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

[rebelyell]

That is not hunting anymore than going to a grocery store and buying salmon filets is going fishing.

[shaggy eel]

In fact they showed a program regarding animals at the Zoo and when there no longer used they are put in a room for hunters to kill, now that is BS.

,,, time to ask some serious questions, isn't it? Whose interests would such a programme serve? Any way of finding out who produced that particular programme?

[blackie]

My daughters shoot. :)

[shaggy eel]

That is not hunting anymore than going to a grocery store and buying salmon filets is going fishing.

,,, what isn't?

[rebelyell]

My daughter's six and she can tear up an aluminum can with her .22 from 25 yds. She shot her first dove this year....and it was in the air, Missy. We don't shoot birds in trees, on the water or on the ground in my family.

[missyme]

Duck is a very FATTY meat I know people eat duck but it's not the healthiest of meats to eat. Many people having to have triple bypass is because of there heavy meat consumption, and there eating habits definetly have to change which for older folks can be very challenging.

I am in the medical field and nutrition is important.

[rebelyell]

Shooting an animal in a small enclosure, as Missy was talking about on some show.

[missyme]

It was on Discovery Channel and I will try to find out if I can get a tape of it for you.

[shaggy eel]

Shooting an animal in a small enclosure, as Missy was talking about on some show.

,,, you're totally right. Of course it's not. It's an obscenity.

[blackie]

My daughters are in their 40's. :)

I started shooting at 5 yrs old and got my first rifle on my 9th BD ~ I lived on a farm in Elsinore, CA.

[rebelyell]

That is absolute nonsense. Wild duck has a fraction of the fat of farm-raised chicken or turkey. It is quite lean and quite nutritious. And besides which, animal fat is not the demon you people think, witness the success of Atkins and lack of evidence to support skyrocketing cholesterol rates among devotees.

[metesky]

Trapping the media is not really reccommended....They have clever little hands and fingers, which let them free themselves from most leghold traps with little injury.

But they're suckers for the old deadfall trick. Use a commie dictator as bait and they'll rush in thinking they are about to get that career making interview.

[shaggy eel]

,,, just check the credits at the end of the show to see who produced it - and post the info back to us all on this thread. That would help us in knowing who's stirring the pot. Thanx.

[shaggy eel]

ping

[green iguana]

"Duck is a very FATTY meat"

No. Duck is a very lean meat - it has virtually no marbling. Store bought duck does tend to have lots of fat, but normal people will disregard the fat and just eat the meat. Wild duck is an entirely different matter - it has little fat to begin with.

[metesky]

What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?

[flashbunny]

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

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