Jay Reynolds
Senior Member.
Digging deeper, I read up on the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). here in the US we often see this group's advertising showing animals in need of care, and asking for donations. The ads make a quite obvious emotional appeal. Tearjerkers, really.
There are many animal shelters around the country, most every community has one, and many of these local groups are known as "The Humane Society" or "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for animals. I often shop at their donation store for used goods.
I had assumed that these adverts raised money to help fund the shelters. I was wrong. According to the HSUS IRS tax returns, less than 1% of their funding goes to these local shelters which do the lion's share of actual animal care.
Here is the basic accounting:
HSUS 2009 budget: $121,725,153
All HSUS outgoing grants: $6,744,923
HSUS grants to hands-on pet shelters: $977,296
Evidently most of the money goes to:
- Shockingly high administration and overhead costs
- to fund ballot intitiatives on anti-farming measures
Much of the upper management of HSUS come directly from PETA, Animal Liberation Front and other radical groups.
There are many animal shelters around the country, most every community has one, and many of these local groups are known as "The Humane Society" or "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for animals. I often shop at their donation store for used goods.
I had assumed that these adverts raised money to help fund the shelters. I was wrong. According to the HSUS IRS tax returns, less than 1% of their funding goes to these local shelters which do the lion's share of actual animal care.
Here is the basic accounting:
HSUS 2009 budget: $121,725,153
All HSUS outgoing grants: $6,744,923
HSUS grants to hands-on pet shelters: $977,296
Evidently most of the money goes to:
- Shockingly high administration and overhead costs
- to fund ballot intitiatives on anti-farming measures
Much of the upper management of HSUS come directly from PETA, Animal Liberation Front and other radical groups.