HumaneWatch.org
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HumaneWatch.org is a website created by millionaire Washington, D.C.-area lobbyist Rick Berman and his corporate-funded front group, the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) to attack and attempt to de-fund the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Berman typically targets activist charities that criticize big business, or lobby for policies that conflict with the views of big business. The HSUS lobbies for policies that mandate humane treatment of animals in commercial animal industries, like puppy mills, dairy and confinement meat industries. In addition to attacking HSUS, CCF is known for attacking other public interest and pro-consumer groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. [1]
Other CCF-funded projects include FishScam.com, funded by the food-and-beverage industry to counter scientific evidence about the dangers of mercury levels in fish; CSPIscam.org, which is dedicated solely to criticizing the Center for Science in the Public Interest; and SunlightScam which represents indoor tanning manufacturers, distributors, and facility owners, and which claims tanning is not dangerous in any way.[2]
Contents
Strategy
HumaneWatch's strategy is to convince people that the national Humane Society should spend its money solely on animal shelters instead of lobbying for pro-animal policies. The national Humane Society of the U.S. engages in lobbying for pro-animal policies and corporate reforms that respect and protect animals from cruelty, thus earning the wrath of corporations that engage in animal cruelty as part of their routine commercial operations.[3]
Contact
HumaneWatch
P.O. Box 34555
Washington, DC 20043
Phone contact for media:
Allison Miller 202-463-7112
Resources and Articles
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- Center for Organizational Research and Education
- Center for Union Facts
- CREW Exposed
- CSPI Scam
- Defeat the Debt
- EmployeeRightsAct.com
- Employment Policies Institute
- Enterprise Freedom Action Committee
- Environmental Policy Alliance
- EPA Facts
- Family Coalition
- First Jobs Institute
- Green Decoys
- Hands Off My Bacon
- Humane Society for Shelter Pets
- HumaneWatch.org
- Interlock Facts
- Interstate Policy Alliance
- LaborPains.org
- LEED Exposed
- Maternity Pens
- MinimumWage.com
- NegligentDriving.com
- No Drink Tax
- ObesityMyths.com
- PCRM Scam
- PETA Kills Animals
- Physician Scam
- Protecting Bad Teachers
- Responsible Limits
- Rethink Reform
- Rotten ACORN
- SEIU Exposed
- Step Up Wyoming
- Sweet Scam
- Teachers Union Exposed
- The New Prohibition
- Tipped Wage
- Unite Here Exposed
- Vote Our Future
- WorkerCenters
External Resources
- Ian T. Shearn Investigative Report: Richard Berman -Corporate front-man makes a fine living attacking charities, Investigative report, May 11, 2010
- http://humanewatch.org/
References
- ↑ Barbara Schmitz Humane Society Faces Smear from Lobbyist, editorial, Columbia Tribune, October 31, 2011
- ↑ Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) BermanExposed.org, website, accessed November 2, 2011
- ↑ Ian T. Shearn Investigative Report: Richard Berman -Corporate front-man makes a fine living attacking charities, Investigative report, May 11, 2010
