Humane society follow up

[Guest guest]

I had contacted my local humane society to express my

opinion that feathered cat toys should not be sold

from the humane society gift shop.

 

The response I got today was that the feathered toys

were initially pulled until they could talk with their

distributors. I was told that the good news was that

the feathers are chicken feathers and a byproduct of

the chicken industry and the person felt better

knowing that the chickens weren't harmed directly in

making the toys! I am still unclear what their

decision was regarding stocking the toys and left

another message for clarification.

 

I then went to the Humane Society of the United States

and found this article:

 

http://www.hsus.org/farm_animals/farm_animals_news/still_a_jungle_out_there.html

 

Ironic, isn't it? I couldn't find an orginazional

chart on the local humane society website (or their

board of directors), so I went to the Washington State

Federation of Animal Care and Control Agencies and

found a person who is on the Board of Directors of

that organization and also affiliated with the local

humane society of interest. I then emailed him my

concerns and a link to the above article. I hope this

all leads to the toys not being sold (and purchased

with humane society money which then helps to support

the farm animal industry that causes inhumane pain and

suffering). My understanding is that the local humane

society is independent of the national society and

also is a nonprofit organization supported through

memberships and donations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Oh, for heavens sake! Honestly, do people have the heads up their you know whats? Well, guess then I can go ahead and sit on that leather/cow skin couch. Maybe you can write a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times pointing out the inconsistency of the entire situation. How frustrating! I would be inclined to point out that benefiting from the chicken's death is the same as participating in its death. We need to make it less profitable for the chicken industry to make money off every single part of the chicken. Same with all of the farmed animals. Make a lot of noise and a small place like what you are dealing with will usually back off. They need to be afraid that they will loose some of their donation givers. A few well placed posters just might do the trick. I think that PETA has some stickers to do with chickens.

linda

"Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it."Mohandas Gandhi

 

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Susan

I had contacted my local humane society to express myopinion that feathered cat toys should not be soldfrom the humane society gift shop.The response I got today was that the feathered toyswere initially pulled until they could talk with theirdistributors. I was told that the good news was thatthe feathers are chicken feathers and a byproduct ofthe chicken industry and the person felt betterknowing that the chickens weren't harmed directly inmaking the toys! I am still unclear what theirdecision was regarding stocking the toys and leftanother message for clarification.I then went to the Humane Society of the United Statesand found this article:http://www.hsus.org/farm_animals/farm_animals_news/still_a_jungle_out_there.htmlIronic, isn't it? I couldn't find an orginazionalchart on the local humane society website (or theirboard of directors), so I went to the Washington StateFederation of Animal Care and Control Agencies andfound a person who is on the Board of Directors ofthat organization and also affiliated with the localhumane society of interest. I then emailed him myconcerns and a link to the above article. I hope thisall leads to the toys not being sold (and purchasedwith humane society money which then helps to supportthe farm animal industry that causes inhumane pain andsuffering). My understanding is that the local humanesociety is independent of the national society andalso is a nonprofit organization supported throughmemberships and donations.