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  • Jan. 27, 2013
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    HSUS's Pacelle To Lecture At Colorado State University 11

    If you’re in Fort Collins on Jan. 30, I hope you’ll swing by the Colorado State University campus to listen in on the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) CEO Wayne Pacelle’s lecture. Sponsored by CSU’s Department of Philosophy and organized by animal ethics expert and CSU Distinguished Professor Bernard Rollin, Pacelle’s lecture is being promoted as an open discussion about welfare in animal agriculture....More
  • Jan. 1, 2013
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    Animal Rights Group Settles Lawsuit With Ringling

    An animal rights group will pay Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus $9.3 million to settle a lawsuit the circus filed after courts found that activists paid a former circus worker for his help in claiming the circus abused elephants....More
  • Dec. 12, 2012
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    ABC’s Avila Launches Fishy Food Attack 8

    When I hear “pink slime,” I can’t help but shudder; the catchphrase is at the center of a $1.2-billion lawsuit -- Beef Product Inc. (BPI) vs. ABC News. When the TV network aired a defamatory report earlier this year against BPI’s lean finely textured beef (LFTB), it resulted in hundreds of jobs lost, three plants closed, a widespread hysteria across the nation about the safety of beef, and, oh yeah, probably a boost to ABC reporter Jim Avila’s career....More
  • Oct. 26, 2012
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    HSUS Video, 'A Pig's Tail' Targets Young Children

    A new animated video from the Humane Society of the U.S. aimed at young kids builds on HSUS’s strategy of appearing to side with “family farms” and against corporate or modern agriculture. The livestock industry can’t compete with HSUS in dollars spent, number of lawyers, or a sympathetic mainstream media, but producers can utilize social media tools to reach consumers directly....More
  • Oct. 8, 2012
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    National Vegetarian Month Ramps Up Activist Efforts In October 13

    According to HumaneWatch.org, 25% of Americans believe animals should have the same rights as people. That would mean your dog, Fluffy, could sue you if some lawyer deems her dog food isn’t adequate. It also would mean finished steers couldn’t be slaughtered because it would be considered murder....More
  • Oct. 3, 2012
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    If You Want To Help Animals, Don’t Write HSUS A Check

    The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) wants your money. Although its television commercials promise to save sad puppies and kitties, HSUS doesn’t operate a single animal shelter and spends less than ½ of 1% of its funds to support local shelters....More
  • Oct. 3, 2012
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    If You Want To Help Animals, Don’t Write HSUS A Check 9

    The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) wants your money. Although its television commercials promise to save sad puppies and kitties, HSUS doesn’t operate a single animal shelter and spends less than ½ of 1% of its funds to support local shelters. If, after watching those heart-wrenching commercials of abused animals, you feel inclined to send a check to HSUS, be aware that your funds will be spent bullying ranchers, not saving abandoned pets....More
  • Sep. 28, 2012
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    HSUS Now Goes After The Pork Checkoff 1

    It’s doubtful that the large livestock producer groups can continue to spend millions of dollars defending their checkoff programs against legal attacks from deep-pocket groups like the Humane Society of the U.S....More
  • Sep. 4, 2012
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    Leave 4-H Kids Alone, PETA 42

    I just got home from the South Dakota State Fair last night, where yesterday’s big event was the 4-H heifer show. With 67 classes, it was a big event, and 4-H youth proudly wore their bright green t-shirts with the four-leaf clover emblazoned on the front, as they paraded their animals into the ring for the judge to evaluate....More
  • Aug. 31, 2012
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    Checkoff Is Back In The Crosshairs 3

    This looming legal battle over the checkoff will likely cost the industry a lot of dollars, and probably only create more animosity between the two opposing sides. The real question is whether it’s possible to resolve this disagreement, because everyone – or most everyone – agrees it’s not in the industry’s best interest to see the checkoff used as a political football....More
  • Aug. 29, 2012
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    OCM, HSUS Partnership Makes For Strange Bedfellows 1

    U.S. livestock producers were shocked earlier this year when the United Egg Producers snuggled up with the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) to lobby Congress for layer legislation. But that was nothing compared to the August thunderbolt when the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) slipped under the covers with HSUS....More
  • Aug. 29, 2012
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    Animal Rights Group Pays People To Watch Propaganda 88

    Let me preface this blog by saying that I don’t support anyone who abuses animals. Whenever a case of animal abuse is in the news, I’m disheartened and disappointed that anyone could mistreat a living creature the way some people do. However, I also know that these cases are a rarity -- not the norm. Whether you’re a pet owner or a livestock producer, I bet you care a great deal about your animals; otherwise why would you own them in the first place? Certainly we have to regulate the bad apples when animal abuse takes place, but I don’t believe that means we should outlaw pet-owning or livestock production, do you?...More
  • Aug. 22, 2012
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    Addressing The Emotion Of Animal Welfare 27

    Many consumers think raising animals naturally is like Old McDonald's Farm, where the animals are all together and the hens are scratching and pecking in the farmyard. But this idyllic vision isn’t realistic for a generation of agricultural producers who are expected to feed a population that is growing exponentially....More
  • Aug. 20, 2012
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    Animal Science Or Animal Emotionalism? 1

    We’ve noted for some time that there is a fundamental difference between animal welfare, which is the well-being of animals, and animal rights, a radical ideology that proposes that society instill legal “rights” upon animals and ultimately ban the use of animals....More
  • Aug. 17, 2012
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    OCM, HSUS Team Up To Attack Checkoff 3

    In the wake of failed initiatives that include value-based marketing to the GIPSA marketing rule, the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) hits on an issue it hopes can reinvigorate anti-establishment fervor against NCBA. Allying with the Humane Society of the U.S., OCM files suit against the national beef checkoff....More
  • Aug. 13, 2012
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    OCM, HSUS Go After Checkoff In Court 3

    Citing lack of progress on a succession of legislative and regulatory fronts, the Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) is now looking to the courts. During the group's annual meeting last week, Fred Stokes, OCM president and director, announced that OCM and the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) were joining forces to seek an injunction against USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the Beef Promotion Operating Committee....More
  • Aug. 8, 2012
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    HSUS Criticized For Minimal Donations To Pet Shelters 7

    If you want to line your pockets, go work for the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS). But, if you want to help animals, you might want to seek work elsewhere. A watchdog group, Humane Watch, recently released a full-page ad in USA Today blasting HSUS for its minimal effort to support hands-on pet shelters....More
  • Aug. 1, 2012
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    Tables Turned On Humane Society 15

    The Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS), an organization that does next to nothing for animal shelters but sues, badgers and lobbies politicians and businesses into adopting its radical animals rights agenda, is getting a taste of its own medicine....More
  • Jul. 31, 2012
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    Alliance Ends 25-Year Relationship With Bank Of America 7

    Last month, the Animal Agriculture Alliance reached out to Bank of America with concerns about its public support of Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) and asked the company to sever its ties to the extreme animal rights group. The bank indicated it would not discontinue its HSUS affinity card program, so the Alliance has made the decision to end its relationship with its bank of 25 years....More
  • Jul. 19, 2012
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    Opinion: Is Our Use of the Term “Sustainability” Sustainable? 8

    The Humane Society of the U.S. wins not by scoring touchdowns on every play, but by making first downs. They accomplish that by making their opponents play their game on their field and with their rules. Are cattlemen playing their game in the words we use with consumers?...More
  • Jul. 13, 2012
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    HSUS Files Suit Against 51 Hog Producers 7

    The plan by HSUS to sue 51 large-scale pork operations marks a new tactic by the anti-livestock activist group. Having failed to enact its agenda legislatively, thanks to effective national organizations like the National Pork Producers Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, HSUS is banking it can bleed the industries dry by waging the battle in court and in the court of public opinion....More
  • Jul. 11, 2012
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    Egg Producers Acquiescence To HSUS Is Worrisome 4

    The science of animal welfare is ever-evolving. That’s why a federally legislated approach to animal well being, such as that pushed by United Egg Producers and HSUS in the Senate version of the 2012 farm bill, just doesn’t make a lot of sense. Food producers can be much more responsive to new developments when their progress isn’t impeded by federal mandates....More
  • Jul. 11, 2012
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    Bankers See Farmland Values Moderate

    The surge in farmland values continued through the spring and early summer, but the pace moderated in June, according to the Rural Mainstreet Index. The June Index, which captures the overall health of rural communities in 10 states, declined to its lowest level this year....More
  • Jul. 2, 2012
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    Let’s Give Bank Of America The Facts About HSUS 38

    It’s long past due that I blog about the latest corporation to endorse the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS). Bank of America is now offering a new product, a VISA card that supports HSUS. For every new account opened, Bank of America will donate $60 to HSUS, with an additional 25¢ for every $100 spent using the card....More
  • Jun. 28, 2012
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    Bug Bites Can Turn You Vegetarian 5

    It sounds like science fiction, but researchers believe that more than 1,500 people in 17 states have developed allergic reactions to red meat after being bitten by the Lone Star Tick....More
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