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Wayne Pacelle: A Humane Nation | The Humane Society of the United States

2008: A Look Back

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 01:29 PM CST

I’ve had the privilege of being president of The HSUS for short of five

years now. I had hoped, in taking the post, that I could enhance the

organization's reputation as a powerful, mainstream force for animal

protection—a force that could take on the major forms of institutionalized

cruelty and achieve results that made a difference in the lives of animals.

 

 

Thanks to the support of our members and the work of our talented staff and

board, that’s happened, and now the task is not to relent, but instead to

continue to strengthen and grow this capability. In looking back at some of my

blogs written in 2008, I pulled 10 of the most popular. I think they provide a

valuable chronicle of some of the big picture items and controversies over the

last year.

Here's the list:

 

A Look Ahead: Obama's Ag and Interior Chiefs (Dec. 17): Reaction to

President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet selections for Agriculture and Interior

Secretary

Proposition 2: Views Fit to Print (Oct. 9): The editorial board of The New

York Times endorses Proposition 2, the California ballot initiative to ban veal

crates, gestation crates, and battery cages

Alarm Bells Over Eight Belles (May 5): A discussion of the problems with

horse racing, following filly Eight Belles' death at the Kentucky Derby

No Downers, No Exceptions (May 20): Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer

announces that the USDA will implement a no-downer policy for cattle in the

United States

Art, Examined (April 25): Controversy surrounds the exhibition of a starving

street dog in a Nicaraguan art gallery

Uncaging the Truth (Aug. 11): Exposing the opposition to California's

Proposition 2

Torture on Tape (Jan. 30): The HSUS investigation of Hallmark/Westland Meat

Co. breaks, exposing the abuse of downed dairy cows at the Chino, Calif.

slaughter plant

Safer Fate for Seals (April 15): Rebecca Aldworth, The HSUS's director of

Canadian wildlife issues, imagines a future free of Canada's annual slaughter of

baby harp seals

Puppy Mill Horrors to Hit Millions (April 2): Oprah Winfrey dedicates an

entire hour-long program to puppy mills and the related issues of shelter

adoptions, spay and neuter, and euthanasia

All Paws on Deck (June 4): The generosity and dedication of The HSUS's

supporters shines through in response to repeated attacks from the U.S.

Sportsmen's Alliance

 

 

 

 

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