[Moderator's note: Most of this is entirely off-topic. In view of the HSUS fuss I'm letting it through, but the main purpose of the FML isn't bashing the HSUS, even if they do deserve it... unless, of course, it directly relates to fuzzbeans. BIG] DR. DAVID O. WIEBERS, HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES G "Perhaps the time has come for all of us to recognize that humankind's greatest goal, which outweighs lengthening life through medical advancements, is to evolve spiritually....I see a day...where all of us begin to come to the realization that it is compassion for all life, rather than scientific advancement. that represents the pinnacle of human existence." (HSUS News, Winter 1992, p. 11). DR. MICHAEL FOX, HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES G (Expressing opposition to use of bug sprays) "Only a few of the million you kill would have bitten you." (Returning to Eden, Fox publication) "Humans are different. were not superior. There are no clear distinctions between us and animals. " in a 1990 interview "The life of an ant and the life of my child shoul dbe granted equal consideration" Dr Fox "inhumane society" Fox publications "Dont breed dogs, dont buy, dont even accept giveaways" HSUS CEO John Hoyt in a 1991 speech. "One generation and out. We have no problems with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of human selective breeding" HSUS V.P Wayne Pacelle (Former Ntl director of fund for animals) "At a public forum, Michael W. Fox of the Humane Society of the United States was asked whether there were any circumstances in which he would accept animal experimentation. He replied, 'Just to ask that question indicates you are a speciesist and probably a sexist and a racist. Such labeling inevitably precludes further dialogue." At a forum convened to discuss the Off Broadway play, "Better People," February 1, 1990, at the Theatre for a New City. "'Animals, like ordinary people,' claims Michael W. Fox of HSUS. "are the victims of a medical mind-set of disease and disease treatment instead of preventative medicine." Michael W. Fox, quoted in "M. D.", March, 1984, 99. "In a 1984 lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jeremy Rifkin, a persistent critic of biotechnology, and Michael Fox of HSUS claimed that genetic breeding practices were creating obese animals with skeletal abnormalities and unable to mate. More than simply cruel, these techniques violated the rights of animals by 'robbing them of their unique genetic make up." Jeffrey L. Fox, "USDA Animal Research Under Fire," BioScience 35,1 (January 1985). "Despite reforms, many animal rights groups vociferously oppose zoos. Michael W. Fox describes his favorite zoo exhibit: a large mirror behind some bars with the caption, 'Homo Sapiens, a dangerous predatorial tool- and weapon-waking primate. Status: endangered by its own doing." Fox and others argue that the educational function of zoos could be better met with documentary films, that zoos do more harm than good because the create diseased and frustrated animals. He describes the behavior of caged animals, for example their relentless pacing, as neurotically repetitive compulsions resulting from captivity and stress." Michael W. Fox, "The Trouble With Zoos," Animals' Agenda 6 (June 1986) 8. "Michael W. Fox sees zoos and animal shows as emblems of capitalist industrial technology. Exploiting such techniques as behavioral monitoring and genetic engineering, public spectacles of performing animals are a ritual enactment of human control over nature. They 'serve to perpetuate the righteousness of humankind's domination over animals and nature as well as the myth of human superiority." They reflect, he feels, a desire for power and control. The need for human mastery of the beast and its wild instincts, claims Fox, represents a puritanical fear of our own impulsive nature, of our own 'beastly' Passions." Michael W. Fox, "Unnatural Acts," Animals' Agenda 6 (June 1986): 9 "In June 1990, almost 30,000 activists came to Washington, D.C. to participate in a 'March For the Animals.' It was the first united mobilization of the animal rights movement, and its largest rally, attracting people from across the United States. Both militant and moderate animal rights groups were represented at the demonstration, and the leading animal rights activists were there: Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Ingrid Newkirk, George Cave, Alex Pacheco, and Michael Fox." John Sanbonmatsu, "Animal Rights Mobilization," Z Magazine, July-August 1990, 60-61. The following quote is from "The Hijacking of the Humane Movement" by Rod and Patti Strand (Doral Publishing, Wilsonville, Oregon, 1993, ISBN 0- 944875-28-9). The Strands are Dalmation breeders, and Patti is executive director of the National Animal Interest Alliance and a director of the American Kennel Club. "HSUS Vice President Michael W. Fox told Newsweek in 1988: 'Humane care is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage.'" The interview Dr. Fox gave on the superiority of the "Natural Dog" to purpose-bred dogs was broadcast on WBAP-TV in Dallas, TX earlier this year. Dr. Fox was a major contributor to the infamous and inaccurate ecember 1994 Time article on dog breeding (and is quoted in the article as well). ** NOTE: And we think the HSUS will change its mind about ferrets? They are already trying to wipe out dogs and cats. ** [Posted in FML issue 1243]