Wayne Pacelle
Wayne Pacelle
Wayne Pacelleis the President and Chief Executive Officerof the Humane Society of the United States. Pacelle took office June 1, 2004, after serving for nearly 10 years as the organization's chief lobbyist and spokesperson. Since becoming CEO, he has sought to expand the organization's membership base and its influence on public policy...
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We alone at the Humane Society of the United States, through our 1-800 number, logged 1,500 calls from people who lived in New Orleans and said they left their pets there,
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Wizard of Claws is using dishonest, underhanded sales tactics to dupe its customers into supporting the cruel trade in puppy mill dogs. Thanks to the Internet, this operation is distributing puppy mill dogs not just in southern Florida, but all over the country.
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We think the felony penalty will deter people from trying to go to a cockfight,
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Who would have thought they won't be able to pump water out for 90 days? Who would have thought New Orleans would be depopulated?
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We have been playing Russian roulette with our food supply for years by allowing these downer animals into the food chain, ... This much-needed legislation will codify a temporary administrative ban on the processing of downer cattle and it will expand the ban on the processing of other downer livestock. Animals too sick or injured to walk are a higher risk for mad cow disease, E. coli and salmonella, and they suffer terribly when they're dragged to slaughter.
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We don't believe that agriculture should be reduced entirely to matters of economics and efficiency. When you're dealing with living creatures, there are ethical questions that ultimately must be confronted.
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You think you're getting the best of the best. What you're getting is oftentimes a very sick animal with genetic defects who came from a puppy mill.
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That rate of mortality and illness is absolutely unconscionable.
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We ship 300 out in a day and get 400 in.
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There are thousands of cases of people who stayed, and they're at risk because of federal and state policy. We're troubled emotionally by the failures.
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We have left out tens of thousands of pounds of food and water to extend their lives.
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There were millions of Americans focused on animal welfare issues in the wake of the disaster, and we also know the bungled federal response to the animal crisis undermined the effectiveness of the human rescue mission.
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Animals are trapped by the thousands in their homes, and the clock is ticking.
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They simply misjudged how long they'd be gone. They left food for a couple of days, and now of course, people won't be able to enter for months.