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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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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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 ship 300 out in a day and get 400 in.
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I think (the storms) have crystallized this issue for the public.
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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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The animals we are finding now are emaciated and sick and lonely, but we are still finding them alive.
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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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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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We can point to some success here, but there are many more 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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We aren't big enough to handle the magnitude of this crisis.
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They just need the cue to go ahead and do it and help before it's too late. We have literally now just a few days left.
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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.