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Humane Society of the United States

2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037
Phone 202-452-1100 | Fax 202-258-3051 | Email wpacelle@hsus.org

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Center for Food Safety Center for Food Safety (CFS) president Andrew Kimbrell and legal director Joseph Mendelson are both on the board of the Turning Point project, which ran a series of radical environmental ads in major papers listing the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) as a sponsoring organization. Center for Food Safety advisory board member Melanie Adcock was formerly director of HSUS’s farm animal program.

Center for Media & Democracy The Center for Media & Democracy and the Humane Society of the United States were both members of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Foodspeak coalition. Members hoped to avoid liability for false claims against food companies by overturning and evading food disparagement laws.

Center for Science in the Public Interest The Humane Society of the United States, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), and a dozen other activist organizations came together to create Keep Antibiotics Working, which aims to scare the public about the use of antibiotics on farm animals. But even before the formation of this misguided coalition, HSUS and CSPI -- along with other groups -- pressured Bayer (without any real science on their side) to roll back the use of Baytril in livestock. HSUS also belonged to CSPI’s Foodspeak coalition of anti-food activists who wanted to avoid liability for false claims against food companies, and attempted to overturn food disparagement laws. Also, HSUS “Factory Farming” Campaign Manager Paul Shapiro began his activist career as a CSPI intern.

EarthSave International The Humane Society of the United States and Earthsave International both lent their name to the Turning Point newspaper ads that attacked modern farming techniques, new technologies, biotechnology, and economic globalization. They were also both members of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Foodspeak coalition of groups who hoped to avoid liability for false claims against food companies.

Environmental Working Group The Environmental Working Group and the Humane Society of the United States were both members of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Foodspeak coalition, whose members attempted to abolish food disparagement laws in the hopes of avoiding lawsuits for false claims against food companies.

Farm Sanctuary Farm Sanctuary and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are working together on legislation in California and New Jersey that would ban “gestation crates” for pregnant sows, outlaw foie gras production, and bar veal farmers from raising animals for slaughter. In 2002, the groups used the initiative process to add an amendment to Florida’s constitution banning these important farming tools. Both organizations are also members of Ralph Nader’s Global Safe Food Alliance. Farm Sanctuary’s Gene Bauston is on the board of directors of “Humane USA,” a political action committee (PAC) run by HSUS. Humane USA press releases are often issued jointly from Farm Sanctuary, the Fund for Animals, and HSUS. HSUS and Farm Sanctuary are co-sponsors of the 2005 “Taking Action For Animals” conference in Washington, DC.

Foundation on Economic Trends The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) was a supporting organization for the Foundation on Economic Trends’s Beyond Beef Campaign. HSUS has joined Foundation on Economic Trends president Jeremy Rifkin in his legal crusades against biotechnology, and Rifkin’s Green Lifestyle Handbook includes an essay by HSUS’s “senior scholar” Michael Fox.

Greenpeace The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), along with Greenpeace and dozens of other radical organizations who want to control the dinner plate, supported the luddite Turning Point newspapers ads. Greenpeace and HSUS collectively berate shareholders of companies that sell whale products in Japan. The two groups are both members of the fundraising-oriented Species Survival Network. And they were both part of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Foodspeak coalition, whose members hoped to overturn and dodge food disparagement laws.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy The Humane Society of the United States and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy belong to the Keep Antibiotics Working coalition, which hopes to prevent farmers from administering antibiotics to their livestock. They are also both members of the Global Safe Food Alliance, an organization run by Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen. And they both signed onto New York Times issue advertisements coordinated by the anti-technology Turning Point Project.

Natural Resources Defense Council When the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the United States Navy because it believed “human-generated noise -- including active sonars – ha[d] a negative effect on marine mammals,” the Humane Society of the United States was happy to sign on. The two groups have also sued Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airport, O’Hare Airport, and others. The Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW) coalition counts both HSUS and NRDC as members. KAW aims to scare the public about the supposed “overuse” of antibiotics on farm animals. They were also both members of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Foodspeak coalition. Members hoped to avoid lawsuits for false claims against food companies by overturning food disparagement laws.

Organic Consumers Association Both the Humane Society of the United States and the Organic Consumers Association are members of the Global Safe Food Alliance, a Naderite association of junk science peddlers. The two groups also lent their names to the Turning Point newspaper ads, which attacked modern farms with a vengeance.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Numerous former PETA employees have worked at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), including Richard Swain, vice president of investigations; Jonathan Balcombe, Cristobel Block, and Virginia Bollinger, investigations section; Howard Edelstein, computer programmer; Leslie Gerstenfeld and Kimberly Roberts, international affairs section; and Leslie Ison and Rachel Lamb, “companion animals” section. PETA “Humane Education Lecturer” Gary Yourofsky, a convicted Animal Liberation Front felon, spoke at HSUS’s 2002 CompassionFest for children. HSUS and PETA joined eight other animal groups to demand that the U.S. Department of Agriculture restore to its website documents concerning the use of animals in research. HSUS and PETA are both active members of the International Council on Animal Protection, which seeks to limit research on animals. And in 2003, HSUS Vice President Martin Stephens was asked to recommend three people to serve on an EPA “pollution prevention and toxics” panel. Two out of his three choices were PETA employees. HSUS and PETA are co-sponsors of the 2005 “Taking Action For Animals” conference in Washington, DC.

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Both the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the PETA-affiliated Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) belong to Ralph Nader’s Global Safe Food Alliance, and to the International Council on Animal Protection, which seeks to limit research on animals. HSUS and PCRM co-signed a letter demanding that the U.S. Department of Agriculture restore to its website documents concerning the use of animals in research. They were also both part of the Foodspeak coalition, run by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Member organizations wanted to abolish food disparagement laws and so avoid lawsuits for false claims against food companies. PCRM research consultant Jonathan Balcombe was HSUS’s Associate Director for Education during the 1990s.

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Humane Society of the United States senior vice president Heidi Prescott also serves as an advisory board member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a group that practices high-seas piracy in “defense” of whales, fish, and other sea creatures.

Sierra Club Sierra Club activists have collaborated with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to agitate against modern livestock farms. In 2002, Sierra Club members in Florida teamed with HSUS to pass a ballot initiative that extends constitutional rights to pregnant pigs. In 1998, the two groups successfully campaigned in California for Proposition 4, which bars ranchers from using traps to protect their livestock from mountain lions, coyotes and other predators. The edict has hurt California farmers, who have seen a steep increase in predator attacks on their herds. The Sierra Club and HSUS are also both members of the Keep Antibiotics Working coalition, a PR campaign that frightens Americans away from the conventional meat supply with scientifically baseless claims about livestock antibiotics.

Turning Point Project The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) signed on to a series of newspaper ads organized by the Turning Point Project. HSUS was listed as a sponsoring organization, for example, on ads arguing that “modern agriculture is in crisis.” Former HSUS veterinarian Melanie Adcock has also been an employee of the Foundation for Deep Ecology, the radical grantmaker that bankrolled the Turning Point ads.

Union of Concerned Scientists Both the Humane Society of the United States and the Union of Concerned Scientists belong to the Keep Antibiotics Working coalition, which seeks to eliminate the use of antibiotics on farm animals through a sustained scare campaign. They also both belonged to the Foodspeak coalition, run by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Members attempted to avoid liability for false claims against food companies by overturning and evading food disparagement laws.

United Poultry Concerns Both the Humane Society of the United States and United Poultry Concerns are members of the Global Safe Food Alliance, a group run by Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen. The two groups also joined a coalition to make 2000 the “year of the humane child.”

Waterkeeper Alliance Both the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Waterkeeper Alliance are members of the fear-mongering Keep Antibiotics Working coalition, which aims to scare the public about the use of antibiotics on farm animals. HSUS has signed onto Waterkeeper lawsuits against pork-producing companies.

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