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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

According to Parker, here are the threats: the ALF, the ELF, SHAC, PeTA and the oddest member of the group, the HSUS. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting ! Perhaps it is the industry's inability to evolve morally that is behind the times. Are we pinning people down and force-feeding them vegan burritos? .

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On Humane Societies and Calf-Roping

Animal Person

It's off to a promising start and includes a promising end: The HSUS opposes rodeos as they are commonly organized, since they typically cause torment and stress to animals; expose them to pain, injury, or even death; and encourage an insensitivity to and acceptance of the inhumane treatment of animals in the name of sport.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

However, both his perceptions and misconceptions are based on: 1) observing the work of PeTA and HSUS; and 2) the assumption that those two organizations are in the same category--"animal rights." than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare." First of all, does he really believe that piffle?