Microsoft Funds the Anti-Hunting Movement

[Realtree]

This article was forwarded to me by an MNO member this afternoon, please take a few minutes to read it in it's entirety...this is a serious issue to me and should be to all hunters and outdoorsmen:

May 31, 2007

Microsoft Funds the Anti-Hunting Movement

(Columbus) Microsoft has rejected a U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance request to abandon its partnership with the nation's leading anti-hunting organization.

Microsoft, the software giant, will make a $100,000 donation to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and is partnering with the group on a pilot program called the i'm Initiative. Through the new program, whenever a Windows Live Messenger user has a conversation using i'm, Microsoft will give a portion of the program's advertising revenue to one of ten organizations selected by the user. The HSUS is one of the choices, and there is no limit to the amount of money that can be donated.

The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, the nation's leading sportsmen's advocacy organization, has urged Microsoft to end its support of HSUS, but the company refused. According to Microsoft representative Tara Kriese, Microsoft believes the i'm Initiative is a great way to enable people to help causes that are important to them.

"Microsoft is going to pour hundreds of thousands of dollars, probably more, into an organization that recently issued a manifesto that targets hunting for extinction," said USSA President Bud Pidgeon. "If there was ever a time for sportsmen to take grassroots action, this is it."

Sportsmen should contact Microsoft and demand that its financial support of HSUS be terminated. Contact Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052. Phone: (425) 882-8080. Fax: (425) 936-7329.

The Humane Society of the United States opposes all animal use, including trapping, hunting and fishing. It was a key player in the campaigns to outlaw dove hunting in Michigan, trapping in California, and black bear hunting in Colorado. The organization has created a hit list of hunting traditions that it hopes to dismantle, including bear hunting and hunting with hounds.

"The HSUS already has a multi-million dollar budget that it invests in legislative and ballot campaigns to ban trapping and hunting," said Pidgeon. "The partnership that it has formed with Microsoft, the maker of the Xbox, will allow the organization to make money hand over fist, and continue to fund efforts to ban outdoor sports."

Sportsmen can make a difference in an issue like this. Companies such as Iams, General Mills, Accor Hotels, Pet Safe, Sears, and Ace Hardware ended relationships with HSUS after thousands of sportsmen levied strong protest.

In 2002, Jeep raised the ire of sportsmen when it aired a blatantly, anti-hunting commercial called the "Deer Hunter." After a flood of sportsmen's contacts, Jeep pulled the commercial in three days.

The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance is a national association of sportsmen and sportsmen's organization that protects the rights of hunters, anglers and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and through public education programs. For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.

[Realtree]

I just wanted to add that while I oppose the Humane Society's views on hunting, fishing and the use of animals such as dogs in outdoor sporting, I do applaud and appreciate what they do for neglected and abused animals. It is a double edged sword issue I feel for that reason....

[Randy Kaar]

they probly be funding PETA next! 

randy aka bh

[schwinger]

HSUS does very little for neglected and abused animals. Here's an interesting website to check out http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/136

This should dull one edge of the sword for you realtree. I stumbled on this site one day and found out myself what they really do.

[rchaze60]

I say ....... Turn em all loose in the woods and lets us "HUNT EM" ::50cal:: ::50cal::

[Big Slick]

Stop supporting BOTH of them.

[thunderpout]

HSUS is hooked in with PETA, Had a little run-in puke.gif with a rep at a petco outlet a while back when they were there tryin to get pity money from us "animal owners"  they didnt like my hunters point of view on things, I told the management there about what happened and they said they were "parteners" with them...I have since spent my hunters money at Atlas pet supply....not sure where their stand is on hunting with my dog is yet, but at least they havent ticked me off....   -thunderpout

[Wagz]

I just wanted to add that while I oppose the Humane Society's views on hunting, fishing and the use of animals such as dogs in outdoor sporting, I do applaud and appreciate what they do for neglected and abused animals. It is a double edged sword issue I feel for that reason....

You are think of the American Humane Society .
This is the group that works with homeless animals and things of that nature
The HSUS is nothing more than a animal rights activist organization

Two Completely different Groups
I Still give money to the AHS they do good work  HSUS is a Peta wannabe

Don’t Punish the AHS for the HSUS

[Realtree]

HSUS does very little for neglected and abused animals. Here's an interesting website to check out http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/136

This should dull one edge of the sword for you realtree. I stumbled on this site one day and found out myself what they really do.

Thanks for that info schwinger...that does dull one edge of the sword!!!

I did not realize or do the research to identify that the American Humane Society and the Humane Society of the United States were 2 seperate and radically different organizations. Thank you.