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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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 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 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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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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If you don't account for the pets in disaster, you undermine the effectiveness of the human rescue operation.
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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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The scale of this takes your breath away, it buckles your knees,
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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.
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I think (the storms) have crystallized this issue for the public.
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We aren't big enough to handle the magnitude of this crisis.
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The animals we are finding now are emaciated and sick and lonely, but we are still finding them alive.