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  • CBS News Exposes ASPCA

    CBS News has a devastating new segment exposing the financial waste at the ASPCA. The ASPCA—which as CBS points out, is not affiliated with local SPCAs—is well known from its Sarah McLachlan ads, which helped the organization grow to over $100 million a year. Less well known is how that money is actually used. According […]

  • The Intercept Uses Journalist in Bed with Criminal Activist Group

    The Intercept has been publishing videos written and produced by an activist who is tied to the extremist group Direct Action Everywhere.  Leighton Woodhouse was recently named Direct Action Everywhere-San Francisco Bay Area’s “member of the week.” In an interview with the organization posted to Facebook, Woodhouse said he had been an animal rights activist […]

  • Humane Society of the US Loses $850,000 on Fundraising Campaign

    If you get a call from the Humane Society of the United States begging for a donation, do yourself (and animals) a favor and hang up. The New York Attorney General publishes an annual “Pennies for Charity” report and requires charities to report how much money they raised with their fundraising vendors and how much […]

  • One Year Later, Has HSUS Helped the Chimps?

    Last year, animal advocates were outraged after allegations emerged that chimpanzees were being mistreated at Project Chimps, a north Georgia facility controlled by the Humane Society of the United States. Two public whistleblowers, representing a larger group of volunteers and former staff, alleged that the chimps were in such dire living conditions. Critics claimed the […]

  • Your Diet Has Almost Zero Climate Impact

    It’s all the rage these days for companies to tell people their products are better for the earth. That’s increasingly the case with food, too, with companies touting their products as better for the environment. But here’s what they don’t tell you: Your individual diet has almost no environmental impact whatsoever. Skeptical? Let’s consider meat. […]

  • Neiman Marcus Surrenders

    The book of weak-kneed corporate leadership has many chapters, but Neiman Marcus may be the latest highlight for boneheaded decision-making. Today the luxury retail brand announced that it would no longer sell fur in its stores as of 2023. Neiman announced the move was made in partnership with the radical animal liberation group Humane Society […]

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