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HSUS CEO drops bid for Tyson board seat
HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle has dropped his bid to run for a seat on Tyson Food’s board. Pacelle announced in October he was seeking the seat to urge Tyson to phase the use of gestation stalls out of its supply chain.
According to MarketWatch.com a HSUS spokeswoman said because of Tyson’s dual-class voting structure, “it’s apparent that the company [Tyson] will use its voting power to reject Mr. Pacelle’s candidacy.”
A spokesman for Tyson confirmed that Pacelle is no longer a board candidate and said “the nomination had zero effect on the company.”
Wayne Pacelle got most of what he wanted from that publicity stunt. He’ll do anything to get his plasticized face in the media, including touring the country with Michael Vick. Celebrity trumps integrity. He also got to court megawealthy Carl Ichan through the Tyson farce. Maybe Ichan was foolish enough to make a big donation to HSUS. I’m sure Pacelle asked him to. Now Wayne is trying to get his hands on the Bloomberg fortune, using the Mayor’s easily exploited younger daughter as a vehicle.
Tyson needs to continue standing up to the HSUS circus clowns, even in the face of new, well-timed cruelty charges against a supplier. Despite Pacelle’s attempts at economic sabotage, Tyson reported healthy profits. Unlike many of the companies that made agreements with HSUS.