A major Australian wine exporter facing a backlash in the United States for donating to a key animal rights group says it will take its support elsewhere in the future. The $100,000 donation by Yellow Tail Wines to the Humane Society of the United States' (HSUS) animal rescue program has prompted a flurry of angry online postings in the US calling for people to boycott the wine. The HSUS describes itself as the United States' largest and most effective animal protection organisation and it sponsors workshops that teach people how to lobby for animal protection laws. In response to the donation, a page called Yellow Fail has been set up on the Facebook social networking site and has attracted more than 3,000 fans. A rancher from South Dakota has posted an online video of himself pouring the wine onto the snow in front of his cattle and urging others to do the same...read more
I've embedded the rancher's video Yellow Tail Is Now Yellow Fail below. Please note every time I've tried to play it I get an error please try back later message. Can't help but wonder if it's been disabled by You Tube, but in case this is a temporary situation here it is.
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The video's working fine this afternoon, Frank.
"The HSUS describes itself as the United States' largest and most effective animal protection organisation and it sponsors workshops that teach people how to lobby for animal protection laws."
That's a very G-rated version of what HSUS does. If the folks reading the article got the NC-17 version, they might understand what's going on a little better.
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