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carmen sanders's avatar

Let's not forget Humane Society United States. With hundreds of millions in assets, lawyers, lobbyists and outrageous executive salaries, last I checked, their website had a full page of whining they could not pass meaningful puppy mill legislation because the AKC (the org that ruins breeds with exaggerated traits standards) objected. More indication these orgs actually need homeless suffering companion animals as fundraising gold like the ASPCA commercials of shivering, miserable mill dogs . Collectively, national animal welfare orgs could significantly correct the issues in 24 months with irresponsible and mill breeding legislation, legally requiring Craigslist to enforce it's own policy against commercial pet listings (thousands daily), fleets of high volume free mobile free spay neuter clinics demonstrated on "Dr. Jeff Rocky Mountain Vet" economically produced. They could get that organized in a few months with their collective billions with the same expertise they use for huge fundraising campaigns.

Reportedly Maddies Fund, Best Friends is instituting new doctrines to reduce shelter services, public access to shelters, and releasing domestic cats and kittens (not feral) into neighborhoods to relieve shelter overpopulation instead of applying their vast resources into meaningfully addressing the sources of overpopulations. Corporate sponsors and big donors should withdraw funding until these orgs produce real and immediate results Having your name or logo on their website as supporter is no longer automatic public virtue signal as evidenced by the horrific mess shelters are in, struggling every day with overpopulation. Volunteers, staff, fosters and everyone associated with shelter crisis understands the massive failure of the national animal welfare orgs.

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Boho Devereaux's avatar

Fantastic article, these “fat cats” are eating up all the funds that the “charity” takes in - it’s almost sickening.

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