The charitable arm of PETsMART, Inc., PETsMART Charities, recently made a sizable contribution to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the nation’s largest animal rights organization.

PETsMART Charities has announced that it awarded a $15,000 grant to HSUS to fund spay and neuter clinics and pet care sessions in Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia. However, HSUS is not a national sheltering organization, as many people believe it to be. Despite its name, HSUS does not operate or oversee any animal shelters or have any legal control over them.

In making this donation, PETsMART Charities is contributing to a leading animal rights group whose main goal is to end all animal use, including hunting, fishing and trapping.

The HSUS has demonstrated its opposition to outdoor sports by encouraging its members to support legislation to prohibit hunting and resist legislation that would expand hunting opportunities. The organization calls hunting “fundamentally at odds with the values of a humane, just and caring society.”

Wayne Pacelle, vice president of HSUS and former National Director of the Fund for Animals, has been quoted by the Associated Press as saying, “If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.”

“Sportsmen are encouraged to tell PETsMart and other businesses that support animal rights groups that they are supporting an agenda that is working to end our outdoor heritage and our traditional way of life,” said U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance President Bud Pidgeon. “When you support an organization, you support everything it stands for, not just the parts that you think are good.”

Recently, sportsmen worked to inform Accor Economy Lodging of this fact. They sent scores of comments to the company explaining how its promotion of HSUS, under the auspices that it was helping protect animals, was merely an endorsement for an organization that is dedicated to ending America’s outdoor heritage and other animal uses. Accor has since ended its relationship with HSUS.

Sportsmen and sportswomen should express their dissatisfaction with PETsMART Charities’ support of HSUS by contacting Philip Francis, President & CEO, PETsMART, Inc., 19601 N. 27th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85027; Phone: 800-738-1385. You can also send comments online from the following web address: http://www.petsmart.com/servlet/Mailer.

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If you do not plan to breed your hunting dog/pet, have him/her fixed. We do not need more mixed breeds out there.

HSUS Lashes Out at U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance- (02/04)

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The U. S. Sportsmen’s Alliance has drawn the ire of the nation’s largest animal rights group, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), due to the Alliance’s campaign to inform the public about PETsMART Charities’ $15,000 contribution to the anti-hunting organization.

In a recent alert to its supporters, HSUS claims the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance had “poor aim” in directing its sportsman constituents to oppose a sizeable donation from PETsMART, the pet supplies retail giant, to the anti-hunting group. The HSUS says that it will use the grant to fund spay and neuter clinics in Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia.

The Alliance does not take issue with the spaying and neutering of pets. However, sportsmen must realize that every dollar the anti-hunters receive from corporate America to fund their programs represents money that is freed up for use in national campaigns to end hunting, trapping and fishing.

According to a recent article in Worth Magazine, the Humane Society of the United States brought in $65 million in revenue in 2000, but gave out only $1.6 million in cash grants to other animal protection groups. In fact, the American Institute of Philanthropy “gives the group a D for spending as much as 53 percent of its expenses on fundraising,” said the Worth article.

The HSUS is on record in opposition to all hunting. The animal rights organization calls hunting “fundamentally at odds with the values of a humane, just and caring society,” and has been the principal opponent of hunters and trappers in dozens of campaigns in the 50 state legislatures, in Congress, in the courts and in over a dozen voter issues.

Wayne Pacelle, vice president of HSUS and former Director of the Fund for Animals, has been quoted by the Associated Press as saying, “If we could shut down all sport hunting in a moment, we would.”

“Sportsmen are encouraged to tell PETsMART and other businesses that support animal rights groups that they are supporting an agenda that is working to end our outdoor heritage and our traditional way of life,” said U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance President Bud Pidgeon. “When you support an organization, you support everything it stands for, not just the parts that you think are good.”

Take Action! Sportsmen and sportswomen should continue to contact PETsMART to express their dissatisfaction with its support of the HSUS. Contact Philip Francis, President & CEO, PETsMART, Inc., 19601 N. 27th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85027. Phone: (800) 738-1385. Fax: (623) 580-6518.

thanks for the heads up,will be telling everyone I know not to support them.

You should also write them a letter. I did and got the same sort of non-commital reply I get from politicians, but at least they know how I feel.

When you write a letter be polite and state your case in a couple of paragraphs. I also sent back the address cover from my Petsmart catalog and informed them that I would not patronize their local store. They sent $15,000, but we could easily take away many times that much business.