It takes a fierce commitment to the cause and having the tenacity, gumption and willingness to spend time and money to persevere when big wins are rare and far between. There may be some Ridglan post-win slump going on. But now is the time to seize the moment while we have the favorable attention of the media and the general public on the miserable plight of dogs in vivisection facilities.
I'm in Australia and am following your campaign. Fantastic work. It's baffling anyone would want to be involved in such a cruel industry. You're on the right side of history Wayne. Thank you for your good works.
You are amazing Wayne and thank you for your compassion and your bravery! So many of us say oh that’s horrible but there’s nothing I can do- you have proven there is something we can do and you are making a real difference!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖
We are glad that courageous warriors like you and Ingrid Newkirk are around, who remind us about the necessity of persistent agitation and refusing to yield to discouragement. Very interesting ableit horrifying history lesson about University of Pennsylvania Prof Martin Seligman.
Eloquent & informatively written. Explains it very simply thank you Wayne & crew for all you do. Sharing with Wisconsin friends and may be a politician also
Glory to God for every beagle that has been saved! I do not trust RFK Jr at all, or are his hands tied so he can’t do anything to this billion dollar industry that we, the American taxpayer, are paying for - how disgusting is this! Even President Trump signed a bill to end animal cruelty but I do not see it getting any traction … we need to come out in droves!
We are bombarded with saddening issues that seem too monumental to change... But it has been done and will be again.
This nation of dog-lovers needs to see the individual faces of dogs held at Marshall: each with a story as poignant as every dog that makes the evening news because someone has done them ill.
What is your objection to tarnishing an old professor's reputation? Seligman was an egotistical animal torturer. The fact that you value the results of these diabolic experiments serves to legitimize them. Moreover, animal data cannot be accurately extrapolated to humans. Are you aware that Seligman used beagles as well as mixed breed dogs in his experiments? He could have easily used human volunteers to obtain these results.
Tarnishing an old professor's reputation doesn't further Wayne's mission to save the dogs — it would simply distract from the overall message of this post.
wayne, glad you wrote your way out of your despair. you and your colleagues have done such amazing work and so many animals and people are thankful for that. 🙏🏽💟
Thank you Wayne. I'm a retired psychologist and remember well Seligman's Learned Helplessness Theory. I like your learned strength antidote to that. We will keep fighting in whatever ways we can to help animals - in labs, zoos, aquariums, circuses, rodeos, etc.
Heart-wrenching to read, but an important lesson. Thank you for your continued courage, dedication, and persistence. You are making such a huge impact in the lives of so many.
i value of your work, Wayne, but quoting Seligman to get to learned helplessness inscribes Ends justifies means - It does not. Moreover, this advertises his work a la no publicity is bad publicity. Did he ever apologize? Did he ever change his ways?
It takes a fierce commitment to the cause and having the tenacity, gumption and willingness to spend time and money to persevere when big wins are rare and far between. There may be some Ridglan post-win slump going on. But now is the time to seize the moment while we have the favorable attention of the media and the general public on the miserable plight of dogs in vivisection facilities.
I'm in Australia and am following your campaign. Fantastic work. It's baffling anyone would want to be involved in such a cruel industry. You're on the right side of history Wayne. Thank you for your good works.
You are amazing Wayne and thank you for your compassion and your bravery! So many of us say oh that’s horrible but there’s nothing I can do- you have proven there is something we can do and you are making a real difference!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖
We are glad that courageous warriors like you and Ingrid Newkirk are around, who remind us about the necessity of persistent agitation and refusing to yield to discouragement. Very interesting ableit horrifying history lesson about University of Pennsylvania Prof Martin Seligman.
Eloquent & informatively written. Explains it very simply thank you Wayne & crew for all you do. Sharing with Wisconsin friends and may be a politician also
Glory to God for every beagle that has been saved! I do not trust RFK Jr at all, or are his hands tied so he can’t do anything to this billion dollar industry that we, the American taxpayer, are paying for - how disgusting is this! Even President Trump signed a bill to end animal cruelty but I do not see it getting any traction … we need to come out in droves!
100% truth! Well said!
"Learned strength": yes!
We are bombarded with saddening issues that seem too monumental to change... But it has been done and will be again.
This nation of dog-lovers needs to see the individual faces of dogs held at Marshall: each with a story as poignant as every dog that makes the evening news because someone has done them ill.
What is your objection to tarnishing an old professor's reputation? Seligman was an egotistical animal torturer. The fact that you value the results of these diabolic experiments serves to legitimize them. Moreover, animal data cannot be accurately extrapolated to humans. Are you aware that Seligman used beagles as well as mixed breed dogs in his experiments? He could have easily used human volunteers to obtain these results.
Tarnishing an old professor's reputation doesn't further Wayne's mission to save the dogs — it would simply distract from the overall message of this post.
wondering if you might be the person who liked my comment, below
You are amazing as always
I wish hell is real so that people like Seligman can go there.
wayne, glad you wrote your way out of your despair. you and your colleagues have done such amazing work and so many animals and people are thankful for that. 🙏🏽💟
Thank you Wayne. I'm a retired psychologist and remember well Seligman's Learned Helplessness Theory. I like your learned strength antidote to that. We will keep fighting in whatever ways we can to help animals - in labs, zoos, aquariums, circuses, rodeos, etc.
Several comments:
1 if you are going to raise money for the animals ... you should let people comment at will and not wait for a late arriving CODE.
2 for the most part I agree with what I perceive to be your position on SELIGMAN.
My belief as regards SELIGMAN is that he was a very sick fuck.
A masochist who was able to hide behind a lab coat.
3 FYI your website is difficult to navigate!
In general..keep up the good work and clean up your website and you will find yourself with more money to work with!
Vague criticism “your website is difficult to navigate” is not at all helpful.
Offer specific descriptions so the ‘difficulty’ can be replicated. If you know how to fix it, describe how.
Better yet, offer your expertise if you think you know how to make the site better.
Every improvement will help the humans to better help the animals, after all.
Bjaan,
I don't have any specific website expertise but recently following the beagal rescue I attempted to make sizable contribution and could not.!
Also at that time tried try to join as a regular member and am not sure if I was successful at that...that is a dysfunctional website in my opinion.
An additional thought would be for you to mind your own fucking business!
You commented on a public site.
If you don’t like feedback from anyone, don’t comment. Using cuss words merely shows a lowbrow vocabulary.
I stand by my comments.
Heart-wrenching to read, but an important lesson. Thank you for your continued courage, dedication, and persistence. You are making such a huge impact in the lives of so many.
i value of your work, Wayne, but quoting Seligman to get to learned helplessness inscribes Ends justifies means - It does not. Moreover, this advertises his work a la no publicity is bad publicity. Did he ever apologize? Did he ever change his ways?