OT: HSUS whose goal is to shut down all animal ag maybe committing fraud

[Guest guest]

hello,

 

it has come to my attention that HSUS and Wayne Pacelle may have committed fraud

with our donations. Please take time to read this post and if you feel right

about it, act and repost.

 

Ami Moore Chicago IL

 

PLEASE CROSS-POST

 

The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom has learned that the office of

Louisiana Attorney General James " Buddy " Caldwell is considering

whether to re-open an investigation into the Humane Society of the

United States (HSUS).

 

The investigation concerns whether HSUS improperly

spent some of the $34 million it raised for the benefit of pets

displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

 

 

Apparently, Caldwell's office received a deluge of phone calls

beginning last week on the day after Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB-TV aired

an exposé of HSUS's fundraising activities. In that report, WSB

called HSUS " an organization actively misleading donors to get

money. " The TV station also explored just how little of HSUS's

" Katrina " fundraising appears to have been spent on genuine

Katrina-related disaster relief.

 

This was a fabulous piece of journalism on a subject many news outlets

have been too intimidated or biased to cover. (WSB-TV is working on a

follow-up story, but we'll all just have to wait patiently for

that.)

 

An anonymous animal lover has made the video of the May 14 report

available at http://is.gd/BQGu http://is.gd/BQGu> -- Note that

there's no way to know if HSUS will be successful at continually

censoring this video. (At least one previous version was pulled from

YouTube this week after being viewed more than 50,000 times.)

 

Here's what you can do to help:

 

(1) CALL the Consumer Protection Section

http://ag.state.la.us/Article.aspx?articleID=28 & catID=12 & printer=1#Cons\

umerProtectionSection> of the Louisiana Attorney General's Office

during regular business hours. The toll-free number is 800-351-4889. If

you live in Louisiana, please call the local number at 225-326-6465, or

the general office number at 225-326-6200.

 

Tell whoever answers that you would like the Attorney General to re-open

his investigation of the Humane Society of the United States. Remind

him/her that there's no official accounting of how HSUS spent most

of the $34 million it raised after Hurricane Katrina.

 

Before you hang up, ask to be transferred to Assistant Attorney General

Mimi Hunley. If you get through to Ms. Hunley, please be polite and make

the same request of her or her staff.

 

(2) Please follow-up with a polite e-mail to ConsumerInfo

consumerinfo , and let the A.G.'s office

read your request in your own words. Drop me an e-mail at

Martosko Martosko and

let me know how everything went. (Or just " BCC " me on your follow-up

e-mail)

 

(3) Share the video of WSB-TV's exposé with your friends,

colleagues, family, and neighbors. It remains available (for now) at

http://tinyurl.com/HSUS-YouSend -- If this video should

disappear, feel free to e-mail me and ask if another version has popped

up anywhere.

 

(4) If you are able, please consider making a donation to the Center for

Consumer Freedom so we can keep up the pressure on the Humane Society of

the United States. We've got some exciting plans for the months

ahead, but we need additional resources to make it all work.

 

Donations can be made at http://www.consumerfreedom.com/donations.cfm

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/donations.cfm> and they are

tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. The Center for Consumer

Freedom is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization.

 

Thanks for all you do to provide for animals. Remember: You are the real

animal advocates. And we're on your side.

 

David Martosko of Research