PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING QUOTES:

HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES

". . . as a Washington resident and friend of those running the Seattle HSUS office (who btw are all vegan and as pro-AR as possible given their employer)."  Statement made in connection with thread "Animal Rights Group Off-Base on Wildlife Protection, Says National Trapper's Association" -- Cyn Krueger (kinchimp@YAHOO.COM), Quoted from AR-VIEWS Digest - 19 Sep 2001 to 20 Sep 2001 (#2001-219) HSUS is the Humane Society of the United States.

"Human care (of animals) is simply sentimental, sympathetic patronage." (Dr. Michael W. Fox, Humane Society of the United States, in 1988 Newsweek interview).

"Man is the most dangerous, destructive, selfish, and unethical animal on earth." --Michael W. Fox, vice president, Humane Society of the United States, as quoted in Robert James Bidinotto, "Animal Rights: A New Species of Egalitarianism," The Intellectual Activist, September 14, 1983, p. 3. 

"The life of an ant and the life of my child should be accorded equal respect."  Michael W. Fox (Humane Society of the United States)  Senior Scholar, - Associated Press (January 15, 1989)