Wayne Pacelle
Wayne Pacelle
Wayne Pacelleis the President and Chief Executive Officerof the Humane Society of the United States. Pacelle took office June 1, 2004, after serving for nearly 10 years as the organization's chief lobbyist and spokesperson. Since becoming CEO, he has sought to expand the organization's membership base and its influence on public policy...
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I think (the storms) have crystallized this issue for the public.
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I can't for the life of me see any issue here.
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There were millions of Americans focused on animal welfare issues in the wake of the disaster, and we also know the bungled federal response to the animal crisis undermined the effectiveness of the human rescue mission.
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People are frantically calling and telling us their cat is on the third floor of an apartment in New Orleans, or their horses were left in a pasture.
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Most ethical hunters see that as an objectionable way to act. This is not hunting, it is an open-air abattoir (slaughterhouse).
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The animals we are finding now are emaciated and sick and lonely, but we are still finding them alive.
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We think the felony penalty will deter people from trying to go to a cockfight,
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Who would have thought they won't be able to pump water out for 90 days? Who would have thought New Orleans would be depopulated?
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We have been playing Russian roulette with our food supply for years by allowing these downer animals into the food chain, ... This much-needed legislation will codify a temporary administrative ban on the processing of downer cattle and it will expand the ban on the processing of other downer livestock. Animals too sick or injured to walk are a higher risk for mad cow disease, E. coli and salmonella, and they suffer terribly when they're dragged to slaughter.
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We aren't big enough to handle the magnitude of this crisis.
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We have left out tens of thousands of pounds of food and water to extend their lives.
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We want a policy that says the federal and state and local responders should actively assist in animal rescue.
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We'd advise him to pursue a less violent form of relaxation and get on with the important business of leading the country.
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We alone at the Humane Society of the United States, through our 1-800 number, logged 1,500 calls from people who lived in New Orleans and said they left their pets there,