It takes a special kind of Grinch to want to hurt animals at Christmas. Humanewatch is at it again: trying to confuse animals lovers into not donating to help save animals. Recently, the so-called non-profit “watchdog” has been running radio ads in metro areas, urging people not to donate to … Continue reading
Those of you who have been with Stop Humanewatch for a while may recall HumaneWatch desperately stretching for a connection between Lois G. Lerner, director of the IRS’s tax-exempt organizations division, and The Humane Society of the United States. Lerner was under investigation for allegedly selectively targeting tea-party organizations for … Continue reading
HumaneWatch squandered funds on expensive billboard ads in Times Square to attack a program that had already concluded in March. Continue reading
The HSUS is the nation’s largest and most effective animal welfare organization, with a staggeringly long list of accomplishments — and that worries animal abusers. Continue reading
Imagine you are Rick Berman, corporate lobbyist for cruel, polluting, and destructive industries. Imagine you are trying to open up a new line of business with the largest, most profitable industry on the planet. Then imagine you scored a platform to make the pitch of a lifetime to key executives … Continue reading
With large corporations and foundations plowing over $1 billion in untraceable dark money each year into front groups that deny climate change, it was inevitable that PR con man Rick Berman would want a piece of that pie. Continue reading
The deceptively named Humane Society for Shelter Pets (HSSP) has filed for dissolution, signaling the death of yet another one of Richard Berman’s schemes to line his pockets while undermining animal welfare. HSSP was founded by Berman to attack the Humane Society of the United States, part of his ongoing … Continue reading
Recently an agriculture industry trade journal called Beef Producer, which supplies content to 18 state publications for Farm Progress agriculture information service, ran an opinion piece that drew all its talking points from one source: Rick Berman. Under the headline “HSUS Shows Continued Pattern Of Dishonest Behavior,” editor Alan Newport … Continue reading
During December, the “season of giving,” many people donate to charitable causes like the Humane Society of the United States. It’s no surprise then that Rick Berman — Washington DC’s best-known PR hit man — has purchased a slew of December attack ads smearing the HSUS and its president, Wayne … Continue reading
Organizations like HumaneWatch avoid direct statements (which are legally actionable) and hide their false accusations behind sly winks and innuendo (which are not). Continue reading
