Archive for June, 2009
Betting the Farm Against Reforms
Industrial agriculture groups want no government rules when it comes to their treatment of animals, or their role in climate change. That’s not an acceptable position, it’s not supported by the vast majority of voters, and you can bet they’ll get a fight from us as these issues play out in the months and years ahead.
More Evidence in Petland-Puppy Mill Enterprise
There is news to report on two of our long-standing battles—the fight to protect wolves in the lower 48 states, and our campaign against Petland, the large retail pet chain, for its corporate practice of trafficking in dogs from puppy mills.
I Think This Dog Wants My Job
When I provided an image of a dog in our workplace for last year’s Take Your Dog to Work Day, you came up with some fabulously entertaining captions. So here we go again—have at it, and share your creative captions.
How We Rate
The HSUS has the 10th strongest brand of any nonprofit organization in the country and again received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the group’s highest mark.
New Law Strikes in Puppy Mill Capital
Yesterday, our team worked with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and its Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement in shutting down a major operation and rescuing more than 200 dogs.
“FOOD, Inc.”: Cleans Your Plate
The fundamental aim of FOOD, Inc. is to expose the rampant abuse of power that has resulted in an inefficient, polluting, degrading, cruel, and unhealthy food system in America.
Talk Back: Rescued
Two recent stories with happy endings—the adoption of Gentle Ben, a blind and elderly Akita who was among more than 300 dogs rescued from an Arkansas puppy mill, and a MUTTS comic strip featuring our own Scotlund Haisley—inspired you.
Cutting Back Means Cutting Animal Consumption
Consumers are having to make tough cost-saving decisions. And as they strike some non-essential items from their shopping lists, they are shrinking demand for certain products that cause harm to animals.
Prop 2 Double-Talk by Egg Industry
Now that Proposition 2 is law, the egg industry is trying to punch a hole in it, undo the will of the voters, and embrace its newfangled, post-election interpretation of Prop 2.
26 Attorneys General Join Case for Animal Cruelty Law
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and 25 other state Attorneys General filed a brief arguing in support of banning these gruesome depictions of animal cruelty, which merit no protection under the First Amendment.
CSI for Animal Crimes
A compelling and informative new book has come out about the Forensics Laboratory of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its pioneering efforts to apply the “CSI” factor to the investigation and prevention of wildlife and environmental crimes.
Comic Relief
Yesterday’s MUTTS strip, by the fabulous Patrick McDonnell, features The HSUS’s Scotlund Haisley, who leads our animal rescue operations.
