#HSUS, #NICE
Townhall.com Spotlight
Dear Friend,
The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom has been working to expose the
hypocrisy and fundraising deceptions of the Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS). This is the group that many donors THINK is their local
animal shelter. It's really a $100-million-dollar animal rights lobbying
group. Think PETA with a fancier pair of plastic shoes.
You may have recently seen WSB-TV's exposé on this radical animal
rights organization. (WSB is Atlanta's ABC affiliate.) The Center for
Consumer Freedom was featured in the piece, which aired last Thursday.
It was hugely popular, attracting more than 50,000 viewers on YouTube in
addition to WSB's regular TV audience and resulting print coverage.
Since the report first aired, HSUS has been working feverishly to
silence it. The group bullied the TV station into removing the video and
the text of the story from its website. HSUS even convinced the station
to contact YouTube with copyright claims to have the news segment
removed from public view. The video is no longer available anywhere on
the Internet. All because HSUS is afraid of the truth.
WSB-TV called HSUS "an organization actively misleading donors to get
money." We added that most of the proceeds from HSUS's massive
fundraising operations don't benefit homeless cats and dogs: "It's very
deceptive . [the money] goes to lobbying, it goes to political
contributions, it goes to pay huge staff salaries and benefits." This
was a great piece of journalism on a subject most news outlets are too
intimidated or biased to cover.
Click here to read "The Seven Things You Didn't Know About HSUS"
http://ping.fm/WX8CA
To say we struck a nerve would be an understatement. HSUS's aggressive
response is a testament to our strategy and effective messaging. HSUS's
biggest vulnerability is the public discovering that it is not a pet
shelter. If we can bring that message to the public, we can seriously
undercut HSUS's credibility and expose them as the radical animal rights
group that they really are.
In addition, the Louisiana Attorney General's office has been receiving
a deluge of questions about one of the WSB-TV report's claims: That HSUS
misused money it promised to spend helping reunite Hurricane Katrina
victims with their pets. Louisiana A.G. Buddy Caldwell is considering
whether to re-open a full-scale investigation into this. if you feel as
strongly about it as we do, PLEASE CALL his office's Consumer Protection
Section at 800-351-4889 and let them know.
Click here to read an in-depth "ActivistCash.com" report about the
Humane Society of the United States
http://ping.fm/IpvmR
Can you help the Center for Consumer Freedom? We are seeking one-time
contributions to finance the production and distribution of our own
short online documentary about the Humane Society of the United States.
It will be similar to the news coverage HSUS has managed to bully off
the Internet, but the group will not have any legal right to impact its
distribution.
We are trying to raise $75,000 during the next week to finance this
project, and we need your help today! Click here to make a
tax-deductible online donation to assist with our efforts.
http://ping.fm/tTutE
Sincerely,
The Center for Consumer Freedom
