this we have an obligation to educate them on the treatment of animals… By partnering with The Humane Society of the United States, we are providing our students with the tools to make thoughtful decisions about the materials they use during their career.”
The HSUS is currently promoting more than 140 fur-free retailers and designers online at humanesociety.org/furfreeshopping.
Now, about leather, wool and silk……