This is a point-counterpoint article that appeared in the Fall 2003 edition of No Compromise, a now-defunct publication that described itself as “the militant, direct action publication of grassroots animal liberationists and their supporters.”

The two writers are Paul Shapiro and Kevin Kjonaas. Shapiro later became a campaign manger at the Humane Society of the United States. Kjonaas was later convicted on federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism charges and received a six-year prison sentence.

While Kjonaas advocated leveraging fear and trepidation against animal-rights targets, Shapiro argued in favor of using the mainstream media to promote their common agenda—which both agreed was “animal liberation.”

Shapiro wrote (emphasis added):

Like it or not, hundreds of millions of Americans consume mainstream media every day-along with animal products, as well … These are the very people who must change their eating habits in order for animal liberation to become possible.

While it would be great to wait for the public to start consuming independent media, to force animals to wait for their liberation until such a societal shift takes place is both unfair and unethical …

The only way we can fundamentally reduce the level of animal suffering is to reduce the number of animals people eat.

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 This is the Form 990 tax return that the HSUS Wildlife Land Trust filed with the IRS for fiscal year 2003.  

Total revenue: $4,109,230

Total expenses: $3,740,704

Net assets and end of year: $2,699,112

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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 a short financial summary of the assets, investment income, and grants made by the HSUS-affiliated Alice Morgan Wright-Edith Goode Fund Testamentary Trust in 2003.

HSUS removed this document from its website in October 2010.

Download 2003 Wright-Goode Fund Testamentary Trust Financial Summary

This document contains a Consolidated Financial Report for the Humane Society of the United States, dated on December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002.

It was prepared by the public accounting firm of McGladrey & Pullen. HSUS filed it with the West Virginia Secretary of State's office, as part of the process of renewing a fundraising license for the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust. It's now a part of the public record.

Download HSUS Consolidated Financial Statements, dated December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002

This is the Form 990 tax return that the Species Survival Network filed with the IRS for fiscal year 2003.  

Total revenue: $109,290

Total expenses: $77,462

Net assets at year's end: $84,806

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 This is the Form 990 tax return that Humane Society: Youth (formerly the National Association for Humane and Environmental Education) filed with the IRS for fiscal year 2003.  

Total revenue: $2,433,173

Total expenses: $2,433,173

Net assets at year's end: $0

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This is an FBI "search inventory" of items seized in a search of the automobile belonging to Daniel Andreas San Diego, a federal fugitive on the FBI's "Most Wanted Terrorists" list. San Diego is wanted for the 2003 bombings of two California biomedical companies. One of those explosives included a "secondary device" with a timer designed to detonate when paramedics and other first responders arrived.

San Diego allegedly attacked these firms because of their business relationship with a New Jersey research laboratory firm then known as Huntingdon Life Sciences (now Life Sciences Research International). That company uses animals in its work toward curing AIDS, cancer, and Parkinson's disease.

Among the items inventoried in this search were various chemicals and other materials used in making explosive devices. FBI agents also found a $100 check written to San Diego by Ariana M. Huemer, a "cruelty case worker" employed by the Humane Society of the United States.

Download FBI Automobile Search Warrant Inventory, Daniel Andreas San Diego, 9 October 2003

  This is the Form 990 tax return that the Fund for Animals filed with the IRS for fiscal year 2003.  

Total revenue: $6,720,072

Total expenses: $7,604,874

Net assets and end of year: $19,903,029

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 This is the Form 990 tax return that the Doris Day Animal League filed with the IRS for fiscal year 2003.  

Total revenue: $2,785,923

Total expenses: $2,740,123

Net assets at end of year: $799,045

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 This is the Form 990 tax return that the Center for Respect of Life & Environment filed with the IRS for fiscal year 2003.  

Total revenue: $904,975

Total expenses: $904,975

Net assets at end of year: $0

Download 2003 CRLE Form 990

 This is the Form 990 tax return that the Humane Society International filed with the IRS for fiscal year 2003.  

Total revenue: $2,375,727

Total expenses: $2,375,727

Net assets at year's end: $0

Download 2003 HSI Form 990

This is HSUS's IRS Form 990 tax return for FY2003.

Total revenue: $72,410,528

Total expenses: $69,548,619

Net assets at end of year: $99,997,471

Download 2003 HSUS Form 990