The Humane Society
Reviews and Complaints

I been calling sending pictures of a dog on a chain at 15149 Weddington st Sherman Oaks ca

But till this day, the officers I talked to, seem to be bothered by my calling again and again. The owner says he lets the dog loose when everyone leaves the site. But I assure you he does not. When I emailed the last time that officer said it would not be necessary for me to take the pictures to them. But I will be stopping by. It is freezing the dog still there.

02/12/23

Purchased a teacup poodle puppy from Teacup Poodle Boutique. They would not accept cash at time of delivery, they wanted me to download certain apps to send money through my bank acct. I could not because my account was compromised so is was locked down. Then they said Visa gift cards. But before they will do anything they want you to take pictures of the front and back of the cards cause they can go ahead and get the money. Now there is a reason why the person that is to deliver the puppy can’t. The next day the person let’s you know the dog looks bad, because it hasn’t eaten since leaving the day before, but if you will send more money they will buy food. Yogurt for dogs. I told them that was on them. I don’t have money or a puppy.

I gota cat and I left a message upset about the overly dry skun causing him severe discomfort chunks of hair falling out everywhere.. clearly the flea chemical revolution or stongid not sure which one…….. they administered caused his skin to dry n flake plus he does not seem happy and the woman called me back very rude I must add. I asked if he was an outside cat because he just sits in window n at door whining she said I dunno but if you want to bring him just bring him back. She wouldn't answer my questions great animal people u got there. The woman I spoke to did not give a [censored] bout him. If I knew this I would of called a more caring facility to choose my cat. Cause even the other staff lied to me about him saying he had family but because he was eating things that he shouldnt be they had to get rid of him oh and they were not home very much then the next lady toldme that it was cause they were moving and now this employee tells me a family found him and surrendered him which one is it if any lol. I just want to know his background…. Dierks is dying to get out side he ripped the wood by door trying to get out. He seems to be very antsy. I am also curious about what happened when he got sick a couple weeks ago as why sarah told me I couldnt come meet himcause of his illness but she call me when he gets better as she did but nothing in his papers suggest he was ill at all in ur facility. These are the things I need to know to properly take care of him. Oh and he had no dandruff when meeting him as im guessing he was cleaned up before the meet n greetafter a day of petting boy did it start progress through his whole black coat of hair. He is starting to warm up n eat n play. I wont give up on him but I would just like to knowhis history. If you could kindly let me know as much as you could I would be happy to keep up with all his needs

This is for the Humane Society of Utah. You need to establish fair and transparent hiring practices. You can have this when one person get's to select the entire process. You need to have a committee of people making the call rather than one person with a high school degree!

You are required to do this by law as a non profit organization collecting donations from the public and having tax exempt status.

Additionally, it is the best interest of the NGO to hire and retain the best people.

The one person doing the hiring is NOT the company, but merely a servant of the company!

I used the services of the website www.humanesociety.org. My pet was injured and we searched for the vet. I contacted the company and they agreed to provide help, as well as the rep told me that they didn’t have a lot of clients today. We arrived and waited 2 hours, but while we waited no one took a look at my dog. It was really unprofessional and inappropriate towards my dog. Please, share this info.

My pet needed surgery and I decided to ask for the help from www.humanesociety.org. I called local human Society and spoke with the doctor, but he refused and told that there was large line of pets, which needed some examination and surgery. I was so disappointed in them. All their info on the website is total lie, if they refused to help me. I wonder if there are other people, who had the same situation. Please, post comments about your things with them.

Buyer beware. If you are considering donating to the Humane Society of the United States you may want to rethink your decision. Only 1 % of donations goes towards actually helping animals. They do not donate one dime to a single animal shelter in the United States and spent 43 million dollars in 2010 alone on fund raising. They have a pension fund built up of over 17 million dollars and have 29 employees that are paid over $1000, 000 per year. Check out the following sites to find proof that they are a scam. http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/03/01/the-humane-society-of-the-unit/ - http://www.humanewatch.org/real_simple/ - dime.http://www.consumerfreedom.com/2010/05/321-watchdog-group-calls-out-humane-society-of-the-united-states-with-times-square-billboard/ and the list is endless of groups exposing these crooks. If you want to donate to the humane society donate to local offices. Do not send these crooks another dime.

The HSUS is airing adds that show poor homeless animals in shelters begging for your help. This is all false advertising as the HSUS doesn't help shelters, they raise millions from unsuspecting people and less than 1% goes to help any animal shelters, despite its name also suggesting its involved with a humane society, or that its is some sort of umbrella organization, it is not!

More than 85 percent of the animals in HSUS’s TV ads are dogs and cats, and yet HSUS gives just 1 percent of the money it raises to pet shelters. That’s about as deceptive as it gets, and it’s no surprise that we hear from HSUS donors on a regular basis who had no idea that their charitable giving wasn’t going to pet sheltering. Fortunately, many decide to give to their local shelter and stop giving to HSUS. And that’s just TV appeals. According to its latest tax return, HSUS had almost $50 million in fundraising-related expenses. That includes piles of money spent on direct mail. So we wondered: Could its direct mail be even worse than HSUS’s TV appeals?

We were able to obtain a sample consisting of dozens of HSUS direct-mail appeals from 2003 to 2011. And they’re arguably just as awful as HSUS’s TV ads. By our rough estimate, about 80 percent of the animals mentioned are dogs and cats in these 32 appeals. Only one letter in our sample, a 2009 mailer about farming, was completely about non-companion animals. The deception is also present in the content of the letters. Take one 2005 appeal, which told the story of “Scruffy, ” a Kansas dog that experienced abuse. The story is quite heart-wrenching, and the letter includes an in memoriam card dedicated to Scruffy.

But here’s the thing: The incident occurred in 1997. And the HSUS fundraising letter went out eight years later asking potential donors sign a card that would be sent to Scruffy’s owners.

Is it just us, or is that a little, you know, sleazy?

HSUS donors received plenty of doodads and tchotchkes throughout the years, too. Almost two-thirds of the appeals included some kind of junk guilt gift, such as calendars, mailing labels, stickers, pocket planners, and blankets. You can find some on eBay. The letters are generally membership or renewal letters. That’s important, because if these letters are most (or all) of what certain donors see, these folks could easily have a skewed idea of what their money is going towards. We recently saw dozens of complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission from people who have given money to HSUS, so it’s potentially a big problem.

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