[Andrew1978]

WOW is all I can say, honestly I am not surprised theyre selling merchandise at Walmart

click here

[DJElizardo]

a bath mat? lol. Wow.

[DouseAuthott]

They should loose their tax exzemption status!

[tabcdyop]

They sell items everywhere, I see them in all pets stores...heck I got an awesome deal on a ASPCA create at the thrift story for 10.00. What is the point of this thread??? I mean really they are allowed to sell just as anyone else is. I don't buy their products because I don't support them but that can be said for a lot of products I refuse to buy.....

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O meant to add that I removed the ASPCA logo from the create after I got it....lol

[DouseAuthott]

They shouldn't be allowed tax exzemption status. They market and sell to the public for proffit. Gross misuse of donated funds!

[JohnMaltczevitch]

Lol.

[rassedgesse]

Is there any proof of wrongdoing regarding their nonprofit status from moneys made from this? Just curious, as I have no problem with nonprofits marketing goods just above cost to raise money...

[tabcdyop]

Is there any proof of wrongdoing regarding their nonprofit status from moneys made from this? Just curious, as I have no problem with nonprofits marketing goods just above cost to raise money...

Exactly, lots of nonprofits sell items.... I think what they are selling should be the least of our worries with people like the ASPCA and HSUS

[DouseAuthott]

Well I have a problem with it.

[tabcdyop]

Well I have a problem with it.

Then you should write to them and maybe Wal-Mart too

[Markdogas]

If you read the packaging, it is part of the proceeds from the sale going to them. There is nothing wrong with any non-profit marketing a logo to promote awarness or to generate income for the organization.

[Lictimind]

Hmm, a giant, evil,soulless, corporation hawking cheesy wares through another giant,evil,soulless corporation. You are all right to be concerned. It is the third sign of impending apocalypse.

[DouseAuthott]

There is if they make a political move. An the ASPCA is a pretty loud voice!

[Jadykeery]

If you read the packaging, it is part of the proceeds from the sale going to them. There is nothing wrong with any non-profit marketing a logo to promote awarness or to generate income for the organization.

except when you accept money misleading people to think you are trying to save dogs' lives.

[Lictimind]

well where is the proof that the funds from selling the merchandise are being misappropriated?

[DouseAuthott]

How do you think they purchase merchandice for sale? How do you think they pay for marketing said merchandice? It's a fucking con!

You don't really beleive that all that crap they are peddling is donated?

[Lictimind]

How do you think they purchase merchandice for sale? How do you think they pay for marketing said merchandice? It's a fucking con!

You don't really beleive that all that crap they are peddling is donated?

Of course they have overhead costs. No charity donates 100% of the money it brings in. Making the stuff they sell to raise money is not misappropriation of funds. The president (or whatever you want to call it) of the company using the money to buy his Girlfriend a new car would be. You have to spend money to make money.Come on people, I didn't go to business school or anything,this is common sense. Now say I have $50 and I want to start my own charity. I could throw in my $50 then go door to door asking for donations.Or I could spend $25 of my money and go buy stuff to make 1000 cookies that I would then sell for a dollar each. So I sell all my cookies and I now have $1000 minus the $25 I spent on the stuff to make them. Now I take $50 out of that $1000 to buy enough to make 2000 cookies.....
Making sense yet?

[DouseAuthott]

Of course they have overhead costs. No charity donates 100% of the money it brings in. Making the stuff they sell to raise money is not misappropriation of funds. The president (or whatever you want to call it) of the company using the money to buy his Girlfriend a new car would be. You have to spend money to make money.Come on people, I didn't go to business school or anything,this is common sense. Now say I have $50 and I want to start my own charity. I could throw in my $50 then go door to door asking for donations.Or I could spend $25 of my money and go buy stuff to make 1000 cookies that I would then sell for a dollar each. So I sell all my cookies and I now have $1000 minus the $25 I spent on the stuff to make them. Now I take $50 out of that $1000 to buy enough to make 2000 cookies.....
Making sense yet?

The ASPCA isn't making cookies.... Fuck em ,they can eat dog!


ASPCA Names Nancy Perry Senior Vice President of Government Relations


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NEW YORK, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today announced the appointment of Nancy Perry to the new position of senior vice president of Government Relations. Ms. Perry will be responsible for the overall strategic and tactical direction of the ASPCA's legislative efforts and public policy at the local, state and federal government levels. She will serve as spokesperson and as a member of the senior management team, reporting directly to Ed Sayres, President and CEO.
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"Nancy is a strategic thinker with a proven track record in successfully managing complex legislative initiatives, and I'm excited she is joining the ASPCA to help deepen and expand our legislative work," stated Mr. Sayres. "One of the ASPCA's objectives is to continue to secure the strongest possible legal protections for animals through the passage of legislation on a local and national level, and Nancy will undoubtedly help us achieve this goal."
Ms. Perry joins the ASPCA from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) where she served as vice president of Government Affairs and oversaw HSUS's state and federal legislative efforts, including ballot measure campaigns and nationwide grassroots activities. During her 16-year tenure at the HSUS, Nancy led successful efforts to secure federal legislation preventing the distribution of notorious animal crush videos, prohibiting the practice of shark finning, requiring truthful labeling of fur garments, banning the import of puppies from foreign puppy mills, prohibiting the interstate commerce of birds for fighting, requiring disaster planning for pets, banning tigers and other big cats as pets, securing greater protections for pet food safety, and defunding government-supported horse slaughter. She has testified before U.S. House and Senate committees and worked directly with legislators on pending federal legislation to improve oversight of puppy mills and other high priority bills. Nancy has also been a key architect and leader on more than 20successful state ballot measures to protect animals since 1995.
Ms. Perry graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy. She received her M.A. in Communications from California State University and a J.D. with an Environmental Law Certificate from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, where she co-founded Lewis & Clark's Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. She also co-founded the Animal Law Journal and organized the country's first animal law conference – an event that recently celebrated its 19th anniversary. Nancy is an advisory board member of the Animal Law Review, teaches animal law at both George Washington University and Lewis & Clark Law Schools, and has published several articles on animal law.
"The ASPCA has been a key player in national, high profile legislative reforms for animals, and I'm truly honored to be joining the organization," said Ms. Perry. "I look forward to working with Ed, the executive team, the Board of Directors, and the talented Government Relations team to extend the ASPCA's legislative footprint at both the state and federal level and to help ensure the implementation and adequate enforcement of humane laws."
Ms. Perry will be based in Washington, D.C., where she can work closely with key members of Congress to advance the ASPCA's federal legislative agenda, while also working closely with senior management and the ASPCA Government Relations team based throughout the U.S.
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Founded in 1866, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is the first humane organization established in the Americas and serves as the nation's leading voice for animal welfare. One million supporters strong, the ASPCA's mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, the ASPCA is a national leader in the areas of anti-cruelty, community outreach and animal health services. The ASPCA, which is headquartered in New York City, offers a wide range of programs, including a mobile clinic outreach initiative, its own humane law enforcement team, and a groundbreaking veterinary forensics team and mobile animal CSI unit. For more information, please visit www.aspca.org. To become a fan of the ASPCA on Facebook, go to http://www.facebook.com/aspca. To follow the ASPCA on Twitter, go to http://www.twitter.com/aspca.
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[Lictimind]

I'm not denying that they are a corrupt organization. But what they are doing by selling stuff at Wal Mart is no different than any other charity and they aren't doing anything wrong(as far as this topic goes).

[DouseAuthott]

May 05 2011

California SPCAs Snarl at Name Confusion

Countless Americans confuse the Humane Society of the United States with their local humane societies, sending donations to HSUS with the belief that their money will trickle down to the pet shelters in their own communities.
Unfortunately, it likely won’t. Polling we commissioned shows that 71 percent of Americans mistakenly believe HSUS is a pet-shelter umbrella group, and 59 percent wrongly believe HSUS gives most of its money to groups that care for dogs and cats. HSUS doesn’t run a single pet shelter, but aggressively pursues an animal rights agenda. Most of the public confusion, as you might guess, is driven by its name.

Yesterday, California news outlets reported that the State Humane Association of California, which represents more than 100 animal welfare organizations statewide, filed a formal complaint with the state Attorney General against the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) over the same sort of “humane confusion.” Here’s how the executive director of the State Humane Association of California laid out the issue:
Ever since the ASPCA began to aggressively fundraise several years ago, humane societies and SPCAs throughout the country have suffered. Our member humane societies and SPCAs frequently report hearing from people who gave to the ASPCA believing they were giving to their local shelter. These shelters believe they are missing out on funds that were intended for them.
The parallels to HSUS in this complaint are striking. And in some respects, HSUS’s aggressive fundraising tactics provide an even more egregious example.
Just as the ASPCA is not affiliated with individual SPCAs, HSUS shares no affiliation with community-based humane societies in California—or anywhere else, for that matter.
The complaint alleges that ASPCA’s tear-jerking ads suck money away from struggling pet shelters. The same criticism can be leveled against HSUS: Ninety-five percent of the animals depicted in a recent HSUS television ad (the one featuring Jenna Elfman) are cats and dogs. Neither the ASPCA nor HSUS make it clear that donations won’t directly benefit hands-on pet shelter organizations.
What’s at stake, financially speaking? In the case of the ASPCA, the New York-based group hauled in loads of cash but shared very little of it with California humane organizations. The State Humane Association of California alleges that the ASPCA raised $116.5 million in 2009, but only one-third of one percent ($352,100) reached California last year.
This is also true for HSUS. We’ve catalogued, state by state, how little of HSUS’s budget (four-fifths of one percent in 2009) consists of money sent to pet shelters. In 2008, for example, HSUS gave grants to pet shelters in only 15 states. It spent far more money on political initiatives in states like Arizona, Michigan, Colorado—and, yes, California—than it did on pet shelters in those states.
One important distinction: Unlike HSUS, ASPCA does operate a pet shelter (in New York City). So it can legitimately claim that it spends money on the hands-on sheltering of cats and dogs. Not in California, of course, but somewhere. HSUS can’t say the same thing.
A representative of the Pasadena Humane Society told CBS Los Angeles that “all animal shelters have compelling stories. We all have abandoned, lost, stray, homeless animals.” That’s absolutely true, but pet shelters don’t have mega-marketing budgets that can compete with the ASPCA and HSUS.
In this David versus Goliath battle, hands-on pet shelters are the ones carrying the pebbles.
The State Humane Association of California apparently expects to see similar deceptive-fundraising complaints in other states. We think future grievances should also target the much bigger problem: HSUS’s ads.
Posted on 05/05/2011 at 12:21 PM by the HumaneWatch Team
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