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

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

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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

[shaggy eel]

A Good Rifle...Never thought about doing that

,,, see? Firearms are wonderful things for encouraging creative thought!

The 2000 Thunderbird? I've only seen photos of recent T-birds, one of which was at the Detroit Motor Show, where Ray Charles was shown in the front passenger seat on a big stage. That looked quite retro. I'm outside the US, so I don't see many new US vehicles.

[missyme]

Where are you???

I have to think about this Firearms creative thinking a bit more. I held a rifle once dropped it found it un-manageable and figured the most I could handle was a BB gun.
Now pistols I do okay and I was a pretty good shot at the firing range at the local firing range, but I am sure the surfers would have something to say if they saw me out there with a pistol trying to shoot sharks something we have a problem with out here at times in fact near Camp Pendleton in Oceanside..

[shaggy eel]

,,, I'm here.

[missyme]

What time is it there?

[missyme]

Your Drag Racing in New Zealand?

[missyme]

Ok stupid me..Your home is New Zealand of course...

Well I hear it's a beautiful place and it looks that way also, very clean.

And what do I know of New Zealand...Kangaroos, Aberigones and Beautiful beaches. Correct?

[shaggy eel]

And what do I know of New Zealand...Kangaroos, Aberigones and Beautiful beaches. Correct?

,,, yep, the beaches are great - kangaroos and Aborigines are in Australia though. It's almost 3pm Thursday here and - nope, I don't drag race.

[missyme]

SO what do you hunt in New Zealand?

[shaggy eel]

,,, I killed a goat on Dec 30. Apart from that it's been ages since I got out. Wild pigs, ducks, geese, goats, opposums, rabbits, hares, several varieties of deer and, down in the South Island, Himalayan Thar can be hunted. We have no raccoons, badgers, foxes, mountain lions, snakes, bears or roadrunners here.

[missyme]

Out of curiosity do you eat everything you kill? like the Goat. I have never eaten a goat and besides seeing them at a petting zoo I don't beleive I would eat a goat.

Wild meat has a smell of the few times I smelled it which was long ago, but I am not sure what Goat would smell like.

All those animals you mentioned, I take it you hunt them at certain times?

[shaggy eel]

Out of curiosity do you eat everything you kill?

,,, I only kill animals to eat them - no other reason.

All those animals you mentioned, I take it you hunt them at certain times?

,,, duck season is in May and it's quite a short season. Apart from that, hunting for anything else is 365 days a year with no permit costs.

[missyme]

Ok. So now I see your love for rifles....

I realize alot of freepers live in rural areas of the U.S with hunting seasons coming up, something I never hear about where I live NEVER, anyways in New Zealand is hunting the sport to partake in?

What about Alligator? I did have the opportunity to eat gator tail and I was suprised I liked it.

[shaggy eel]

in New Zealand is hunting the sport to partake in?

,,, there's four million people here - not even the popualtion of many US cities. If you check out a map you'll see the topography is challenging in many parts for lots of activities, while for others it presents great opportunities. We don't have far to travel to ski, sail, hunt, swim, fish or anything else outdoors. There are around 460,000 registered firearms holders here - or as they like to say "voters", so that's a little over 10% of the population with rifles. Handguns are rare here but you can have them if you're in a pistol club.

I haven't tried aligator meat but if the opportunity came up I would.

[missyme]

Since I love the beach I have did research on the most beautiful beaches in the world which New Zealand was one and also I see that there has been quite a few Champion Surfers out of your country, so the beachy part of New Zealand I somewhat know of.

You said almost a half a miilion people have firearm permits is that for hunting? or for protection. You must not have alot of crime there, the problem in this country is that most of the criminals have the guns which makes it hard to convince people that gun ownership is a good thing. But I do believe people have a right to bear arms, I have no idea how to curb the criminals from obtaining firearms.