Even More Reason To Donate To Pacers Eh?

[asal]

A friend sent me an email with this link.

interesting to say the least, looks like america's version of our rspca isnt too popular either?

funny how the reasons seem a bit familiar?

http://humanewatch.org/index.php/site/cate...of_one_percent/

[mita]

The bit about 'ranchers & farmers' is the tip-off, where that 'humane watch' comes from. Go a bit further & you'll see a reference to how 'we at the Center for Consumer Freedom' are musing about how the Humane Society of the US is faring.

That center is a far right wing US organisation fighting a rear-guard action on moves in animal welfare that have any impact on food production interests (hence the 'consumer' bit).

And, yes, there'd be far left wing organisations, too, in the US with a dfferent kind of extreme view about animal rights. In the opposite direction.

http://consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm...ure-politicking

If you'd like 'our (Australian) RSPCA to be critically scrutinised, then I'd suggest we have our own rigorous means of doing that, without calling on

barking mad extreme positions. There is, in fact, an Australian Federal Government position paper on Animal Welfare in this country, which starts off by giving the flick (but in nice language ) to any extreme position.

Edited August 19, 2010 by mita