Did you ever watch Dog Town on Animal Planet? It followed the Vick dogs at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah
HSUS helped some of my friends in a seizure you can see a video about it in this article.
Five Ways to Help Birds : The Humane Society of the United States
What you are asking concerning posting facts regarding these articles is impossible. How do you post facts to deny Mob affiliation? Yes we all know that HSUS is opposed to the keeping of reptiles as pets. I understand the reasoning behind having Vick do public education to high school students. I don't agree with him ever being able to own pets. I disagree with a number of HSUS policies and beliefs as most people here do. At the same time I respect what they have done for other species of animals. Where did they ever come up with the "Mob" affiliation? The writers of the article lose their credibility with that one. Both articles in my opinion are just personal "blogs" where the writer can say what ever and not offer proof to their rantings.
The point that I'm doing a very poor job of illustrating is that controversy surrounds all parties and if you search you can find ammunition to support your side. I think this article is a pretty good example. Take a few minutes and read or scan through it. About half way there is some pretty interesting information regarding the board members of ARK. Each of these members is introduced in the article in a negative manner. Had the author written it with a different twist, saying how the experience of these members have added to the board people would see it in a positive manner. I hope that I'm making sense to people. I'm not a very articulate person when it comes to writing my thoughts out.
Ed Sayres | United States Herpetoculture Alliance