Wayne's world.

• Author: Huston, Patrick
• Position: Letter to the editor

While there was nothing particularly controversial in the interview with Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States ("Making Progress Against Animal Cruelty," July/ August issue), some readers might consider the group's vegan agenda radical. It is primarily a political lobbying organization, often targeting family farms along with the factory farming industry. And in confusing the Humane Society of the United States with local humane societies and their mission, many donors are misled into giving to an organization that provides little or no direct care to the pets they think they are saving.

--Patrick Huston

Portland, Oregon

Thanks to The Progressive for publishing this excellent interview! We should respect animals for the same reasons we should respect all humans. We all have emotions, intelligence, and sentience. My fellow progressives often mock conservatives for denying climate change. Yet those who acknowledge the gravity of our situation and continue to ignore the compelling scientific evidence indicating the necessity of embracing plant-based eating to greatly reduce our carbon footprints are, perhaps, exhibiting an even greater level of denial.

--Stewart, via web

A great...