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 Home > Outdoor news > You are here: Motel chain is missing the message Motel chain is missing the message (6/14/2002) Despite a flood of
comments from sportsmen to Accor Economy Lodging regarding its
relationship with the nation’s largest animal rights organization, the
company has refused to end its partnership with the group. Accor
Economy Lodging, the parent company of Motel 6, Red Roof Inns and Studio
6, continues to support two programs of the Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS) - "Pets for Life" and "Disaster
Recovery." In
an attempt to pacify outraged outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen, Accor has
been replying to sportsmen’s comments noting that it "welcomes
sportsmen of all types." It tries to subdue them by saying that
Accor Economy Lodging has sponsored sportsmen's television programs and
advertised in Field & Stream. However,
the issue has nothing to do with whom Accor welcomes in its hotels or
where it advertises. The problem is that it has partnered with and
contributed to a powerful animal rights organization that has the goal
of ending all animal use, including hunting, fishing and trapping. While
sportsmen try to make this clear to Accor, it claims that its goal in
working with HSUS was to promote its pet-friendly policy and assist pet
owners in crisis. However,
Accor’s sponsorship of HSUS does just the opposite. In fact, the
animal rights organization would be happy to see the end of pet
ownership. Wayne Pacelle, HSUS senior vice president and former national
director for the Fund for Animals, was quoted in Animal People magazine
saying, "We have no problem with the extinction of domestic
animals." In
addition, despite its "Humane Society" name, HSUS does not
operate or oversee any locally run animal shelters or humane societies.
According to tax forms, only a small percentage of its enormous $65
million income (during fiscal year 2000) went toward programs directly
helping companion animals. Although sportsmen have contacted Accor to educate the company about the HSUS’s real intentions, it has not yet seen the light. CopyrightÓ U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance- www.ussportsmen.org
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