Protect the Harvest | Our Mission: Inform, Protect, Respond

The animal rights movement in America, led by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), has evolved into a wealthy and successful attack group determined to end the consumption of meat, eliminate hunting, outlaw rodeos and circuses, and even ban animal ownership (including pets) altogether.

Protect The Harvest was created to fight back and defend American families, farmers, hunters and animal owners from the growing threat posed by the radical animal rights movement. We have three objectives:

1) INFORM America’s consumers, businesses and decision-makers about the true nature and reach of animal rights groups like HSUS
and the potential consequences of their agenda,

2) PROTECT our freedoms and way of life by creating lasting legal safeguards for farmers, hunters and animal owners,

3) RESPOND to the activities of radical groups like HSUS by opposing their efforts to pass laws or enact regulations that would restrict
the rights and freedoms of farmers, hunters and animal owners.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Protect The Harvest?

America’s food supply is under attack from animal rights activists and anti-agriculture extremists who are waging war against America’s farmers.

Protect The Harvest is a group of concerned citizens that is seeking to aggressively educate and communicate with the general public wherever those elements, including extremist animal rights groups, pose a threat to farmers, ranchers or hunters.

Protect The Harvest exists to defend our way of life, preserve our food freedom and stand up for America’s farmers, hunters, and animal owners. Join us in defense of America’s farmers as they feed the world and ensure that our families have access to quality, affordable sources of protein.

What is the problem and why should I be concerned?

We may not think about it very often, but our farmers produce the quality, affordable food that fills the shelves, refrigerators and freezers at our local grocery stores.

Unfortunately, over the last 50 years, America’s farms and farmers have been disappearing. Since 1950, the USA has lost over 60% of its farms. This translates to 3.2 MILLION farms and 240 MILLION farming acres gone. While America’s farms vanish, our country’s population continues to boom, much like the rest of the world.

America’s farmers help us provide for our families, and they are under more pressure than ever before to keep up with the needs of a growing nation and world.

The efforts of animal rights activists make it harder for farmers and ranchers to produce safe, nutritious, and affordable food.

What role does animal rights play in America's Food Crisis?

Animal rights extremists like the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) seek to put an end to animal agriculture and animal ownership.

The thought process behind the efforts of an organization like HSUS is that if certain foods (eggs, meat, and other sources of animal protein) are more expensive to produce, those costs will be passed on to the consumer and meat consumption in our country will go down. These extremists envision every one of us living in a vegan society.

To accomplish this goal, they attack farmers and try to portray themselves as the ultimate authority on animal welfare issues. The farmers who take pride in providing a quality product to our families and rely on their good reputation to provide for their own families are being told how to raise their animals by an organization that seeks to end animal agriculture and put them out of business.

To learn more about the animal rights extremists’ war on America’s farmers, ranchers and hunters, click here.

Who is HSUS?

Founded in 1954 as an animal rights advocacy group, the HSUS is the largest policy arm of America’s radical animal rights movement. A group whose financial assets number in the hundreds of millions, HSUS pushes legislation, regulation and policies throughout the US and world to restrict animal agriculture, medical research, and hunting (just to name a few).

HSUS would like you to think that they’re different than infamous animal rights radicals like PETA and that they’re ok with animal agriculture, as long as it fits their definition of “humane.” But in reality, HSUS is just as radical an organization as PETA, and they ultimately want to see all animal agriculture, hunting, and animal ownership brought to an end.

We’re revealing more of HSUS’s story, and you can learn about it by clicking here.

But isn't HSUS just like my local humane society?

The HSUS is not, and has never been, an animal shelter. In fact, HSUS head Wayne Pacelle famously declared “We never said we funded animal shelters…That’s not in our history or in our statement.” The vast majority of Americans (71% in fact) believe HSUS to be a collection of local humane societies, but sadly, they are wrong.

In fact, it seems HSUS isn’t even affiliated with any actual Humane Societies. HSUS uses the name but doesn’t give much back, which seems to really irk local Humane Societies that are starving for funding to care for animals.

So if they aren’t funding animal shelters, where does your money go when you see the commercials and donate to HSUS? Click here to find out the truth.

How can I join the fight?

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