From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

NEW YORK–44% of animal charities saw decreased donations in
the first nine months of 2010 as compared to 2009, reports the
Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. 31% of animal
charities saw increased donations, while 23% saw no change, the
Center on Philanthropy found.
No sector surveyed by the Center on Philanthropy experienced
a steeper drop in revenue. The center’s October 2010 eighth annual
fundraising survey included data from 151 animal charities.
As a whole, 36% of the 2,356 public charities and 163
private foundations surveyed reported increased income in 2010,
while the number reporting a decline decreased to 37%, from 51% in
the 2009 survey.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

MONTREAL–Quebec Superior Court Judge Louis Crete on November
19, 2010 ordered SPCA International to “immediately cease using and
operating directly or indirectly” the web domain names <spca.com> and
<spcamontreal.com>.
Judge Crete ruled that the Montreal SPCA, also known as the
Canadian SPCA, “is the sole owner and/or exclusive user and
registrant of the domain names,” which have been in dispute since
March 2008.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

ST. AUGUSTINE–Judas contributed his 30
pieces of silver toward the purchase of a
potter’s field in which to bury the poor, and
Robin Hood robbed from the rich to give to the
poor, but charities accept donations of
ill-gotten gains at their peril, according to
U.S. courts.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2010:

BURNSVILLE–The Minnesota Valley Humane Society, founded in
1981, is to close and disband at the end of 2010, board chair Cathy
McCoy announced in a December 2, 2010 news release. The society
claimed 450 volunteers and to have rehomed more than 50,000 animals,
including 1,927 in 2009.
Despite raising more than $1 million in 2008, the Minnesota
Valley Humane Society lost nearly $200,000. In 2009, reported the
Minneapolis Star Tribune, “The society sold its Burnsville building,
which it said was too small,” and agreed to pay $925,000 for a new
location in Eagan, planning to spend $1 million more on renovations.
Instead, rising costs and falling income caused the society
to quit doing animal sterilizations in October 2009, and to close to
the public on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Remaining funds will be “used to settle the organization’s
remaining financial obligations and assist with contingency plans for
employees and transitions for shelter animals,” said McCoy.