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Beca Z.
Review for The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC, USA
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the most well known animal rights organization in the world. Most people believe this organization supports and helps fund nationwide animal shelters. The truth is that the HSUS, who calls itself an “animal protection” agency, does not operate or have direct control over any animal shelter and is not affiliated with any local humane societies. In fact, according to its 2009 tax return, HSUS shared less than 0.8 percent of its money with pet shelters.
Despite HSUS’s public claims that it seeks only to ensure animals are humanely treated, the group’s values and actions are tilted toward eliminating humans’ use of animals entirely, including ending lifesaving biomedical research on animals, funding anti-breeding campaigns, and reducing society’s consumption of meat and egg products.
While it has no relation to local humane societies and animal shelters anywhere in the US, HSUS does control dozens of legal corporations throughout the world. Despite its image as a cash-strapped animal protection agency, the HSUS has become the wealthiest animal rights organization on earth.
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I've personally seen how the HSUS scams thousands of dollars from an unsuspecting public using their massive media events, attention-grabbing legislative proposals and Hollywood spokesmen. The HSUS misrepresents itself and takes advantage of every single “crisis” issue it can find to try to profit from it. Its main activities are comprised of promoting laws to restrict use/ownership, propaganda in support of such laws, and fundraising/self-promotional actions.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
Have the IRS audit the HSUS for tax fraud. The IRS has been investigating HSUS for over two years now. Compounding the problem of completing their investigation, the IRS has never had to deal with allegations of tax fraud by a “public charity” as large and as complex as the HSUS. You can help. Contact the United States Treasury Inspector General at 800-366-4484 (press 5) and respectfully request that case number 55-1005-0025-C be brought to conclusion.
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