Have there been any negative encounters with HSUS?

Question

If so, are you willing to discuss the outcome of the encounter?

Answer 1

Wrong humane society, but this might be of interest anyway:

http://web.mac.com/reformtheohs/iWeb/RTOHS/Home.html

Answer 2

First, are you referring to the actual national organization? Or to a local humane society? Big difference! And not all "humane societies" are what they should be. The HSUS sets the standards of how a humane society should be set up and care for the animals. Some individual humane societies are no-kill and some are not. They are usually the "humane society" of a certain city or county and chartered as a non-profit organization. Unfortuantely, the HSUS does not "watch" over the activities of all the "societies".

The HSUS and the national ASPCA set the standards and they are very high. That does not mean those standards are met by an individual rescue, irregardless of the name they use.

It is very possible to run into a bad or questionable situation at a rescue. There is no real "watchdog" situation where qualified persons travel the US checking into the 1000s of rescues or so-called rescues. Complaints of a bad situation can be sent to the national levels. For every legit rescue there are many that aren't what they should be. Bad situations are exposed only when folks take action thru the media or local government. PETA does investigations also.

Hopefully, this has clarified a misunderstanding. We would all like to assume that any animal rescue is truly a rescue and legit and doing only the best for the animals, but it ain't necessarily so.