Haisley formerly headed Animal Rescue Corps, In Defense of Animals, HSUS emergency services, & Washington Animal Rescue League WASHINGTON D.C.––“On Saturday, January 26, 2019, 50-year-old Scotlund Thomas Haisley, of no fixed address, was arrested and charged with two counts of Robbery of an Establishment,” the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department announced to media in the early […]
Ex-HSUS vp David Wills child sex trial reset again, to Feb. 2019
Trial delayed since 2015 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Already postponed many times, the long awaited trial of former humane society executive David Keith Wills on a federal charge of allegedly trafficking a minor for sexual purposes has again been rescheduled. Previous delays have been attributed to the Wills defense team allegedly stalling for time. The current […]
Hen caging & greyhound racing go before voters in 2018 election
Animal advocates & agribusiness split over California Proposition 12; Republicans split over Florida Proposition 13 SACRAMENTO, California; ORLANDO, Florida––The axiom that animal politics cut diagonally across partisan divides could scarcely be better illustrated than by the alignments for and against the two major ballot initiatives on animal issues going before voters on November 6, […]
“Clean meat” advocate Shapiro pushes product to stretch hot dogs
Factory egg farmers meanwhile align behind HSUS-backed Proposition 12 SACRAMENTO, California––Paul Shapiro, the former Humane Society of the U.S. farmed animal campaigns manager and vegan advocate who resigned in January 2018 amid sexual harassment allegations, is now pushing a product meant to stretch hot dogs, burgers, and meatballs. A “blend of wheat protein, mushroom, […]
Wayne Pacelle & Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom celebrate returns from extinction
Sagas of alleged giant predators turned animal rights stars WASHINGTON D.C.––Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, a saga of supposedly vanished giant predators, reinvented as animal rights celebrities, debuted to bad reviews on June 22, 2018, yet proved to be a box office magnet, grossing $1.2 billion in its first month. Animal Wellness Action, a political action […]
Why the Second Amendment does not protect hunting animals
The only form of “hunting” that concerned the 2nd Amendment authors was catching fugitive slaves No part of the U.S. Constitution seems better known to hunters, or is more vehemently defended by pro-hunting organizations, than the single sentence that is the whole of the Second Amendment: “A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of […]
Steve Hindi & SHARK up the ante & call Alex Pacheco’s bluff
Hindi bets $10,000 that Pacheco can’t prove his claim to be developing a “spay/neuter cookie.” GENEVA, Illinois––Raising $10,000 for dog-and-cat contraceptive development might never before have been so easy––if Alex Pacheco and his organization “600 Million Stray Dogs Need You” really had a scientific breakthrough to be developed, even […]
Wayne Pacelle resigns HSUS presidency, succeeded by Kitty Block
Ousted by donor & staff rejection of board vote of confidence WASHINGTON D.C.––Kitty Block, previously president of the Humane Society of the U.S. subsidiary Humane Society International, on February 2, 2018 ascended to the HSUS presidency. Block became interim HSUS president following the surprise resignation of 13-year president Wayne Pacelle, less than 24 hours after […]
HSUS board keeps Pacelle despite seven resignations & loss of donors
Squelches further investigation of sexual harassment allegations WASHINGTON D.C.––Defying the loss of at least $1 million in donor pledges, the Humane Society of the U.S. board of directors at a seven-hour emergency meeting on February 1, 2018 elected to keep 13-year president Wayne Pacelle despite allegations that he sexually harassed at least three female […]
How will the HSUS board respond to Wayne Pacelle’s shadow?
Will Groundhog Day bring HSUS a change of climate? WASHINGTON D.C.––Groundhog Day, February 2, 2018, is likely to see the Humane Society of the U.S. striving to rid itself of the shadow left by thirteen-year president Wayne Pacelle. Pacelle is not expected to remain in office––or at least not for long––after a February 1 board […]
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