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Humane Society Likes Obama's Animal Welfare Picks

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I bet you didn't realize that Obama had any animal welfare picks, but he did. He has a strong environmental record and he has supported some animal issues in the past. HSUS is also happy about Lisa Jackson heading the EPA. And, in general, the Humane Society and its Legislative Fund likes them.

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Humane Society Cites Abuses at University of Minnesota

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The improperly euthanized animals remained alive but were discarded as if they were dead. The HSUS learned of the violations through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's online inspection reports and documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act request to the National Institutes of Health's Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare.

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Who is Jennifer Fearing?

Critter News

Pretty impressive bio (please note that the bio is from her time at HSUS). She used to head United Animal Nations too. Tags: proposition 2 california humane society farm animal welfare. It turns out that she was the former Humane Society Chief Economist. I couldn't find any information on her current activities.

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Turkey Abuse in West Virginia Aviagen Plant

Critter News

Bottom line: If you’re running a business where you allow the kinds of shortcuts that let animal abuse happen, please sell it and leave the industry now. If you’re caught by PETA or HSUS, please do not plead ignorance and vow to clean it up. Tags: PETA farm animal welfare thanksgiving turkey massacre. It will be too late.

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Update on National Meat Association vs. Brown

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A coalition of animal protection groups consisting of the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Farm Sanctuary, and the Humane Farming Association (HFA), intervened in the case to ensure that the interests of animals and the public were represented.

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Humane Society University to Offer Courses in Fall 2009

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Further advancing its leadership in human-animal studies, Humane Society University, an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States, announced today that it has received a license as a higher education degree-granting institution by the District of Columbia Education Licensure Commission.

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

According to Parker, here are the threats: the ALF, the ELF, SHAC, PeTA and the oddest member of the group, the HSUS. Often confused with American Humane Association, they raise tens of millions, not to ‘save the animals’ as most people assume but to further the causes of vegetarianism and ending animal agriculture."