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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 01:56 AM
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did anyone save the quote about "Canine Americans"?
I heard or read yesterday that the head of the Humane Society insists that we should no longer call dogs dogs, but rather "canine Americans" and I'm looking for a cite for that quote.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 01:57 AM
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1. I think...I saw that on the KO show...not certain though....nt
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 02:01 AM
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2. Turns out it was a tongue-in-cheek comment taken out of context...
Edited on Thu Sep-14-06 02:02 AM by Shakespeare
...and circulated by some dairy trade group. KO got suckered into using it day before yesterday for his "worst person in the world," but when he was set straight, he said so on today's show, and named the trade group the "worst person in the world."

Edited to add: they've been irked at the Humane Society ever since they successfully lobbied Trader Joe's to stop selling battery cage eggs under their store label. They had an undercover person get very, very damning video footage of what those chickens go through (it aired in SF area, among other places).
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 02:05 AM
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3. Delete-Turns out it wasn't a serious comment.
Edited on Thu Sep-14-06 02:07 AM by haruka3_2000
Just lies from the factory farming industry.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 02:07 AM
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4. thank you very, very much
That's exactly what I needed to find.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-14-06 02:11 AM
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5. I edited my reply. It turns out it was a joke.
From the HSUS website:

Happy to Call a Dog a Dog
Listen to HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle's speech from the TAFA conference. His "canine Americans" joke drew great laughs from the crowd, but he's not quitting his day job for a career in stand-up


On the front page, there is a link where you can listen to the whole speech.
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