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

[missyme]

Your a moron! and you have quite alot of nerve...Learn how to read and understand what I wrote before you decide to attack me like a volture..

[MacDorcha]

what about Voltron?

[MacDorcha]

you may want to clean up the spelling before you go on a counter attack.
at least, it wont HURT you...

[missyme]

I spelled what I meant

[Guillermo]

You can't even spell, and you're the arbiter of what people need and don't need?

Nothing is more infuriating than those who would distribute wealth and rights based on what they think other people need. They're Communists.

Don't you have a remedial night school English class to go to?

[missyme]

I just want you to know I am not a Temp Recruiter.
Just so everybody doesn't think I am a LIAR which I have been accused of I am a Medical Recruiter that focuses on Registered Nurses especially in California, I also contract with hopsitals for Registered Dieticans, CCRT's and PT's. now I hope I made it clear so no one thinks I am being underhanded, I'm also into and studied Nurtition on my own not as an occupation.

[missyme]

Insults are getting you no where. I have proably had more education than you could ever hope to have.

What is with you anyways? I was pretty beat up yesterday I am sure not going to take it today from the likes of you!!!

[Guillermo]

There are no insults, only facts.

If one has to tell another how educated they are, then they probably aren't very.

You ask what is with me? What is with me is that I cannot stand the self-appointed arbiters of what people need and don't need. I will point them out at every turn.

Using your logic, you're not "needed." The world would get along just fine without you, therefore your death would be OK.

It was your evil logic that killed tens of millions.

[missyme]

FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT OR WHAT I AM SAYING. YOU SAID I CAN DO WITHOUT MY COMPUTER THAT WOULD BE CORRECT IF I DID NOT HAVE TO USE IT FOR WORK. I BELIEVE THE HUNTING I HAVE WITNESSED LIKE IN ROOMS WHERE HUNTERS SHOOT ANIMALS AND WHERE IN ALASKA MEN GO AND POUND A BABY SEAL IN THE HEAD, AND WHERE PEOPLE GO OUT AND SHOOT BIRDS FLYING IN THE AIR IS UNECESSARY (MY OPINION)! DID I SAY I WAS WORKING TO OUTLAW HUNTING NO NO NO!

You know I cannot take this, maybe I don't belong on FR, I thought I did when I was searching for a site that maybe had a group of decent people that I could converse with since I am on this g-d forsaking computer most of the time, because that is how I make my bread and butter, but after being flamed is the word I think everyone uses here I need to go for a 5 mile run or SMOKE A BIG FAT DOOBIE! IF YOU GET MY DRIFT. I just feel like I have been run over by a big mack truck for having an opinion on frickin ANIMALS!

[SauronOfMordor]

I also contract with hopsitals for Registered Dieticans, CCRT's and PT's. now I hope I made it clear so no one thinks I am being underhanded, I'm also into and studied Nurtition on my own not as an occupation.

Cool. BTW, it's spelled "nutrition", and you should be recruiting "registered dietitians" for "hospitals".

It was the multitude of spelling and grammar errors on your prior posts that made me look at your home page, as it seemed unlikely that you would have graduated medical or nursing school

[missyme]

Well sir in fact I did go to nursing school and left the field in 1991, my typing to some degree is challenged especially when I am upset and start typing faster than I should be. Believe me if I was some idiot I would not be able to be successful as a recruiter that works for her self and is able to live at the beach in San Diego CA.

[missyme]

Oh I am sorry I don't know if your a male or female your screen name does not identify with either gender so if you are female I am sorry for calling you sir.....

[Dan from Michigan]

Where do you all live??????

Grew up in rural Michigan, now live in a small town of about 9,000.

[Double Tap]

Sport hunting of any kind should be banned there is no reason for it none...

Some animals that are for eating should be put down very humanely, and animal research is not needed for the most part but if it is it should not have the animal suffering.

Animals for coats and shoes are barbaric there are plenty of beautiful synthetic or wool coasts Mink is just a status symbol.

Fishing for fish well that is hard, I guess fishing is okay but not Marlin, Dolphin, Whale, Seal.

Shooting birds when there flying in the air also should be banned no need for it...

Quite the little dictator there aren't you? Sun Girl, is that you?

Your opinions are important to...YOU. No one else.

Quit trying to remake the world to fit your idea of what is right.

[Dan from Michigan]

Wether you beleive it or not some people do not beleive in Sport Hunting why do you not want to accept that?

If you personally choose not to hunt, I have no problem with that. If you think governments should ban hunting, I have a major problem with that.

[Dan from Michigan]

FWIW, it is almost impossible to catch a coyote.

My uncle was turkey hunting up near Waters. He was calling in a turkey which was responding. He thinks he has it. Almost in range...and then it takes off and runs to the hills. He was wondering what happened...then he sees this coyote go after the turkey, and it was JUST out of firing range.

My uncle's gotten dozens of deer and several turkeys. His uncle's the same way and even got a bear. Neither have gotten a coyote.

[missyme]

You know I am so sorry I ever replied to this thread more than you will ever know. If I could pull out my hair right now I would but there is to much of it, so I will have to say to everyone I am sorry that I have said hunting is un-necessary. I have now changed my mind I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HUNT for a dog for a lion for a wife for a maid, I am just not going to partake in this activity.

I must be the brunt of all the FR animal jokes.

I really have to wonder what kind of people I am speaking with, you know I sent my picture for a reason and that is I am a REAL person withn REAL feelings I am more than a click of your fingers on the keyboard, words can be cruel and hurt others maybe you will pass that on when you hear slams agaisnt Sungirl.

[spunkets]

Thanks for the story. I didn't get back to the last coyote story, but will. I said=>

"Coyotes and wolves never attack children, or man unless they are laid out dead, or near death.

I also said I wasn't aware of any documented stories of such attacks. Which you didn't seem to notice. Since that post was short, I also didn't include rabies, or other causes for insanity in animals. The sort of things that means there's always going to be a sport.

For background, I've spent considerable time observing wolves and coyotes. I've corrected gross error in biological surveys for wolves in Quetico Park. Unlike Algonquin, Quetico is wilderness. The experts and biologists had concluded their were no wolves in that section of the park. I brought the rangers to them, showed them where they were and some of what they were up to. The rangers were able to observe with their own eyes what they were recently told was impossible.

The story of the wolf attack is a bit doubtful in itself, but it does fit, "laid out dead". First it's Aug., nighttime and it's in Ontario. If the kid wasn't wearing a mosquito head net, the mosquitos chewing on his face would make him unrecognizable. DEET don't help in such cases. How anyone could even sleep with such a racket as that roar of mosquitoes is a big question. If there was a wolf, it might have thought the kid was dead. If I saw someone laying still on the ground in the Ontario woods at night, I would think they were dead.

Then there's the problem of folks feeding the animals there. The bush pigs go wild and run the place. They have no fear of man. I'm sure the wolves are much less fearful than they otherwise would be for the same reason, but still with all of them there and the animals running the place(because of the tourist behavior)this is the only story that pops up.

"The wolf retreated and then charged at Tracy and Zach. The charges were repeated. Finally the wolf left."

If it was a wolf, which I highly doubt, the wolf was insane. They do not do this unless they are hunting in a pack and the prey is deemed helpless. Crippled prey is also what would cause an initial attack. A lone wolf isn't coming back as these folks claim, unless it's insane-as in psychotic.

They shot a 60lb wolf and I have no idea whether it was the right one, it was somebody's dog that attacked the kid, or even a bush pig.

"Wolf Killed After Attack On Alaska Boy"

First from the story: "Fish and Game officials knew of no other attack by a wolf on a human in recent Alaska history.

Since 1940, 38 people in Alaska have died from dog attacks and 32 from bear attacks, according to reports.

Does this sound like, "wolves coming in dragging our children off into the woods to eat them alive."?

Then: "In the attack, a six-year-old boy was bitten three times on the back.

"Witnesses reported that the wolf tried to carry the boy off into the woods."Doesn't sound credible. This would mean the wolf unnaturally and uncharacteristically, grabbed the flat part of the kid and tried to drag him. A wolf would have gone for the throat and a fast kill. Unless it was a fiegnt and there was no attempt to drag. A kid alone in AK, is defenseless and he was running away.

" The coyote snatched the toddler by the face and was dragging him to nearby bushes. The child's father was able to fight off the coyote with his golf club.

"At that time the coyote dropped the child, then turned around and again came back to attack the child again," said Cindy Beavers, of the San Bernardino Co. Sheriff's Dept.

BS. Take your pick. It was a dog, or it was a dog.

"Please get a clue"

Right.

"Night of the Wolf" READERS DIGEST...MSNBC:

[hellinahandcart]

I need to go for a 5 mile run or SMOKE A BIG FAT DOOBIE!

I just knew there had to be something other than FRUITCAKE-LEVEL DENSITY behind some of your posts.

[Nakota]

Bullets tend to ruin the pelts, traps don't. But, I know an old timer who swore by the .35 Whelen as a coyote gun. Big bullet, no wind drift and he could count on it to break both shoulders without blowing up and ruining the pelt. BTW, the price of furs is going up. The next generation is not as squeamish about wearing fur as the baby boomers were.