Facts about HSUS In recent years we have experienced a sharp
increase in the challenges facing animal agriculture from animal
rights and environmental activist groups. One of the groups that
challenges animal agriculture the most is HSUS. HSUS is the
largest and most well-funded animal rights organization in the
U.S. Contrary to how it inaccurately portrays itself as a
mainstream animal care organization, HSUS is neither affiliated
with any of America’s more than 10,000 hands-on pet shelters,
nor is it an animal care organization. Despite the omnipresent
dogs and cats in its fundraising materials and television
commercials, it’s neither an organization that runs spay/neuter
programs, nor does it take in stray, neglected, and abused
pets.1 It works through the courts, the legislative process,
mass education, and the media. Claiming to be a more moderate,
mainstream animal “welfare” organization, HSUS has sought to
abolish modern livestock and poultry farming, hunting, circuses,
rodeos, horse and dog racing, an