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Humane Society of the United States

Index Humane Society of the United States

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), based in Washington, D.C., is an American nonprofit organization founded by journalist Fred Myers and Helen Jones, Larry Andrews, and Marcia Glaser in 1954, to address what they saw as animal-related cruelties of national scope, and to resolve animal welfare problems by applying strategies beyond the resources or abilities of local organizations. [1]

170 relations: Abolitionism (animal rights), Accounting standard, Albert Schweitzer, Alpaca, American Broadcasting Company, American Civil War, American Humane, American Red Cross, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, American Veterinary Medical Association, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Animal ethics, Animal law, Animal Liberation (book), Animal Liberation Front, Animal rights, Animal rights movement, Animal sanctuary, Animal shelter, Animal testing, Animal welfare, Animal Welfare Act of 1966, Animal Welfare Institute, Aquarium, Arcus Foundation, Associated Press, Astroturfing, Atlanta Falcons, Attorney General of New York, Better Business Bureau, Blood sport, Bloomberg News, Boa constrictor, Board of directors, Buddy Caldwell, Burger King, California Proposition 2 (2008), Cease and desist, Center for Organizational Research and Education, Chairman, Charity Navigator, CharityWatch, Chicago Tribune, Chief executive officer, Circus, Civil and political rights, Cleveland Amory, Constriction, Corticosteroid, Council of State Governments, ..., Cruelty to animals, Death threat, Direct action, Dog fighting, Doris Day, Doris Day Animal League, Downer (animal), Eco-terrorism, Ed Schafer, Effective altruism, Equus (genus), European Union, Euthanasia, Feld Entertainment, Feral cat, Forrest Lucas, Fur trade, Government Accountability Office, Greyhound racing, GuideStar, Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company, Hamster, Hedgehog, Herpetoculture, Horse, Horse racing, Horse slaughter, Household & Commercial Products Association, HuffPost, Humane education, Humane Slaughter Act, Humane Society International, Hurricane Katrina, Intensive animal farming, Internal Revenue Service, Internet hunting, J. C. Penney, Joe Maxwell, Joseph Wood Krutch, Kidnapping, Life (magazine), List of Attorneys General of Louisiana, Livestock, Lobbying, Lucas Oil, Macy's, Massachusetts Conditions for Farm Animals Initiative, Mayo Clinic, Medical research, Michael Greger, Michael Pollan, Michael Vick, Modern Farmer (magazine), Nathan Winograd, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academy of Medicine, National Football League, National Marine Fisheries Service, No-kill shelter, Nobel Peace Prize, Nonprofit organization, Overpopulation in domestic pets, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Pet, Peter Singer, Philadelphia Eagles, Photo-essay, Political action committee, President (corporate title), Proposition 204, Protect the Harvest, Puppy mill, Raccoon dog, Rachel Maddow, Salamander, San Francisco Chronicle, Scott Pruitt, Seal hunting, Sports Illustrated, Sugar glider, Suzanne Saueressig, Tetraodontidae, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The New York Times, The New York Times International Edition, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Tortoise, Trapping, Trophy hunting, Turtle, U.S. News & World Report, United Egg Producers, United States, United States Association of Reptile Keepers, United States Congress, United States Department of Agriculture, United States district court, United States dollar, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, USA Today, Veganism, Vegetarianism, Veterinary medicine, Violence, Vivisection, Voice of America, Washington, D.C., Wayne Pacelle, Wildlife, Wildlife conservation, Wolfgang Puck, Women's rights, World Trade Organization, World War II, Worth (magazine), Yahoo!, Zoo, 501(c) organization, 501(c)(3) organization. Expand index (120 more) »

Abolitionism (animal rights)

Abolitionism or abolitionist veganism is the animal rights based opposition to all animal use by humans.

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Accounting standard

Financial statements prepared and presented by a company typically follow an external standard that specifically guides their preparation.

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Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer, OM (14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a French-German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.

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Alpaca

The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a species of South American camelid, similar to, and often confused with the llama.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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American Humane

American Humane (AH) is an organization founded in 1877, committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals.

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American Red Cross

The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States.

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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing cruelty to animals.

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American Veterinary Medical Association

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), founded in 1863, is a not-for-profit association representing more than 91,000 U.S. veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services.

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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health.

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Animal ethics

Animal ethics is a term used in academia to describe human-animal relationships and how animals ought to be treated.

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Animal law

Animal law is a combination of statutory and case law in which the nature legal, social or biological of nonhuman animals is an important factor.

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Animal Liberation (book)

Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals is a 1975 book by Australian philosopher Peter Singer.

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Animal Liberation Front

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international, leaderless resistance that engages in direct action in pursuit of animal rights; often called a terrorist organization.

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Animal rights

Animal rights is the idea in which some, or all, non-human animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives and that their most basic interests—such as the need to avoid suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.

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Animal rights movement

The animal rights movement, sometimes called the animal liberation movement, animal personhood, or animal advocacy movement, is a social movement which seeks an end to the rigid moral and legal distinction drawn between human and non-human animals, an end to the status of animals as property, and an end to their use in the research, food, clothing, and entertainment industries.

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Animal sanctuary

An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.

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Animal shelter

An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated.

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Animal testing

Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study.

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Animal welfare

Animal welfare is the well-being of animals.

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Animal Welfare Act of 1966

The Animal Welfare Act (Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966, P.L. 89-544) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 24, 1966.

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Animal Welfare Institute

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is an American, non-profit, charitable organization founded in 1951 with the goal of reducing pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans.

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Aquarium

An aquarium (plural: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.

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Arcus Foundation

The Arcus Foundation is a charitable foundation focused on issues related to LGBT rights, social justice and conservation.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Astroturfing

Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsors of a message or organization (e.g., political, advertising, religious or public relations) to make it appear as though it originates from and is supported by a grassroots participant(s).

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Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta.

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Attorney General of New York

The Attorney General of New York is the chief legal officer of the State of New York and head of the New York state government's Department of Law.

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Better Business Bureau

The Better Business Bureau (BBB), founded in 1912, is an organization focused on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 106 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) in Arlington, Virginia.

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Blood sport

A blood sport is a category of sport or entertainment that involves bloodshed.

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Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News is an international news agency headquartered in New York, United States and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.

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Boa constrictor

The boa constrictor (Boa constrictor), also called the red-tailed boa or the common boa, is a species of large, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity.

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Board of directors

A board of directors is a recognized group of people who jointly oversee the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit business, nonprofit organization, or a government agency.

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Buddy Caldwell

James David Caldwell Sr., known as Buddy Caldwell (born May 20, 1946), is an American politician and lawyer based in Louisiana.

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Burger King

Burger King (BK) is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.

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California Proposition 2 (2008)

Proposition 2 was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 4, 2008.

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Cease and desist

A cease and desist letter is a document sent to an individual or business to stop purportedly illegal activity ("cease") and not to restart it ("desist").

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Center for Organizational Research and Education

The Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE), formerly the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) and prior to that the Guest Choice Network, is an American non-profit entity founded by Richard Berman that lobbies on behalf of the fast food, meat, alcohol and tobacco industries.

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Chairman

The chairman (also chairperson, chairwoman or chair) is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly.

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Charity Navigator

Charity Navigator is an American independent charity watchdog organization that evaluates charitable organizations in the United States.

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CharityWatch

CharityWatch, formerly known as the American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Chicago, created in the United States by Daniel Borochoff in 1992, to provide information about charities' financial efficiency, accountability, governance, and fundraising.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Chief executive officer

Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.

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Circus

A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, unicyclists, as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Cleveland Amory

Cleveland Amory (September 2, 1917 – October 14, 1998) was an American author, reporter and commentator and animal rights activist.

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Constriction

Constriction is a method used by various snake species to kill their prey.

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Corticosteroid

Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex of vertebrates, as well as the synthetic analogues of these hormones.

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Council of State Governments

The Council of State Governments (CSG) is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization in the United States that serves all three branches of state government.

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Cruelty to animals

Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction by omission (animal neglect) or by commission by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human animal.

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Death threat

A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people.

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Direct action

Direct action occurs when a group takes an action which is intended to reveal an existing problem, highlight an alternative, or demonstrate a possible solution to a social issue.

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Dog fighting

Dog fighting is a type of blood sport generally defined as two or more game dogs against one another in a ring or a pit for the entertainment of the spectators or the gratification of the dogfighters, who are sometimes referred to as dogmen.

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Doris Day

Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922) is an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.

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Doris Day Animal League

The Doris Day Animal League is an animal advocacy group based in Washington D.C. It established the annual observance Spay Day USA in 1994, which the group uses to bring attention to the pet overpopulation problem in the United States.

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Downer (animal)

A downer is an animal, usually livestock, that cannot stand on its own and therefore is to be killed.

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Eco-terrorism

Eco-terrorism refers to acts of violence committed in support of ecological or environmental causes, against persons or their property.

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Ed Schafer

Edward Thomas Schafer (born August 8, 1946) is an American business leader, who was the 30th Governor of North Dakota from 1992 to 2000.

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Effective altruism

Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement that uses evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to benefit others.

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Equus (genus)

Equus is a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, donkeys, and zebras.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Euthanasia

Euthanasia (from εὐθανασία; "good death": εὖ, eu; "well" or "good" – θάνατος, thanatos; "death") is the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering.

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Feld Entertainment

Feld Entertainment Inc. is a live show production company which owns a number of traveling shows and the now defunct Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

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Feral cat

A feral cat is a cat that lives outdoors and has had little or no human contact.

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Forrest Lucas

Forrest Lucas (born February 1942) is an American businessman, the founder of Lucas Oil.

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Fur trade

The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.

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Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a legislative branch government agency that provides auditing, evaluation, and investigative services for the United States Congress.

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Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhound dogs are raced around a track.

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GuideStar

GuideStar USA, Inc. is an information service specializing in reporting on U.S. nonprofit companies.

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Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company

Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company was a California-based meat packaging company.

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Hamster

Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains about 25 species classified in six or seven genera.

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Hedgehog

A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae.

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Herpetoculture

Herpetoculture is the keeping of live reptiles and amphibians in captivity, whether as a hobby or as a commercial breeding operation.

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Horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Horse slaughter

Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses to produce meat for consumption.

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Household & Commercial Products Association

The Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA), formerly known as the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA), is an industry trade association for chemical products companies, based in Washington, D.C.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Humane education

Humane education is usually defined as the use of education to nurture compassion and respect for living beings.

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Humane Slaughter Act

The Humane Slaughter Act, or the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act (P.L. 85-765; 7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) is a United States federal law designed to decrease suffering of livestock during slaughter.

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Humane Society International

Humane Society International (HSI) is the international division of The Humane Society of the United States.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure.

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Intensive animal farming

Intensive animal farming or industrial livestock production, also known as factory farming, is a production approach towards farm animals in order to maximize production output, while minimizing production costs.

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Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.

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Internet hunting

Internet hunting is the practice of hunting via remotely controlled firearms that can be aimed and shot using online webcams.

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J. C. Penney

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Joe Maxwell

Joe Maxwell (born March 17, 1957) is an American attorney who served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor for the state of Missouri.

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Joseph Wood Krutch

Joseph Wood Krutch (November 25, 1893 – May 22, 1970) was an American writer, critic, and naturalist, best known for his nature books on the American Southwest and as a critic of reductionistic science.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will.

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Life (magazine)

Life was an American magazine that ran regularly from 1883 to 1972 and again from 1978 to 2000.

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List of Attorneys General of Louisiana

The office of Attorney General of Louisiana existed from the colonial period to the present.

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Livestock

Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Lobbying

Lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies.

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Lucas Oil

Lucas Oil Products, Inc. is an American manufacturer and distributor of automotive oil, additives, and lubricants.

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Macy's

Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co.) (stylized macy*s) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy.

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Massachusetts Conditions for Farm Animals Initiative

The Massachusetts Conditions for Farm Animals Initiative was Question 3 on the November 8, 2016 statewide ballot.

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Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit academic medical center based in Rochester, Minnesota focused on integrated clinical practice, education, and research.

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Medical research

Biomedical research (or experimental medicine) encompasses a wide array of research, extending from "basic research" (also called bench science or bench research), – involving fundamental scientific principles that may apply to a ''preclinical'' understanding – to clinical research, which involves studies of people who may be subjects in clinical trials.

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Michael Greger

Michael Herschel Greger (born 1972) is an American physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues, particularly the benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet and the harms of eating animal products.

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Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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Michael Vick

Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980) is a former American football quarterback who played 13 seasons in the National Football League, primarily with the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Modern Farmer (magazine)

Founded in April 2013, Modern Farmer is a quarterly American magazine devoted to agriculture and food.

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Nathan Winograd

Nathan J. Winograd is an American author, film-maker, animal advocate, and director of the No Kill Advocacy Center in Oakland, California.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (also known as "NASEM" or "the National Academies") is the collective scientific national academy of the United States.

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National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM), is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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National Marine Fisheries Service

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is a United States federal agency, responsible for the stewardship of national marine resources.

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No-kill shelter

A "no-kill" shelter is an animal shelter that does not kill healthy or treatable animals even when the shelter is full, reserving euthanasia for terminally ill animals or those considered dangerous to public safety.

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Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Overpopulation in domestic pets

Overpopulation in domestic pets is the surplus of pets, such as cats, dogs, and exotic animals.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; stylized PeTA) is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

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Pet

A pet or companion animal is an animal kept primarily for a person's company, protection, or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or laboratory animal.

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Peter Singer

Peter Albert David Singer, AC (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher.

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Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football franchise based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Photo-essay

A photo-essay is a set or series of photographs that are made to create series of emotions in the viewer.

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Political action committee

In the United States and Canada, a political action committee (PAC) is an organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.

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President (corporate title)

The President is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university or other group.

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Proposition 204

Proposition 204 of 2006 (or the Humane Treatment of Farm Animals Act) was a law enacted by the voters of Arizona by means of the initiative process.

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Protect the Harvest

Protect the Harvest is an American 501(c)(4) nonprofit advocacy organization founded by oil executive Forrest Lucas which opposes "the radical animal rights movement” and particularly the Humane Society of the United States, which it calls "a wealthy and successful attack group".

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Puppy mill

A puppy mill, sometimes known as a puppy farm, is a type of commercial dog breeding facility.

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Raccoon dog

The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides, from the Greek words nukt-, "night" + ereutēs, "wanderer" + prokuōn, "before-dog" + -oidēs, "similar to"), also known as the mangut (its Evenki name) is a canid indigenous to East Asia.

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Rachel Maddow

Rachel Anne Maddow (born April 1, 1973) is an American television host and political commentator.

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Salamander

Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by a lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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Scott Pruitt

Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma who is the fourteenth Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Seal hunting

Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Sugar glider

The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum belonging to the marsupial infraclass.

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Suzanne Saueressig

Suzanne Saueressig (February 4, 1924 – February 8, 2013) was the first practicing female veterinarian in Missouri.

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Tetraodontidae

The Tetraodontidae are a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is a magazine that covers the nonprofit world.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The New York Times International Edition

The New York Times International Edition is an English-language newspaper printed at 38 sites throughout the world and sold in more than 160 countries and territories.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Tortoise

Tortoises are a family, Testudinidae. Testudinidae is a Family under the order Testudines and suborder Cryptodira.

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Trapping

Animal trapping, or simply trapping, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal.

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Trophy hunting

Trophy hunting is hunting of wild game for human recreation.

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Turtle

Turtles are diapsids of the order Testudines (or Chelonii) characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield.

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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United Egg Producers

United Egg Producers (UEP) is a Capper–Volstead agricultural cooperative in the United States which represents the interests of American egg producers.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Association of Reptile Keepers

The United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), also known as the Agriculture Department, is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, and food.

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United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is an agency of the federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior dedicated to the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats.

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USA Today

USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.

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Veganism

Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals.

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Vegetarianism

Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter.

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Veterinary medicine

Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals.

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Violence

Violence is defined by the World Health Organization as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation," although the group acknowledges that the inclusion of "the use of power" in its definition expands on the conventional understanding of the word.

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Vivisection

Vivisection is surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure.

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Voice of America

Voice of America (VOA) is a U.S. government-funded international radio broadcast source that serves as the United States federal government's official institution for non-military, external broadcasting.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wayne Pacelle

Wayne Pacelle (born August 4, 1965) was the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

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Wildlife

Wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all plants, fungi, and other organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans.

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Wildlife conservation

Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting wild plant and animal species and their habitat.

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Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Johannes Puck (né Topfschnig; born July 8, 1949) is an Austrian celebrity chef, restaurateur, and occasional actor.

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Women's rights

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide, and formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the nineteenth century and feminist movement during the 20th century.

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World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Worth (magazine)

is an American financial, wealth management and lifestyle magazine founded in 1986 and re-launched by Sandow in 2009.

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Yahoo!

Yahoo! is a web services provider headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and wholly owned by Verizon Communications through Oath Inc..

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Zoo

A zoo (short for zoological garden or zoological park and also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.

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501(c) organization

A 501(c) organization is a nonprofit organization in the federal law of the United States according to and is one of 29 types of nonprofit organizations exempt from some federal income taxes.

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501(c)(3) organization

A 501(c)(3) organization is a corporation, trust, unincorporated association, or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Society_of_the_United_States

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