Beyond not actually being affiliated with local shelters, financial support of local pet shelters by these two groups is also extremely underwhelming. According to tax documents, HSUS gives just 1% of its $138 million budget to pet shelters as financial grants. Meanwhile, the ASPCA only contributes about 2% of its $302 million budget.
Both organizations snub New Mexico animals. Despite state residents generously supporting both HSUS and the ASPCA, both organizations’ most recently available financial reports, 2021, show that not a single dime went to any of the many shelters in the state that support thousands of displaced pets. It’s an upsetting truth that should leave state donors fuming.
Read the full op-ed from CEW executive director Jack Hubbard at the Albuquerque Journal.