Saving Dolphins From Water
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Kate | Friday, January 7, 2005 |
The Humane Society of the United States has a blog, detailing the efforts of these selfless people who are rescuing dolphins and breaking up dog fights in the tsunami flood zone.
I sent a text message to Jim Styers from Myanmar Dolphin Project to let him know the adult dolphin had been caught. He wanted to know if anyone had taken any statistics? was the animal rehydrated, did it get antibiotics, etc? I told him I didn’t know, but thought probably not since the rescue was conducted by local fishermen who would not have had the resources. Jim suggested that someone should be checking the beach regularly as stressed or tired dolphins will beach themselves. That made me think of what Miranda said: that it was easy to catch the animal because she seemed tired. I hope this is a victory.
Edwin Wiek from SOS Wildlife Rescue Center went to the site immediately when he heard the news, and stayed until dark surveying from the shore to see if the other dolphin surfaces.
I spotted a HSUS blogad earlier today, soliciting donations for the relief effort.
The Humane Society of the United States is not the US Humane Society. They are not the people who rescue homeless strays and volunteer at animal shelters. In fact, HSUS doesn’t run any shelters at all.
They are yet another incarnation of the various animal rights organizations that are politically and legislatively oriented. Like PETA but with the added advantage of confusing nomenclature, they solicit donations exploiting big brown puppy dog eyes, and spend them forming PACs and lobbying for animal rights legislation and breeding bans. They are reported to be the richest animal rights organization in the USA.
Worth magazine rates HSUS among the worst-managed U.S. charities, noting that HSUS took in over $65 million in 2000, yet spent more than half of it to raise additional money. “We’re not saying they’re crooked,” offered Worth writer Reshma Memom Yaqub in November 2002, “but we do take issue with some business practices.”
Don’t give them a cent.
(crossposted at small dead animals)
About the Author: Kate is a freelance commercial and automotive airbrush artist living in Saskatchewan, Canada. She was one of the original guest bloggers at OTB in November 2004 and soon joined the permanent stable, contributing through January 2007.
Eventually, she turned to writing full time at her own blog, small dead animals, which was voted the Best Canadian Blog in the 2004 Weblog Awards and has been generally considered that country's best blog ever since.
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Count your blessings you only saw an ad.
Whats wrong with an animal rights group being politically & legislatively oriented? Or are only groups who's views you agree with supposed to have acess to the political process?
Whats wrong is that they misrepresent themselves as an animal welfare organization, when they are in fact, an animal rights group. Vast difference.
Many of the people who contribute, thinking they are giving to the Humane Society that takes care of lost and stray animals in their communities, have no idea that their funds are going to a group that has as an ultimate goal, the end of pet ownership itself.
Kate,
Do you have proof of this misrepresentaton?
Hmm no proof? Theres a shocker.
Follow the links.
this link give no proof of misrepresentation. I fail to see what is so wrong with wishing to help animals who are in trouble. All the link has is a blogger who thinks helping animals is somehow "crass". Pretty amazing how egocentric human beings can be.
why are you trying to do that to them they have a right to live they should b alound anywere that want to be you are so mean if you are trying to get the dolphins to do things so that you can get money.
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