I’m looking forward to reading the new book, The Bond: Our Kinship to Animals, Our Call to Defend Them, by Wayne Parcelle, the President of the Humane Society of United States. Whether you’re a fan of the organization or not, there will be things here that you can learn about the general state of animal welfare and cruelty, and how we can contribute to make it a kinder world for animals and humans alike. See except below:
“As harsh as nature is for animals, cruelty comes only from human hands. We are the creature of conscience, aware of the wrongs we do and fully capable of making things right. Our best instincts will always tend in that direction, because there is a bond with animals that’s built into every one of us. That bond of kinship and fellow-feeling has been with us through the entire arc of human experience—from our first bare-footed steps on the planet through the era of the domestication of animals and into the modern age. For all that sets humanity apart, animals remain “our companions in Creation,” to borrow a phrase from Pope Benedict XVI, bound up with us in the story of life on earth. Every act of callousness toward an animal is a betrayal of that bond. In every act of kindness we keep faith with the bond. And broadly speaking, the whole mission of the animal welfare cause is to repair the bond—for their sake and for our own.
In our day, there are stresses and fractures of the human-animal bond, and some forces at work that would sever it once and for all. They pull us in the wrong direction and away from the decent and honorable code that makes us care for creatures who are entirely at our mercy. Especially within the last 200 years, we’ve come to apply an industrial mindset to the use of animals, too often viewing them as if they were nothing but articles of commerce, the raw material of science, or mere obstacles in the path of our own progress. Here, as in other pursuits, human ingenuity has a way of outrunning human conscience, and some things we do only because we can—forgetting to ask whether we should.”
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All Animals Matter 
Just can’t bring myself to consider reading more of what this phoney writes.
Frankly, I’ve had enough of his Vick support, his demand for killing all survivors of dogfighters, his antiquated shelter ideas and his cold shoulder he gives to local shelters and rescue groups.
Wayne Pacelle is the primary enemy of the Adoption Center model I am trying so diligently to introduce to America. Pacelle stands there with his hands on his hips defiantly blocking the path to a better way.
Thanks, but no thanks.
The better way? Watch this = http://youtu.be/OPajZB9cPWQ
Drdoolittle2800, interesting comment. Will you share more of what you know about Wayne Pacelle with the readers so we all have the facts?
Thanks!