Well, we all know that the HSUS is a mastermind at marketing and getting people hooked by promoting their “interest” in the care of dogs, cats, and wildlife. As we know, many don’t know that they are truly against animal agriculture as a whole.
Today our daughter, Addison, came home from kindergarten with a newspaper called, KIND News, in her backpack. It explores the definition of kindness and the care of cats, dogs, and wildlife. It caught my attention immediately as we went through her folder as I noticed the website, www.humanesociety.org/kids at the top of the paper. My fears were answered shortly as I looked at the bottom of the front page of the paper and saw that KIND News is a publication of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). I was shocked that something from HSUS made it home with my daughter. I can’t even remember what I said, but Addison asked me what was the matter. I told her that the people that wrote and printed the newspaper thought it was wrong that we raised pigs. She was shocked. She asked why did they think that. I told her that they didn’t think we took care of our pigs. She continued to be amazed. She said “How could anyone think that. We take care of ourselves, our fields, and our pigs. Who would do it if we didn’t. We take very good care of them.”
I am so glad that my daughter knew that this was a big deal, but am very sad she has to deal with it as a kindergartener.
I have emailed both her teacher and the prinicpal to find out if every student received a publication from HSUS (I already feel like I know the answer) and how they received the publications. I politely voiced my concerns with them and told them that HSUS essentially wanted to put my family out of business and that I was devstated that Addison had brought something home from HSUS. I haven’t heard back from them yet and I don’t think I will until Monday since it is a Friday afternoon, but I am anxious to hear back from them.
I know we talk about it all the time, but I am reminded every day why it is so important to tell our story to everyone and anyone especially our children and their educators.