Month: December 1992

Who gets the money?

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

BUDGETS, EXPENSES, AND ASSETS
The major national animal and habitat protection
groups are listed below in alphabetical order, together with
selected other organizations of importance and influence in
the animal protection community. Each group is identified
in the second column by apparent focus and philosophy: A
stands for advocacy, C for conservation of habitat via
acquisition, E for education, H for support of hunting
(either for “wildlife management” or recreation), L for liti-
gation, P for publication, R for animal rights, S for shel-
ter and sanctuary maintenance, V for focus on vivisection
issues, and W for animal welfare. The R and W designa-
tions are used only when an organization seems to have
made a particular point of being one or the other. Although
many groups are involved in multiple activities, available
space limits us to providing a maximum of four identifying
letters.

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Woofs & Growls

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Introduced October 5, an agribusi-
ness-backed bill to gut the Endangered Species
Act died with the closure of the 102nd Congress,
but will be reintroduced in the 103rd, according
to the sponsors, Rep. Jack Fields (R-Tex.) and
W.J. Tauzin (D-La.) The bill, which has no
number or title pending reintroduction, is
endorsed by the National Cattlemen’s
Association, American Farm Bureau Federation,
and 38 other groups. It would subordinate
Endangered Species Act enforcement to econom-
ic considerations, and probably won’t be favored
by the Clinton administration. The ESA came up
for renewal this year but was ducked by legisla-
tors up for re-election, and now must be either
extended or amended by the 103rd Congress.

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Humane Society of U.S. refuses to disclose salaries; ANIMAL PEOPLE BARRED FROM ANIMAL CARE EXPO

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

WASHINGTON D.C.––The salaries of the chief executives of the
Humane Society of the U.S. and Humane Society International were omitted
from the copy of IRS Form 990 that HSUS/HSI filed with the New York State
Charities Bureau in April 1992.
Known for providing prompt media access to tax records on nonprof-
its, the N.Y. Charities Bureau confirmed November 16 that the missing records,
Schedule 3 on the 1991 form, had apparently never been filed––although
required by law. Other information essential to determining the true balance of
program and fundraising expenditures was also missing. ANIMAL PEOPLE
then requested Schedule 3 directly from HSUS/HSI. November 17, HSI exec-
utive secretary Janet D. Frake advised ANIMAL PEOPLE to seek the missing
information through the Freedom of Information Act. ANIMAL PEOPLE has;
the information will be published when located by the IRS, which began a data
search for it on November 18.

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Vegetarian in an Orphanage

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Few American-born people have
been vegetarians longer than Marion
Friedman, of Philadelphia. Now 68,
Friedman quit eating meat in 1935, at age
11, as a resident of the Northeastern
Hebrew Orphans Home––”An Orthodox
home,” she points out. “I lived there from
age four to age 18, when I graduated from
high school. I never knew my father, as
my parents divorced when I was an infant,
and I never was in touch with him. My
mother (suffragist and labor activist Reba
Gomporov) put me in the home only
because she was unable to care for me in
the difficult Depression times, but she saw
me every Sunday.”

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They’ve spayed/neutered 5,000 animals––this year!

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

DENVER, Colorado––If people won’t take
their animals to a veterinary clinic for spaying or neuter-
ing, Jeff Young takes the Planned Pethood Plus clinic to
the animals. Working out of a bus, in cooperation with
local humane societies and activist groups, veterinarians
Young and business partner Mark Chamberlain set out
to alter 6,000 animals during 1992; surpassing 5,000 in
mid-November, they were right on pace, Young said.
The humane organizations publicize Young’s arrival in
each community and get the paperwork done in
advance. This enables him to go right to work, per-
forming as many as 32 surgeries per day, at average
fees of $15/tomcat, $20/queen, $25/male dog, and
$35/female dog.

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Dogs And Cats

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

President elect Bill Clinton’s first clash with the
White House press corps came November 18, before he
even got to the White House, when he ordered photogra-
phers to stop harassing his daughter’s altered tomcat,
Socks, outside the Arkansas governor’s mansion.
New York restauranteur Laura Maioglio
imported $2,500 worth of white truffles from Italy and
buried them in her restaurants’ garden November 23, to
allow Princess Diana of Britain to show off the skills of her
pet truffle-hunting terrier. The dog found the truffles, all
right––and ate them before a handler could get them away.
The County Prosecutor in Middlesex, New
Jersey, has barred use of police dogs in crowd control
situations. The city faces legal action in connection with a
biting incident in such a situation, and the trained dogs are
considered too valuable to risk exposing to injury.

ANIMAL CONTROL & RESCUE

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

Montgomery County, Virginia, on November
10 became the first East Coast community to enact a
comprehensive anti-pet breeding ordinance. Similar to
ordinances recently passed in San Mateo County,
California, and King County, Washington, the ordinance
cleared the county council by a 6-0 vote after language
requiring private breeders to license each animal individual-
ly was removed. Anyone who allows pets to reproduce now
must buy a breeder’s permit, the permit number must be
listed in ads offering to sell or give away the offspring, and
the newborn animals must receive vaccinations. The licens-
ing fee for unaltered dogs and cats will be increased by an
unspecified but substantial amount, while the licensing fee
for animals who have been altered will remain $6.00. Each
license is good for three years. The ordinance also enables
the county to sterilize any dog or cat found roaming at large
at least three times in a calendar year. Whether the ordi-
nance can be enforced is still a matter of debate. A compli-
cating factor is that Montgomery County veterinarians
reportedly charge some of the highest prices for spay/neuter
found anywhere in the U.S.––$200 and up––and even dis-
count coupons available through the county humane society
cost as much as $70. Free coupons are available to low-
income pet keepers.

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Animal Damage Control thrown out of New Mexico: WOULDN’T CHECK TRAPS

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

ALBUQUERQUE – –Living up to an old
promise, State Land Commissioner James Baca on
November 16 evicted the federal Animal Damage
Control program from New Mexico because the adminis-
trators wouldn’t agree to make ADC coyote trappers
check their traps at least once every 48 hours.
The eviction order covers six to eight million
acres of state-owned land, much of which is leased to
sheep and cattle ranchers. As environmental and animal
protection groups applauded, ranching groups called for
Baca’s ouster.

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Helping pets keep homes

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 1992:

ALBANY, N.Y.––The Whiskers Animal
Benevolent League spays, neuters, and finds homes for
cats––and also helps both cats and dogs to stay in their
homes by helping pet keepers locate housing .
“One of our volunteers works exclusively on hous-
ing,” co-president Sue Mahar told ANIMAL PEOPLE.
Whiskers sees this as a priority because inability to find
housing that will accommodate pets is one of the leading
reasons why people surrender their pets to animal shelters.
“People call us with needs, and we research listings,”
Mahar continued. “We call every ad that doesn’t specifically
say ‘no pets.’ We also have an ad running continually in the
local real estate paper, and make contacts with rental agen-
cies. We’ve found that in a lot of apartment and condomini-
um complexes, they will accept pets if you can provide
some references, some places you’ve lived with the pets
where the landlords haven ‘t had problems.”

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