Wayne Pacelle
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August 4, 1965 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. (History and Studies in the Environment), 1987 |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Known for | President of the Humane Society of the United States |
| Notable work | The Humane Economy: How Innovators and Enlightened Consumers are Transforming the Lives of Animals (2016), The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them (2011) |
| Predecessor | Paul Irwin |
| Movement | Animal Protection |
| Opponent(s) | Center for Consumer Freedom, United States Association of Reptile Keepers |
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| Website | http://www.HSUS.org |
Wayne Pacelle (born August 4, 1965) is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Pacelle took office June 1, 2004, after serving for nearly 10 years as the organization's chief lobbyist and spokesperson. Since becoming CEO, he has sought to expand the organization's membership base and its influence on public policy.
Pacelle was born in New Haven, Connecticut, of Greek and Italian descent. His parents are Richard L. Pacelle, Sr., and Patricia Pacelle. Pacelle is the youngest of four children. His older brother, Richard L. Pacelle, Jr., is a political science professor at The University of Tennessee. Growing up in New Haven, Pacelle enjoyed reading natural history as a child and developed an early concern about mistreatment of animals. He attended Notre Dame High School and graduated with degrees in history and environmental studies from Yale University, where William Cronon served as his adviser. Pacelle's environmental studies sensitized him to the fact that "a destructive attitude toward animals in the natural world, along with innovations in technology, could produce colossal damage to animals and ecosystems". His activism led to his appointment in 1989, at age 23, as Executive Director of The Fund for Animals, the organization founded by Cleveland Amory.
Since he joined the HSUS in 1994, Pacelle has played a role in the passage of more than 25 federal statutes to protect animals, including laws to ban the sale of videos depicting animal cruelty (1999), protect great apes in their native habitats (2000), halt interstate transport of fighting animals (2002), halt commerce in big cats for the pet trade (2003), require government agencies to include pets in disaster planning (2006), make interstate transport of fighting animals a felony (2007), ban the import of puppy mill dogs from abroad (2008), mandate accurate labeling of fur garments (2010), outlaw cruel "animal crush" videos (2010), and elevate protection for sharks from the practice of finning (2011). Pacelle has testified before U.S. House and Senate committees on animal protection issues, including farm animal welfare, "canned hunting", funding for the Animal Welfare Act and other programs, trophy hunting of threatened and endangered species, cockfighting and dogfighting, puppy mills, the exotic pet trade, bear baiting, and chronic wasting disease. Under his leadership, The HSUS has helped to pass more than 500 state statutes during the same period. In addition, he has successfully advocated for a number of amendments to end federal subsidies for programs that harm animals, including one involving the mink industry.
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