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 were on the ground Tuesday, the day after the hurricane hit, but we were excluded from going in by state and federal authorities for the first several days. We've received 2,000 e-mails and phone calls from people who evacuated from New Orleans, who left animals in their homes and are pleading with us to rescue them. That's just in New Orleans. It doesn't count surrounding areas.
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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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We have left out tens of thousands of pounds of food and water to extend their lives.
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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.
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People are frantically calling and telling us their cat is on the third floor of an apartment in New Orleans, or their horses were left in a pasture.
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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 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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Animals for the most part just need to be left alone.
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The scale of this takes your breath away, it buckles your knees,
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Puppy mills create misery for dogs and pain for the unwitting purchasers of the animals, and they indirectly deny suitable homes for animals in need. There are millions of healthy, adoptable animals available from shelters and breed rescue organizations.
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We want a policy that says the federal and state and local responders should actively assist in animal rescue.
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We'd advise him to pursue a less violent form of relaxation and get on with the important business of leading the country.
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Most ethical hunters see that as an objectionable way to act. This is not hunting, it is an open-air abattoir (slaughterhouse).
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We can point to some success here, but there are many more failures.