Washington, D.C.-based public relations group, the Center for Consumer Freedom, is focusing on the activities of ASPCA with respect to the upcoming Farm Bill and increasing radicalization through recent appointments.  The ASPCA has recently embraced extreme activists within the organization that have a decidedly pro-vegan orientation. These include a legislative aid to Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ).  There also appears to be closer cooperation between the ASPCA and the HSUS.

The ASPCA Farm Bill platform includes a moratorium on CAFOs with eventual closure and eliminating or reducing the impact of check-off programs to promote livestock commodities.   Eventually, ASPCA contemplates a complete phase-out of intensive livestock production, although the Association does not indicate how they intend to replace the food currently derived from current efficient farms and plants. The poultry industry including eggs, broilers and turkeys will come under increasing opposition and proposed restrictions purported to be based on considerations of either “welfare” or “sustainability”.

The ASPCA is regarded as a formidable opponent with 75 percent of the public unjustifiably holding a positive image of the Association.  Consumer Freedom and the Center for the Environment and Welfare, a newly established think tank has mounted an aggressive campaign to discredit the ASPCA. This organization does little for domestic animals and spends a disproportionate amount of donations received on fundraising, salaries and benefits for executives and management.