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 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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If you don't account for the pets in disaster, you undermine the effectiveness of the human rescue operation.
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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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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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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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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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We think the felony penalty will deter people from trying to go to a cockfight,
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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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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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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.