Category: Activists & Organizations

Verdict against Makah whaling upheld; new rulings on Native hunting rights

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

SEATTLE–The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on
December 1, 2003 upheld a December 2002 ruling by a three-judge
panel from the same court that the National Marine Fisheries Service
failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act in
permitting the Makah Tribal Council of Neah Bay, Washington, to
exercise a claimed treaty right to hunt gray whales.
“The plaintiffs in the case–the Fund for Animals, the
Humane Society of the U.S., and other groups and individuals–argued
that the government failed to adequately study the ways in which the
Makah whale hunt could set a dangerous precedent and adversely affect
the environment,” explained Fund for Animals spokesperson Tracy
McIntire.

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Court calendar

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

The Constitutional Court of South Africa in November 2003
upheld the September 2001 conviction of Kalahari Raptor Center
co-director Chris Mercer for violating the Nature & Environmental
Con-servation Ordinance of 1974 by rescuing three baby caracals
instead of killing them, as mandated by the Problem Animal Control
Ordinance of 1957. Initially convicted and fined, Mercer won a
discharge and waiver of the fine on appeal to the High Court, but
was unsuccessful in seeking to overturn the 1957 law through the
Constitutional Court because the court held that he had only been
charged under the 1974 law. Publicity about the case helped to win
amendments to the Gauteng Province wildlife law, which no longer
requires that “problem” animals be killed without specific cause.

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SHARK wins Utah civil liberties case

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

PARK CITY, Utah–Conceding that an ordinance prohibiting
mobile video displays during the annual Sundance film festival and
the 2000 Winter Olympics may have infringed the First Amendment, the
Park City council on December 12 repealed parts of the ordinance that
were invoked in 2000 to block rolling protests by SHARK against the
“Command Performance Rodeo,” held as part of the Cultural Olympiad.
Park City also agreed to pay $2,500 to cover SHARK’s legal costs in
suing to overturn the ordinance.
SHARK founder Steve Hindi told ANIMAL PEOPLE that the outcome
sends a signal to other cities that may try to ban the SHARK video
trucks.

Killing animals in the name of charity

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

The Harbor Association of Volunteers for Animals in Willapa,
Washington, apparently cancelled a mid-December 2003 benefit pig
raffle after it attracted notice from PETA and the Farmed Animal Net
electronic newsgroup.
HAVA reportedly advertised, “You could keep this pig as a pet…But
Patriotic Packing has also donated processing and wrapping.”
Wrote Farmed Animal Net founder Mary Finelli, “This is
problematically similar to the common practice of animal shelters
serving meat at their social events,” which violates ANIMAL PEOPLE
ethical standard for charities #4b: ANIMAL PEOPLE recommends that
all food served for human consumption by or on behalf of animal
charities should be vegetarian or, better, vegan.

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Direct mailings to multiply in 2004

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

WASHINGTON D.C.–Donors can expect to get
more direct mail appeals than ever in 2004, and
more from animal charities they never heard of
than they thought possible, due to a recent
change in U.S. postal rules.
Direct mailers will now be allowed to use
nonprofit bulk rates to send appeals in which
they have a financial interest.
Translation: if a charity cannot afford
to pay the mailer up front, the mailer can front
the money at credit card rates, send the appeal
out by the cheapest means, and pay itself back
with the returns, even if the charity that the
mailing is done in the name of does not net a red
cent.

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Editorial: Donor defense in a desperate cause

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

Starting on page 12, ANIMAL PEOPLE for
the 14th year presents “Who gets the money?”
This popular annual feature reveals the financial
affairs of the animal-related charities whose
appeals are most likely to land in your mailbox.
It explains which organizations have money, how
they get it, and what they do with it.
Three pages of prefatory notes help
readers to interpret the numbers. As a further
aid to donors, ANIMAL PEOPLE each spring
publishes a comprensive handbook, The Watchdog
Report on Animal Charities, supplementing the
financial data with succinct descriptions of
programs and any policy or administrative matters
of special note. At $25 per copy, The Watchdog
Report costs less than 25ยข per charity evaluated,
a bargain for any frequent pro-animal donor.

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Dean of animal care & control Warren Cox retires after 50 years on the job

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

DALLAS–Warren Cox retired on November 18, 2003, after just
over 50 years in animal-care-and-control, serving with 18 agencies
in nine states.
Even 50 years ago, Warren Cox believed animal control
sheltering did not have to be like running a slaughterhouse, he told
ANIMAL PEOPLE. Though he never ran a no-kill agency, Cox–a
longtime vegetarian–experimented wherever he went with ways of
reducing the killing, succeeding just enough to keep dreaming.
Just out of high school, Cox took a job as a dogcatcher in
Lincoln, Nebraska. “I had a pickup truck with a cage on it,” Cox
recalled. “It was primitive, but looking back I’d have to say we
were progressive. We housed dogs in social groups. It was later
that the idea came in that you shouldn’t let even friendly dogs
mingle.”

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Individual compensation notes

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

A – The Wildlife Conservation Society paid at least 26
salaries in excess of $100,000 and 281 in excess of $50,000. Joan
Downs is no longer with WCS. George Schaller, probably the
best-known WCS employee, was the 18th highest paid in 2002.
B – The American SPCA gave Larry Hawk a four-year performance
bonus of $100,000. Hawk in February 2003 succeeded Gus Thornton,
who retired, as president of the Massachusetts SPCA. In June 2003
Hawk was succeeded at the ASPCA by Ed Sayres, president of the San
Francisco SPCA since January 1999. Sayres was succeeded as president
of the San Francisco SPCA by Daniel Crain, vice president at the
SF/SPCA since 1999. The ASPCA paid 80 additional salaries over
$50,000 in 2002, the MSPCA paid 97, and the SF/SPCA paid 19.
C – The Nature Conservancy paid 836 salaries over $50,000 in
fiscal 2002.

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Individual Compensation (Chief executives &/or 5 top-paid staff & consultants)

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

Nonprofit chief executive salaries rose 4.3% in fiscal 2002,
according to a national survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and
senior manager and fundraiser salaries rose 7% to 10%, according to
a survey of New York City charities conducted by Professionals for
NonProfits–but Giving USA reported that the increase in public
giving in 2002 fell below the rate of inflation for the first time in
12 years.
Salaries for other staff increased only 3% to 5%,
Professionals for NonProfits found.
The Pay column below combines salaries, benefit plan
contributions (if any), and expense accounts for the few individuals
who are not required to itemize expenses. Individual independent
contractors such as attorneys, accountants, and consultants are
listed as well as directors and regular staff.

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