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Working Together to Save Animals' Lives Working Together to Save Animals’ Lives ANNUAL REPORT 2012 In 2012, the ASPCA® continued to focus on the needs of animals nationwide by joining forces and sharing resources with an ever- growing number of animal welfare groups across the nation. By extending our reach, we’re helping to save more animals’ lives. ANNUAL REPORT 2012 A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE 2 TO SAVE ANIMALs’ Lives ADVANCING THE FIGHT 3 AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY WORKING FOR 4 HEALTHIER ANIMALS 9 COMMUNITY OUTREACH 13 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 16 GRANTS 18 MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS 19 CORPORATE PARTNERS FOUNDATION & CORPORATE 21 SUPPORT HEROES 23 MAJOR DONORS 26 LEGACY SOCIETY 27 TRUSTS & ESTATES 33 TEAM ASPCA 34 Founder’s SOCIETY 35 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 58 AND SENIOR STAFF 60 A Letter from our President and CEO As the ASPCA®’s new president and CEO, it’s a privilege to reflect on all that this incredible organization, its staff, volunteers and supporters accomplished for animals in 2012. Our leader of ten years, Ed Sayres, completed his service to the ASPCA this year with the thoughtful vision he so ably demonstrated throughout his tenure. I follow in the footsteps of someone who has made such an indelible impact on the shape of this organization and animal welfare at large. Yet I know that with the tireless work of our dedicated staff and the impassioned dialogue of our supporters and partners, the ASPCA will continue to advance our cause and turn big ideas into thriving programs that deliver critical care to animals in need. I joined the ASPCA 12 years ago after following my heart to animal welfare, where I saw so much opportunity to save and affect animals’ lives. Animals are the most vulnerable among us and the problems they suffer from are largely, if not exclusively, of our own making. I have since learned that those problems are not an easy fix, but I believe that together we can solve them. Now more than ever, the ASPCA is dedicated to assisting animals in crisis. Before accepting the role of president and CEO, I was fortunate to lead an amazing team within our Anti-Cruelty Group. There I learned the importance of hands-on intervention on behalf of animals in distress. In 2012, our Field Investigations & Response and Anti-Cruelty Behavior teams helped thousands of animal victims of cruelty and neglect by providing shelter, medical care, rehabilitation and placement in loving homes. It’s our duty, as good stewards and protectors of animals, to intervene and assist those in crisis. This duty extends beyond our headquarters in New York City, where we interact daily with animals and the public via our Adoption Center, Animal Hospital, Humane Law Enforcement and Cruelty Intervention Advocacy teams, and Spay/Neuter program. It extends to every state across the country, where animal shelters and rescue groups struggle with limited resources to reach those animals in distress. We are there to help those organizations financially and otherwise as we all work towards a common goal to provide relief for animals. In 2012, through our vast network of shelter partners, cultivated by our regional Partnership program, the $100K Challenge shelter competition, and our innovative Relocation Initiative, we were able to give ground-level support and achieve more results in more states than ever before. Beyond the significance of our hands-on work for animals, the ASPCA is committed to advancing the dialogue about animal welfare in the public sphere to effect change in two important ways: public education and legislative protection. Whether it’s combating puppy mills, improving the lives of farm animals, or blocking horse slaughter, our Campaigns and Government Relations teams are in front of the conversation, furthering the debate and working with state and federal legislators to enact change on behalf of all animals. I am the ASPCA’s new leader, but it’s not about me. By necessity, our mission couldn’t be more of a collaborative effort. That effort includes you, what you can do for animals, and what we can accomplish together to advance animal welfare, have a lasting impact and save more lives. Together, we have a great opportunity to impact more and more animals each and every day. I love this cause, I love this organization, and I can’t wait to see what we will accomplish for animals in 2013 and beyond. MATTHEW BERSHADKER, PRESIDENT AND CEO 2 WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE TO SAVE ANIMALs’ Lives Though the ASPCA® is the nation’s oldest hardship, mental health challenges or ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICES and most prominent animal welfare domestic violence, assisted 1,686 animals The ASPCA’s Bergh Memorial Animal organization, we will never stop striving through special grants, direct intervention Hospital, staffed by 56 highly trained to innovate and improve our ability to and by providing ongoing services. The animal-care practitioners, handled 5,326 save animals’ lives or prevent them from ASPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement suffering. emergencies in 2012 and, through the Trooper Fund, provided life-saving Day in and day out, our highly health care to 1,835 pets. When skilled professionals collaborate Hurricane Sandy struck New with one another, bringing to bear Over the years, the ASPCA has York, hospital employees gave both the depth and breadth of generously of their time, working their organizational expertise to worked tirelessly to step up the fight around the clock to save the lives make the ASPCA’s work more of injured animals. Also in 2012, “ for animals, and 2012 was no our Animal Poison Control Center efficient and, ultimately, more effective. exception. Through innovative internal (APCC), the nation’s leading animal poison-control facility, On a national level, the ASPCA collaborations, and a growing network reached an incredible milestone acts as a hub for an animal welfare when it handled its two-millionth community made up of hundreds of external partnerships, we did more case. The expertise of our APCC of organizations and hundreds than ever before to prevent cruelty staff is bolstered by AnTox of thousands of dedicated technology, a comprehensive individuals. Given this pivotal and save animals’ lives. data system that identifies the role, we are only too happy to – ED SAYRES effects of toxic substances in help like-minded groups in every FORMER ASPCA PRESIDENT & CEO animals. Our National Spay/ way we can, sharing with them Neuter Project expanded into our knowledge and resources in ” four new states in 2012 – Hawaii, the form of emergency response Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin – (HLE) department had another busy year, assistance, training, veterinary outreach, and trained local groups to operate high- lobbying and grants. investigating more than 4,100 cases of volume, high-quality spay/neuter clinics in animal cruelty in New York City. Finally, their communities. If Henry Bergh, the ASPCA’s founder, were the ASPCA’s Legal Advocacy Department alive today, we can’t help but believe that added two new attorneys in 2012 and COMMUNITY OUTREACH he would embrace the supportive, positive tactics we practice both The ASPCA Community Outreach within the organization and with program works with cities and other animal welfare groups. If counties across the nation whose everyone who cares deeply about animal sheltering communities animals works together – as requested our expertise. We help one, on their behalf – even more these partner communities to can be done to prevent cruelty implement programs aimed at to animals, help more pets find boosting the “live release rate” for loving homes, and, ultimately, animals in their care – largely by save more lives. reuniting companion animals with their families, increasing adoption ANTI-CRUELTY WORK rates and improving veterinary care to save more animals’ lives. In 2012, the ASPCA Anti-Cruelty In 2012, our year-old Animal Behavior Team (ACBT) played Relocation Initiative saved more an especially important role in than 27,000 at-risk animals the ASPCA’s large-scale cruelty through multi-state relocation interventions. The team evaluated efforts, grants to support the 1,076 animals related to ASPCA safe local and long-distance cruelty cases and assisted five transport of animals, the sharing outside agencies with behavior of information through “MAP” evaluations of 131 animals who (Moving Animals Places) and a were victims of cruelty. Our new Cruelty helped achieve justice for animals in both highly successful one-year project called The Carroll Petrie Foundation Dog Rescue Intervention Advocacy (CIA) program, the Raul Sanchez dog fighting case in New which addresses animal hoarding and other Project, which enabled ASPCA partners in York and the Caboodle Ranch cruelty case situations where pet owners are unable 22 states to save 64 percent more dogs to provide adequate care due to financial in Florida. than they normally could. 3 Advancing the Fight Against Animal Cruelty ASPCA LAUNCHES NEW BEHAVIOR simple but effective behavior-modification many of them into responsive, adoptable LEAD PROGRAM AND PERMANENT exercises. For instance, sensitive dogs learn animals. REHABILITATION CENTER to enjoy being handled, shy dogs are taught to approach the front of their cages to greet When it comes to finding appropriate The psychological health and well-being of people, and dogs who have never had the placement for our Anti-Cruelty Group animals in the ASPCA®’s care is every bit animals, the ACBT performs systematic as important as their physical health. Little behavior evaluations to better ensure that wonder, then, that the ASPCA’s Anti- our Response Partners, and the rescue Cruelty Behavior Team (ACBT) played The ASPCA works in a groups with whom we work, can easily an increasingly important role in our Anti- identify those animals likely to best fit Cruelty Group’s actions in 2012.
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