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If you were reading HumaneWatch all week, you learned ...

• We always suspected HSUS inflated its membership stats a bit, but this is getting silly
• Even HSUS’s fans are seeing through its “vegan kibble” gambit
• HSUS’s California ploy may run afoul of the Constitution (you know, that "speciesist" document...)
• HSUS “solution”? Save the geese, damn the planes, screw the hungry
• Listening to HSUS's horse experts brings unintended consequences
• Californians have questions? We have answers.

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• HSUS's celebrity-worship Facebook page is still up, but less than 250 fans "like" it (ouch!)
• HSUS New York leader sides with geese, calls feeding the homeless "unnecessary" (classy...)
• Ohio lawmaker: Buckeye Compromise will have a “negative impact on our communities and economy.”
• Your Daily Shelter: Illinois’s Benld Adopt-A-Pet (Donate. Volunteer. Adopt.)

• Ohio livestock farmer is "somewhat furious" about the Buckeye Compromise
• Kansas farm blogger: “I personally don't want HSUS talking for me…They don't want the American public to know the truth about agriculture.”
• Everyone except HSUS enjoyed the weekend shark fishing tournament
• Will Dallas be the next big city to ban pet sales?
• Your Local Shelter: Idaho’s Northwest Animal Companions (Donate. Volunteer. Adopt.)

• Outdoor Life blogger sees HSUS literature at vet clinic: "I have to draw a line in the sand"
• Ohio livestock board members speak favorably of the Buckeye Compromise
• Is HSUS trying to assemble an activist army in South Dakota?
• Agriculture columnist: HSUS’s Ohio campaign “has served only to raise funds and gain momentum for its vegan agenda.”
• Your Daily Shelter: Florida’s Humane Society of the Nature Coast (Donate. Volunteer. Adopt.)

• Farmers begin opening the barn doors to show what HSUS is getting wrong
• Whole Foods Market will sell HSUS vegan drivel kibble
• Eugene, Oregon citizen journalist spells out exactly how HSUS got its D rating
• HSUS is putting money toward videos meant to scare people into vegetarianism
• Your Daily Shelter: Oklahoma’s Humane Society of Grove & Grand Lake (Donate. Volunteer. Adopt.)

• On Saturday The Sacramento Bee gave us space to ask if HSUS wants a totally egg-free California
• Wayne Pacelle strategizes in San Francisco: "I think the best thing would be to start with [banning] the sale of dogs and cats from [all] pet stores"
• The Buckeye Compromise is already making some farmers consider moving to Pennsylvania or Indiana
• Hey you! Have you written a letter like this one yet?
• Your Daily Shelter: Michigan’s AuSable Valley Animal Shelter (Donate. Volunteer. Adopt.)

If you were reading HumaneWatch all week, you learned ...

• Wayne Pacelle admits that puppies and kitties are what it's all about--at least when he's fishing for dollars (the rest of the time, not so much)
• Another charity watchdog has downgraded HSUS—and now the group is close to flunking out of school
• HSUS could be suffering from “Not Invented Here” syndrome
• HSUS may be angling for the low-hanging fundraising fruit instead of tackling tough issues (and we're just shocked...)
• How can HSUS blow through $24 million on fundraising costs? By cranking out "branded" junk by the truckload

Come back next week for more truth-telling, research-sharing, and analysis of America's richest animal rights group! (If you need your HumaneWatch fix over the weekend, there's always Facebook.)