HSUS Very Interesting here. SHOCKING A everyone must read thread.

As most of you know Our tax payers dollars where are they going besides Bull crap Commercials. And euthanization Supplies. The Humane Societies are not funded well at all. This Charts accreditation goes to HumaneWatch. Hmm Government Spending is going in Government pockets. This is a more direct Visual Approach to Show how twisted our humane society really is, Why can't they be spending money on animals Besides trying to ban ALL reptiles. Keeping this Simple and Direct thread, anyone else want to shed some light in and take a more in depth and informative HSUS Budget and Spending go ahead and shine some light on the post.

I'm sure the graphic is probably very accurate. It's always been a known fact that the HSUS doesn't support animal shelters. They are primarily a lobbyist group and spend money on that, their own salaries, and advertising to raise more money.

However, from reading your post you are quite confused on one point. It isn't tax dollars they are spending, they are not a government funded organization and have nothing to do with the government aside from constant lobbying to increase regulations.
They are not "our humane society" despite their name, they are just another organization like PETA, they just dress nicer and don't throw blood on people wearing fur coats, or have naked celebrities in their ads.
They are funded by donations from regular people, the vast majority of which believe they are contributing to the aid and assistance of pets, and other things for the benefit of animals, and do not fully realize the goal of the HSUS isn't to help their pets, but to limit and eventually eliminate their ability to keep them.

Right.
But that doesn't mean people can't/shouldn't support local animal shelters....just that they should do so directly, and not send money to HSUS. Of course, spreading the word is important, because a lot of people really don't know.

Originally Posted by Clay Davenport

I'm sure the graphic is probably very accurate. It's always been a known fact that the HSUS doesn't support animal shelters. They are primarily a lobbyist group and spend money on that, their own salaries, and advertising to raise more money.

However, from reading your post you are quite confused on one point. It isn't tax dollars they are spending, they are not a government funded organization and have nothing to do with the government aside from constant lobbying to increase regulations.
They are not "our humane society" despite their name, they are just another organization like PETA, they just dress nicer and don't throw blood on people wearing fur coats, or have naked celebrities in their ads.
They are funded by donations from regular people, the vast majority of which believe they are contributing to the aid and assistance of pets, and other things for the benefit of animals, and do not fully realize the goal of the HSUS isn't to help their pets, but to limit and eventually eliminate their ability to keep them.

I understand that I screwed up the Post. However they are funded by people like you and me, Thinking it is a good cause, Its obvious they are not helping at all. I would like to see where the money of the people is directly going. Well said reply. You hit the nail on the head.

Yes by all means people should support their local animal shelters, they are the ones who actually do work to help animals, and are constantly strapped for cash and in need of volunteers in part because entities like the HSUS are soaking up all the charitable contributions and not offering any help to the real shelters.
Granted a decent proportion of the moneys donated to the HSUS come from various other organizations (see this link under the financials section for a list http://activistcash.com/organization...-united-states ) a lot of it is given by individuals.
Imagine if every individual who was about to contribute money, whatever the amount, to the HSUS decided instead to write the check out to the animal shelter in their own town. Millions of dollars per year would be redirected to the direct help of animals, providing them with food, and medical needs, and I'm sure in many cases allowing them longer to live rather than having to be put down sooner in order to make room for others.
Mentioning the activist cash link above, when you have a half hour or so to devote to it, read the overview of the organization. Much interesting information there.

If you want to see more of where the HSUS money actually goes, here's a link to the Form 990 they filed with the IRS in 2010.
http://humanewatch.org/images/upload...IRS-return.pdf

It's 146 pages long, but covers most of their accounting details. Here's a few highlights as listed by the Humane Watch website:

Total revenue: $148.7 million
Total expenses: $126.4 million
Net assets as of December 31, 2009: $187.5 million
Fundraising expenses: $24.3 million
Salaries and benefits: $36.2 million
Pension contributions: $2.6 million

Here's a few details from the document:

National Outdoor Sports Ad - Fundraising consultants - $13,595,254
EURO RSCG Edge - Marketing - $10,805,353

Salaries:

Wayne Pacelle (President) - $248,076 (plus $39,710 in "other compensation")
Michael Markarian (Executive VP) - $200,114 (plus $18,062 in "other compensation")
Roger Kindler (General counsel) - $188,456 (plus $31,495 in "other compensation")

Less than one percent of their budget that year went to actual shelters or local humane societies.
They also like to claim how they assist local shelters by coming in to evaluate their operation and offer recommendations. Despite the size of their coffers, this "service" isn't free, they charge $25,000 for it.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/commu...allas-3606.ece

Originally Posted by Clay Davenport

Yes by all means people should support their local animal shelters, they are the ones who actually do work to help animals, and are constantly strapped for cash and in need of volunteers in part because entities like the HSUS are soaking up all the charitable contributions and not offering any help to the real shelters.
Granted a decent proportion of the moneys donated to the HSUS come from various other organizations (see this link under the financials section for a list http://activistcash.com/organization...-united-states ) a lot of it is given by individuals.
Imagine if every individual who was about to contribute money, whatever the amount, to the HSUS decided instead to write the check out to the animal shelter in their own town. Millions of dollars per year would be redirected to the direct help of animals, providing them with food, and medical needs, and I'm sure in many cases allowing them longer to live rather than having to be put down sooner in order to make room for others.
Mentioning the activist cash link above, when you have a half hour or so to devote to it, read the overview of the organization. Much interesting information there.

If you want to see more of where the HSUS money actually goes, here's a link to the Form 990 they filed with the IRS in 2010.
http://humanewatch.org/images/upload...IRS-return.pdf

It's 146 pages long, but covers most of their accounting details. Here's a few highlights as listed by the Humane Watch website:

Total revenue: $148.7 million
Total expenses: $126.4 million
Net assets as of December 31, 2009: $187.5 million
Fundraising expenses: $24.3 million
Salaries and benefits: $36.2 million
Pension contributions: $2.6 million

Here's a few details from the document:

National Outdoor Sports Ad - Fundraising consultants - $13,595,254
EURO RSCG Edge - Marketing - $10,805,353

Salaries:

Wayne Pacelle (President) - $248,076 (plus $39,710 in "other compensation")
Michael Markarian (Executive VP) - $200,114 (plus $18,062 in "other compensation")
Roger Kindler (General counsel) - $188,456 (plus $31,495 in "other compensation")

Less than one percent of their budget that year went to actual shelters or local humane societies.
They also like to claim how they assist local shelters by coming in to evaluate their operation and offer recommendations. Despite the size of their coffers, this "service" isn't free, they charge $25,000 for it.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/commu...allas-3606.ece

A truthful AD.