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Michael Vick’s new spokesman says ‘You are a monster too!’

Wayne Pacelle, the CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and spokesman for the most notorious animal abuser of our time, is digging himself into a deeper hole. The head of the nation’s wealthiest animal “protection” group is now arguing in newspapers across the country, including San Francisco’s, that we should forgive Michael Vick because we are all “sinners when it comes to animals.” Is Pacelle really that desperate that he now says we are all monsters like Vick?

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And the Monster Went Free…

The most notorious animal abuser of our time was just given what he wanted most by being reinstated in the National Football League. I have to wonder how much Michael Vick played up his association with Wayne Pacelle and the Humane Society of the United States in his meetings with the Commissioner and others who held his fate in their hands. How he is now an HSUS spokesman. How the nation’s largest animal protection organization is now in his corner. How they forgave him, so why shouldn’t the NFL?

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Demanding What We Have the Right to Expect

The Humane Society of the United States issued a statement today saying it is assisting in the care of the dogs seized in the recent multi-state dog fighting raid, but does not commit to actually saving their lives. Meanwhile, the Humane Society of Missouri reaches out to rescue groups, with preconditions. With the lives of roughly 400 dogs and puppies hanging in the balance, we must demand more…

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In Their Own Words

In doing research for the first and then the second edition of Redemption, I amassed a large body of historical archives about the movement. And as I indicated in two prior posts, once the second edition was completed, I began packing away the material used to write the book. But as so often happens when you go through old items, you begin re-reading them. I also wrote that periodically, I’d release some of the material for posterity. Here’s more from the Redemption archives.

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Las Vegas, Round 3

I am grateful that Best Friends challenged HSUS on the issue of seized Pit Bulls and tried to come up with a “win” for the dogs. I welcome the involvement of Best Friends in helping set HSUS policy and have very high regard for Best Friends employees working in this field. But, in the end, I have serious reservations about whether this will truly signal a substantive shift in HSUS policy and a lot of what HSUS said at the meeting is still very disturbing.

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