by Bradley Miller (Bradley Miller founded the Humane Farming Association, www.hfa.org, for which he is national director, in 1985.) It all comes down to one square foot. After wasting ten years, squandering over $10 million dollars, and subjecting millions of animals to years of preventable cage confinement, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) can […]
Hurricane Maria: St. Croix Animal Welfare Center welds the door shut
Whatever didn’t blow away was stolen ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands––“It is with a very heavy heart that we were forced to weld the door to our clinic closed today,” the St. Croix Animal Welfare Center posted to Facebook on September 28, 2017. Even before Hurricane Maria crushed the U.S., Dutch, and British Virgin Islands, […]
Did HSUS & Humane Pennsylvania sacrifice pigeons to NRA demand?
“Libre’s Law,” without prohibiting pigeon shoots, exempts “Shooting activities not otherwise prohibited” from criminal prosecution HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania––Why did the Humane Society of the U.S. and Humane Pennsylvania not tell the world that they won passage of a much touted new Pennsylvania state humane law at the cost of accepting language, reportedly dictated by the […]
Hurricane Harvey: who is doing what for animals?
Forty days & 40 nights of high water expected (See also Tropical Storm Harvey: helping animals caught in harm’s way; Brian Davies puts $49,562 toward Harvey animal rescue, challenges others to match it; and Which Hurricane Harvey animal relief charity took the Labor Day weekend off?) HOUSTON, Texas––Will torrential rains from Hurricane-turned-tropical –storm Harvey continue to batter […]
Pit bulls, “outliers” & Humane Society of the U.S. prez Wayne Pacelle
Pits kill four people in five years within 15 minutes of Pacelle’s family home, but he calls us insanely aggressive A 10-year-old girl in Bridgeport, Connecticut will require multiple surgeries over the next several years to repair damage inflicted on July 18, 2017 by a family member’s pit bull. The pit bull first attacked a […]
Former HSUS vp David Wills hit with federal child sex charges
Wills remains in custody facing state charges filed in 2015 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas––David K. Wills, former Humane Society of the U.S. vice president for investigations and former president of the Michigan Humane Society, was on Friday, July 14, 2017 arrested in Corpus Christi, Texas on a federal indictment issued on June 29, 2017 charging […]
Update: Vermont Gov Scott signs HSUS bill to cut puppy mill cage sizes
Vermont H. 218 weakens cold weather protection of farm dogs too, agree two of state’s senior animal advocates Vermont Governor Phillip B. Scott on June 16, 2017 signed into law state bill H. 218, which reduces the cage space allocated to many dogs in breeding kennels by from half to 75%. Introduced by Hartland […]
The Six Million Dollar Chimps
Will $6 million be enough to provide lifetime care to as many as 66 chimps abandoned in Liberia by the New York Blood Center? NEW YORK CITY, WASHINGTON D.C.––Response from animal advocates was mixed after Humane Society of the U.S. president Wayne Pacelle on May 30, 2017 announced a $6 million commitment from the […]
When pit bulls charge: holding fire gets cops hurt 12 times more often
Civilians are now three times more likely to be injured by dogs before cops shoot WASHINGTON D.C.––Police are increasingly under fire for shooting dogs, especially pit bulls, yet ANIMALS 24-7 analysis of 982 police shootings of dogs since 2005 shows that police are hesitating now more than ever before pulling the trigger when dogs charge––and […]
Pit bull advocates owe Michael Vick bigtime, at victims’ expense
Can victim advocacy restore integrity to the humane cause? WASHINGTON, D.C.––The 2007 conviction of football star Michael Vick for dogfighting helped hundreds of animal welfare executives and their minions to get filthy rich, yet the animal advocacy groups pocketing the money did little, if anything, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the April 20, 2007 drug […]
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