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The ‘No-Kill’ movement’s historical trouble with momentum and the factioning that’s not helping
When Nathan Winograd’s groundbreaking book Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America came out a few years ago, those of us who were true animal welfarists — not that faction of animal welfare that was leaning dangerously close to animal rightism — finally had a voice. We rejoiced…
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Illinois State Rep. Jim Sacia tells it like it is about the HSUS
Editor’s note: Illinois State Representative for the 89th district Jim Sacia has posted a few times about the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) on his blog, but the blog post I’ve excerpted below is the most poignant. It is literally an answer to prayer (at least mine anyway) that elected officials start outing…
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HSUS Back-Pedaling on Fighting Dog Stance and the Widely Debunked Dogsbite.org for Some Reason Still Cited as a Media Source
Last Friday I stumbled across what I thought was going to be a promising article in The Seattle Times that began, “Pit bulls are the most abused, reviled, abandoned and euthanized dogs in the United States.” Anyone who has ever rehabilitated abused bulldog breeds knows first-hand the heartbreaking truth of the above statement. But…