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Weekly World News VIP : CRAIG GRANT AND CABOODLE RANCH

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:18:32 +0000

He did NOT take those cats in in that condition. His favorite cat, Tommy, has been in his care since birth. Tommy has FIP, which Caboodle Ranch used to excuse his deteriorating health. But what they didn't tell you is that Tommy also contracted FIV, multiple respiratory infections, ringworm, and other ailments while under Craig Grant's negligent care.

Daily Camera.com: : Guest opinion: Support of Humane Society not an either-or proposition - Boulder Daily Camera

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 19:42:53 +0000

This letter got it exactly right. I donate to both local shelters (and two non-local shelters!), and to the HSUS. It's simple. Shelters and rescues care for the victims of animal cruelty and neglect. National animal welfare groups like HSUS confront and *stop* that cruelty. Both types of organizations fill a vital role in protecting animals. Animal abusing businesses attack the national groups like HSUS because HSUS confronts and exposes their cruelty. The puppy mills, the factory farms, the circuses, all the corporate entities that have profited from that cruelty by hiding in the shadows are now finding themselves exposed and unable to continue their inhumane practices. And they're showing their true colors when they try to use shelters as puppets -- to defend animal cruelty! What more needs to be said? The minions of the pet breeding industry, the reptile "hobbyists", and the factory farming industry will no doubt flood this page with hateful comments, raging about HSUS and shrieking about how HSUS is some sinister vegan plot to dominate the world. Animal lovers speak out against abuse because we are concerned about the animals. Greedy profiteers speak out in favor of abuse because they are concerned with how much money they can make off the suffering of these animals. Don't be fooled by the animal abusers who try to divert you from your goal of protecting animals from abuse. Support animal welfare: locally, nationally, and globally.

Daily Camera.com: : Want to help pets? Give local - Boulder Daily Camera

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:58:46 +0000

Additionally, Berman has been frantically filing legal threats and intimidation against shelters that speak up against HSSP's deception. Some advocate for shelters, eh? More information about Berman/HSSP's attack on animal welfare: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-weitzman-dvm/h... http://pollywoginc.com/blog/2011/12/27/the-dogs-o... http://tomgradyonline.com/wordpress/2011/11/30/si... http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/12/20/beware-new-ani... http://humanewatch.info/blog/2012/01/04/hssp-flee... http://www.humanewatch.info/blog/shelters http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/12/20/animal-warfare-... http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/di... http://richmondspca.typepad.com/richmond-spca-blo...

Daily Camera.com: : Want to help pets? Give local - Boulder Daily Camera

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:47:30 +0000

Helping shelters is a worthy goal. Unfortunately, Ms. Culp is using those shelters as pawns in an attack on our national animal welfare charities. That's because Didi Culp is the figurehead for a front group run by one of the most notoriously evil PR firms in the US, Berman and Company. Berman and Company operates a series of "nonprofit" front groups that try to smear the reputations of charities on behalf Berman's corporate clients. For example, Berman's groups attack Mothers Against Drunk Driving and rages against sobriety checkpoints, in exchange for payments from the liquor industry. They attack the CDC and urge pregnant women to consume 10x the safe levels of mercury in fish, on behalf of the seafood industry. They attack unions and fight against worker wages and benefits, on behalf of the hotel and restaurant industries. And now, they attack national animal welfare groups like the HSUS, on behalf of a host of industries that HSUS has exposed and confronted. Seal clubbing. Ringling Bros' abuse of elephants. Factory farms. Horse slaughter. Retail pet stores that support puppy mills. All championed by Berman's phony charity, "HumaneWatch", and all confronted by the HSUS. Berman hasn't gotten much traction in his smear campaign, because it's difficult to defend animal cruelty for profit. So now he's working the strings of a new puppet, the HSSP, which is funded by the pet breeding industry. (That's according to co-founder Jeff Douglas, before he quietly vanished from the organization in a mass exodus of the HSSP leadership.) HSSP provides NO services to any shelter, anywhere. HSSP provides NO grants to any shelter, anywhere. HSSP has no funds to assist shelters, but has a multi-million dollar budget for expensive nationwide print ad campaigns attacking the HSUS. HSSP is funded by the pet breeding industry -- and *tries to conceal that fact*. HSSP and its leadership actively spread false conspiracy theories about how animal welfare groups are secret plots to confiscate your pets. Culp operates web sites and Facebook pages encouraging people to buy from a breeder instead of adopting from shelter. Culp is currently the subject of an ethics investigation stemming from her misuse of Frederick County Animal Control's facilities in a propaganda video promoting her attack on the HSUS. Culp routinely downplays the reality of animal cruelty, ascribing it to "accidents". Culp publicly opposes spay and neuter programs. Culp publicly opposes vital puppy mill legislation such as the PUPS Act. Does this sound like a shelter advocate to you? Don't be fooled: HSSP's interests are aligned with pet breeders, not with protecting animals from abuse.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:59:17 +0000

Hunrodr, are you aware that the "the animals in the cages" featured in the HSUS commercials were all saved by the direct action of HSUS? They were saved through disaster relief operations, large-scale puppy mill and hoarder seizures, animal fighting investigations and prosecutions, etc. The only exception is the cow in the Chino slaughterhouse, the abuse of which was exposed and confronted by the HSUS, leading to a ban on the slaughter of downer cows by Congress. The commercials are not misleading in any way. Here's a scene-by-scene breakdown, with links to some of the original footage. http://www.humanewatch.info/blog/silent-victims

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:18:46 +0000

My neighbor has a dog that says "I love you" on command, but I don't mistake that for debate. I feel much the same about your comments, Kim. I have proven them wrong, again, and again, and again, and again! You dismiss the proof because it happens to be linked on my website, or because it comes from an authoritative source you don't like, or because you just don't want to acknowledge the facts. Back up your claims in any of the dozen posts you've ignored, and maybe I'll consider continuing this "conversation". Anything else will be ignored.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:10:26 +0000

There is no evidence of the "staff members at HSSP", because there are no staff members: what little leadership they had is fleeing in droves. Like Berman's other front groups, there's no substance to the organization, just a token board of directors, and behind the scenes, Berman and Company pulling the strings on behalf of its corporate donors. http://humanewatch.info/blog/2012/01/04/hssp-flee...

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:26:32 +0000

There are any number of puppy mill apologists on HumaneWatch, and you know it. And nearly everyone in that group of enablers oppose ANY legislation to rein in the abuses of commercial breeders, no matter how benign. Feel free to report my comments if you find them offensive -- or better yet, don't read them. It's how I plan to handle your comments from this point forward.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:37:26 +0000

By the way, you don't need to visit my site to provide the evidence for your bogus claims, yet you've used that as an excuse to sidestep the question. I don't care what source you use -- which image do you think is used by both organizations?

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:35:55 +0000

That link is nothing more than a transcript of the HSUS ad, but I can understand why you would be unwilling to accept factual evidence that you are wrong. It's what makes debating issues with you an utterly futile endeavor. You believe what you want to believe, even when it's obviously, demonstrably wrong.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:33:11 +0000

The sad thing is, these are your arguments and the arguments of your peers I'm mocking -- and they're not far from the truth. And yet, when I provide you with incontrovertible proof that you have made a false statement, you turn up your nose and angrily exclaim that you're not going to read any "smear site". This is why it is impossible to have an intelligent debate with you, Kim, and why I no longer try.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:24:51 +0000

Since Didi is the apparently the only active person left at HSSP, and this response is far too eloquent to and not nearly paranoid enough to be Didi's handiwork, it's clearly a Berman flack trying to pass themselves off as an employee of HSUS. That's why they said "work with" instead of "work for". Typical Berman weaseling.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:47:07 +0000

I'd much rather see insane conspiracy theorists neutered, but spaying and neutering pets is important too.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:45:49 +0000

Why assume that everyone is as gullible as you and your puppy mill-loving friends at HumaneWatch, Kim? Sarah MacLachlan knows damn well what the ASPCA represents, and what PETA represents. She chooses to support them. I'm not a big PETA fan, but more power to her for giving a voice to the animals.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:41:47 +0000

Oooh, yes, it's that sinister conspiracy of Communist vegan zombie animal rights terrorists infiltrating the government! Oooooh, scary scary. I'm sure they're monitoring your phone lines and reading your thoughts with their mind control satellite right now.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:37:37 +0000

I'm not an organization, genius. And I doubt you would know what a Marxist vehicle is if it ran you over. Now, if you mean HSUS, maybe you should look at their website so you have some clue about what they really do. I'm sure you'll find that the Shelter Pet Project is a sinister communist plot to take away your pets, along with the HSUS tips on selecting, adopting, and caring for pets. And their efforts to promote fair rental policies that don't prohibit pet ownership is clearly a plot to force socialized pet care on our great American nation. Wow, those HSUS Commies are sneaky, eh? Totally had me fooled, along with the hundreds of HSUS employees who have beloved pets.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:08:05 +0000

Ultimately, pretty good, though not in the way anyone expected. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-11-29/us/us_ringling... The ASPCA and Fund for Animals didn't have the standing they needed to make the court case stick, but the truth of every abuse and cruelty they alleged was upheld by the USDA. That never would have happened if animal welfare groups hadn't had the courage to confront an animal abuse industry with billions in financial backing.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:53:17 +0000

The HSUS was never intended to fund the daily operations of shelters. That's not its purpose, and never has been. Despite that, they provide a tremendous array of services to shelters and rescues, and donate millions to those local groups every year. That's in their Form 990 tax returns, freely available on their website or on independent charity evaluators like GuideStar.org or CharityNavigator.org (both of which give HSUS high marks, by the way). Both the idea that HSUS was formed to run shelters, and the myth that HSUS gives less than 1% of its budget to shelters are creations of the PR firm Berman and Company. To reach that ridiculous number they had to willfully ignore grants for spay and neuter programs, grants to sanctuaries, and every dollar invested in programs like the Shelter Pet Project. The actual tax returns tell a very different story than the fiction that these front groups spin. If you want the real facts, get them from an authoritative source -- not shills for animal abusing industries.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:47:47 +0000

Sarah MacLachlan represents the ASPCA. And the HSUS hasn't lost its way. Its mission has ALWAYS been confronting cruelty on a national scale, since its foundation more than 50 years ago. It has stayed true to its mission, which is why the industries that profit from animal abuse have invested so much money in trying to stop them. The HSUS is the most effective advocate for animals in the US today, and the enemies of animal welfare know it.

Big Journalism : The Media Sharpens The Humane Society’s Claws

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:12:43 +0000

I gave you a link to a scene by scene breakdown of one of HSUS' most widely-aired ads, and that link includes references to the original source of the footage -- which you can see originates with the HSUS. Feel free to indicate which image you think has been borrowed by either organization.