From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2006:
Starting on page 15 is our 17th annual report on the budgets,
assets, and salaries paid by the major U.S. animal-related
charities, plus miscellaneous local activist groups, humane
societies, and some prominent organizations abroad. We offer their
data for comparative purposes. Foreign data is stated in U.S.
dollars at representative exchange rates.
Most charities are identified in the second column by what
they do and stand for: A for advocacy, C for conservation of
habitat via acquisition, E for education, H for support of hunting,
I for supporting the eradication of “invasive” feral or non-native
species, L for litigation, P for publication, S for
shelter/sanctuary maintenance or sterilization project, U for
favoring either “sustainable” or aboriginal lethal use of wildlife,
and V for focus on vivisection.
As most listed charities do some advocacy and education, the
A and E designations are used with others only if advocacy and
education use more of the charities’ time and budget than other roles
for which they may be better known. Charities of obvious purpose may
not have a letter. While many charities pursue multiple activities,
space limits us to offering no more than three identifying letters.
Most of the financial data we cite for U.S. charities comes
from IRS Form 990 filings, usually covering fiscal year 2005. Form
990s from most U.S. charities are available– free–at
<www.guidestar.com>.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2006:
Oxford University theologian Andrew Linzey on November 28,
2006 announced the formation of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics,
home page <www.oxfordanimalethics.com>, which Linzey described as
“the world’s first academy dedicated to enhancing the ethical status
of animals through academic publication, teaching, and research.”
Nobel Literature Laureate J.M. Coetzee of South Africa was named
first Honorary Fellow of the institution. Author Jeffrey Masson was
named an Honorary Research Associate. Priscilla Cohn, author of
Contraception in Wildlife, Book I (1996), was named associate
director of the organization.

From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2006:
The International Fund for Animal Welfare on October 25,
2006 began building new offices in Yarmouth-port, Massachusetts. A
1.5-acre open space in the center of the complex will be named after
Juliana Kickert, of Sedona, Arizona, who died at age 64 in March
2006, leaving IFAW $10 million. IFAW raised $17.3 million in the
most recently reported fiscal year, but by its own reckoning spent
just $11.5 million on programs, and by ANIMAL PEOPLE reckoning spent
$6.8 million on programs, less than went into fundraising and
reserves.