The context for the meeting was HSUS's commanding win in Proposition 2 in California, and a shared belief that open warfare would serve no one's purposes. [28] From the early 1960s onward, HSUS worked to promote the most humane methods possible for euthanasia of animals in shelters, using its Waterford, Virginia animal shelter as a model for best practices in this area. [181], The Humane Society Legislative Fund is a 501(c)(4) organization formed in 2004. and is the largest nonprofit organization advocating animal rights in the world. [74] During the first 2 years of Pacelle's tenure, overall revenues and expenditures grew by more than 50 percent. HSUS sought to bolster the movement's strong opposition to pound seizure, believing that no public pound or privately operated humane society should be compelled by law to provide animals for experimental use. Singer's book sought to recast concern for animals as a justice-based cause like the movements for civil rights and women's rights. Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a large left-of-center animal liberation and vegetarianism advocacy nonprofit. [24], HSUS took the position that animal experimentation should be banned, and in the 1950s it placed investigators in laboratories to gather evidence of substandard conditions and animal suffering and neglect. HSUS lists all grants of $500 or more, with details, although the IRS Schedule F requires only that grants surpassing $5,000 need be reported. The burgeoning crisis of pollution and wildlife-habitat loss made the public increasingly aware that humans needed to change their behavior toward other living things. 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[75] In early 2008, HSUS re-organized its direct veterinary care work and its veterinary advocacy under a new entity, the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, formed through an alliance with the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR). Charity Watch gave the HSUS a "C" in 2013. [8] Other affiliated entities include the Doris Day Animal League, and the Fund for Animals. 2023 The Humane Society of the United States Privacy policy and terms. The HSUS's tax identification number is 53-0225390. "[18], Myers and his colleagues found another exemplar of their values in Joseph Wood Krutch (18931970), whose writings reflected a deep level of appreciation for wilderness and for nonhuman life. [60], In 2018, The Washington Post reported on a Humane Society board investigation conducted by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius into allegations of sexual harassment involving Wayne Pacelle. Humane Society of Charlotte Their responsibilities include focusing on relationship-based fundraising and maintaining strong connections to existing individual and corporate investors while seeking out and engaging new donors and supporters to secure and expand HSC's fundraising potential. Other evaluators agree with the approach taken under Generally accepted accounting principles, which permit such joint allocation of expenses. [10], HSUS formed after a schism surfaced in the American Humane Association over pound seizure, rodeo, and other policy issues. Unti, Bernard; Protecting All Animals: A Fifty-year History of the Humane Society of the United States (2004), P. Singer, Animal Liberation: New York, 1975, Animals in a Research Laboratory: Washington, DC, 1961. HSWLT has taken both large and small properties under its protection, through title donations, conservation easements, and formal agreements, to provide sanctuaries for a variety of animal species. "Joint Resolutions for the 1990s", HSUS News Spring 1991, 1. In 1978, attorneys Robert Welborn and Murdaugh Stuart Madden[39] conducted a workshop at the HSUS annual conference, "Can Animal Rights Be Legally Defined? [110][111], HSUS led a campaign against puppy mill cruelty in Missouri in 2010. "Mom, Apple Pie and Humane Education". Unlike its founding vision which strictly revolved around animal welfare, HSUS has evolved to work towards establishing a broad range of animal rights legislation, including those involving companion animals, wildlife, farm animals, horses and other equines, and animals used in research, testing and education. "[3], Beginning in the 1990s, HSUS board member David O. Wiebers, a medical doctor associated with the Mayo Clinic, undertook efforts to lessen tensions between animal protection organizations and the scientific community, and to seek to identify areas of common agreement.[26]. The League launched its annual observance of Spay Day USA in 1994, to bring attention to the pet overpopulation problem in the United States. [34], Other broad goals during this time included a reduction in the U.S.'s homeless dog and cat population, the reform of inhumane euthanasia practices, and to regulate pet shops and to end the commercial pet breeding trade. [106] In 2006, HSUS helped to secure the passage of 70 new state laws on behalf of animals. [228] In May 2014, HSUS and the remaining co-defendants (which included two HSUS employees, the HSUS affiliate Fund for Animals, and parties unaffiliated with HSUS) agreed to pay $15.75 million to settle the litigation. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) reports that it protects animals through advocacy, direct care, education, investigation, litigation, field work, emergency response services, and public policy initiatives. Hog producers in particular recognized their vulnerability in reference to gestation crates[113][114][115][116], In July 2007, HSUS led calls for the National Football League to suspend Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in the wake of allegations that he had been involved with dog fighting activity. "[40] In 1980 the notion of rights surfaced in an HSUS convention resolution which, noting that "such rights naturally evolve from long accepted doctrines of justice or fairness or some other dimension of morality", called for "pursuit on all fronts the clear articulation and establishment of the rights of animals"[41], In 1986, HSUS employee John McArdle declared that "HSUS is definitely shifting in the direction of animal rights faster than anyone would realize from our literature". 2,186 posts. M. Stephens, "Clarifying Our Position", HSUS News Spring 1991, 2123. 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