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...
handle magnitude
We aren't big enough to handle the magnitude of this crisis.
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We need the federal government to say that, when it doesn't conflict with human needs, federal responders can rescue animals and cooperate
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We can point to some success here, but there are many more failures.
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The animals we are finding now are emaciated and sick and lonely, but we are still finding them alive.
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The Humane Society of the United States has planned and trained for this sort of catastrophe for years, ... We issued warnings asking people to evacuate with their pets since we've seen what happens when animals are left behind. The tragedy is that so many people apparently could not leave in time. The human and animal toll is expected to be enormous.
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The Humane Society of the United States applauds Ford Motor Company for being part of the solution, working for humane and sensible treatment of America's majestic wild horses.
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The evacuation of New Orleans doomed these animals to a fate of dehydration and starvation. We rescued people, but we left their pets behind to die. Amazingly, we are finding more alive every day, but after three weeks we are hitting the critical hour.
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As a society, we are typically deeply disassociated from animal cruelty, but more than ever, animal protection organizations are telling the backstory.
natural barriers
When we transplant organs, we are enabling viruses to jump natural barriers between species.
technology animal people
The good news is we are seeing an incredible surge in non-animal technologies in laboratories. With researchers using stem cells, visually impaired people may one day have new corneas and lenses grown from their own cells. That is likely to be a more effective and cheaper approach than using animals.
creativity animal innovation
Human creativity and innovation is going to make the exploitation of animals look not only inhumane but obsolete and cumbersome.
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China is now urging citizens to eat less meat. Factory farming comes with immense costs to a society, and Chinese leaders are starting to recognize its implications for water use, the efficient use of grains and other food resources, and human health concerns.
care reputation
China cares about its reputation and doesn't want to be known as the nation whose preferences drove the extinction of elephants.
running giving world
China is a keen observer of trends elsewhere in the world, and it's going to give our own innovators a run for their money.