Thank You Wayne Pacelle and All Your Staff at The Humane Society of the United States

Last Thursday my family and I got the opportunity to hear Wayne Pacelle speak. He is the President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States(HSUS). He spent Thursday evening with the animal friendly folks of Las Vegas. After that he visited our zoo which is creating quite a controversy right now. As it should. Maybe now there will be hope for the animals who are housed there. Then on Monday he met with our Mayor, Oscar Goodman. I hope some headway was made, although I have my doubts. I am sad to say Nevada has not shown much kindness toward our critters.

I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Pacelle and was so glad I got to hear him speak. He has been able to accomplish so much for our animal friends, an overwhelming task, for sure.

I care about all animals not just dogs or cats and feel they all deserve to be treated with respect and kindness. How difficult can that be? Well by the way many of them are treated it is obvious not everyone feels the same.

Orrin and I have three rescued dogs. Up until last month the count was four. Our little Missy passed onto the great kennel in the sky.

For those of us who care so much we can rescue animals until we are blue in the face. To really provide protection it is absolutely necessary to pass legislation that provides safeguards. The Humane Society is starting to enjoy some success in this arena. They are hard won fights that take tenacity and determination.

Animals feel love, pain, humiliation, the heat and cold just as we humans do. It boggles my mind that people don't understand this. All you have to do is look into their eyes.

As a Realtor I go to houses where family pets (why they are called that I'm not sure) are not allowed in the house. Everyone knows the extraordinary hot weather we have. But, many of our winter nights are extremely cold too.

Every year the Canadians have been violently killing white baby seals to sell their pelts. It is a brutal and obviously painful death. The HSUS (Human Society International) has been working with the European Union to limit or ban the sale of these pelts just about driving these slaughterers out of business. All I can say is it is about time and thank goodness. We have waited so long for this. Thank you Wayne Pacelle & all the HSUS staff.

I continue to marvel at the laws that You and your staff have been able to finally get passed. I know it is just the tip of the iceberg. I feel much better knowing that You and the HSUS never cease to work for the animal kingdom. http://www.hsus.org/