How Sportsmen Hurt Themselves
Submitted by Ted Williams on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 07:09.
Many sportsmen, including me, have major issues with some of the positions taken by the HSUS and would like to see the group concentrate less on, say, keeping feral equids on publicly owned wildlife habitat and more on, say, looking after the welfare of pets. So, when HSUS does what we want it to, why don't groups like the Sportsmen's Alliance encourage it? Or at least shut up? I have dealt with the Sportsmen's Alliance for years, and it grieves me to report on this blog that everything HSUS says here about this unholy outfit is correct. The Alliance, alas, is far more effective in damaging the sportsmen's image than HSUS.
From HSUS:
(May 6, 2008) %C3%A2%CB%86' The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is urging animal lovers to contribute to a special fund to help pets affected by the foreclosure crisis. The appeal comes after the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, an industry group that represents weapons manufacturers, pressured Midwest retailer Meijer, Inc. to end a promotion that contributed to the fund.
"An extremist hunting group, the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, has stooped to a new low, and attacked a program of The Humane Society of the United States to raise money to help pets abandoned during the home foreclosure crisis," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS. "We are now asking our members and supporters to donate funds not only to help pets, but to fight the inhumane and unsporting abuses that are this radical hunting group's stock and trade. We want to show the Sportsmen's Alliance that every time it disrupts efforts to protect animals, we'll raise that much money and more to fight their cynical and destructive campaigns."
The HSUS established the fund in March in response to news reports of people leaving their pets behind as they are forced out of their homes due to foreclosure, and shelters reporting spikes in intake caused by the economic downturn. The nation's largest animal protection organization heeded the call from shelters and rescue groups for assistance, and many businesses and kind-hearted individuals have reached into their wallets to assist. The HSUS is acting as a clearinghouse for these funds, distributing them to shelters through a grant process.
Meijer had planned to chip as much as $5,000-$1 for each customer who entered the company's pet photo contest on its website. The Grand Rapids-based company ended the promotion after caterwauling by the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance.
The HSUS is calling on its supporters to double the amount Meijer would have contributed by raising $10,000. The first $5,000 will go to the foreclosure pets fund, with the next $5,000 for a fund to support campaigns against the most egregious practices the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance supports and defends. Captive shoots of tame animals, polar bear trophy hunting, bear baiting, aerial gunning of wolves and the use of steel-jawed leghold traps are just a few of the abuses the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance supports.
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Media Contact: Martin Montorfano, 301-258-3152, mmontorfano@humanesociety.org
From HSUS:
(May 6, 2008) %C3%A2%CB%86' The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is urging animal lovers to contribute to a special fund to help pets affected by the foreclosure crisis. The appeal comes after the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, an industry group that represents weapons manufacturers, pressured Midwest retailer Meijer, Inc. to end a promotion that contributed to the fund.
"An extremist hunting group, the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, has stooped to a new low, and attacked a program of The Humane Society of the United States to raise money to help pets abandoned during the home foreclosure crisis," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The HSUS. "We are now asking our members and supporters to donate funds not only to help pets, but to fight the inhumane and unsporting abuses that are this radical hunting group's stock and trade. We want to show the Sportsmen's Alliance that every time it disrupts efforts to protect animals, we'll raise that much money and more to fight their cynical and destructive campaigns."
The HSUS established the fund in March in response to news reports of people leaving their pets behind as they are forced out of their homes due to foreclosure, and shelters reporting spikes in intake caused by the economic downturn. The nation's largest animal protection organization heeded the call from shelters and rescue groups for assistance, and many businesses and kind-hearted individuals have reached into their wallets to assist. The HSUS is acting as a clearinghouse for these funds, distributing them to shelters through a grant process.
Meijer had planned to chip as much as $5,000-$1 for each customer who entered the company's pet photo contest on its website. The Grand Rapids-based company ended the promotion after caterwauling by the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance.
The HSUS is calling on its supporters to double the amount Meijer would have contributed by raising $10,000. The first $5,000 will go to the foreclosure pets fund, with the next $5,000 for a fund to support campaigns against the most egregious practices the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance supports and defends. Captive shoots of tame animals, polar bear trophy hunting, bear baiting, aerial gunning of wolves and the use of steel-jawed leghold traps are just a few of the abuses the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance supports.
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Media Contact: Martin Montorfano, 301-258-3152, mmontorfano@humanesociety.org
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