ASPCA Exposed: Charity Giant Sits on Millions While Only Donating 2 Percent to Animal Shelters

[TBoneTX 45,260]

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ASPCA Exposed: Charity Giant Sits on Millions While Only Donating 2 Percent to Animal Shelters

 

https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/04/28/aspca-exposed-charity-giant-sits-on-millions-while-only-donating-2-percent-to-animal-shelters-n738404

[Boiler 45,451]

Are they the ones who advertise all the time on TV?

 

Totally not surprised.

[TBoneTX 45,260]

Their funds are probably going toward advertising, not pet-care.

[Boiler 45,451]

More likely wages, I believe the NFL is a non profit. 

 

I am sure you will find they are very well paid.

[TBoneTX 45,260]

Wages for the executives, certainly.

The workers more on the ground are probably paid peanuts.

[yuna628 9,671]

Yeah it's been a subject that's bothered me a long time. Long ago our SPCA branch was so badly funded and mismanaged that the animals were in disturbing condition, and a state investigation found they had no medical care and were actually taking animals and shooting them in a shed. Everyone was fired and a new crew came on, but I *still* have major problems with them. I rescued my old dog from there and he had lifelong issues. My vet rescues animals from local SPCA's and special needs animal charities and has set up her own fostering/adoption fund which pays for critical care/surgeries. That is how I got my current dog who got bounced around various hell hole shelters before being sent up here to safety.

 

The Humane Society has more or less some of the same issues as the ASPCA, with vast amounts of money flowing in and not going to help much at all. HSUS has had some success with lobbying and making changes I've agreed with however - I'd be happier if HSUS was more open about their money mostly only going to rescue situations in disasters and lobbying, instead of tricking people. If you're very concerned about animal welfare in your state though, it's often best to donate to a specific location directly (once you're sure nothing bad is going on), or volunteer time directly. Shelters are in desperate need of help these days.

[TBoneTX 45,260]

30 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

a state investigation found they had no medical care and were actually taking animals and shooting them in a shed. Everyone was fired

A shelter near me euthanized animals without authorization.  Some vet techs were fired, and the shelter's director resigned before he could be fired.

32 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

it's often best to donate to a specific location directly (once you're sure nothing bad is going on), or volunteer time directly

Most certainly!

32 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Shelters are in desperate need of help these days.

Ongoing for years -- poor or decaying facilities, always overbooked by dozens or hundreds of animals.  Sometimes I wish that cities and counties would, in the first place, build shelters 5 times larger than expected maximum capacity, rather than building smaller ones and facing the ongoing problem of overcapacity.

[Dashinka 24,483]

On 4/29/2023 at 9:33 PM, TBoneTX said:

Their funds are probably going toward advertising, not pet-care.

And Bob Barker.