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Animal ag leaders question HSUS official

Participating in a panel discussion on animal housing at the Center for Food Integrity’s (CFI) animal agriculture conference in Oak Brook, Illinois were (r-l) Randy Krotz of USFRA; Paul Shapiro of HSUS; Janeen Salak-Johnson with the University of Illinois; and moderator Terry Fleck with CFI.

At the Center for Food Integrity’s animal agriculture conference in suburban Chicago Wednesday, livestock industry leaders had a chance to question a top official of the Humane Society of the United States.

Paul Shapiro, vice president of farm animal production for HSUS, was part of a panel discussion on animal housing. Here is a recording of Shapiro’s prepared remarks, followed by some of the questions asked by members of the audience.

AUDIO: Paul Shapiro

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  Some people seem to believe that 95% of the people involved with the HSUS eat meat. I question the validity of this, but it really does not matter, because there is no question that the policy makers in the HSUS are either vegan or vegetarian. This is especially true of Paul Shapiro, the most prominent spokesman for the HSUS. Both of them are avowed vegans.
  A vegan does not believe in eating meat or using animal products. So they don’t wear leather or drink milk. They oppose fur products and think ice cream will kill you. These are the hard core animal rights fanatics. They may try to appear reasonable, but the HSUS sacrificially has adopted the Mao philosophy of 3 steeps forward and 1 back.
  The question is, can a meat producer deal with them. The answer is no. Just look at the biggest promotion of the HSUS, meatless Monday. They promote meatless Monday by saying meat will kill you and the environment. So, a meat producer should have a hard time working with people who say you are trying to poison their customers.
  If you want to see who he is dealing with, he should read some of Purcell’s writings. One of his latest promotes fake meat. He talks about how plant protein can be chemically modified to take the place of meat. It seems inconceivable that a meat producer will ever be able to compromise with an organization that wants to shut him down.
  If the HSUS is really intent on working with farmers, the first thing it should do is get rid of Purcell and Shapiro. These men destroy any creditability the HSUS has with meat producers. If the HSUS does not, then it truly is, just a vegan cult, that wants to shut down animal production in the US.

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  You may like to know that the brother of Paul Shapiro is Ryan Shapiro.
  Look it up, it may surprise some.

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