Ousted David Wills Jean Marx, 85, died after a prolonged illness on March 26, 2015 in Waterford, Michigan. Posted her longtime friend and Michigan Humane Society colleague Eileen Liska-Stronczer in a personal tribute, “Her devoted surrogate daughter and estate executor, Bev Steffens-Claudio,” also long involved in humane work, “was holding her hand as she peacefully […]
Humane Society of the U.S. president Wayne Pacelle woos anti-gay evangelist
by Lee Hall Barrett Duke, a founding fellow of the Research Institute at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, on March 17, 2015 received accolades from Humane Society of the United States president Wayne Pacelle in his personal blog “A Humane Nation.” Explained Pacelle, “It’s part of my commitment, and that of […]
Why California proposition 2, now in effect, is not protecting farmed animals
by Brad Miller Founder, Humane Farming Association California Proposition 2, passed by voters who hoped to protect farmed animals in November 2008, officially goes into non-effect this week. The Humane Society of the U.S. promised donors and the public that Proposition 2 would outlaw cages for laying hens and would result in a “cage-free” California. […]
EU suspends horse meat imports from Mexico
BRUSSELS––The European Commission on December 8, 2014 suspended a program that spot-checked horse meat exported from Mexico for contamination with banned drugs. Effective on January 15, 2015, “Such suspension results in a ban of the import of horse meat, meat preparations, and meat products from Mexico,” European Commission press officer for health matters Aikaterini Apostola […]
Ignoring Thanksgiving massacre, HSUS president Wayne Pacelle denounces animal sacrifice in Nepal
Any cruelty to animals is worthy of denunciation. The larger and more conspicuous the cruelty, the more urgent the denunciation is. Denouncing one of the largest animal sacrifices in the world at Thanksgiving 2014 would have been thoroughly appropriate for Humane Society of the U.S. and Humane Society International president Wayne Pacelle––if only he had […]
A win for wolves in Michigan, but a loss for bears in Maine
55% of Michigan voters reject wolf hunting season LANSING, Michigan; AUGUSTA, Maine––Ballot initiative campaigns heavily funded by the Humane Society Legislative Fund arm of the Humane Society of the U.S. won symbolic and temporary protection for wolves in Michigan on November 4, 2014, but failed to protect bears in Maine. Blogged HSUS president Wayne Pacelle in […]
Hoofin’ It: An open letter to Wayne Pacelle, from Joan Harrison, Ph.D.
An open letter to Wayne Pacelle, from Joan Harrison, Ph.D.: To: Wayne Pacelle Chief Executive Officer and President The Humane Society of the United States It is part of the mechanism of domination to forbid recognition of the suffering it produces, and there is a straight line of development between the gospel of happiness and the […]
The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them
Third president of HSUS to produce a book during his tenure, but the first whose book is a work of sole authorship by Wayne Pacelle William Morrow/Harper Collins (10 East 53rd St., New York, NY 10022), 2011. 432 pages, hardcover. $26.95. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Wayne Pacelle, in The Bond: Our Kindship with Animals, Our […]
How HSUS sponsorship of a meatfest in Denver overshadowed announcement of reforms by the world’s largest food producer
The Hoofin’ It culinary tour in Denver attracted fewer than 400 participants DENVER, WASHINGTON D.C.––Co-sponsored by the Humane Society of the U.S., The Hoofin’ It culinary tour in Denver attracted fewer than 400 participants during four days in August 2014. The controversy it stirred had by mid-September 2014 raged for more than four weeks, […]
Are skinned and dismembered rabbits “Whole Foods”?
Whole Foods Market sells dead rabbits RICHMOND, California––Are skinned and dismembered rabbits “whole foods”? Whole Foods Market sells them, along with other meat, much to the disgust and outrage of SaveABunny Inc. founder and executive director Marcy Schaaf and House Rabbit Society president Margo DeMello. Schaaf and DeMello organized protests against […]