Just leave the poor pups at home!

Ms. Longwell is quite the liar, for starters. The HSUS responded point by point to the CCF's allegations a long time ago: http://www.hsus.org/response_to_ccfs_7_things.htm...

The New York Times also has run at least one if not two full page ads that the CCF has paid for to attack the HSUS, didn't see that mentioned here either.

The fact is that Ms. Longwell's boss IS an attack dog for the food and beverage industry. This latest campaign is not out of any compassion for animals, but nothing more than agribusiness and puppy millers banding together to fight back against the success the HSUS has had in gaining protections for the farm animals and breeding dogs.

CCF claims they just want to "educate" consumers. Problem is, they only want you to know the side of the story provided by their clients, who pay big bucks for the CCF to slander any group who might encourage you to question, even a little bit, the integrity of their positions. Just like when they attacked MADD while one of their researchers was out drinking and driving, they care nothing about the issue of ethical treatment of animals. They only care about collecting checks while painting the good guys in a bad light.

As to the HSUS campaign, the CCF is just mad because this is the largest opponent they've taken on and, guess what? They're fighting back. The claim that just because they don't directly fund your LOCAL shelter (which is what YOU should be doing), they don't help animals, is ludicrous.