In Support of Oreo’s Law
UCLA Law Professor Taimie Bryant explains the value of Oreo’s Law in this guest blog.
UCLA Law Professor Taimie Bryant explains the value of Oreo’s Law in this guest blog.
Wayne Pacelle, the CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, is many things. Add revisionist historian to his growing list of disturbing titles.
A recent fundraising appeal by HSUS is not an isolated incident. Like others, it is part of a recurring pattern of deceit designed to misrepresent the truth and raise money off of the work of others.
Oreo’s Law is much needed reform to save the lives of animals. Rescuers on the front lines are the ones who know this best.
Following the tragic killing of an abused dog by the ASPCA in New York City, despite the offer of a No Kill sanctuary to guarantee her lifetime care, two New York State legislators have introduced a bill to prevent this from happening again. Named after the dog sacrificed to expediency by the ASPCA, “Oreo’s Law” would make it illegal for a shelter in New York State to kill an animal if a rescue group or No Kill shelter is willing to save that animal’s life. By seeking to limit what is now the almost unrestrained power to kill animals by shelters, and because it empowers those who want to save animals from those who are threatening to kill them, Oreo’s Law is central to the fight for a No Kill nation.
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Over the last several days, the ASPCA’s killing of a dog named Oreo has ignited a furor among animal lovers nationwide. The ASPCA tried to justify it by claiming she was aggressive. But the question of whether or not Oreo was beyond rehabilitation is merely a side story to the most significant issues raised by Oreo’s execution.
I received a letter in the mail today from a shelter director who attended my seminar on “Reforming Animal Control” at the No More Homeless Pets Conference in Las Vegas. There is a lot of commentary I can add to the letter, but I am going to just let it speak for itself.
No Kill, Marriage Equality, Karl Rove, Cross Dressing, and the Fly. I believe that you must embrace compassion wherever and however it presents itself. That is who I am. And that is what I will promote publicly and privately. What’s all the Fuss?
As scandals involving abusive animal control officers and shelter workers erupt nationwide, HSUS calls for “National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week.”