The
Humane Society of the United States, an organization that does next to nothing for animal shelters but sues, badgers and lobbies politicians and businesses into adopting its radical
animals rights agenda, is getting a taste of its own medicine.
In a little-reported ruling by a judge in the
District of Columbia earlier this month, the HSUS is going to court to face charges under RICO statues on racketeering, obstruction of justice, malicious prosecution and other charges for a lawsuit it brought and lost against
Ringling Brothers Circus' parent company
Feld Entertainment, Inc.
After winning the case alleging mistreatment of elephants in its circuses brought by
Friends of Animals (later merged into HSUS), the
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the
Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), lawyers at Feld filed a countersuit with a litany of charges ranging from bribery to money laundering to racketeering. The attorneys for the animal rights groups asked the judge to dismiss all charges, but most remained because the evidence was overwhelming. So in early August, HSUS will be facing the music in a case that should attract the attention of hunters, ranchers, farmers and anyone impacted by HSUS' radical animal rights agenda.
District judge
Emmet G. Sullivan did dismiss allegations of mail and wire fraud, but he did so only because Feld didn't have standing to file this charge. His ruling all but set the stage for a class-action
RICO lawsuit against HSUS for misrepresenting itself in its fundraising campaigns across the nation. This lawsuit easily could bankrupt HSUS, put it out of business and send some of its top executives to prison.
Next should be USERL and the ASPCA. It's only a matter of time before these get hit as well. But we will have more on that later.
