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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  I agree that apathy is a very dangerous thing and I see it on YT everyday from people not willing to dig into issues and fully understanding them.
If a pet owner really wanted to help with AKC then donate $$$ to them as they are a 501K and you can earmark where you want your donation used. You decide instead of them. Also based on your income it maybe tax deductible where your pet registry is not (you are receiving a value of the registration).
I also want to add everyone should read AKC's Annual Report to see how much their operating costs are and what income they have coming in. http://images.akc.org/pdf/2009_annual_report.pdf
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Pg 19 states the AKC now has 13 inspectors for the whole United States and they did a total of 5334 inspections which includes Kennels, Pet Shops, Distribution and auctions.
Out of the 5334 inspections they helped local authorities with 122 cruelty cases.
AKC does not want to get in the middle of what the local laws are concerning cruelty charges and will differ to those laws which are minimal at best. |
My question would be, will they really use the donation for what you specify? I thought this was a problem for other organizations like the Red Cross - people donate for one particular disaster, and then the money gets set aside for something else. I'm fuzzy on this, though.