Antis' Efforts to Stop Hunting Backed By Multi-Million Dollar Budgets

U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance ^ | Dec 31, 2003 | NA

[neverdem]

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As in previous years, Animal People magazine has published financial information for 136 animal charities, based on analysis of the groups' IRS reports for FY 2002.

Below are the figures for several leading animal rights groups that are working to end hunting, fishing and trapping in America, as presented in Animal People. In parenthesis are the budgets for the immediate past years.

The budgets for most of the groups stayed level or dipped somewhat, but People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) budget grew from $13.5 million to $16.4 million in 2002. The Humane Society of the United States had an even bigger increase in its budget, from $58.8 million to $67 million.

Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)

· budget $3,208,308 ($3,360,728 / $3,133,399 / 2,929,360)

· programs 2,543,747

· overhead 664,561

· net assets 2,407,032

Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) (previous years not immediately available)

· budget $1,260,416 ($1,072,951)

· programs 1,117,926

· overhead 142,490

· net assets 2,486,967

Doris Day Animal League (DDAL)

· budget $2,570,372 ($2,844,347 / $2,743,811 / $2,298,227)

· programs 1,977,752

· overhead 592,620

· net assets 753,186

Fund for Animals

· budget $7,358,158 ($5,600,721 / $5,386,201 / $6,383,888)

· programs 5,766,004

· overhead 1,592,154

· net assets 20,225,940

Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)

· budget $67,272,795 ($58,865,207 / $50,431,797 / $51,560,147)

· programs 38,620,876

· overhead 23,453,737

· net assets 85,810,587

In Defense of Animals (IDA)

· budget $2,304.433 ($2,339,784 /$1,841,705 / $1,707,270)

· programs 1,878,120

· overhead 426,313

· net assets 2,512,588

PETA and PCRM: Partners in Fundraising

The Animal People report indicates that PETA and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) should be considered as a single fundraising unit because of its joint partnership in Foundation to Support Animal Protection. Here are the numbers for the three entities:

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

· budget $16,414,174 ($13,499,614 /$17,668,699 / $16,487,851)

· programs 13,741,587

· overhead 2,672,587

· net assets 5,079,120

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

· budget $2,667,912 ($2,915,847 / $2,533,289 / $2,350,143)

· programs 2,107,232

· overhead 560,680

· net assets 887,109

Foundation to Support Animal Protection (FSAP)

· budget $2,192,281 ($2,430,555)

· programs 29,718

· overhead 2,162,563

· net assets 9,616,986

[cavtrooper21]

Kansas.

[Terriergal]

"six billion souls on the planet and you get to be the judge?"

Of course she does. She's seen Bambi. Twice.

Wait a minute. I've seen it a hundred times, and read the original books about as many times. And I spent a lot of free time writing sequels as a kid. Doesn't that make my opinion more worthy? ;-)

[Terriergal]

Do you believe Animals go to heaven?

I don't know. It doesn't matter. heaven will be heaven.

[missyme]

Now what is so funny about that??.. You know I dislike Palmetto Bugs, Ants, flies and spiders and I kill them if I ever see them in the house, because they have no purpose in the house, but Zorro serves his purpose of "CAT" as making sure they never have a chance to reside indoors.

See every Animal serves a purpose.

[sauropod]

I have read this whole thread. I beg to differ.

[Terriergal]

Cyrano, over my shoulder here, says "there's a difference between animals going to heaven and animals *being* in heaven."

But if you are getting at will there be some 'happy hunting ground' in the sky, no, there will be no more death, no more hunting, and it won't be missed.

[cavtrooper21]

Not when the title includes the words "recipes for..."!!!

;^)

[sauropod]

"Just what is it about cats that short circuits people's ability to think objectively?"

Gee, I don't know...... ;-)

[Terriergal]

You know I dislike Palmetto Bugs, Ants, flies and spiders and I kill them if I ever see them in the house

Why? They serve a purpose too. Again, you're biased against those that were unfortunate enough to be born without fur and big sparkly brown eyes.

[Tench_Coxe]

"Where do you all live??????"

The middle of Yellowstone Park. Ground's been rather warm lately. Must be the mid-winter thaw.

[Terriergal]

See every Animal serves a purpose.

All creation serves the purpose of sustaining man, which is the only creature capable of having a personal relationship with the Almighty.

[Terriergal]

So, what do you feed your cat?

[Terriergal]

Now what is so funny about that??..

If you have to explain a joke...

[sauropod]

I saved that one ;-).

[Terriergal]

gophers, squirrels and rabbits serve a purpose too. they feed me, and other animals, and serve as great target practice.

[Mackey]

Hey, that convenient-- you can dig up your potatoes already baked!

[shaggy eel]

,,, my cat's preferred food - Kereru [New Zealand native wood pigeon].

[missyme]

I asked you that because I have found everybody differs on the opinion of hunting by where they live...I am origianlly from California and live here now, but for a time I lived in Dallas Texas and Jacksonville Florida, and while I was living in Florida I had the opportunity to eat gator tail and crawfish did not like crawfish anyways everyone's opinion an theory differed greatly on Sport Hunting by each state, California rejected Sport hunting the most then Dallas then Jacksonville, so it seems to me it depends what you were exposed to by what hunting is all about in the state you live in.

[sauropod]

I saw it. Thx.

[Terriergal]

Isn't it amazing we dont' have the money to fight abortion legislation but we have a group now that raises money to defend animals.

Well y'all I have to go get some work done. Unfortunately I don't have all the time it will take to educate miss missyme/Sungirl whoever she is.