Archive for September, 2008
Social Networking for Sows
We’re in the biggest battle in The HSUS’s 54-year lifespan right now, and we need your help. National factory farming companies have already poured more than $7 million into a campaign of deception to defeat Proposition 2 on the California ballot. Add in the potential . . .
Reading, Writing, and Respect for Animals
Mimi, atop a tower of donated food. Twelve-year-old Mimi Ausland launched a website to collect food for animals at the local humane society; 7-year-old Brianna Zeiberg asked for donations instead of presents at her birthday party and raised more than $1,300; 15-year-old Ayna Agarwal founded . . .
Soul Food
The HSUS is a big-tent organization. We welcome you into the family of animal protectors if you demonstrate any concern for our fellow creatures—whether promoting spaying and neutering, donating to help animals during disasters, writing letters to lawmakers or corporations, or eating lower on the . . .
High Price of Caging Progress
If animal advocates needed any validation that the November vote on Proposition 2 is a defining battle over the welfare of farm animals, they need only look at the reported income for the No on Proposition 2 campaign on a single day last week. On . . .
Talk Back: Keep the Peace
Last week I had a few choice words for forms of activism that stray beyond the bounds of the law. Right away I started seeing feedback and I’ve been encouraged by your response. So today I wanted to give you the floor—here are some of . . .
Four Storms, Two Coastlines, There for Animals
© The HSUS/MilaniSee Scotlund’s video message. You’ve heard from Scotlund Haisley several times here on the blog since he joined The HSUS in January to head our Emergency Services team. Yesterday he arrived back at our headquarters after leading The HSUS’s care of animals evacuated . . .
Violence Hurts Us All
In any social movement, there must always be a robust discussion about tactics and strategy. That discussion is especially important in the cause of animal protection, with its many cultural, economic, and philosophical complexities. Our movement is a mosaic, not a monolith, and that’s the . . .
Publicizing Animal Protection
© The HSUS/MilaniA dog is evacuated from New Orleans in advance of Gustav. This weekend as Hurricane Gustav brewed off the Gulf Coast we saw many of the major news outlets—NBC Nightly News, Reuters, USA Today, and more—run stories about the new evacuation procedures put . . .
Getting Out Together
Disasters are never good for animals, and Gustav is leaving a trail of destruction and, as follows, despair and suffering. But it was a new day in terms of preparation for the storm, for people and for animals, thanks in part to the awareness, lessons, . . .
