Great info. About time someone exposed this org. for what it REALLY is!

For those in the Nassau area, an excellent “spay, neuter, and release” animal stray organization, (primarily cats) is LAST HOPE Inc., PO Box 61, Syosset, NY 11791. They are all volunteers, and ALL the money raised goes to help animals. They work closely with local vets for spaying and neutering at rock bottom fees. They are in desperately in need of support to carry on their work.

IMHO It should likely be up to the AG if prosecuted, and IRS to take action afterward. The members would not have to do it but insiders would inevitably get questioned down the line if it went that far.

Please don’t use/quote Wikipedia as a reliable source.  Anyone can change the information in Wikipedia and it is not always true information.

Is that still in the current articles or have they since been amended? Those were written over 50 years ago, it would seem likely they are different now. I’d like to see the latest version.

Why do they have non-profit, charity status?  Why hasn’t the IRS investigated and revoked their status?  Legislators need to be informed of the animal rights industry’s infiltration in the schools, political arena, and university systems.  There should be more transparency in charitable giving, especially with funds funneled through Tides or other organizations to hide donors.  If transparency in funding were mandatory, I think we would be shocked at the groups and individuals that fund animal rights (and other radical) efforts.

Since when did the IRS do anything good for anything? Legislators, the same, they are informed, they don’t care as long as they get a piece of the action. How far do you think they can take this and the people just say “what the hell”?

I am a corporate paralegal (20+ yrs). Just saw this posting on FB and decided to look at the link.  The document you show is the original Cert. of Incorporation as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.  This looks like to me that back then (1950’s) in order to “qualify” to do business in Washington, D.C. you filed a copy of your incorporation documents.  This is not the procedure now.  If you want to see the current Cert. of Inc. you need to order a copy from the Delaware Secretary of State, requesting Cert. of Inc. and all amendments, or Restated forward.  A Restated Cert. of Inc., means that any prior amendments have been incorporated into the one new document and any previous filing is superceded by the Restated filing.

At the risk of sweeping generalization, I’m compelled to make the following statement:
Anyone who considers the Humane Society evenly remotely akin, (and I don’t mean your look alike cousins) to radical politics,  should probably hoist themselves up from their armchairs, or ease themselves down from their tree stands, lose the cartoons, beer (and ah, weight) and open their eyes to the brutality of man’s dominion over every living creature on this planet.
Nothing that begins to mediate the depravity with which we’ve conducted our self-appointed stewardship over “non-human” animals is radical - just a tiny step in the right (not Right) direction.
But heck, I was all for the Killer Rabbit in “Life of Brian” - which you probably never saw…

I am totally against anything Wayne Pacelle, HSUS, has to say or ever has said, he needs to be taken totally out of the publics eye and out of all animal’s concerns, before he can do any more wrong.

Uhh…Bonnie….The killer rabbit was in The Holy Grail not Life of Brian.  Of course you will risk a generalization. Generalizations make it easy.  I do not need to lose weight. I do not have a beer in my hand.  I am not watching cartoons.  I am not sitting in an arm chair at the moment.  Your veiled references to incest and alcoholism along with laziness shows your attitude toward your fellow humans.

@ Frances O - There is nothing wrong with Wikipedia’s definition of propaganda. They define that accurately. It’s true that other information is not always as accurate as you’d like - their animal welfare section, for example, is written entirely by animal RIGHTS proponents. Maybe that’s why people are so confused about what HSUS is and what it does.

The Articles of Incorporation are, however, a government document.

“Sometimes this blog just writes itself.”
Gotta love that, uh?!?

@Frances O.—While I do see your point about Wikipedia, it looks to me like they have the definition of “propaganda” pretty well nailed. Plus, a look at the discussion, edit, and history tabs on the Wikipedia page reveals that while there IS some ongoing discussion about the entry, none of the criticisms revolve around the accuracy of the section quoted.
Wikipedia can be VERY useful, as long as one looks deeper at the tabs I mentioned and uses a discerning eye.

Still, to give a more “acceptable” source, here’s the dictionary.com take on it:

prop·a·gan·da  [prop-uh-gan-duh] noun 1.information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
2.the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc.
3.the particular doctrines or principles propagated by an organizationor movement.
4.Roman Catholic Church. a.a committee of cardinals, established in 1622 by Pope Gregory XV, having supervision over foreign missions and the training of priests for these missions.
b.a school (College of Propaganda) established by Pope Urban VIII for the education of priests for foreign missions.
5.Archaic. an organization or movement for the spreading of propaganda.

Not that much different. The Wikipedia quote just fleshes it out a little, and accurately.

I wish to echo everything Greg Hollen said—except that by most people’s standards, I probably could lose a little weight. But I don’t care I am fat and happy!

I’m also a Monty Python fan (nothing could have made me happier than that killer rabbit gaffe amongst all that overplayed rancor, condescenscion and sarcasm—SWEEEEET!), have a post-graduate education, don’t drink a drop, and haven’t watched a cartoon since I was 8.

(My brother IS kinda cute but ... IICCCCKKKK!!)