Humane Bites #310: Most Local Pet Shelters NOT Affiliated With HSUS

Clippings culled from all over the electronic news world. (E-mail submissions for next time.)

• The latest reminder that your local pet shelter is not affiliated with the Humane Society of the United States comes from the Helping Hands Humane Society.
• Oftentimes, the only voices on animal welfare are those of vegan activists who simply scream the loudest. But what about mainstream farmers and veterinarians? We decided to weigh in.
• Ryan Gosling recently decided to leverage his Hollywood fame into a new animal-rights campaign. There’s only one problem: It’s based on rhetoric, not reality.
• Big thanks to the Maine Law Review, which cited us as opposing HSUS’s federal egg bill. Click here for the full article.
• Featured Shelter: The Animal Haven (Donate. Volunteer. Adopt.)