Tag: Humane Society of the United States

  • HumaneWatch is the Cat’s Meow – HSUS WTF, part 2

    HumaneWatch is the Cat’s Meow – HSUS WTF, part 2

    Several months ago I posted about the marvelous ad campaign that HumaneWatch had developed to inform society about the misperception of HSUS.  Today, I’m thrilled to see those same ads take up residence in New York’s Time Square. HumaneWatch ad in New York’s Times Square Photo credit HumaneWatch That’s right – the billboard above is smack…

  • False Alarm for Horse Slaughter

    False Alarm for Horse Slaughter

    Horses of the Frobuzz ranch Horse slaughter was to resume this week. “Was” being the keyword. Last Friday, a U.S. District Court Judge dismissed a lawsuit and subsequent injunction against three plants that are itching to open their doors to America’s horses that are past their prime. The Humane Society of the US, Front Range Equine Rescue and…

  • WTF HSUS?

    WTF HSUS?

    WTF meaning of course, Where’s the Funding? The geniuses behind HumaneWatch have launched a new ad campaign in Union Station in Washington D.C. aimed at calling out the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) for donating a mere 1% of their budget to animal shelters. Read that again. HSUS donates a mere 1% of their $130 million budget…

  • HSUS Donates Goose Eggs

    HSUS Donates Goose Eggs

    That means a big fat zero. In this infogram from HumaneWatch, you can see the breakdown of where the whopping 0.24% that HSUS spends on local animal shelters actually ends up. (In case you didn’t pick up on it, the word whopping was dripping with sarcasm). In 2011, HSUS spent 0.24% of of its total…