This is the 1991 HSUS Report of the President, presented by John Hoyt at the Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, DC. Hoyt claims that HSUS is separate from the animal rights movement that developed in the 1980s, writing: "the lines between animal protection groups such as The HSUS and animal rights groups such as PETA are being more clearly drawn and less frequently cross." Hoyt, however, later states that "[t]his is not to say that the rights of animals should be either ignored or minimized as a meaningful and vital philosophy. Indeed, it must not be."

Hoyt also states that he wishes HSUS to formally promote the message of eating less meat. He quotes from his April 1990 Earth Day speech, in which he said "Planet Earth is dying, and it is we, the people, who are hastening her demise."

The Report also includes passages from:

• Patricia Forkan, Senior Vice President
• Phyllis Wright, VP-Companion Animals
• Randall Lockwood, VP-Field Services
• David Wills, VP-Investigations
• Michael Fox, VP-Farm Animals and Bioethics
• John Grandy, VP-Wildlife and Habitat Protection
• Jan Hartke, VP-Environment
• Patty Finch, VP-Youth Education
• Roger Kindler-- Office of the General Counsel
• Michael Fox, Director of the Center for Respect of Life and Environment

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2009. It contains a message from president Wayne Pacelle to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

2009 highlights included 121 state laws enacted to regulate animal treatment, a European Union ban on commercial seal products from Canada, undercover investigations at a cattle ranch and a medical research lab, an expansion of the End Dogfighting program in Atlanta, protests against commercial dog breeding operations, a program to protect wildlife from hunters, and broadening the reach of Humane Society International.

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2008. It contains a message from president Wayne Pacelle to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

Highlights included details of the HSUS-backed Proposition 2 to force Californian egg farmers to redesign their facilities or close their doors, acquiring undercover video from a cattle ranch, a state law enacted in Massachusetts to ban greyhound racing, distribution of HSUS's KIND News publication to nearly 1 million elementary schoolchildren, and $3.5 million spent on an animal-care initiative in the Gulf Coast inspired by Hurricane Katrina (despite raising $34 million for rescue activities in 2005).

The 2008 annual report listed a total of 470 employees -- nearly double the size of HSUS's staff in 2001.

On page 16, HSUS claims to have "cared for" more than 70,000 animals during 2008. But nearly 33,000 of these were dogs and cats that were spayed or neutered in conjunction with HSUS's "Spay Day," a promotion that saw HSUS supporting pet shelters in nominal amounts to do the surgeries. (Neither HSUS nor any of its affiliates ever actually "cared for" these pets.) 

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2007. It contains a message from president Wayne Pacelle to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

Programs in 2007 included a merger with the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights to create the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, the enactment of a federal law to make animal fighting a felony, lobbying food makers to source their food from more "humane" farms, fighting fur production in Canada and China, and gearing up for the "Proposition 2" battle to ban conventional housing for egg-laying hens in California.

In the "HSUS by the Numbers" section, HSUS claimed 10,571,955 "members and constituents," 15 completed "covert investigations," and $6.8 million in grants to animal-care organizations (out of $120.6 million in revenue).

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2006. It contains a message from president Wayne Pacelle to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

Lists of major donors and all mentions of HSUS's signature "Pets for Life" program were excluded from the 2006 annual report. Programs that were highlighted included a successful ballot initiative in Arizona to ban the use of gestation crates for pigs, legal petitions at the federal level filed by the HSUS Animal Protection Litigation team (now in its second year), legislation targeting commercial dog and cat breeding operations, efforts to ban whaling in Japan, and a merger with the Doris Day Animal League.

The 2006 annual report notes that HSUS's employee roster has expanded to "more than 400."

This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2005. It contains a message from president Wayne Pacelle to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, a list of major donors, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

Following the 2004 merger with the Fund for Animals (FFA), HSUS and FFA jointly launched a variety of programs to attack the fur industry, hunting organizations, large-scale livestock farming, and animal fighting. Other programs include the "No Battery Eggs" campaign to regulate egg farmers, the "Protect Seals" campaign to protest seal hunting in Canada, and the founding of the Humane Society Legislative Fund.

The 2005 HSUS annual report also contains a special section on HSUS recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina.

HSUS removed this document from its website in October 2010.

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2004. It contains a message from president Wayne Pacelle to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

The 2004 annual report noted the merger between HSUS and the Fund for Animals. HSUS programs that year included the second annual "Design Against Fur" competition, testimony to prohibit the use of elephants in circuses, lobbying efforts at both the state and federal level, and the publication of its "Manure Money Pit" report on large-scale livestock farming. 2004 also marked the 50th anniversary of HSUS.

HSUS removed this document from its website in October 2010.

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2003. It contains a message from newly appointed president Wayne Pacelle to HSUS supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, a list of major donors, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

HSUS's 2003 annual report placed special emphasis on HSUS's "Halt Hog Factories" program, its efforts to lobby on Capitol Hill, and its media penetration in print and on television.

HSUS removed this document from its website in October 2010.

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2002. It contains a message from then-president Paul Irwin to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, a list of major donors, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

The 2002 HSUS annual report put a special focus on its "Shelter Partners" pet-adoption program, wildlife rehabilitation, and a message from Gretchen Wyler, whose organization the Ark Trust became The HSUS Hollywood Office in 2002.

HSUS removed this document from its website in October 2010.

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in 2001. It contains a message from then-president Paul Irwin to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

It also describes a new strategic plan "using September 11 as a sea change catalyst," and announces the launch of HSUS Signature Programs like "Pets for Life" and "Living With Wildlife." Irwin notes that HSUS employs "more than 250" staff members at this point in time.

HSUS removed this document from its website in October 2010.

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This is the annual report that HSUS published to describe its program priorities in the year 2000. It contains a message from then-president Paul Irwin to supporters, testimonials from a selection of HSUS employees, and a summary of its program accomplishments and consolidated financial data.

The 2000 annual report's highlights included a review of the newly expanded "Pets for Life" campaign, the "Kindred Spirits" memorial program for people who have lost their pets, scenes from "National Farm Animals Awareness Week," and a section titled "We Don't Run Shelters, We Help Shelters Run Better."

HSUS removed this document from its website in October 2010.

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