Just Kill The Dogs

LA Times Editorial - Just Kill The Dogs


In retrospect, it's really not difficult to understand huge nonprofit's like the ASPCA and HSUS supporting the concept of temperament testing as a means of selecting out for "humane euthanasia" MILLIONS of dogs who given the time and resources very well should and could have made someone a great family pet. After all, rescue, saving and rehoming pets cuts into the funding that could go towards other more important functions such as huge salaries paid out and of course, MORE fundraising.

Here's an interesting take on why were at the crossroads in many community's towards developing a REAL humane policy towards our community's homeless pets.

<http://www.21stcenturycares.org/justkill.htm>

JUST KILL THE DOGS

Throughout every city and state across the country, those who demonstrate
volunteerism and good citizenship are highly valued. By supplementing what would otherwise be the full responsibility of local governments, these
individuals fill the gaps left by skeleton staff. They withstand undue
pressure to do the impossible, and are threatened by downsizing and insufficient funds needed to maintain quality services or even properly execute mandate.

The kill rate in most counties across the nation is embarrassingly high and
is one of the worst examples we continue to set for our future generations
to come. These agencies, along with the county and municipal governing bodies, could and should view these volunteers and rescues as 'assistants' who help out for no pay or compensation whatsoever.

Instead, when a good citizen steps forward to save the lives of hundreds or even thousands of companion animals, including dogs and cats who would otherwise become staggering statistics, he/she is met with incredible and very encumbering fees, regulations and rules, legal threats and more.

This, while over 8 million adoptable pets are to be killed each year in this country, and backyard breeders choose to have a recreational litter of kittens or puppies with almost no regulation, guidance or structure
at all. Yet, they are the people who are clearly the contributing factor in
this problem. Again we see the "without victims" theory coming into play; in
this case, animal control agencies would loose many jobs. This is mainly due to a seriously inadequate understanding by Americans as to the results of their actions.

As an animal welfare supporter and educator, it hurts me to see us wasting
billions of dollars on all the unnecessary deaths to companion animals in this country. It is so very easy to stop - NOW! But, though we are viewed as 'radical ' and called fanatics, we are quickly dismissed by society as they continue to ignore all the proof, and continue to have another few litters of puppies or kittens. Because, heaven forbid, they should be 'associated' with the animal movement. So, it's better in their eyes to have that litter as proof.

This is the fault of everyone. We, inside the animal welfare movement, have spent almost all of our time, money and resources on today's animals, which stem from yesterdays problems, and have not given tomorrow's animals and the prevention of their increasing numbers any thought to speak of. Most importantly we have not been able to present this information in a way so that the average citizen understands the message that is supported by proof, more proof and deadly results.

We can cure diseases, put a man on the moon and win wars in 100 days or less, so why are we still unable to convey these simple messages?

Animal control agencies that have a highly questionable record of humane
performance and fail to 'market' their commodity as a normal business would, allow this to continue with no thought of any tomorrows. Poor business hours for adoptions and retrievals of lost pets, fall short in reminding their public of the pets who are adoptable on a widespread, regular basis, frequently unwilling to require mandatory spay neuter to any pet going out the door. Most of the problems stem from a lack of understanding within the community of the restrictions and requirements placed on the underpaid, overworked and under educated animal control staff. It becomes a vicious circle. So, everyone else is simply sharing in the fault.

We all seem to have blinders on.

But, it's all becoming much more clear recently. The 'lip service' we hear
from everyone else is a cover up for their ignorance and refusal to be
responsible caring citizens.

Law enforcement agencies, large numbers of elected officials and a surprising majority of our citizens have no respect for the lives of these innocent animals or these things would clearly have been looked into and dealt with accordingly. This also means they refuse to properly acknowledge the proven impact that conditions and actions have on the future generations of children who fall victim to having parents with little or no patience for the obvious. And the subsequent results are allowed to contaminate our future generations with the same disrespect as many other like situations that were quickly outlawed and strongly governed.

We need to be smart. We need to change the way we view and teach the world in a very different way. Not similar to what we've done for 60 years, but
differently - a way that works. We need to prove to the legislators at all
levels that even though animals don't vote or contribute to campaign re-elections, WE DO! And we should do it volume. Ask each and every person running for office about their views and plans for improvements, and hold them to it.

So, when:

- our congressmen and women, senators and assemblymen drag their feet
and vote “no†on important animal legislation,

- law enforcement continue to claim a lack of time and resources is their justification for not making appropriate arrests,

- the judges are refusing to uphold current laws by offering lighter sentencing and dismissing charges completely and

- the local governing bodies are giving themselves up to 35% pay increases annually

- all this, while cutting the animal control budgets, they are sending a message that America hears.

Until further notice, the general public and lawmakers are sending a strong
message, and it is coming through loud and clear â€" JUST KILL THE DOGS!!

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Of course, it all starts to make more sense (or dollars and cents) when we start to take a hard look at where OUR donations go when WE give to the mega-giant humane organizations as opposed to simply investing our donations LOCALLY into supporting our shelter and rescue organizations.

<http://www.21stcenturycares.org/natexp.htm>

 

Part 2


American SPCA TYPE AES DONATED & EARNED INCOME: $ 39,120,286 EXPENDITURES: $ 41,357,094 PROGRAM SERVICE: $ 32,633,889 FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION: $ 8,723,205 % FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION, AS DECLARED: 21% % FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION, OUR ANALYSIS: 29% TOTAL ASSETS: $ 53,983,597 TANGIBLE (DEPRECIABLE) ASSETS: $ 19,816,877 CASH & SECURITIES: $ 27,394,209 NOTE: The American SPCA assets include $12.8 million in "beneficial interests in perpetual trusts held by others." They do this to hids funds as best they can. The ASPCA in 2002 distributed $1.1 million among 182 other animal care organizations. Compensation info-- LARRY HAWK President ASPCA $421,970 (Included four-year performance bonus. Hawk left the ASPCA in April 2003 and now heads the Massachusetts SPCA.) Steven R Hansen SrVP ASPCA $139,657 Stephen Musso SrVP/Ops ASPCA $136,142 Stephen Zawistowski SrVP ASPCA $134,902 Barbara Garber SrVP ASPCA $132,140 Stephen Eudene SrVP/CFO ASPCA $127,890 Total $2 million The ASPCA paid 80 additional salaries over $50,000 in 2002. (Over $4 million dollars) Executive salaries paid over $6 millionHumane Society of the U.S. TYPE: AEW DONATED & EARNED INCOME: $ 65,222,618 EXPENDITURES: $ 67,272,795 PROGRAM SERVICE: $ 38,620,876 FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION: $ 23,453,737 % FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION, AS DECLARED: 35% % FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION, OUR ANALYSIS: 53% TOTAL ASSETS: $ 85,810,587 TANGIBLE (DEPRECIABLE) ASSETS: $ 8,570,833 CASH & SECURITIES: $ 80,786,874 NOTE: The Humane Society of the U.S. transferred $5,198,882 to subsidiaries, including the Wildlife Land Trust, Humane Society International, Center for Respect For Life & Environment, Earthvoice International, National Association for Humane & Environmental Education, Meadowcreek Inc. (an Arkansas-based organic vegetable-growing project), and Worldwide Network, Inc. Since the end of 2001 HSUS has also absorbed the Ark Trust, producers of the Genesis Awards for animal-friendly screen productions, and now sponsors the Remote Access Medical project headed by Eric Davis, DVM, who formerly operated under the auspices of the University of Tennessee. In addition, HSUS in mid-2002 took over fiscal responsibility for maintaining Keiko, the orca star of the Free Willy! films, whose care had been funded by Ocean Futures, formed by merger of the Jean Michel Cousteau Institute with the Free Willy/Keiko Foundation. Keiko swam to Norway soon after HSUS took over his supervision. There he lived in coastal fjords until his death on December 12, 2003. HSUS paid $264,073 to the Free Willy/Keiko Foundation in 2002. HSUS made $1,321,527 in grants and payments in 2002 to 271 animal charities and projects in all. Compensation info-- PAUL IRWIN President HSUS $315,898 Patricia Forkan ExecVP HSUS $179,217 Andrew Rowan SeniorVP HSUS $170,995 G Thomas Waite CFO/Treas HSUS $160,473 Roger Kindler GenCounsel HSUS $152,767 John Grandy VP HSUS $145,124 Jan Hartke ExecDirector HSUS $133,517 John Kullberg WldlfLandTrst HSUS $131,453 (John Kullberg died in April 2003.) Michael Fox SeniorScholar HSUS $128,419 Wayne Pacelle SeniorVP HSUS $124,745 Janet Frake AsstSecty HSUS $ 82,514 TOTAl $4,541,000 The Humane Society of the U.S. paid 60 additional salaries in excess of $50,000 in 2002. (Excess of $3 million more) Executive Salaries paid over $7.5 millionThe sad truth is one is left ot wonder how much REAL good might be accomplished if large nonprofits like the ASPCA actually took some of that $27 MILLION in cash in their asset column and invested THAT money into helping improve shelters conditions instead of simply proposing we must accept the fact that MILLIONS of dogs are simply unadoptable.

With over $ MILLION in cash and assets one would question WHAT the HSUS is really doing to help uncover solutions towards our nations homeless pets (except of course supporting the easy kill solutions of temperament killing) besides just paying their ridiculous salary's.

With a combined income of EXCESS of $100 Million in 2002 we can only wonder how many spay/neuter programs or pet owner education program could have been funded instead.

Thing about THAT next time the HSUS or the ASPCA comes a calling for MORE of your hard earned money to donate to a cesspool of humane policy's

 

i just emailed these posts to my local kill em all shelter. cant wait to see my response.

 

Hey dh,
Let me know what you get back !