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RE: USARK on NPR's Diane Rehm Show

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Posted by: EricWI at Thu Feb 2 11:30:46 2012  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by EricWI ]  
   

On yesterday's show, USARK president Andrew Wyatt challenged HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle to donate some money to the newly created Burmese python initiative at savetheburms.org; Pacelle refused...

WYATT
11:42:46
So there's an initiative out there called the Burmese Python Initiative. It's at savetheburms.org where we've raised $150,000 to be able to house and care for these animals so that they don't end up being euthanized or out on the streets or whatever, so that they can have a safe place to go and be re-homed. And I would challenge Wayne to donate some money to the...
PACELLE
11:43:12
Yeah, we're gonna...
WYATT
11:43:14
...to the Burmese Python Initiative.
PACELLE
11:43:15
...we're gonna clean up the mess that you guys have created by blocking the laws, that you've created so much cruelty. You've created such ecological havoc causing our nation millions and millions of tens of millions of dollars because of your selfish pursuit...

Read the entire transcript here:
thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-02-01/exotic-animal-industry-us/transcript


   

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