Tag: pet shelters

HSUS Deception is National

New Report: HSUS Deception on a National Scale

This from HumaneWatch.org…

We’ve written before about the deceptive fundraising practices on the Humane Society of the United States. Despite its name, HSUS is not related to your local pet shelters, though public polling finds that most Americans think it is. Even 80 percent of HSUS donors think that HSUS “misleads people into thinking that it supports local humane societies and pet shelters.” View the full report here. Read more

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Nebraska Farmers Show Their Pride

This from Humane Watch:

We had to laugh when HSUS started its “We Are Nebraska” campaign a few days ago. An anti-agriculture group claiming to represent an agricultural state? Puh-leez.

From what we can see on HSUS’s Flickr steam, only two farmers and ranchers have submitted photos supporting HSUS’s campaign, including one who’s on HSUS’s state council. (Gee, what happened to all those 51,000 HSUS “members” in Nebraska? Maybe they don’t exist.) Read more

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Consumer Alert: Humane Society of the United States

What follows is from HumaneWatch.org and is an appeal to file a complaint with the FTC over alleged deceptive advertising.

UPDATE 2/26/2012: More than 100 people have emailed us saying that they have filed a complaint with the FTC.

To all who saw our national TV ad, welcome! First, an announcement, and second, we need your help.

Today we’re releasing a new, 2-page report on deceptive TV fundraising of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). With the help of Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG), we were able to analyze every HSUS TV ad that ran between January 2009 and September 2011. What we found was startling. Read more

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