Hunters are the Hunted
By Sheriff Mike Cook
If you don't think that those groups who are attempting to stop you from hunting, trapping, and fishing are not well funded I just read a report where these groups filed their budgets with the IRS. I will list the budgets below. In parenthesis are the budgets for immediate past years so you can see raises they have gotten.
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
* budget $3,208,308 ($3,360,726 / $3,133,399 / $2,929,360)
programs $2,543,747
overhead $664,561
net assets $2,407,032
Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) (only one previous year available)
* budget $1,260,416 ($1.072,951)
programs $1,117,926
overhead $142,490
net assets $2,486,967
Doris Day Animal League (DDAL)
* budget $2,570,372 ($2,844,347 / $2,743,811 / $2,298,227)
programs $1,977,752
overhead $592,620
net assets $20,225,940
Fund for Animals
* budget $7,358,207 ($5,600,721 / $5,386,201 / $6,383,888)
programs $5,766,004
overhead $1,592,154
net assets $20,225,940
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
* budget $67,272,795 ($58,865,207 / $50,431,797 / $51,560,147)
programs $38,620,876
overhead $23,453,737
net assets $85,810,587
In Defense of Animals (IDA)
* budget $2,304,433 ($2,339,784 / $1,841,705 / $1,707,270)
programs $1,878,120
overhead $426,313
net assets $2,512,588
Foundation to Support Animals Protection (FSAP)
* budget $2,192,281 ($2,430,555)
programs $29,718
overhead $2,162,583
net assets $9,616,986
PETA and PCRM: Both will be listed as reports indicate they should be considered as a single fundraising unit because of its joint partnership in Foundation to Support Animals Protection list above.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
* budget $16,414,174 ($13,499,614 / $17,668,699 / $16,487,851)
programs $13,741,587
overhead $2,672,587
net assets $5,079,120
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
* budget $2,667,912 ($2,915,847 / $2,533,289 / $2,350,143)
programs $2,107,232
overhead $560,680
net assets $887,109
So as you can see many of these organizations have a lot of money to buy politicians with and get their way. They are organized and some have even been listed by the FBI as Terrorist Groups. At least one organization has claimed responsibility for many crimes involving animal labs and other people who raise animals for food, not to mention their campaign against people who wear leather and skins of animals as clothing.
This is a fight that must be won by the majority of the people in America who have a concern for our freedoms and heritage. I don't have all the answers, however I have been asked by people to name those who have helped get the large predators protected and planted. These are a few and I'm sure that if you follow the money most other groups are attached to them in one way or another.
I said it before and this proves that this whole movement is a meal ticket for those who would take your freedoms. They are in it for the money and I still believe that most of them don't care about animals. Some may but the majority are there for the bucks.
You must stand up and be counted now or we will lose it all to these special interest groups.
God Bless America and God Bless our Troops still in harms way.
Michael E. Cook, Coos County Sheriff, Retired.
By Sheriff Mike Cook
If you don't think that those groups who are attempting to stop you from hunting, trapping, and fishing are not well funded I just read a report where these groups filed their budgets with the IRS. I will list the budgets below. In parenthesis are the budgets for immediate past years so you can see raises they have gotten.
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
* budget $3,208,308 ($3,360,726 / $3,133,399 / $2,929,360)
programs $2,543,747
overhead $664,561
net assets $2,407,032
Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) (only one previous year available)
* budget $1,260,416 ($1.072,951)
programs $1,117,926
overhead $142,490
net assets $2,486,967
Doris Day Animal League (DDAL)
* budget $2,570,372 ($2,844,347 / $2,743,811 / $2,298,227)
programs $1,977,752
overhead $592,620
net assets $20,225,940
Fund for Animals
* budget $7,358,207 ($5,600,721 / $5,386,201 / $6,383,888)
programs $5,766,004
overhead $1,592,154
net assets $20,225,940
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
* budget $67,272,795 ($58,865,207 / $50,431,797 / $51,560,147)
programs $38,620,876
overhead $23,453,737
net assets $85,810,587
In Defense of Animals (IDA)
* budget $2,304,433 ($2,339,784 / $1,841,705 / $1,707,270)
programs $1,878,120
overhead $426,313
net assets $2,512,588
Foundation to Support Animals Protection (FSAP)
* budget $2,192,281 ($2,430,555)
programs $29,718
overhead $2,162,583
net assets $9,616,986
PETA and PCRM: Both will be listed as reports indicate they should be considered as a single fundraising unit because of its joint partnership in Foundation to Support Animals Protection list above.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
* budget $16,414,174 ($13,499,614 / $17,668,699 / $16,487,851)
programs $13,741,587
overhead $2,672,587
net assets $5,079,120
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
* budget $2,667,912 ($2,915,847 / $2,533,289 / $2,350,143)
programs $2,107,232
overhead $560,680
net assets $887,109
So as you can see many of these organizations have a lot of money to buy politicians with and get their way. They are organized and some have even been listed by the FBI as Terrorist Groups. At least one organization has claimed responsibility for many crimes involving animal labs and other people who raise animals for food, not to mention their campaign against people who wear leather and skins of animals as clothing.
This is a fight that must be won by the majority of the people in America who have a concern for our freedoms and heritage. I don't have all the answers, however I have been asked by people to name those who have helped get the large predators protected and planted. These are a few and I'm sure that if you follow the money most other groups are attached to them in one way or another.
I said it before and this proves that this whole movement is a meal ticket for those who would take your freedoms. They are in it for the money and I still believe that most of them don't care about animals. Some may but the majority are there for the bucks.
You must stand up and be counted now or we will lose it all to these special interest groups.
God Bless America and God Bless our Troops still in harms way.
Michael E. Cook, Coos County Sheriff, Retired.
