ABC recently ran an expose on HSUS donations - how HSUS have misled the public over their relations with the local humane societies (which run local shelters): Click here for the video Check HSUS's annual budget yourselves (part 2). Of a little over $100 million they receive in donations, only around $6 million (6%) goes … Continue reading HSUS Donations Scandal
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Arson, Santa Cruz, and crimes against medicine
It began with an animal rights pamphlet in a Santa Cruz coffee shop that listed the names and addresses of 13 researchers who used animals. It ended with two firebombs - one destroying a researcher's car, the other, at 5:40am, aimed at a second researcher, Dr. David Feldheim's house, forcing him and his family (including … Continue reading Arson, Santa Cruz, and crimes against medicine
Peta and HSUS fight for the legacy of the ‘Queen of Mean’
Peta (People for the Ethical Treatmet of Animals) and HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) are both trying to lay claim to the estate of the late Leona Helmsley, once dubbed the Queen of Mean. Helmsley's fortune is estimated at $5-8 billion (around 3 times the combined incomes of everyone living in Zimbabwe). Helmsley … Continue reading Peta and HSUS fight for the legacy of the ‘Queen of Mean’
AR groups winning hollow PR victories
Animal Rights groups like PETA and HSUS have been trumpeting the latest PR victories by animal rights campaigners - but what's behind these "success stories"? The first "victory" for AR groups, recently touted by PeTA, was a ban on animal testing put in place by the small country of San Marino. However, let us put … Continue reading AR groups winning hollow PR victories
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