He did NOT take those cats in in that condition. His favorite cat, Tommy, has been in his care since birth. Tommy has FIP, which Caboodle Ranch used to excuse his deteriorating health. But what they didn't tell you is that Tommy also contracted FIV, multiple respiratory infections, ringworm, and other ailments while under Craig Grant's negligent care.

This letter got it exactly right. I donate to both local shelters (and two non-local shelters!), and to the HSUS.

It's simple.
Shelters and rescues care for the victims of animal cruelty and neglect.
National animal welfare groups like HSUS confront and *stop* that cruelty.

Both types of organizations fill a vital role in protecting animals. Animal abusing businesses attack the national groups like HSUS because HSUS confronts and exposes their cruelty. The puppy mills, the factory farms, the circuses, all the corporate entities that have profited from that cruelty by hiding in the shadows are now finding themselves exposed and unable to continue their inhumane practices.

And they're showing their true colors when they try to use shelters as puppets -- to defend animal cruelty!

What more needs to be said?

The minions of the pet breeding industry, the reptile "hobbyists", and the factory farming industry will no doubt flood this page with hateful comments, raging about HSUS and shrieking about how HSUS is some sinister vegan plot to dominate the world.

Animal lovers speak out against abuse because we are concerned about the animals. Greedy profiteers speak out in favor of abuse because they are concerned with how much money they can make off the suffering of these animals.

Don't be fooled by the animal abusers who try to divert you from your goal of protecting animals from abuse. Support animal welfare: locally, nationally, and globally.

Additionally, Berman has been frantically filing legal threats and intimidation against shelters that speak up against HSSP's deception. Some advocate for shelters, eh?

More information about Berman/HSSP's attack on animal welfare:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-weitzman-dvm/h... http://pollywoginc.com/blog/2011/12/27/the-dogs-o... http://tomgradyonline.com/wordpress/2011/11/30/si... http://www.ecorazzi.com/2011/12/20/beware-new-ani... http://humanewatch.info/blog/2012/01/04/hssp-flee... http://www.humanewatch.info/blog/shelters http://www.ohmidog.com/2011/12/20/animal-warfare-... http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/di... http://richmondspca.typepad.com/richmond-spca-blo...

Helping shelters is a worthy goal. Unfortunately, Ms. Culp is using those shelters as pawns in an attack on our national animal welfare charities.

That's because Didi Culp is the figurehead for a front group run by one of the most notoriously evil PR firms in the US, Berman and Company.

Berman and Company operates a series of "nonprofit" front groups that try to smear the reputations of charities on behalf Berman's corporate clients.

For example, Berman's groups attack Mothers Against Drunk Driving and rages against sobriety checkpoints, in exchange for payments from the liquor industry.

They attack the CDC and urge pregnant women to consume 10x the safe levels of mercury in fish, on behalf of the seafood industry.

They attack unions and fight against worker wages and benefits, on behalf of the hotel and restaurant industries.

And now, they attack national animal welfare groups like the HSUS, on behalf of a host of industries that HSUS has exposed and confronted. Seal clubbing. Ringling Bros' abuse of elephants. Factory farms. Horse slaughter. Retail pet stores that support puppy mills. All championed by Berman's phony charity, "HumaneWatch", and all confronted by the HSUS.

Berman hasn't gotten much traction in his smear campaign, because it's difficult to defend animal cruelty for profit. So now he's working the strings of a new puppet, the HSSP, which is funded by the pet breeding industry. (That's according to co-founder Jeff Douglas, before he quietly vanished from the organization in a mass exodus of the HSSP leadership.)

HSSP provides NO services to any shelter, anywhere.
HSSP provides NO grants to any shelter, anywhere.
HSSP has no funds to assist shelters, but has a multi-million dollar budget for expensive nationwide print ad campaigns attacking the HSUS.
HSSP is funded by the pet breeding industry -- and *tries to conceal that fact*.
HSSP and its leadership actively spread false conspiracy theories about how animal welfare groups are secret plots to confiscate your pets.
Culp operates web sites and Facebook pages encouraging people to buy from a breeder instead of adopting from shelter.
Culp is currently the subject of an ethics investigation stemming from her misuse of Frederick County Animal Control's facilities in a propaganda video promoting her attack on the HSUS.
Culp routinely downplays the reality of animal cruelty, ascribing it to "accidents".
Culp publicly opposes spay and neuter programs.
Culp publicly opposes vital puppy mill legislation such as the PUPS Act.

Does this sound like a shelter advocate to you?

Don't be fooled: HSSP's interests are aligned with pet breeders, not with protecting animals from abuse.

Hunrodr, are you aware that the "the animals in the cages" featured in the HSUS commercials were all saved by the direct action of HSUS? They were saved through disaster relief operations, large-scale puppy mill and hoarder seizures, animal fighting investigations and prosecutions, etc.

The only exception is the cow in the Chino slaughterhouse, the abuse of which was exposed and confronted by the HSUS, leading to a ban on the slaughter of downer cows by Congress.

The commercials are not misleading in any way.

Here's a scene-by-scene breakdown, with links to some of the original footage. http://www.humanewatch.info/blog/silent-victims

My neighbor has a dog that says "I love you" on command, but I don't mistake that for debate. I feel much the same about your comments, Kim.

I have proven them wrong, again, and again, and again, and again! You dismiss the proof because it happens to be linked on my website, or because it comes from an authoritative source you don't like, or because you just don't want to acknowledge the facts.

Back up your claims in any of the dozen posts you've ignored, and maybe I'll consider continuing this "conversation". Anything else will be ignored.

There is no evidence of the "staff members at HSSP", because there are no staff members: what little leadership they had is fleeing in droves.

Like Berman's other front groups, there's no substance to the organization, just a token board of directors, and behind the scenes, Berman and Company pulling the strings on behalf of its corporate donors.
http://humanewatch.info/blog/2012/01/04/hssp-flee...

There are any number of puppy mill apologists on HumaneWatch, and you know it. And nearly everyone in that group of enablers oppose ANY legislation to rein in the abuses of commercial breeders, no matter how benign.

Feel free to report my comments if you find them offensive -- or better yet, don't read them. It's how I plan to handle your comments from this point forward.

By the way, you don't need to visit my site to provide the evidence for your bogus claims, yet you've used that as an excuse to sidestep the question. I don't care what source you use -- which image do you think is used by both organizations?

That link is nothing more than a transcript of the HSUS ad, but I can understand why you would be unwilling to accept factual evidence that you are wrong. It's what makes debating issues with you an utterly futile endeavor.

You believe what you want to believe, even when it's obviously, demonstrably wrong.