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Hsus Investigation Leads To Fifty Arrests In Cockfight Raid Jun 1978

Hsus Investigation Leads To Fifty Arrests In Cockfight Raid

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Participants fined up to $500


Oil-Soaked Birds Saved Apr 1978

Oil-Soaked Birds Saved

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HSUS participates in historic bird rescue


Oil-Soaked Birds Saved: Hsus Participates In Historic Bird Rescue Apr 1978

Oil-Soaked Birds Saved: Hsus Participates In Historic Bird Rescue

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As the world watched the black tide of crude oil from the Amoco Cadiz devastate bird life along the French coast, HSUS staffer Guy Hodge was reporting to Congress about efforts to save oil-soaked birds in a recent Chesapeake Bay oil spill. A barge (ATC- 133) carrying nearly 500,000 gallons of crude had run aground south of the Maryland-Virginia border. Some of its cargo spilled into this North American waterfowl wintering area.

Together with HSUS cruelty investigator Phil Steward, Hodge had assisted in the most successful on-site bird rescue operation in history. One out of every three rescued birds was …


Hsus Fights Cruelty In Pounds Mar 1978

Hsus Fights Cruelty In Pounds

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Unlike privately owned animal shelters, the pound was not instituted for the benefit of the animals.


Hsus Spotlights Circus Cruelty Aug 1977

Hsus Spotlights Circus Cruelty

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Society has sideshow operator arrested in three states


Struggle To Save Dolphins Continuing Jun 1977

Struggle To Save Dolphins Continuing

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The Humane Society of the United States has initiated a nationwide boycott of a tuna products until real progress is made in reducing the needless slaughter of porpoises in tuna nets.

In the Spring of 1976, HSUS first asked its members to refrain from buying tuna because of the high porpoise mortality and the tuna industry's unwillingness to adopt any research porpoise-saving procedures. Recently, HSUS Program Coordinator Patricia Forkan called for a nationwide boycott of tuna.


Struggle To Save Dolphins Continuing Jun 1977

Struggle To Save Dolphins Continuing

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New House Bill OKs Dolphin Deaths; HSUS Continuing Battle in Senate