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CA BRANCH Summer 1965
No full textGov. Brown joins HSUS Observance Oscar steals show in Capitol Educational pamphlet When master dies, what about pet? A cornucopia we can do without Branch pushes for spay law Greased pig chase stopped; riot is averted Amory blasts surgeon in debate: lab cruelties are attacked (Don Donaldson) Easter Chick Law is big HSUS victory Mouras speaks at PAWS meeting Monterey gets new HSUS man Kindness is key to new school bill (Bill Probst
CT BRANCH November 1964
No full textHSUS National President to address membership at November meeting Saved from the laboratory knife Stamford shelter construction sponsored by HSUS(CB) HSUS(CB) Bridgeport Pound improvement campaign progresses HSUS(CB) at the National Conference Pepper-Randall Bill for care of laboratory animals Decision handed down on atom power plant pollution Cruelty prosecutions in Connecticut HSUS(CB) booth wins prize at 4H-Club Fair HSUS at the horse show City of New Haven praised by HSUS(CB) Mrs. Brennemann speaks out for tags Connecticut member elected to National HSUS Board HSUS(CB) committees at wor
Report on Present Condition of the Humane Movement
No full textPerhaps I should say right at the beginning that I can find just as many sad, discouraging, and frustrating things as the next man in the daily routines of humane work but about the humane cause and the humane movement I am an incorrigible optimist. There are problems, but we have a record of solving and surmounting problems. There is cruelty and there is suffering, demanding of us unremitting work, but I do solemnly believe that we are steadily, exhilaratingly making progress.
I think, in fact, that the first great premise of this meeting, a conviction implicit in the fact that we are here, is that cruelty can be substantially prevented, kindness can be usefully taught or encouraged, and suffering significantly decreased. We start our deliberations today, as we always do in these meetings, with a reiteration of that faith and a determination to make reality of those possibilities
The War Against Surplus Breeding
No full textAlmost the whole humane movement is snowed under and overwhelmed by the still mounting flood of surplus cats and dogs. The surplus turns our shelters into sordid slaughterhouses. It distorts and perverts the thinking of many even of our very best people. Hundreds of our societies are kept permanently on the edge of bankruptcy by the single problem of taking in and disposing of cats and dogs which are homeless or unwanted simply because of the immense surplus of such animals.
It is so easy for all of us to throw up our hands and denounce veterinarians for the high fees that ·they charge for spaying. It is so very easy for all of us to place the blame on irresponsible animal owners . It is easy for us to lay the blame on public pounds or on legislatures.
The fact is, however, that we of the humane movement haven\u27t cleaned up our own house in this respect. Scores of local humane societies still are unrestrainedly selling unspayed female cats and dogs to any takers who appear. Not one humane society in a dozen is conducting any kind of educational campaign about the evils of surplus breeding. The American Humane Association says that it has no fixed policy about spaying. The American SPCA, handling 265,000 animals a year, freely releases unspayed animals for adoption
Animal Shelter Programs and Policies
No full textA discussion of policies and programs that, ideally, should be followed by humane societies in the operation of shelters and the limitations that are imposed by finances, local circumstances, and other factors is a substantial undertaking. I would like, first, to give you some background information about St. Hubert\u27s Giralda and hope that what I have to say will contribute something to people confronted with the problems of shelter management and animal control programs.
Our methods and approach were basically acquired from material available through national and state organizations in this field. We are especially indebted to the Union County SPCA Kindness Kennels in Rahway, New Jersey, for their help when it was decided that St. Hubert\u27s Giralda would offer a pet animal warden service to our community
Humane Education Programs for Local Societies
No full textAlthough definitely I am not an educator, I believe that I still may be able to report usefully this afternoon some of what is being done in the field of humane education by some of our best local humane societies.
In the years that I have worked in and for The HSUS I have visited several hundred local humane societies-big and little, good and not so good, new and old, rich and poor, in all parts of the country. I have spent many days on analysis of the philosophy, policies, equipment, programs and personnel of those societies.
When I visit a local society I look .first, as you might expect, at any animal shelter that it operates. But in a great many situations I give the most attention to the society\u27s educational activities-or lack of them. From analysis of a humane society\u27s attitude toward problems of education I can learn more about that society\u27s level of intellectual maturity and moral philosophy than from study of any other facet of the society\u27s operations
Estimates of Heritability of Beef Cattle Performance Traits by Regression of Offspring on Sire
No full textData used in this study were taken from performance test records of Hereford, Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn sires and their progeny that were raised and performance tested at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station during the years 1951 through 1962. Heritability estimates based on regression of offspring on sire were obtained from 201 male progeny belonging to 20 sire groups. The estimates obtained were 0.19±0.19 for 120-day weight, 0.27±0.13 for initial test weight, 0.93±0.18 for test daily gain, 0.43± 0.18 for feed consumption, 0.41±0.25 for feed conversion, 0.15±0.15 for type score, 0.37± 0.14 for final test weight, and 0.79±0.18 for production index
Humane Education
No full textThe purpose of this thesis is to present an analysis of the developement and present status of humane education in the United States, its administration, aims, and methods. The field of humane education has this peculiarity, that while it has gained almost universal recognition as an important element in the child’s experience, it has as a general rule been provided not by the school itself but by an outside agency in cooperation with the school authorities. The reference is to the work of numerous state and city humane societies who have carried on as a part of their activities a program of education.https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/hebg/1001/thumbnail.jp
The Humane Movement in the United States: 1910-1922
No full textThis study attempts to continue for the brief period from 1910 to 1922 Professor Roswell C. McCrea\u27s descriptive survey of the Humane Movement in the United States, which covered the distinctive features of legislation and organized efforts for animal and child protection. Professor McCrea gave an outline presentation of the historical background and development for at least a generation prior to 1909-1910. While making free use of Professor McCrea\u27s materials and in some cases restating his conclusions, I have made no attempt to cover the same ground, but have begun this study with the year 1909-1910 where he left off.https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/smaobg/1000/thumbnail.jp