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Posted by skyblu on 04-05-2010 04:43 PM:

HSUS now rated below PETA as charity

Watchdog Group: Charity Navigator Downgrades Humane Society of the United States Ranking

Richest Animal Rights Group Now Ranked Lower Than PETA

WASHINGTON, April 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) pointed to a newly downgraded rating from Charity Navigator as evidence that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is not adequately fulfilling its stated charitable purpose. On Thursday Charity Navigator slashed the rankings for HSUS and the Humane Society International, the international arm of HSUS.

Charity Navigator now gives HSUS a lower level of trustworthiness than the notoriously radical People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The American Institute of Philanthropy also rates HSUS very critically, giving the organization a "C-minus" grade overall.

HSUS's 2008 tax filing shows that the group spent less than one percent of its collected donations on grants to hands-on pet shelters. It put five times as much into its executive pension plan during that year.

David Martosko, CCF's Director of Research and the editor of HumaneWatch.org, released the following statement on HSUS's new ranking:

Charity Navigator's downgrading of the Humane Society of the United States and its international arm sends a clear message: Animal charities can't stuff donor dollars away in pension plans, shortchange pet shelters, and expect that no one will notice.

HSUS raises tens of millions of dollars a year from Americans who believe their money is trickling down to local pet shelters. Instead, their contributions fund a bloated staff of well-paid lawyers and lobbyists, PETA-style propaganda campaigns, and a hefty executive pension plan.

For more information, visit HumaneWatch.org. To arrange an interview, please call Allison Miller at 202.463.7112.

The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit watchdog organization that informs the public about the activities of tax-exempt activist groups. It is supported by American consumers, business organizations, and foundations.

SOURCE Center for Consumer Freedom

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Posted by chadf on 04-05-2010 10:49 PM:

Another idea is to email some of the hunting/fishing shows on TV. Of all the hunting shows on TV I can only think of 2 that mention joining some type of sportsmans alliance to protect our rights. I don't think any acctually address the affects of HSUS and PETA on our way of life. These shows target a large amount of hunters but don't really take anytime to inform the public. Maybe a few emails sent to several of these show can help boost our numbers?

BTW bring this back to a sticky.

Posted by rmcmillan on 04-06-2010 02:01 AM:

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Originally posted by chadf
Another idea is to email some of the hunting/fishing shows on TV. Of all the hunting shows on TV I can only think of 2 that mention joining some type of sportsmans alliance to protect our rights. I don't think any acctually address the affects of HSUS and PETA on our way of life. These shows target a large amount of hunters but don't really take anytime to inform the public. Maybe a few emails sent to several of these show can help boost our numbers?

BTW bring this back to a sticky.

I agree with e-mailing the hunting shows, that is a good idea. See if you can get some e-mail addresses and we will get started.

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Posted by barryg35 on 04-06-2010 02:32 AM:

HSUS...again
HSUS LOBBYING IN YOUR STATE

Dear SAOVA friends,

HSUS State Director Kim Alboum has now concluded the Lobby 101 Seminars in North Carolina, holding seminars in 9 cities around the state during February and March. Some seminars attracted less than a dozen listeners while a few did better with attendance at approximately 50. The seminars generated poor interest overall considering HSUS claims to have 240,000 members in the Tarheel State.

With little variation, the message was the same to all those who attended: legitimize the cause; go mainstream; get media coverage; talk to legislators and create relationships.

Alboum advised attendees that to initiate change, HSUS supporters need to mobilize, come together, and be viewed as mainstream. She blamed last year’s losses in the General Assembly on HSUS supporters’ inability to organize effectively. Alboum continued to encourage her audience to meet their legislators face to face; find out where they go to church; what outside groups they belong to; befriend their staff; and use HSUS fact sheets as hand outs for each introduced bill.

Alboum emphasized the importance of getting stories to the media to get their message out and spread the word.

HSUS STRATEGIES AND UPCOMING LEGISLATION

FIGHT AGAINST FACTORY FARMING. A strategy HSUS plans to employ is an alliance with the "local foods" people in the HSUS fight against factory farms and their effort to force veganism on the world. Alboum handed out copies of the 15th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour brochure (April 24 and 25), telling the audience to contact these farmers and ask them to help in the fight against animal agriculture. Alboum stated she has been contacting the farmers, already polarizing them with HSUS propaganda.

FIGHT AGAINST TRANSPORTING HORSES, PROCESSING HORSEMEAT.

Alboum briefly explained that horse processing plants for human consumption had been closed because HSUS had been successful in eliminating funding for federal inspection of the plants. Alboum justified the plant closings by stating that horse slaughter was inhumane, and that the meat was “tainted” and was not good for anything anyway. Now HSUS is fighting to stop all transportation of horses for slaughter outside the U.S. Clearly, Alboum is not well versed in the nutritional qualities of horsemeat, and chooses to ignore the fact there is a thriving international market for horsemeat which is high in protein and low in fat.

PUPPY MILL BILL.

SB460, the HSUS “Puppy Mill Bill” unfortunately passed the NC Senate in 2009 by one vote and is currently in House Finance. A call to arms was sent to the audience by Alboum to begin making calls to House legislators and to Julia Howard (Vice Chairman, Finance) in support of SB460 passage in the May legislative session.

Among the many exaggerations presented to justify the bill are claims that the original HSUS estimation of 200 large-scale breeders was wrong and it is likely that figure is double with at least 400 “puppy mills” operating in the state. Noteworthy is the ease with which the terms commercial breeder and “puppy mill” are used interchangeably.

Alboum informed her audience that “puppy mills” should be shut down because they spread Giardia, a “virus” contagious to humans. Again, Alboum is misinforming her listeners. Giardia is not a virus, it is a microscopic parasite found worldwide and is recognized as a common cause of waterborne disease in humans in the United States. The Giardia parasite lives in the intestine of infected humans or animals (e.g., cats, dogs, cattle, deer, and beavers) causing nausea and diarrhea. According to the CDC, anyone can get giardiasis including people who drink from poorly monitored wells, and backpackers, hikers, and campers who drink untreated water.

Alboum continued by stating that puppy millers from neighboring states, such as Virginia and Tennessee, are flooding into North Carolina following passage of regulation there. Did Alboum and HSUS have time to examine real estate records in three states in order to reach this conclusion or is this yet another wild accusation pulled out of thin air to create a crisis looking for a solution? As we have pointed out before, the same sound bites of breeders fleeing from one state to another are distributed by HSUS in every state with a pending breeder bill.

When questioned about why the bill did not include cats, Alboum’s answer was "baby steps, they are next, then birds." Alboum also expressed her disappointment that the original bill had been downgraded to complaint driven inspection rather than annual inspections. Likewise the numbers used to establish a commercial breeder (“puppy mill”) were increased, but Alboum stated that in reality owning 6 females should be the separating line between hobby and commercial breeder. Alboum assured the audience that getting ANY bill on the books was worth the effort as it could be tightened up later on.

HSUS is intent on regulating dog breeders. Alboum did not have specific details, but mentioned that HSUS was working on a plan to assist North Carolina counties with enforcement costs for SB460. Make no mistake - the animal rights agenda has nothing to do with welfare, it is about control. HSUS yearns to become an arm of the government as demonstrated by their previous scheme to be the enforcement agency for USDA kennel inspections and more recent petition to President Obama to appoint a Federal Animal Protection Liaison.

FOX PENNING.

Alboum stated a plan to revive the fox penning bill from 2009 to include coyotes. She stated that the practice of penning originally began to train hunting dogs, but has since evolved into a blood sport that is a cross between a canned hunt and animal fighting. Alboum informed her audience that at fox pens, dogs were turned loose to rip foxes apart. She said there were 150 pens in the state and most people were not aware of this barbaric practice.

HSUS has a history of opposing hunting with dogs, and Alboum’s false statements are in line with the organization’s misrepresentation of training and penning operations and hound hunting in general. Fox pens are regulated and permitted by NC Wildlife Resources, cannot be less than 500 acres; cannot use foxes transported across state lines; must have one approved, inspected, dog-proof escape den for every 35 acres. Although HSUS claims foxes are “live bait” for packs of dogs tear apart, in reality it is considered to be very undesirable to have one of the dogs even harm one of the foxes. The contest is actually between dog owners, trainers and their dogs to see whose dogs were best bred and trained for the specific job of chasing foxes.

Although decline of their natural predator, wolves, has allowed coyotes to expand their natural range from Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, Alboum told her audience that the coyotes populating our state were the result of the breeding of coyotes that had escaped from these pens.

NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATORS.

State Senator Neal Hunt (R-Wake) is perhaps number one on the HSUS's most appreciated legislators list for his efforts in introducing the anti-penning bill and his general support of the HSUS anti-breeder initiative.

Alboum expressed appreciation to the wife of Congressman David Price (D, 4) who personally lobbied the NC General Assembly in support of the breeder bill, SB460.

Alboum reported that HSUS lobbyists have met with Senator Kay Hagan to discuss federal legislation. Hagan is a supporter of HR503 which would end transportation of horses outside the U.S. for slaughter, but is not supportive of other HSUS efforts against animal agriculture since this is a major North Carolina industry.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Know thy enemy. Attend the HSUS Lobby Seminar in your own state, learn the upcoming agenda, and prepare for the battle. We cannot afford to have HSUS and animal rightists frame the issues, labeling us as exploiters and legislating away our rights.

The “word” that HSUS sends to the media is generally a mix of misinformation and outright lies. The false, detrimental HSUS accusations cannot go unchallenged. If local media airs biased reports, assist in contacting the writers with facts. Write your own letter to the editor correcting the HSUS propaganda piece.

Coalition Building. Find allies to assist on a given piece of legislation, even if these allies have a slightly different perspective due to their specific area. Stop infighting! Compromise with radical animal rightists on anti-breeder, anti-agriculture animal rights legislation only serves to give them a platform for increased, restrictive regulation of our hobbies, sports, and livelihoods.

Use the ballot box to vote controlling, animal rightist supporting legislators out of office.

Join the campaign asking for an IRS audit of the HSUS excessive lobbying practices and revocation of their nonprofit status. http://www.saova.org/SpayNeuterHSUS.html

Send examples of HSUS excessive lobbying to the IRS with a short cover letter for inclusion in the audit.

The world not only belongs to those who show up, it's controlled by the best informed and most motivated.

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Posted by rmcmillan on 04-06-2010 06:36 PM:

BTT

Posted by skyblu on 04-06-2010 08:27 PM:

Can we get

David from
www.humanewatch.org
to make a short presentation about the HSUS/PETA & AR goals. Have it in a format that can be aired repeatedly on TV. He can back up his statements with researched FACTS, and CDs are easily mailed and carried.

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Posted by rmcmillan on 04-07-2010 06:56 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by rmcmillan
Did not read there web site, just what was in the Coonhound Bloodlines. The writers of the column for UKC have said to go to web site for HSUS. www.humanesociety.org/issues/hound_hunting/.

Posted by chadf on 04-08-2010 06:31 AM:

btt

Posted by Bluedogman on 04-08-2010 10:40 AM:

Hi Megan!

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Posted by skyblu on 04-09-2010 01:26 AM:

Want your Hounds "DEBARKED?"

Forwarded with permission - bill number is H.B.344/S.B.2359

--- On Thu, 4/8/10, Bonnie Chandler <jbchandler@verizon.net> wrote:

The House just "concurred" with the amendments to the debark bill and it now
goes to the Governor for his signature.

Please, everyone on this list, send an email to the governor immediately and
urge him to VETO the debark bill. Tell him it is based on lies spread
through a media campaign by animal rights organizations and that you own or
know debarked dogs and what the media and the bill spokespeople have been
saying about devocalization is just plain lies. That debarking is needed as
a last resort for dogs evicted by their owner's neighbors, and that
otherwise the dogs would have to be euthanized or put in a shelter (where
dogs with a barking problem rarely get adopted.) Make it short, and send it
FAST.

Send it here:
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3uti...gov3_contact_us
And then call on the phone here:
888-870-7770
and tell them the same thing over the phone.

If you have time, you can send another email to talk more about the
subject - such as that
the bill was promoted in a big media campaign by out-of-state animal rights
organizations that are working to make animals illegal and remove all our
choices until we are forced to all become vegetarians. The bill was written
by the Animal Law Coalition in NY that consists of one rogue lawyer, and was
backed and promoted by HSUS and PETA. And they all used lots of money, paid
lobbyists, and supporters calling from all over the country and pretending
to be constituents to frighten legislators into thinking that they wouldn't
be reelected if they voted against it - and that the unpaid volunteers on
our side, who actually know something about the subject and were trying to
tell legislators the truth, were ignored. The reason the animal rights
people were so eager to pass this bill is that it sets a precedent in going
over the heads of the veterinary associations and banning a veterinary
procedure and also in requiring vets to submit reports justifying their
medical decisions. That the animal rights groups have told us for years what
they intend to do with this precedent: Use it to ban more and more
veterinary procedures and require more and more government oversight of
vets, until it becomes impossible or too expensive to keep pets healthy.

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Posted by rmcmillan on 04-09-2010 06:13 PM:

I will be e-mailing one.

Posted by xforce6 on 04-09-2010 07:46 PM:

more ar bs read this on craigslist

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...1673153174.html

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Posted by rmcmillan on 04-11-2010 05:17 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by rmcmillan
Did not read there web site, just what was in the Coonhound Bloodlines. The writers of the column for UKC have said to go to web site for HSUS. www.humanesociety.org/issues/hound_hunting/.

Posted by rmcmillan on 04-14-2010 09:25 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by rmcmillan
Did not read there web site, just what was in the Coonhound Bloodlines. The writers of the column for UKC have said to go to web site for HSUS. www.humanesociety.org/issues/hound_hunting/.

Posted by rmcmillan on 04-16-2010 03:19 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by rmcmillan
Hey boys, I was on the HSUS web site there was a E- Mail address and a phone number to contact this MEGAN SEWELL, she wants all bad hound hunting stories and photos of emancipated dogs. Lets flood her phone and E-Mail with the right stuff for hound hunting. Be smart and use your head and do the right thing. Do not give her info she will use against us. Lets just flood her office and make tomorow misrable for her.

MEGAN SEWELL

huntingissues@humanesociety.org

#301 721 6423 CONTACT HER SHE HAS ASKED FOR IT.

Posted by skyblu on 04-16-2010 05:14 AM:

Be CAREFUL be VERY VERY CAREFUL

Do not contact this woman USING a traceable phone number or email address - HSUS LOVES to raid hound owners.

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Posted by rmcmillan on 04-17-2010 01:39 AM:

CHECK THIS OUT

Dog-collar case against worker at PETA dismissed
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By Linda McNatt
The Virginian-Pilot
© March 21, 2008
COURTLAND

A judge on Thursday dismissed a misdemeanor charge against a worker for Norfolk-based People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals who had been accused of stealing a hunting dog’s tracking collar.

The circuit judge overseeing the case of Ondrea Harris , 26, called her a “meddlesome do-gooder” for picking up a foxhound on a Southampton County road that leads to North Carolina.

The incident occurred in October 2006, on the side of Va. 35 between Courtland and Boykins. Harris – who at the time was named Andrea Florence Benoit but has since married and changed her first and last names – was on a call as a community outreach worker. .

Harris and another outreach worker saw the hound on the side of the road. A motorist who witnessed the pickup called Southampton County Sheriff’s Deputy J.T. Cooke Jr., an animal control officer. The hunting dog happened to belong to Cooke.

Harris , who was driving a PETA van, and co-worker Carrie Beth Edwards were accused of stealing the dog and charged with felony theft . The charge against Edwards was later dropped, and the charge against Harris was reduced to misdemeanor petty larceny, for the alleged theft of the collar. She had removed the collar and left it on the roadside.

Harris contended that she was attempting to save a dog that she found on the edge of a road where the speed limit is 55 mph.

Assistant Southampton Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Edwards said the judge ruled prosecutors failed to prove Harris had intended to permanently deprive the collar’s owner of its possession.

David Perle, a PETA spokesman, praised the decision.

“Resources would have been better spent investigating the poor condition and abandonment of hunting dogs instead of impugning the motives of a decent young woman who tried to help a dog,” he said. “Our employee acted out of a humane desire to try to protect a dog from getting hurt on the highway.”

PETA Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch said the outcome was what the organization expected.

Harris, she said, still works in community outreach.

Linda McNatt, (757) 222-5561, linda.mcnatt@pilotonline.com

Posted by barryg35 on 04-17-2010 02:53 AM:

any more word on the fund raising for the billboard?

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Posted by skyblu on 04-17-2010 01:48 PM:

Waiting for answer

A friend affiliated with a 501-C hound nonprofit group is discussing this with officers of the group. Still waiting for reply. We need a registered 501-C group to accept & hold donations for the billboard. A Missouri State group asked permission to use the DODO poster for a billboard in that state & of course I said "yes". Haven't heard any more from THAT organization. If anyone has a 501-C contact that would be willing to accept billboard donations for the DODO poster, let us know.

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Posted by rmcmillan on 04-17-2010 02:43 PM:

Glad to see the billboard idea is still alive. If every hound hunter donated 2.00 to this we would be in good shape

Posted by rmcmillan on 04-21-2010 01:46 AM:

btt

Posted by rmcmillan on 04-21-2010 10:46 PM:

Sierra Club & HOUND HUNTING

March 25, 2010

Sierra Club Takes Aim At Hunting Bears With Hounds

From the Mt. Shasta Herald:

The Sierra Club has filed a letter opposing a California Department of Fish and Game proposal to expand the use of dogs by bear hunters. If approved, the DFG proposal will increase the hounding of bears by dog packs, as well as expand black bear hunting into San Luis Obispo County and other areas of the state….

“We strongly oppose uncontrolled hounding of bears, a practice which results in gruesome injuries to bears and dogs,” states a press release from the Sierra Club. 

DFG regulations make it a crime to hunt cubs and mother bears. However, according to the Sierra Club, the packs of hounds do not always read or follow those rules….  

The Sierra Club also said that, in their opinion, legitimizing hounding will lead to more poaching.  “The use of dogs to hunt bears is the favored method of bear poachers,” states the press release.

Posted by rmcmillan on 04-21-2010 11:09 PM:

Re: Sierra Club & HOUND HUNTING

quote:
Originally posted by rmcmillan
March 25, 2010

Sierra Club Takes Aim At Hunting Bears With Hounds

From the Mt. Shasta Herald:

The Sierra Club has filed a letter opposing a California Department of Fish and Game proposal to expand the use of dogs by bear hunters. If approved, the DFG proposal will increase the hounding of bears by dog packs, as well as expand black bear hunting into San Luis Obispo County and other areas of the state….

“We strongly oppose uncontrolled hounding of bears, a practice which results in gruesome injuries to bears and dogs,” states a press release from the Sierra Club. 

DFG regulations make it a crime to hunt cubs and mother bears. However, according to the Sierra Club, the packs of hounds do not always read or follow those rules….  

The Sierra Club also said that, in their opinion, legitimizing hounding will lead to more poaching.  “The use of dogs to hunt bears is the favored method of bear poachers,” states the press release.

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Posted by chadf on 04-21-2010 11:16 PM:

WOW they must've gotten all their bear facts directly from the hsus website.

Posted by rmcmillan on 04-22-2010 05:53 PM:

Re: Re: Sierra Club & HOUND HUNTING

quote:
Originally posted by rmcmillan
National Headquarters
85 Second Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
Phone: 415-977-5500
Fax: 415-977-5799
Sierra Club
Legislative Office
408 C St., N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
USA
Phone: 202-547-1141
Fax: 202-547-6009

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Important Email Addresses:
General information: information@sierraclub.org[/email]

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