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HSUS Propaganda Targets Boa Constrictor!

USARK Oct 19, 2009 12:26 PM

This is the kind of unsubstantiated spin the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is putting on the new US Geologic Survey (USGS) study on '9 Large Constricting Snakes'. These people really are trying to put an end to the Reptile Nation. They will do and say just about anything to destroy our industry. They have no expertise and are wrong on the issues and policy 99% of the time. What they have is a well funded public relations and lobbying machine that keeps the pressure on politicians through a masterful manipulation of the media and an aggressive political giving strategy. These ideologues will stop at nothing to accomplish the goal of stopping the trade in reptiles. These people are not who they seem. They pluck at the heart strings of an animal loving American public in order to raise huge amounts of money, but they do not take care of any animals. They have nothing to do with your local Humane Society. 90% of the money raised goes toward six figure executive salaries, lobbying and more fund raising. HSUS is the largest most powerful member of the Animal Rights Industry in the US. They are attempting to use the new USGS Study to amend S 373 and HR 2811 in order to destroy the trade in reptiles.

Click here to learn more about the multi-billion dollar Animal Rights Industry at the Reptile Nation Blog:

www.reptilechannel.com/reptile-blog/reptile-nation/the-animal-rights-industry.aspx

*** The link below is NOT the position of USARK. It IS the position of the HSUS.***

From the desk of Wayne Pacelle: A Humane Nation/ The Humane Society of the United States

hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2009/10/boas-and-hisses.html

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Andrew Wyatt
President USARK

Replies (3)

dmasio13 Oct 19, 2009 01:47 PM

Wow it is amazing and tiresome what these people will do to stop our industry.
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Damian Macioce
www.strongholdreptiles.com

PHLdyPayne Oct 19, 2009 02:15 PM

In one of the linked articles they mention 4 children died from being constricted by large snakes since 2006, yet on average 14 kids out of every 100,000 die from accidents in the US. 14 vs less than 1 child a year is a huge difference, especially when many accidents can be prevented, just as protecting our children from the danger of a snake is easily prevented.

Then again far easier to ban an animal than it is to ban parents who are idiots, careless, lack common sense, or under the delusion that nothing bad will ever happen.
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PHLdyPayne

RandyRemington Oct 23, 2009 04:46 AM

I found another online article on the USGS report.
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