Wildlife/Marine Mammals

Penned Prey

By on November 28, 2007 in Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle

Last night, Randy Travis of Fox 5 in Atlanta aired part two of his investigation into so-called fox pens—enclosures where foxes and coyotes are released and torn apart by hounds. The animals cannot escape, and the odds are stacked heavily in favor of the pack . . . 

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Defiant Slaughter at Sea

By on November 20, 2007 in Humane Society International, Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Defiant Slaughter at Sea

In 1992, presidential candidate Ross Perot spoke of a giant sucking sound—referring to the North American Free Trade Agreement and how its adoption was going to take away American jobs. Well, the giant sucking sound today is coming from Japan and China, whose governments and . . . 

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Weight of Our Words

By on November 19, 2007 in Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle

The lives of people and animals have always been bound together—in prehistory and in the time since the advent of agriculture and modern civilization. But for most of human history, the dominant worldview has been to subdue and to dominate nature, including the animals. Language . . . 

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Talk Back: California Animal Relief

By on November 13, 2007 in Animal Rescue and Care, Companion Animals, Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle

Readers continue to react to the wildfires that ravaged Southern California in late October and were relieved to hear the animals and staff of the Fund for Animals Wildlife Center escaped harm. Among the comments we received: THANK YOU so much for your help. I . . . 

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Cruel New Twist for Trapped Animals

By on November 13, 2007 in Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Cruel New Twist for Trapped Animals

There are some sport hunting practices that are simply beyond the pale. Bear baiting, high-tech hound hunting, pheasant stocking, contest kills and canned hunts are among the worst. These practices are at odds with the rhetoric that hunters and hunting leaders employ in defending hunting, . . . 

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Setting Aside Semantics: Not Killing Pets Must Be Our Goal

Setting Aside Semantics: Not Killing Pets Must Be Our Goal

If you discern a difference between the words, 'no kill,' and the words, "No-Kill," you understand that I'm about to wade into a quarrel. If, on the other hand, you don't see much difference except for capital letters and a hyphen, well good for you. . . . 

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You Asked: Joining Forces for Animals

By on November 7, 2007 in Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
You Asked: Joining Forces for Animals

Today, I’d like to take some time to respond to a question sent in by member Sandra Siims—a question I often hear from our supporters. Q. As a member of the Humane Society [of the United States], NWF, WWF, Doris Day, Defenders of Wildlife and . . . 

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Talk Back: Gratitude and Grief

By on October 25, 2007 in Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle

As firefighters continue to battle the inferno that has rampaged through Southern California, The HSUS Disaster Services team and San Diego County Animal Services have moved in to help rescue and shelter hundreds of animals. Readers responded to yesterday’s blog post and to footage of . . . 

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Beating the Blaze

By on October 25, 2007 in Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
Beating the Blaze

The HSUS’s and The Fund for Animals’ Wildlife Center—a sanctuary and rehabilitation facility in Ramona, Calif., part of San Diego County—takes in native wildlife species and is situated in one of the most fire-ravaged areas of the state. Thus far, miraculously, the center has survived . . . 

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California Condors: They’ll Be Back

By on October 15, 2007 in Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle
California Condors: They’ll Be Back

We scored a major win in California this weekend, but also got a dose of bad news, too. First the good news. Gov. Schwarzenegger signed AB 821, introduced by the stellar Assembyman Pedro Nava, to ban hunters from using lead bullets in condor habitat—a vast . . . 

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Mississippi Animal Groups Rally Post-Katrina

Mississippi Animal Groups Rally Post-Katrina

While Louisiana attracted the lion’s share of public attention after Katrina struck, Mississippi sustained a direct hit from the hurricane. Many communities, and their structures, were flattened, flooded or otherwise destroyed. Among the hardest hit was the Humane Society of South Mississippi, based in Gulfport. . . . 

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Talk Back: Sick Over Whale Slaughter

By on September 27, 2007 in Uncategorized, Wildlife/Marine Mammals with 0 Comments By Wayne Pacelle

Readers mourned the slaughter of a gray whale earlier this month off Washington’s coast. Among the comments we received: There is no excuse for killing whales in this day and age. It was barbaric back then, and it is even more so today. Whales are . . . 

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