HumaneWatch
06-07-2010, 04:50 PM
http://www.game-dog.com/images/uploads/NFHS_logo_with_HSUS.jpgIn reading the Coloradoan’s (http://www.coloradoan.com/print/article/20100605/NEWS01/6050354/Animal-protection-groups-squabble-over-spending)coverage (http://www.coloradoan.com/print/article/20100605/NEWS01/6050354/Animal-protection-groups-squabble-over-spending) of our increasingly popular 50-state report titled "Not Your Local Humane Society," (http://humanewatch.org/index.php/site/post/not_your_local_humane_society_a_50-state_report/) you might have noticed that an organization called the “National Federation of Humane Societies” (http://humanewatch.org/index.php/organizations/detail/national_federation_of_humane_societies/) (NFHS) recently sent us an angry letter:
After catching wind of the [HumaneWatch] campaign, the National Federation of Humane Societies — a comprehensive trade federation that represents the animal welfare industry — sent [the Center for Consumer Freedom] a letter regarding the situation, stating the claims by the CCF were “inaccurate based on our collective experiences.”
So you might be wondering: Is the animal sheltering community upset with HumaneWatch?
Hardly. The National Federation of Humane Societies is actually an HSUS front group. HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle co-founded it (so says his official biography (http://www.hsus.org/about_us/board_and_staff/experts/experts/wayne_pacelle/)), and Pacelle still sits on its Board (http://www.humanefederation.org/2009BoardOfficers.cfm).
So yes, we got a nasty-gram from NFHS. And yes, it went right into the trash can. But not before we made a few observations.
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After catching wind of the [HumaneWatch] campaign, the National Federation of Humane Societies — a comprehensive trade federation that represents the animal welfare industry — sent [the Center for Consumer Freedom] a letter regarding the situation, stating the claims by the CCF were “inaccurate based on our collective experiences.”
So you might be wondering: Is the animal sheltering community upset with HumaneWatch?
Hardly. The National Federation of Humane Societies is actually an HSUS front group. HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle co-founded it (so says his official biography (http://www.hsus.org/about_us/board_and_staff/experts/experts/wayne_pacelle/)), and Pacelle still sits on its Board (http://www.humanefederation.org/2009BoardOfficers.cfm).
So yes, we got a nasty-gram from NFHS. And yes, it went right into the trash can. But not before we made a few observations.
More from HumaneWatch... (http://humanewatch.org/index.php/site/post/Another_HSUS_front_group/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed)