2012–2020

KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION 2012–2020

Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much larger and better in every way.

­—JOHN MUIR

By Manda Overturf Shank

Design by Steven Walker Edited by Louisa McCune, Kristy Wicker, and Veronica Pasfield Image research by Alana Salisbury

Copyright 2020 Kirkpatrick Foundation

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction...... 4 Milestones, Measurements, and Rankings...... 7 In the News...... 10 Philanthropy...... 13 The ANIMAL Conferences...... 19 Addressing Animal Cruelty...... 25 Oklahoma Link Coalition...... 29 A Transformational New Animal Shelter...... 32 The Oklahoma Animal Study...... 34 Research: Attitudes Survey...... 39 A Critical Gap...... 40 A Leadership Initiative...... 43 State Question 777...... 47 Magazine Publishing...... 49 Outdoor Signage...... 50 Literary...... 53 A New Equine Center...... 57 Partner Progress...... 59 Philanthropic Service Organizations...... 63 Leaders and Advisors...... 64 What’s Next: A Look Ahead...... 67 Acknowledgments...... 68

Images in this report are public-domain works sourced from museum collections across the United States. For title, artist name, and holding institution, see the inside back cover.

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INTRODUCTION

In July 2012, the publication of Safe & Humane, A New

Vision publicly announced Kirkpatrick Foundation’s goal

to make Oklahoma the safest and most humane place to

be an animal by the year 2032. The start of this Safe &

Humane initiative focused and broadened the foundation’s

sixty-year history of supporting organizations to achieve a

high standard of wellbeing for Oklahoma animals.

Following this tradition, the initiative’s core vision is based in both compassion and logic. Animals are living, sentient beings. Science and personal observation have proven these beings have emotions and are capable of close relationships with other animal species and, of course, with humankind. Guided by the framework laid out in the 2012 publi- cation, the foundation has since utilized the strategies of studying, convening, honoring, promoting, publishing, facilitating, and funding to improve both the lives of Oklahoma animals and, in turn, the people who care for them. Through this multipronged approach, the founda- tion strives to work closely with, learn from, and support Oklahomans who devote time and skill to Oklahoma animals and who, in turn, create a culture of compassion to improve communities throughout the state. Through Safe & Humane, Kirkpatrick Foundation has sought to advance the conversation of Oklahoma animal wellbeing. While many animal-related issues will need ongoing review to create positive progress in the state, we hope the work highlighted in this publication serves as a source of momentum for continued improvement in the lives of Oklahoma animals. In this ninth year of the initiative, we pause to look back on the progress that has been accomplished throughout the state in recent years and what objectives remain to shape a more safe and humane Oklahoma.

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MILESTONES, MEASUREMENTS, AND RANKINGS

More than a third of the way to our 2032 goal, the Safe & Humane initiative human abuse. Kirkpatrick Founda- tion also funded kennel resources at has made significant strides. Following the values of the Five Freedoms, the global safe houses—research shows abused individuals often refuse to flee a violent gold standard for animal welfare established in the United Kingdom in 1965, home when they fear for the welfare of animals left behind. Kirkpatrick Foundation remains steadfast in its commitment to proactively seek The nonpartisan work of Kirkpatrick Foundation surrounding State Ques- and support advocacy that keeps Oklahoma animals free of intentional pain and tion 777 was instrumental in educating the public about the outcomes related injury, discomfort, hunger and thirst, fear and distress, and, furthermore, allowed to the passage of the proposed con- stitutional amendment. In 2019, the the ability to express normal behavior. As outlined in this report, wellbeing for relocation of Blaze’s Tribute Equine Rescue exponentially broadened the Oklahoma animals has progressed in important ways thanks to literally hundreds organization’s resources to aid abused and neglected horses in Oklahoma. of nonprofit, foundation, and government entities. This reports looks at several of Elsewhere, the development of new conservation areas by the Nature those gains and the current picture. Conservancy enhanced wildlife habitat in the state. The development of the Common In past decades, research has demon- While many improvements have Bonds leadership project (started in strated the strong connection between been made, much work remains to be 2018) and the growth of membership in animal and human abuse. Kirkpatrick done. Myriad, serious obstacles still face the Oklahoma Link Coalition (formed Foundation’s primary mechanism Oklahoma animals, including lack of in 2014) epitomize how passionate to address this has been through its resources for pet owners in rural areas, individuals and organizations work inde- creation and oversight of the Oklahoma enforcement of laws regarding animal pendently but come together to amplify Link Coalition, which dedicates itself to fighting, the need for humane wildlife the impact of their shared missions. mitigation of this troubling dynamic. conflict training, private ownership of Additionally, though gas chambers Also, the creation of an informational dangerous predators, and habitat de- are still legal in Oklahoma, their use manual (2017) for Oklahoma’s veter- struction for all species through climate is nonexistent thanks to the work of inary and legal communities outlines change. Kirkpatrick Foundation remains several collaborating organizations, research, protocols, and possible wholeheartedly committed to our work including the Humane Society of the responses when encountering violence for—and love of—Oklahoma animals United States (HSUS). against animals and identifying related and the goals of Safe & Humane.

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OKLAHOMA’S STATE RANK 2014 2016 2017 2018

Animal Legal Defense Fund 33 17 20 28

Humane Society of the United States 30 27 27 27

Prominent animal advocate and researcher Che Green of Faunalytics urges isn’t due to the worsening of Oklaho- ma laws but is related to other states organizations to make data collection and information management “key priorities creating more laws beneficial to the treatment of animals. for their projects, organizations, and the movement overall.” In creating Safe & ALDF explains that other states have increased penalties for animal Humane, Kirkpatrick Foundation prioritized the establishment of historical data abusers and expanded legal protections for animals in dangerous spaces (such baselines, accomplished through The Oklahoma Animal Study and an attitudinal as hot cars). Laws supporting animal wellbeing are improving nationally and survey conducted by Lake Research Partners in 2017. Oklahoma, while progressing, has yet to join the vanguard. Measures toward that end, such as protection laws.” The HSUS ranks The ALDF and HSUS annual rank- national animal wellbeing rankings states using ninety-three policy ideas ings provide insight into how national and progress by other Oklahoma related to animal welfare, from ani- organizations view each state. More- nonprofit, foundation, and govern- mal-fighting penalties and incentives over, the set of legal standards is useful ment entities, all contribute to a for low-cost spay-and-neuter pro- in reviewing Oklahoma policy and was more complete knowledge of animal grams to improving the lives of farm instrumental when determining the wellbeing in the state in supporting animals raised for food. recommendations of The Oklahoma positive societal change. In the ALDF rankings, Oklahoma Animal Study. Annually, states are ranked by the rose from thirty-third to seventeenth. These legal standards and state rank- Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) The state made moderate improve- ings are only one element in evaluating and the Humane Society of the Unit- ment from thirtieth to twenty-seventh the work of Safe & Humane. Not every ed States (HSUS) based upon a broad on the HSUS ranking from 2014 project supported by the Safe & Hu- set of animal wellbeing policies and to 2016. Still, in the past two years, mane initiative will generate measurable laws. The ALDF rankings assess “the Oklahoma has either maintained its data. But the work of every Oklahoma relative strengths and weaknesses of ranking or fallen (see chart). Accord- animal advocate does progress our state each US state’s and territory’s animal ing to both organizations, this decline toward a more humane future.

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IN THE NEWS National Urban Ecosystems Forum

“‘As the urban population continues to grow and cities face climate THE ANIMAL STUDY SAFE & HUMANE change concerns, urban parks and open spaces are critical for providing healthy habitats for humans, wildlife, and plants. ‘We hope to highlight Joan Kirkpatrick Animal Hospital “‘We’ve made the promise to make transformative and durable public-private partnership projects that “A group wants Oklahoma to be improve the quality of life in cities for people, animals, and the natural “(The) gift is a tribute to Joan Kirkpatrick, who cared deeply for animal the best place for animals by 2032, Oklahoma a safer place for animals environment,’ Louisa McCune said.” welfare, said her son, Christian Keesee. ‘This gift is an important and —Laura Estes, Oklahoma Gazette appropriate gift in tribute of my mom and for the health and welfare of the but we have some work to do.” in the next twenty years,’ said animals of the Oklahoma City Zoo. . . . We gave the first large gift, but it’s —Matt Trotter, Public Radio Tulsa really a challenge. We’re challenging other people to step forward.’” Kirkpatrick Foundation chairman —CARRIE COPPERNOLL, THE OKLAHOMAN Christian Keesee. ‘The ANIMAL Conference is the next key part of BLAZE’S TRIBUTE EQUINE RESCUE that initiative in bringing people together from around the world “With over 140 horses in their care, the added space is much needed. THE LINK THE ANIMAL CONFERENCE to share ideas about how to make ‘(W)e’re going to be able to do things even on a larger scale….We “McCune stressed the importance of dialogue between ideologically opposing groups not Oklahoma a safer place.’” used to have to turn away owner surrenders because we simply didn’t “Today’s animal abusers may well only through the Kirkpatrick Foundation’s efforts but also through the mission for the conference. ‘Finding common ground is . . . difficult, and keeping lines of communication have the room or the space.’” —Darla Sheldon, City Sentinel open is one of our approaches,’ she said.” become tomorrow’s perpetrators of —Ali Brooks, News 9 OKC —ZACH JACOBS, OKLAHOMA GAZETTE violence against humans. That’s the conclusion of a growing OKC ANIMAL STATE QUESTION 777 body of research…. Forensic WELFARE SHELTER Love Can Be Disaster Rescue Truck veterinarian Dr. Melinda Merck “The rescue truck can house up to 100 animals at one time and includes “Oklahomans recognized this proposed constitutional “Really, from what I’m hearing, “It’s an anthology for our time—

we’re going from a facility that was inclusive, sympathetic, and everything you would need for rescue operations. ‘It will have an ATV vehicle and amendment was rife with problems and nothing says a comprehensive strategy is joyful. The contributors represent designed as a death row for dogs and the broad, beautiful, and rich you know when you’re facing the aftermath of a tornado you have so much debris more than a corporate giveaway designed to benefit needed to break the chains of the cats to one that is designed to provide diversity of our nation, but there is a far more humane place where they something special that unites them and no way for people to get around,’ Red Star Veterinarian Lesa Staubus said. industrial agriculture and not family farmers.” link between animal cruelty and here—their deep love for animals can get a fresh start on life with a Only two other rescue trucks like this exist in the country. ‘It requires a network of —Drew Edmondson, Tulsa World and their desire to celebrate them.” human violence.” forever family.” —KITTY BLOCK, very well-connected people that are working as a team,’ Staubus said.” —Steve Lackmeyer, The Oklahoman President and CEO —Lacey Lett, KFOR-TV4 OKC —Kelly Burley, KOSU Radio The Humane Society of the United States

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PHILANTHROPY

Kirkpatrick Foundation was formed in 1955 and is an Oklahoma funder of arts, culture, education, animal wellbeing, environmental conservation, and historic preservation. Since the outset of its Safe & Humane initiative in 2012, the foundation has given $3,961,743 in cash grants to organizations that directly help Oklahoma animals. Another $1,626,684 has been spent in programmatic expenses, which include a range of charitable activities, from conferences and publications to certain salaries, leadership initiatives, consultants, and more. Since inception, the foundation has given more than $7 million to animal causes and $77.8 million overall.*

2012–2019 Animal Wellbeing Grants

4 Paws Lakeshore Buddy Dog Humane Society Home Integration Love Can Be author honorarium Love Can Be author honorarium Rescue animal demonstration center for A New Leash On Life Canine Companions for Independence persons with disabilities Strategic planning; Humane College Love Can Be author honorarium Honoring America's Warriors workshops; service dog puppy program Cheetah Conservation Fund Wounded Warriors Service Dog Program American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Sustainable conservation through community Horse and Hound Rescue Foundation International Veterinarian Conference involvement and agriculture Comfort and dignity for senior dogs American Fondouk Maintenance Committee Inc. Deja Foundation Horse Feathers Equine Center Love Can Be author honorarium Love Can Be author honorarium Horse training and feed American Humane Association Domestic Violence Intervention Services Humane Society of the United States Oklahoma region rescue teams; Red Star Kennel support; veterinarian services Humane State program; factory farm Midwest expansion; Red Star Animal Emer- Enid Arts and Sciences Foundation educational outreach gency services Critter Clubhouse Humane Society of Tulsa Angel City Pit Bulls Enid Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Love Can Be author honorarium Operating support Animals Keystone Adventure School and Farm Animal Folks Love Can Be author honorarium; Farm Fresh Reporting Animal Cruelty manual memorial donation Langston University Foundation Animal Grantmakers Faunalytics Sustainable conservation through community Conference support Animal protection research library involvement and agriculture Animal Legal Defense Fund Fetch Fido a Flight Lutheran Church Charities Operating support Flight funding K-9 Comfort Dogs for Oregon Umpqua Animal Wellness Foundation Food for Pets Community College Animal cruelty law enforcement planning; Pet support project Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod operating support Free to Live King of Kings Lutheran Church Comfort Dog Basic Animal Rescue Training Memorial donation; Project Refuge program Oklahoma emergency responders animal in Friends of the Mustang Animal Shelter Mercy for Animals disasters training Kitten care The Glass Walls project; consumer advocacy Bella Foundation Genesee Fire Protection District to protect animals Low-income veterinary assistance program; All Hazards Incident Management Teams Morris Animal Foundation Love Can Be author honorarium Association Training Oklahoma State University Veterinary Scholar Best Friends of Shelter Pets Ghetto Rescue Foundation summer program Kennel support Love Can Be author honorarium National Disaster Search Dog Foundation Blaze's Tribute Equine Rescue Ground Zero Search team formation, training, and Facility support; veterinary care; operating support K9 Emergency Training Center advanced deployment

*These figures do not include animal-oriented gifts made by the Kirkpatrick Family Fund which total $3,517,850, since 1996.

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ANIMAL WELLBEING GRANTS 2012 - 2019

23% All All Species ...... $968,400 5% Farm Animals Species Companion Animals...... $1,094,613 7% Wildlife

Equine...... $787,430 21% Exotics Exotics...... $598,000 Farm Animals...... $216,250 26% Companion Wildlife...... $297,050 18% Equine Animals $3,961,743

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National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Paws Chicago Street Cats NWRA Symposium 2016 Oklahoma shelter dog rescue transport Love Can Be author honorarium Native America Humane Society Payne County Animal Response Team T-Town TNR Love Can Be author honorariums; Tribal Link Water Rescue training; Basic Animal Emer- Saving Tulsa’s Community Cats North Shore Animal League America gency Response Training The Children's Hospital Volunteers Mutt-i-grees curriculum Peaceful Animal Adoption Shelter Dog park support Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Love Can Be author honorarium; pet Thoroughbred Athletes Boys’ Ranch Town animal therapy program overpopulation program Care for rescued Thoroughbreds Oklahoma City Community Foundation Pet Angels Rescue Tiny Paws Kitten Rescue Second Chance Animal Sanctuary; Nicoma Adoption center improvements; animal care Neonatal nursery renewal; spay/neuter suite Park Police K9 Program; Joan Kirkpatrick Pet Food Pantry of Oklahoma City Trust for Conservation Innovation Animal Hospital at Oklahoma City Zoo Pet food support Animal Agriculture Reform Collaborative Oklahoma Humane Society Pets & People Humane Society Tulsa Audubon Society 2015 Hero Awards; Community Cat project; Financial audit; kennel support Love Can Be author honorarium Pets for Life Pets Helping People Tulsa Community Foundation Oklahoma Large Animal First Responders Kennel support Friends for Folks educational documentary Livestock lesson training Ponca City Humane Society Tulsa SPCA Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary Love Can Be author honorarium Love Can Be author honorarium Veterinary care; habitat; sustainability Poteau Valley Humane Society University of Central Oklahoma Foundation Oklahoma State University Foundation Pet overpopulation program Design to Protect Elephants Animal Minute; blood assessment of Asian Project Chimps Volunteers for Animal Welfare elephants; Operation Catnip; Pete's Pet Operating support Pet retention through identification Posse; veterinary technician program RedRover Washington County Society for the Prevention of Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Foundation RedRover Readers Cruelty to Animals Pediatric spay/neuter wet lab; pet Safe Haven Animal Rescue Kennel support overpopulation program Operating support WellBeing International Oklahoma Westie Rescue Save Our Monarchs Foundation Companion animal demographic study Love Can Be author honorarium Love Can Be author honorarium Wildcare Foundation Oklahoma Zoological Society Second Chance Animal Sanctuary Food and medication; Wildcare on Wheels; A Novel Urban Ecology Partnership; Joan Healthy, Happy Best Friends Project refrigerator/freezer; leadership transition support Kirkpatrick Animal Hospital Spay FIRST! Wings of Rescue Organization For Competitive Markets Needs assessment for low-income Oklahoma shelter dogs transportation Education Outreach pet owners Yale University Outreach for Animals Stillwater Domestic Violence Services Study of Mutt-i-grees curriculum impact ANIMAL Conference support Horses for Healing in Oklahoma

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OKLAHOMA CITY ZOO University ofCentral Oklahoma DESIGN TO PROTECT ELEPHANTS: local andnationallevel. committed totheglobalprotection ofelephantsata Flightan illustratedconcert, oftheElephant, D2PE is elephants toexist.” Through thecreation ofpostersand lieves thatthere shouldbeelephants.That’s it. We want giants whocannotspeakforthemselves. communication talentstospeakonbehalfofthegentle Clifford, Johnson assembledgraphicdesignersandtheir with partnership WildAid anddesignhistorianJohn of CentralOklahoma SchoolofDesign director was created in2014by AmyJohnson, University the Design toProtect Elephants (D2PE) project ivory. Harnessing thepower ofdesignandpartnership, African elephantsare poachedeachyear fortheir T he World Wildlife Fund estimatesthat around 20,000 Johnson saystheproject’s goalissimple:“D2PE be- . In

IVÁN CARO people andanimals. bond andimprove conditionsformillionsof toadvance thehuman-animal and direct services Humane programs combineresearch, advocacy, to themissionofSafe &Humane, American the peopleofOklahoma andthenation.Similar responds todisastersandhoarding casestoserve With asaveterinarian, Dr. herexpertise Staubus ist, Dr. LesaStaubus ofStillwater, Oklahoma. and thehiringofregional animalwelfare special- and atrailer(oneofthreetruck inthecountry) into Oklahoma through thepurchase ofadisaster that comeupwhennaturalemergenciesoccur. handle disastershelteringandotheranimalissues creates solutionstoempower communitiesto wildfires. TheAmerican Humane Red Star project disasters suchasflooding,winterstorms,and year, Oklahoma isalsoprone toothernatural Humane American RED STAR RESCUE: W In May 2015,AmericanHumane expanded ith withanaverage offifty-five tornadoeseach

JOHN JERNIGAN of curriculum. thatofferthistype among lawschoolsinthecountry of thelaw. toexploreto have theopportunity thisspecificarea of legalstudy, andIknow itwillbenefitourstudents of Law. “Animal Lawimpacts manytraditionalareas Roth, deanoftheOklahoma CityUniversity School AnimalLawprogram,”to launchthisnew saysJim speakers. “ public lectures by nationallyrecognized keynote classes.Theproject alsoincludes and instructional professionalnetworking conferences, opportunities, exposes studentstothefieldofanimallawthrough at theOklahoma CityUniversity SchoolofLaw S ofLaw Oklahoma CityUniversity School ANIMAL LAW: tarted in early 2019, the new AnimalLawProgram inearly2019,thenew tarted KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION 2012 ” Theschoolhopestobecomealeader As ananimallover myself, Iamexcited 2020 17 2032

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THE ANIMAL CONFERENCES If we were sincerely looking for a place of safety . . . then we would begin to turn to our communities–and not the communities simply of our human neighbors, but also of the water, earth, and air, the plants and animals, all the creatures with whom our local life is shared. —WENDELL BERRY

March 30 and 31, 2015

Bringing people together can be one of the most effective means of social chairman of Kirkpatrick Foundation, presented the first Kirkpatrick Foun- transformation. In conceiving the vision for the Safe & Humane initiative, dation Honor for Animal Wellbeing Award to Natalee Cross. Cross is the Kirkpatrick Foundation determined to host a triennial conference for animal founder and executive director of Blaze’s Tribute Equine Rescue, a horse advocates as an essential element to reach the 2032 goal. rescue that has saved more than 1,500 horses since 2001. The conference The ANIMAL Conference was by showing his methods, techniques, concluded with a moving presentation created to serve as a public forum to and reasons for The Photo Ark endan- honoring the power of the human and bring together national and local lead- gered animal preservation project. animal bond and the work of twelve ers, grantmakers, and citizens of the During the next two days of the service dogs from Oklahoma and state to discuss current topics affecting conference, attendees visited the newly across the US including the Lutheran animals in Oklahoma. On March 30 opened Joan Kirkpatrick Animal Hospi- Church Charities K-9 Comfort Dogs, and 31, 2015, fifty-six presenters and tal at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Min- Tinker Air Force Base military work- 334 attendees from sixteen states and dy’s Memory Primate Sanctuary near ing dogs, and local therapy dogs. the District of Columbia convened Newcastle, Oklahoma. Speakers during The 2015 conference grew ideas, for the first ANIMAL Conference at the conference included animal behav- emphasized high-impact practic- the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City. iorist Dr. Vint Virga, investigative jour- es, and encouraged attendees to National Geographic photogra- nalist David Kirby, ethologist Jonathan be engaged in their communities. pher Joel Sartore opened the 2015 Balcombe, legislative representatives, as Vickie Grantz, Enid SPCA executive conference with his signature work, well as other national and local animal director, noted the impact of the presenting publicly at the Oklahoma experts, veterinarians, law enforcement conference in one simple statement: City Museum of Art in downtown officers, and managers of shelters. The “It was an excellent opportunity to Oklahoma City. Sartore, known for first-ever cat café in Oklahoma was held meet and network with new col- his documentation of endangered at the conference for attendees and the leagues to share ideas and successful species worldwide, brought home the general public to enjoy. strategies towards the common goal critical concerns of animal well-being On the final day, Christian Keesee, of improving animal lives.”

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October 22 and 23, 2018

Framed by the dictum “Think Presentations at the Skirvin Hilton Like other projects of Safe & Hu- Global, Act Local,” the ANIMAL Hotel in Oklahoma City included mane, the objective of the ANIMAL Conference 2018 brought together discussions concerning conservation Conference is to progress positive the brightest minds in philanthropy, efforts to end the pollinator crisis in animal wellbeing conversations research, and animal wellbeing to the region, resources available to pet within the state. encourage active compassion and owners who struggle with home- “The conference brings togeth- advocacy in the lives of conference lessness in Oklahoma City, and best er professionals from all over the attendees. It included such global practices for animal shelter rescues, world, with different backgrounds and local presenters as Tim Flach, among other topics. and perspectives, but with the com- a London photographer known On day two of the conference, mon goal of bettering the wellbeing worldwide for his ability to capture Becky Switzer was awarded the second of animals, not only in their com- animal behavior and characteristics in Kirkpatrick Foundation Honor munities, but around the globe,” his work; Ryan Tate, co-founder and for Animal Wellbeing for her work said Jessica Rock, director of Legal president of Veterans Empowered to founding and supporting the Ground Advocacy & Law Enforcement of Protect African Wildlife (VETPAW); Zero Emergency Training Center. Atlanta Humane Society’s Animal and Steven Charleston, elder of Additional 2018 recipients included Cruelty Unit. “I was inspired by all the Choctaw Nation and a retired Cynthia Armstrong, Lee Fairchild, Dr. of the amazing people I met and Episcopal bishop. John Otto, and Brent Thackerson. their drive to speak for those who The 2018 conference opened with Under the facilitation of Priscilla cannot speak for themselves.” a collaborative musical presentation, Forehand, the cat café was again a fea- The conference is open to the Flight of the Elephant, at a reception at ture of the ANIMAL Conference. Open public and gives Oklahomans an the Oklahoma City Zoo on October to the public, the café included vegan opportunity to discuss what it 21. Flight of the Elephant was a pro- coffee drinks, cat adoptions in collab- means to be humane. Moreover, duction performed by the UCO Wind oration with Tiny Paws Kitten Rescue the conference provides a forum to Symphony with score by Scott McAl- and Pet Angels Rescue, and—new this build relationships between groups lister; illustrations by Jime A. Wimmer, year—portraits taken by photographer and individuals across the state and Adam Coe, and Semin Park; and story John Jernigan of those visiting the cat region that can help create more by Sam Ladwig and Amy Johnson. café with adoptable kittens. impactful animal wellbeing work.

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Although we don’t have room on these pages to highlight each of the 110 speakers

at our two triennial ANIMAL Conferences, these brief biographies show the range of

intellect and talent on the speaker roster at the Oklahoma City event. Held over two days

at the historic Skirvin Hilton Hotel, the ANIMAL Conference is gaining a reputation for

quality content, informative breakout sessions, and inspirational keynote speakers.

Jessica Rock Nicole Paquette Christopher Leonard Paul Schmitz Bruce Friedrich Atlanta Humane Society’s The Humane Society of the Author, Simon & Schuster Leading Inside Out The Good Food Institute Animal Cruelty Unit United States Christopher Leonard is a Paul Schmitz builds the Originally from Norman, As the director of legal Nicole Paquette became business reporter whose work collective leadership Oklahoma, Bruce Friedrich advocacy and law vice president of wildlife has appeared in Bloomberg of organizations and is executive director of enforcement support, protection for HSUS in 2013 Businessweek, the communities to achieve The Good Food Institute, Jessica Rock provides where she works to end Washington Post, and the greater social impact a nonprofit organization expertise to law the worst forms of cruelty Wall Street Journal. He is through his roles as senior promoting innovative enforcement, animal control facing wild animals including author of The Meat Racket: advisor at the Collective alternatives to industrially officers, and prosecutors stopping trophy hunting and The Secret Takeover of Impact Forum and CEO of produced animal products. from the crime scene to the cruel killing methods. America’s Food Business. Leading Inside Out. courtroom.

Steven Charleston Tim Hetzner Raj Patel, PhD Ryan Tate Episcopal Bishop of Alaska, retired President and CEO Research Professor in the Lyndon Cofounder and President Lutheran Church Charities B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Veterans Empowered to Protect University of Texas, Austin African Wildlife (VETPAW)

Steven Charleston is a Native Tim Hetzner has served as president Dr. Raj Patel is an award-winning Ryan Tate enlisted in the United American elder of the Choctaw and CEO of the Lutheran Church writer, activist, and academic States Marine Corps in 2003 and Nation of Oklahoma. He is the Charities since 2001 and oversees its with degrees from the University served in the Iraq war. He received retired Episcopal Bishop of Alaska K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry. This fleet of Oxford, the London School of a combat promotion and was and author of eight books on of Golden Retrievers bring comfort Economics, and Cornell University. recognized as his unit’s Marine of spirituality and three novels. Bishop to those suffering from tragic events Patel has testified about the causes the Year in 2005. Tate’s lifelong Camilla H. Fox Charles Siebert Joel Sartore Jill Hoffman Diane Webster Charleston holds three honorary throughout the nation. Hetzner of the global food crisis to the US love of the military and wildlife Project Coyote Journalist Photographer Animal Grantmakers Native America Humane doctorates, and in 2014 his alma worked for many years in parish House Financial Services Committee has been translated into action. Camilla Fox is the founder Charles Siebert is a Joel Sartore is an award- Jill Hoffman is an award- Society mater, Trinity College in Hartford, ministry, governance, district-level and is a member of the International VETPAW utilizes the skills of post- of Project Coyote, a leading journalist on issues winning National Geographic winning communication As president and CEO, Connecticut, named a building in leadership, and youth ministry. He Panel of Experts on Sustainable 9/11 veterans to train anti-poaching nonprofit organization surrounding animal emotions photographer, speaker, professional with two Diane Webster draws on honor of him, the Charleston House also launched the Kare 9 Military Dog Food Systems. The author of several rangers in Africa. His current work promoting compassionate and the effect of human and conservationist. He decades of experience. her cultural traditions, of Interfaith Cooperation. He lives in Ministry serving current members books, he has contributed to the seeks to protect embattled animals conservation and violence on other species. He specializes in documenting Currently, she is a consultant education, and passion for Oklahoma City. of the military, veterans, and their New York Times, the Times of India, and support his fellow veterans. coexistence between is a writer for the New York endangered species and to Animal Grantmakers, a helping animals to make families. and the Observer. people and wildlife Times and his writing has landscapes. He founded diverse group of foundations, tribal communities safer. She through education, appeared in the New Yorker, the Photo Ark, a global public charities, and other is an enrolled member of the science, and advocacy. Vanity Fair, Harper’s, and documentary project to philanthropists who work on White Earth Band of Ojibwe. Esquire. chronicle and protect the animals issues of all kinds. world’s species.

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ADDRESSING ANIMAL CRUELTY Animal cruelty issues are of great concern for all of us, but especially for veterinarians. Our profession is sworn to protect the health and wellbeing of animals, and we are uniquely positioned by training and intentions to ensure that the animals and humans we serve are as well-treated as possible. —DR. CHRIS ROSS, OSU COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE | The Role of the Veterinarian: Reporting Animal Cruelty

More than 71 percent of battered women report that their batterers had harmed, Animal Folks, also presented on the procedures described in the manual killed, or threatened their animals in order to control and intimidate.1 Notably, and fielded questions from veterinari- ans during a conference session. research has also shown that families of abusers utilize veterinary services at rates To increase awareness and use of the manual statewide, all district attorneys similar to non-abusive households.2 Thus, because of their relationship with in the state received a PDF of the manu- al in spring of 2018. The digital version clients and their pets, veterinarians are in a unique position to identify and report is currently available to the public on the Kirkpatrick Foundation’s website. cases of abuse they see in their practice. In pursuing the Safe & Humane 2032 goal, Kirkpatrick Foundation has At the National Link Coalition After months of editing the confronted many disturbing aspects of meeting in summer 2016, Kirkpatrick manual to reflect Oklahoma laws and animal wellbeing. While the foundation Foundation began working with an regulations, the revised manual was hopes that most Oklahoma veterinari- advisory team from Animal Folks, a vetted by a group of animal wellbeing ans will not need to report potential cas- Minnesota-based research-focused leaders, expert veterinarians, and es of animal cruelty, we believe that in animal protection organization, to a practicing attorney familiar with the interest of all Oklahomans, the role develop an animal cruelty reporting Oklahoma law. This consultation of veterinarians is critical to identifying manual for Oklahoma veterinarians. In process ensured credibility of the and reporting violent situations for both 2016, Animal Folks published a manual manual as both a veterinarian concern animals and humans. The set of proce- instructing Minnesota veteriarians how and a legally verified document. dures outlined in the manual provides to respond if they suspect animal abuse. The Role of the Veterinarian: Report- veterinarians with the resources and The manual outlines law and regulations ing Animal Cruelty was printed in confidence to use their skill and knowl- pertaining to the professional responsi- early 2018, and copies were distrib- edge to protect animal health, prevent bilities of veterinarians, protocols veter- uted to all participants of the 2018 violence, and relieve suffering of animals inarians can establish to identify abuse, Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Associ- and people in their communities. and what steps a veterinarian can take to ation annual conference. Ann Olson, 1. Ascione, Weber, and Wood (1997) report animal abuse. founder and executive director of 2. DeViney, Dickert, and Lockwood (1983)

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MALTREATMENT Animal maltreatment is “intended to encompass any type of cruelty, abuse, torture, abandonment, THE LINK IS REAL or neglect, regardless of the degree of underlying motivation or intent (or lack thereof) on the Research amply proves the link between animal cruelty and violence against part of the offender. This is consistent with the broadening of the term ‘child abuse’ to ‘child humans. In a 2001–2004 study by the Chicago Police Department, 65 percent of maltreatment.’” (Animal Maltreatment, Levitt, Patronek, Grisso, eds., 2015) those arrested for animal crimes had also been arrested for battery against another

person. More than a dozen surveys have reported that battered women often delay OLD IDEA “It’s just an animal.” their decision to escape due to fear for the welfare of pets or livestock. NEW RESEARCH Studies have found that most species of animals are sentient beings and can feel emotions and pain similar to humans.

OLD IDEA “This is how we’ve always treated animals.”

The Link: Human Violence REPORT WITH CONFIDENCE Where to Turn A BETTER FUTURE Laws and society are evolving to what we “As with all elder-, child-, or animal-abuse cases, if “(A) law is only as good as its enforcement, and that’s why instinctively know to be ethically and morally right we do not report the incident it is a secret,” says Lorna regarding the treatment of animals. As society Grande, DVM, Human-Animal Violence Education Network. animals rely on citizens, including veterinarians, to protect them and laws change, so does behavior. Just because We believe the broader community also would be better by reporting animal abuse,” says Cynthia Armstrong, Oklahoma cockfighting was a cultural tradition in the past equipped to assist abused animals with more awareness state director of the Humane Society of the United States. does not mean that it is tolerated or legal today. and education. With that hope in mind, we share some of Report suspected animal cruelty to law enforcement. Depending the information from the Reporting Animal Cruelty manual. on where you live, the investigation of cruelty complaints is 1) Reporting suspicions of animal abuse is important, handled by the county sheriff’s office, the city police department, PREVENTING ANIMAL CRUELTY as it will trigger an investigation that may ultimately or the local shelter. AND TORTURE ACT (PACT) protect both animals and humans. 2) Early intervention may prevent further maltreatment. Passed in November 2019, PACT is a bipartisan 3) Animal cruelty is a crime in Oklahoma and defined WHO SHOULD BE CONTACTED? law that makes severe animal cruelty and torture as: “Any person who shall willfully or maliciously • The National Link Coalition lists contacts by county for a federal crime. The law specifically bans actions torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim Oklahoma: www.nationallinkcoalition.org/how-do-i-report- or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, “in which one or more living non-human mammals, suspected-abuse/Oklahoma whether wild or tame … or deprive any such animal birds, reptiles, or amphibians is purposely crushed, of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to • Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association: www.oklahomasheriffs.org burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or otherwise prevent suffering.” • Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police: theoacp.org 4) Your role is not to determine neglect, cruelty, or abuse. subjected to serious bodily injury.” The penalty for • Oklahoma Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association: ospoa.org Your role is just to report what is concerning you. Law violating PACT can include a fine, a prison term of up enforcement will take it from there. • National Law Enforcement Center on Animal Abuse: www. 5) Document what you’ve seen, to whom you’ve reported sheriffs.org/programs/national-law-enforcement-center-ani- to seven years, or both. This significant act allows for abuse and when, and what happened next. mal-abuse effective prosecution of animal abusers and provides standardized national protection for animals.

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OKLAHOMA LINK COALITION

Over the past thirty-five years, gram officer (retired) Paulette Black, explained how a statewide coalition research has shown that animal cruel- Kirkpatrick Foundation convened pro- would function in Oklahoma. ty is an indicator of other crimes fessionals from seventeen Oklahoma In the months following the June including domestic violence, child organizations in Oklahoma City on meeting, the statewide group continued abuse, and elder abuse. This “link” June 19, 2014, to form the inaugural to meet and collaborate to increase between animal abuse and human Oklahoma Link Coalition. Participants awareness and educate other profession- violence was once viewed as a tan- included those in the fields of adult als about the Link. The group formally gential concern to be left to animal protective services, domestic violence, defined the coalition’s mission as welfare organizations, but profession- animal protection, social work, mental promoting “collaboration, cooperation, als in several fields now understand health, and academics. Phil Arkow, di- public awareness, and education to end that mistreating animals is not an rector of the National Link Coalition, violence against people and animals by isolated incident that can be ignored. led the day by introducing the group recognizing the link between humans Under the leadership of senior pro- to the basic concepts of the Link and and animal abuse.”

FOUNDING MEMBERS OF OKLAHOMA LINK COALITION INCLUDE:

• Best Friends of Pets • Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic • Oklahoma Geriatric Education • Domestic Violence Intervention Violence & Sexual Assault Center Services of Tulsa • Association of County Commissioners • Oklahoma State University– • Enid SPCA of Oklahoma Oklahoma City • Humane Society of the United States • Oklahoma Department of Human • Oklahoma Veterinary Medical (Oklahoma chapter) Services Association • Kirkpatrick Foundation • Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & • Pet Food Pantry of Oklahoma • Little Dixie Community Substance Abuse Services • Raven’s Rescue & Relief Action Agency • Oklahoma District Attorneys Council • Spay FIRST!

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OKLAHOMA LINK COALITION continued

What we do to animals matters to them just as what we do to humans matters to them. Consequently, we should respect that mattering in our treatment of animals, just as we do in our treatment and use of humans. —BERNARD ROLLIN

In April 2017, Kirkpatrick Projects for the ASPCA. Sessions Link Coalition will release a video em- Foundation appointed Kathleen throughout the day emphasized the phasizing the need to be aware of and Romero as the first coordinator of the need for multidisciplinary collabo- report any human and animal violence Oklahoma Link Coalition. Today, ration to identify the Link in society. that is seen by individuals. Romero actively connects and supports Lockwood instructed the crowd, “We Since membership in the Oklahoma Oklahoma professionals working in need good laws, the general public, the Link Coalition is open to any individual the areas associated with the Link to police, judges, veterinarians—in short, or professional who might encounter el- ultimately broaden the outreach of entire communities—to­ recognize and ements of the Link, the group provides theis rapidly growing voluntary group. respond to signs of abuse.” a unique forum for professionals in the Building on momentum of the first Members of the Oklahoma Link fields of social work, law enforcement, years of the coalition and the instal- Coalition now represent more than criminal justice, animal sheltering, and lation of the first state coordinator, seventy organizations united in the many others to share resources and ideas Kirkpatrick Foundation hosted the goal of making Oklahoma safer for on improving ways to identify, recog- first Oklahoma Link Coalition con- both humans and animals. Since nize, and raise awareness about the Link ference, Intersection, on November 7, 2014, these members have present- in their jobs. Simply put, the Oklahoma 2017. Held at the Oklahoma History ed and distributed literature on the Link Coalition empowers individuals Center in Oklahoma City and open Link at several statewide conferences. working together to stop violence to the public, the conference drew Other noteworthy projects included a against people and animals. more than one hundred attendees, partnership with the District Attorneys Looking forward in 2020, the Okla- who heard from keynote speakers Dr. Council to train prosecutors on the homa Link Coalition is in the process Melinda Merck, nationally renowned Link in October 2018 and the creation of a network evaluation and moving forensic veterinarian, and Dr. Randall of a directory of domestic violence its operations to a permanent home, Lockwood, senior vice president of shelters that accommodate pets in affiliated with an agency working on the Forensic Sciences and Anti-Cruelty spring 2019. In 2020, the Oklahoma frontlines in these arenas.

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A TRANSFORMATIONAL NEW ANIMAL SHELTER There is nothing like a dream to create the future. —VICTOR HUGO

In its first endeavor, Kirpatrick Policy Group (KPG), a new 501 C-4 consulting firm Civic Campaign 1993, featured many popular initia- for animals,” said McCune. “Humane Strategies to help develop strategy tives that are credited with changing cities are characterized by the presence organization, led the successful political effort to include a new Oklahoma and manage communications for the the trajectory of Oklahoma City, such of leadership, institutions, and policies effort, which was branded PAWS for as the Bricktown Canal, Oklahoma working collaboratively across systems. City animal shelter among the list of sixteen projects on the MAPS 4 ballot. MAPS 4. The campaign broadened River restoration, the Downtown To implement and sustain improve- awareness of the crisis conditions at Library, Civic Center renovations, ments in overall collective welfare, a On December 10, 2019, Oklahoma City voters approved the measure by a the Oklahoma City Animal Welfare and the Bricktown Ballpark, among humane city has policies and infrastruc- shelter and engaged citizens in a others. Subsequent MAPS iterations ture promoting health and wellbeing landslide margin of 72 percent. grassroots effort to build support for a included Scissortail Park, the Down- that transverses all aspects of public life. new shelter. town Streetcar, a new Convention In this way, the ideal forums are insti- Louisa McCune, treasurer of Kirkpat- and city councilors at a public meeting In August, the City Council unan- Center, and improvements to public tutions that operate at the intersections rick Policy Group, served as Education on July 11, 2019. The presentation imously voted to send the MAPS 4 schools throughout Oklahoma City. of humans and animals, namely law Director for PAWS for MAPS 4. She featured conceptual renderings byTodd items—including a new $38 million “With this new facility, the staff enforcement, fire and rescue services, joined Animal Welfare Superintendent Edmonds of HSE Architects. animal shelter—to voters on December can reduce needless euthanasia, create natural resource management, urban Jonathan Gary to present the vision Kirkpatrick Policy Group also 10, 2019. a more welcoming environment for planning, and—most of all—animal of a new animal shelter to the mayor engaged Oklahoma City political The first MAPS vote, in December visitors, and a more humane outcome shelters.” JOHN JERNIGAN

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To understand animals in the state, it is necessary to understand the nature and conditions of the people, their culture, THE OKLAHOMA ANIMAL STUDY and the land that is home to these animals. — THE OKLAHOMA ANIMAL STUDY | A Greater Understanding

The Oklahoma Animal Study is a Oklahoma animals to evaluate progress welfare topics, the study presents an Operations for pigs and chickens, Kirkpatrick Foundation executive world of Oklahoma animal wellbeing. three-year comprehensive project toward the 2032 Safe & Humane goal. overview of the animal populations in urban destruction of wildlife habitat, director, and Shank shared the report The work done for The Oklahoma to review the environmental and The two-hundred-page report, the state, what ecological and regu- weak regulations regarding ownership findings at the Animal Grantmakers Animal Study forged relationships regulatory conditions affecting coauthored by independent researcher latory conditions affect them, and of exotic animals, and low public conference in Denver and National between the foundation and experts animal groups in Oklahoma. Business Kristy Wicker and Kirkpatrick Foun- recommendations for improvements in awareness of the conditions of Link Coalition and National across all fields of animal wellbeing, reporter and author of The Meat dation program officer Manda Over- life conditions for those animals. laboratory animals. Sheriffs Association conferences in locally and nationally. Moreover, the Racket, Christopher Leonard says turf Shank, is most notable for the The study findings showed Published in spring 2016, 5,000 Minneapolis. In Oklahoma, the study study allowed the foundation to es- that The Oklahoma Animal Study“is breadth of information sourced for an that animals in Oklahoma face a copies of The Oklahoma Animal Study was presented at a book signing and tablish a baseline of the conditions of a groundbreaking and totally unique entire state covering six areas of animal number of obstacles. Key issues were printed and more than 1,200 to civic organizations including area animals, and to begin to understand study of the living conditions of groups: companion animal, livestock, include overpopulation and were mailed to stakeholders, libraries, Rotary and Lions Clubs. A digital copy what we do not know about those animals . . . I can’t think of another equine, exotic, wildlife, and laboratory. lack of resources for companion and nonprofit organizations across of the study is currently available on conditions and what we must learn study like it conducted in any state.” Based on the information gathered in animals, overpopulation and lack Oklahoma and the United States. The the foundation’s website and free hard to better serve Oklahoma animals. Through this unprecedented project, more than one hundred interviews and of enforcement of regulations for study was also delivered to members of copies are available by request. As animal advocate Jane Goodall Kirkpatrick Foundation established extensive primary research of Oklaho- racing horses, intensive confinement the Oklahoma state legislature. The primary goal of the animal says, “Only if we understand, can we a baseline of the current condition of ma and federal animal law and animal on Concentrated Animal Feeding Nationally, Louisa McCune, study was to better understand the care. Only if we care, will we help.”

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Review of Recommendations

When The Oklahoma Animal Studywas mals, the goal of Safe & Humane. have set group goals of increasing spay/ published in early 2016, the foundation When comparing the recommenda- neuter and shelter resources (listed TOP 12 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM The Oklahoma Animal Study (2016)* prescribed recommendations for Oklaho- tions to current standards, the founda- in recommendation number two), ma animals. The top twelve of these rec- tion stands behind the validity of the while Oklahoma euthanasia rates have 1. Update and enforce Oklahoma animal courage the development of rural veterinary 8. Encourage the statewide development of ommendations are outlined to the right. assessment. While the recommendations notably declined in the past decade. statutes, including: and shelter services. Changes include a domestic-violence and homeless shelters These took into account legal standards are an ideal set of standards, they serve The SQ777 nonpartisan work of • Repeal the pound-seizure law. statewide record-keeping system, training that house pets. and expert opinions on ways to improve more as a roadmap than a checklist. Kirkpatrick Foundation in 2016 was • Prohibit the use of gas chambers in for animal-shelter personnel, enhanced 9. Support humane education by placing the quality of lives for Oklahoma animals. Possibly the greatest impact of the rec- instrumental in educating the public animal shelters. standards of care, and access to and animals in schools, shelters, and similar In reviewing the changes in the state and ommendations, and the study that led to about Concentrated Animal Farming • Remove the under-10,000 population education about spay and neuter. organizations to teach emotional learning. current standards for animal wellbeing, those conclusions, is how they shed light Operations. And currently Oklahoma exemption for cities that govern methods 3. Discourage the expansion of CAFOs. 10. Further develop and create a statewide do these recommendations hold validity on pressing issues of animal wellbeing. has eighteen domestic violence shelters of euthanasia and 200,000-population Educate the public about CAFO effects on emergency animal-response plan; train in 2020? Have we progressed toward the In reviewing, it must be noted that that provide housing for pet owners. requirement for counties to establish human, animal, and environmental health. animal-response teams at the local and proposed improvements? as a private family foundation, Kirkpat- One case, the disbandment of the animal shelter programs. 4. Encourage and support sustainable and state level to effectively and humanely The short answer to the first question is rick Foundation cannot lobby for the University of Oklahoma baboon • Increase the spay/neuter $10 deposit for humane agricultural practices and the use respond to natural disasters, including yes. When first developed, the recom- legislative changes as outlined in some breeding program in 2015, highlights releasing agencies. of local food distribution cooperatives and tornadoes, fires, and floods. mendations became an idealistic checklist of the recommendations. However, the potential problems that come with any • Require licensing and inspection of humane labeling systems. 11. Educate the public about humane and of prospective accomplishments on the foundation can support organizations change. Recent reports showed that municipal and county animal shelters. 5. Advocate for the use of pain alleviation in non-lethal forms of wildlife conflict resolu- journey toward 2032. The recommenda- whose work improves animal treatment though the baboons will no longer • Restore statewide ban on horse slaughter. farm-animal procedures such as castration, tion by raising awareness and facilitating tions were many and thorough because and accomplishes the recommendations. be bred in Oklahoma, many of the • Enact a prohibition on the private owner- branding, and dehorning. access to services. the foundation was, in many ways, Regarding the second question, baboons were sold to MD Anderson ship of dangerous wild animals. 6. Require horse-racing industry groups to 12. Study and educate Oklahomans about pioneering a path. It was essential to several of the points have been realized. Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, • Craft future state legislation on Animal adhere to current rules and laws governing canned-hunt facilities and inhumane forms define as many possible improvements for For example, though euthanasia gas for use in experiments. This specific Legal Defense Fund model states: Illinois, international standards of care. of hunting. Oklahoma animals to establish a field on chambers are still legally allowed in instance shows the complexity of the Oregon, Maine, California, and Michigan. 7. Study the prevalence of and prohibit danger- which to work, and to identify obstacles the state, the work of several groups, issue, the interconnection of animal 2. Require and facilitate licensing and ous wild animals in private homes, auctions, * Abbreviated for space; see kirkpatrickfoundation.com for the facing the animal groups. Moreover, the including HSUS, has made the use of wellbeing in the region, and the un- inspection of all animal shelters and en- and unaccredited breeding facilities. full report and list of recommendations. improvements emphasize the prevention the gas chambers nonexistent in Okla- foreseen consequences of pushing for of pain and neglect for Oklahoma ani- homa. Members of Common Bonds change in the state.

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RESEARCH: ATTITUDES SURVEY

Just as The Oklahoma Animal Studyestablished the baseline Lake Research Partners contacted 700 Oklaho- of living conditions for Oklahoma animals, Kirkpatrick mans (500 by telephone and 200 online) for the Foundation concluded that a baseline of attitudes among survey. The collected data were weighted by gender, the citizens of Oklahoma regarding animals was needed to age, race, party identification, education, region, and measure progress toward the 2032 goal. In October 2017, marital status to match known characteristics of the the foundation commissioned Lake Research Partners, a adult Oklahoma population. national research firm lead by Dr. Bob Meadow, to survey As a whole, the 2017 data showed Oklahomans Oklahomans and determine public opinion on animal were strongly supportive of several measures that issues, from animal cruelty laws to pet ownership. promote animal wellbeing. Specific survey findings include:

1. Oklahomans believe animals 4. Of respondents, 79 percent re- 6. Of dog owners, 34 percent should be treated with respect and sponded that companion animals responded their pet was given decency: 93 percent of respondents are treated well but believed more to them as a gift and 44 percent believe children should be educat- should be done to promote the of cat owners responded their ed to respect animals. wellbeing of these animals. pet came to them as a stray. 2. Most Oklahomans do not believe 5. Oklahomans are very supportive 7. Where do dogs sleep? It’s a that animals are simply property: of pro-animal welfare policies, range: 34 percent of owners 58 percent think the right to hunt including increasing spay/neuter say their dogs sleep on the is not more important than any clinics in the state (88 percent) bed, 25 percent on the right animals possess. and requiring spay/neuter of pets bedroom floor, and 7 percent 3. Ninety percent of Oklahomans before adoption (83 percent), roam free outside. think that treating animals requiring that farm animals 8. Pet ownership is widespread humanely should not be limited be given enough space to turn among Oklahomans. Seventy- to those kept as pets, believing around (91 percent), and banning three percent of adults in animals raised for food deserve to ownership of dangerous exotic Oklahoma have a pet. be free from abuse and cruelty. animals (65 percent).

REFLECTION OF A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE

Oklahomans think that good schools, respect 10 8.9 for neighbors, and a strong economy are 9 8.6 8.5 7.7 8 all very important reflections of a good 7.4 7.1 place to live. While not the highest ranking 7 6.2 item, strong laws to protect animals from 6 5.3 cruelty are more important than community 5

amenities such as parks, restaurants, 4 cultural institutions, and entertainment. 3

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Rate 1 to 10 (10 being the most important indicator) 1 GOOD SCHOOLS RESPECT FOR NEIGHBORS STRONG ECONOMY TO PROTECT ANIMALS STRONG LAWS PARKS & RECREATION & RETAIL RESTAURANTS MUSEUMS & THE ARTS SPORTS/ENTERTAINMENT

Source: Lake Research Partners Survey 2017 for Kirkpatrick Foundation.

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A CRITICAL GAP

The Oklahoma Animal Study and Lake Research Partners reveal an important gap between perception and reality. TIM FLACH EDWIN REMSBERG/GETTY IMAGES

COMPANION ANIMALS LIVESTOCK SPAY & NEUTER The work of Safe & Humane uncovered a This confusing duality also exists at the core of critical gap worth considering. Kirkpatrick American life. Law and culture simultaneously PERCEPTION: The Lake Research survey PERCEPTION: The Lake Research survey PERCEPTION: The Lake Research survey Foundation commissioned a survey of Oklahoma categorize animals as living beings but also hu- found 28 percent of Oklahomans found Oklahomans are strongly sup- found Oklahomans strongly support residents, querying their perceptions about ani- man property. This classification endows humans believe animals are treated better in portive of pro-animal welfare policies pro-animal welfare policies, including mal welfare in our state. The survey, conducted with the power to own and use animals in most Oklahoma than other states; 43 percent including requiring that farm animals increasing spay/neuter clinics and re- by Lake Research Partners, revealed Oklahomans any way they see fit. Yet, at the same time, many say that treatment of animals in Okla- be given enough space to turn around. quiring the procedures before adoption. carried a largely optimistic impression of animal in our culture feel a moral sense of duty to pro- homa is equal to other states. wellbeing here—and a strong preference for tect and care for our animal kin. REALITY: The Oklahoma Animal Study REALITY: The Oklahoma Animal Study humane treatment of animals. The Safe & Humane initiative recognizes this REALITY: The Oklahoma Animal Study reported common usage of gestation shared the research of SpayFIRST! In contrast, The Oklahoma Animal Study doc- cognitive disconnect as an opportunity to raise found that, as of January 2014, Okla- crates, individual metal stalls that house Executive Director Ruth Steinberger: umented widespread animal welfare concerns in awareness, a first step in making Oklahoma safer homa was the third-largest commercial breeding sows during pregnancy. They “Spending over a day’s earnings to spay almost every category. and more humane by 2032. Let’s take a closer look. breeding state in the nation. “While not are typically seven feet long and two the pet, driving hours to get to a spay/ all USDA-licensed commercial breeders feet wide with enough room for a sow neuter program, or waiting weeks to use are puppy mills, our past investiga- to stand or lie down, but not enough to an intermittent program places responsi- tions and research have shown that the turn around. ble pet care out of reach for low-income majority would fall into the puppy mill homes in Oklahoma.”

GETTY IMAGES category, due to typically having large The Humane Society of the United numbers of dogs that live their entire States says that intensive confinement Steinberger’s research showed that the lives in small cages with very little of the sows reduces muscle weight and areas of the state that lack access to spay/ quality of life,” said Kathleen Summers, decreases bone strength, resulting in neutering resources are composed of large director of outreach and research for increased risk of injury and lesions from groups of individuals and families living the Stop Puppy Mills Campaign by the bars and bare flooring. The confinement below or close to the poverty line. As oth- Humane Society of the United States. in crates has also been reported to cause er research has shown, low annual family severe psychological problems in the income is one of the strongest predictors a Recently reported incidents have sows as exhibited when the animals bite pet will not be spayed or neutered. shown it has been difficult to enforce the bars and are unresponsive to the squeals Commercial Pet Breeders Act in the state. of their piglets or other sows. Furthermore, approximately one- Increased scrutiny has led to the GET ’EM FIXED third of the 136 municipal shelters and legislative banning of gestation crates animal-control agencies in Oklahoma in the European Union and Canada. Oklahoma offers many low-income have no point of contact, no hours of Nine states in the United States have and free spay/neuter resources: operation listed publicly, and often no also banned the practice. record-keeping. Many shelter employees Chicken layer caging systems (that • Pet Overpopulation Fund or volunteers say that the shelters simply confine six to ten birds to one small cage • Animal Birth Control Project do not have the personnel to manage a around the clock) have been criticized as • Animal Resource Center software system or the financial resources inhumane due to the severe restriction on • to purchase a record-keeping system. the hens’ movements and ability to per- Best Friends of Pets Some shelters are only made of stacked form natural behaviors such as nesting, • Oklahoma Spay Network pet carriers or makeshift sheds and in the dust bathing, perching, and foraging. • Pets for Life and more than thirty shelters with little funding animals are Problems commonly associated with the other assistance programs often underfed, lack fresh water, or have cages include overcrowding, aggression, little to no monitoring on weekends. bone weakness, and foot damage.

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A LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about. —FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

and dog euthanasia numbers, eighty- between organizations and focuses the nine Oklahoma shelter managers and direction of initiative through strategic volunteers, animal control officers, goal setting and data analysis. and leaders in the animal wellbeing On April 30, 2018, meeting at- Best Friends Animal Society community gathered at the Oklahoma tendees heard from Oklahoma animal estimates that around 733,000 History Center convened by Kirkpat- shelter leaders who shared local success dogs and cats are killed annually in rick Foundation on April 30, 2018, to in lowering euthanasia rates, after America’s shelters. Based on this data pound out solutions. which Matt Biggar, a Collective Impact set, Oklahoma shelters euthanized Kirkpatrick Foundation and key strategy consultant based in San an average of thirty-four dogs and stakeholders in the initial leadership Francisco, presented on the Collective cats each day, a total of about 12,700 group decided that reaching the 2025 Impact model. At the end of the day- animals, in 2018. goal would require using a Collective long conversation, Louisa McCune, To decrease needless euthanasia Impact model. Introduced as a frame- Kirkpatrick Foundation executive throughout the country, the national work by John Kania and Mark Kramer director, asked the group: “Is this a organizations of Best Friends Animal in a 2011 Stanford Social Innovation path we can, as a group, agree to pur- Society and Target Zero have set a goal Review article, Collective Impact is “a sue?” Across the board, the participants that by the year 2025 all US shelters will systemic approach to social impact that voiced approval to the question. With have a 90 percent live release rate, which focuses on the relationships between that general consensus, the Common means that nine out of ten adoptable organizations and the progress toward Bonds (original working title: Save animals leave the shelter alive. Inspired shared objectives.” A strength of Lives–Unite Oklahoma) campaign to by this national goal and determined to Collective Impact is that the mod- reach a 90 percent shelter live release solve Oklahoma’s problem of high cat el employs open communication rate began for Oklahoma.

The Beginning: Participating Organizations at the Initial April 2018 Meeting

3 Girls Animal Rescue City of Oklahoma City Animal Humane Society of the US, Pittsburg County Animal Shelter 9 Lives Rescue Oklahoma Welfare Oklahoma Chapter Ponca City Humane Society Altus Animal Shelter City of Tulsa Animal Welfare Kirkpatrick Foundation Sand Springs Animal Welfare Amore Pit Bull Rescue Civic Collaboration Consultants Lakes Area Pet Society Sapulpa Furry Friends Animal Rescue Center of Shawnee Cross Sector Innovations Mannford Municipal Shelter Second Chance Pet Rescue Bella Foundation SPCA Enid Animal Control Mustang Animal Control Single Dog Seeking Best Friends Animal Society Enid SPCA Mutt Misfits SpayFIRST! Best Friends of Pets Forgotten Treasures, Shawnee Oklahoma Alliance for Animals Stephens County Humane CAARE, Inc. Foster Liaison/Australian Oklahoma Animal Crisis Team Society Central Oklahoma Humane Society Shepherds Furever Peaceful Animal Adoption Shelter Stillwater Animal Welfare Chickasha Animal Control & Free to Live Animal Sanctuary Pauls Valley Animal Shelter Target Zero Shelter Friends of the Shelter Foundation Perkins Animal Shelter Tiny Paws Kitten Rescue City of Noble Animal Shelter Hands Helping Paws Pet Adoption & Welfare Services of Ward-Weiseman Animal Haven City of Norman Animal Welfare Humane Society of the Ozarks Oklahoma Washington County SPCA

42 SAFE & HUMANE KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION 43 THE OKLAHOMAPROBLEM 44 Brent Toellner Dr. LesaStaubus,DVM Kim Schlittler Louisa McCune Dana McCrory Vickie Grantz Jonathan Gary Jeff Cook Dr. KimCarter, DVM Mark Bechtel Steering Committee Individualism Culture of Culture of SAFE & HUMANE Reproductive Reproductive Commercial Commercial Breeding Rates High High Robin Suarez Jamee Suarez Kay Stout Dr. CarlosRisco,DVM Amy Johnson Shane Hampton Amanda Clinton Cynthia Armstrong Nickii Allen Advisory Council 2018, ~12,700 were 2018, ~12,700were Of 93,394 Oklahoma Of 93,394Oklahoma entered shelters in entered sheltersin dogs and cats that dogs andcatsthat Fields ofWork Low Funding Low Funding Dr. AmyTyler, DVM Ruth Steinberger Cati Stanila Katrina Meinkoth Amanda Meeks Dr. KimCarter, DVM Dr. JakeBoyer, DVM Lesa Staubus,DVM-co-chair Kim Schlittler-co-chair SPAY/NEUTER Working Groups euthanized.* Silos in Silos in Priority Dr. AmyTyler, DVM Jean Letcher Catherine Eldridge Juarita Becker Mark Bechtel-co-chair Jonathan Gary-co-chair SHELTER BESTPRACTICES Intersection with Intersection with Socioeconomic Socioeconomic Other Social Other Social Disparities Issues Issues *Best FriendsAnimal Societydata Limited Access Limited Access to Shelters Kristy Wicker Kay Stout Shane Hampton Jeff Cook Cynthia Armstrong Vicki Grantz-co-chair Matt Goodwin-co-chair COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP A LEADERSHIPINITIATIVE • • • • • • • • • • legal policyasneededtoreach itsgoal. sible petownership, andadvocate for fordable andavailable, elevate respon- af- make spayandneuteringservices engage communitiesacross Oklahoma, resources foranimalwelfare, statewide collaborated tofindwaysprovide the left).Members ofCommonBonds shelters (asdepictedinthefigure to to increase live release ratesinstate the root causesofeuthanasiainorder ership group focusedonunderstanding Common Bonds,theOklahoma lead- the initiative’s collaborative approach. members inNovember 2018todevelop intensive retreat oftheleadershipgroup with keystakeholdersandledatwo-day mation through one-on-oneinterviews Consultant Matt Biggar gathered infor- da andstrategicplanforthe2025goal. ship group determinedacommonagen- meeting, theCommonBondsleader- Problem Understanding The Common BondsLeadershipOrganizations(2020) Enid SPCA Connected toPlace Cherokee NationBusinesses City ofTulsa AnimalWelfare City ofOklahomaAnimalWelfare City ofNormanAnimalWelfare Best FriendsofPets Best FriendsAnimalSociety Bella SPCA American Humane The CommonBondsstrategicplan In theinitialplanningphaseof In themonthsfollowing theinitial • • • • • • • Association Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Veterinary Medicine Oklahoma StateUniversityCollegeof Oklahoma HumaneSociety Oklahoma AllianceforAnimals Lab RescueOK Kirkpatrick Foundation Oklahoma Chapter Humane SocietyoftheUnitedStates, title fortheproject ofSave Lives–Unite members onprogress. cation channels,andreporting tothe setting upcross-member communi - by implementingmarketing strategies, andconvenes stakeholders”supports, the strategicplan,Burley “connects, phase ofthecampaign.Asoutlinedin mon Bonds,whichmarked anew Radio, becamethedirector ofCom- former director ofKOSU Public campaign anddevelop future plans. Oklahoma, todiscussprogress inthe Healthnary SciencesinStillwater, State University Centerfor Veteri- on May 7,2019,attheOklahoma tee. Theleadershipgroup met again groups andanexecutive commit- an administrative structure ofworking map forthefirsttwo years, including tiative andproviding adetailedroad the foundationforseven-year ini- was finalized inearly2019,laying In September 2019,theoriginal In August 2019,Kelly Burley, continued • • • • • • • Well-Being International University ofCentralOklahoma for QualityCommunities University ofOklahoma,Institute Center St. FrancisAnimalResource SpayXperts SpayFirst! Shelter Peaceful AnimalAdoption KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION 2012 animals intheircommunities. create positive changeforcompanion sharing experiencesandstrengths to individuals andorganizationsare seen successinthestate,because Bonds hasflourished,andalready Collective Impact model,Common wellbeing community. Following the organizations intheOklahoma animal and transformedby leadersand but ithassincebeenwelcomed of Kirkpatrick Foundation staff, Bonds developed undertheguidance & Humane initiative, Common student Adam Coe. on page41,wasdesignedby UCO communities. logo,asseen A new in thecreation ofqualityOklahoma ofthehuman-animalbond importance the statetoreach the2025goal,and ofpeopleacross unification for need the Places. nameemphasizes Thenew both Bonds: Oklahoma Pets, People, and Oklahoma wasrebranded asCommon Likeotherprojects oftheSafe 2020 45 2032 PRISCILLA FOREHAND 46 SAFE & HUMANE STATE QUESTION 777 2012 andMissouri in2014. legislation passedinNorth Dakota in homa electionballot,RighttoFarm Before SQ777was addedtotheOkla- fewer regulations over thefarmindustry. quently, thestatelegislature couldpass more vulnerabletolawsuitsand,conse - restricting thestate’s farmingindustry the amendmentwouldmakeanylaw a compellingstateinterest. Essentially, ogy andlivestock production without the righttoemploy agriculturaltechnol- from passinglawsthatwouldremove prohibited theOklahoma legislature system, andOklahoma communitiesifSQ777passed. raise awareness ofpotentialaftereffects tofamilyfarms,drinkingwater, thefood Foundation provided analysistothepublicthroughout 2016to nonpartisan animal wellbeing inOklahoma, andenvironmental conservation Kirkpatrick Mindful a contentiousdebatestatewide. ofitscommitmenttosupporting as “RighttoFarm” andby opponentsas“RighttoHarm,” thequestiondrew November 8,2016.Referred oftheproposed toby amendment supporters O As proposed, SQ 777 would have As proposed, SQ777wouldhave klahoma State Question 777appeared ontheOklahoma stateballoton

KNOW BEFORE YOU VOTE Oklahoma Water Usage Oklahoma Top Industriesby GDP Source: OklahomaWater ResourcesBoard Source: OklahomaEmploymentSecurityCommission oversight andlawmaking withregardtowaterusage, quality, pollution,andrights? hugewhich impactonwaterusage—be hasa1.1%impactontheoverall stateGDPbutadisproportionately removed legislative from industry, SQ777—issimple:Shouldtheagricultural thecontextof byoperations. Thequestionultimatelyraised thisgraphic—in GDP, overall contributiontothestate’s Oklahoma’s andthepercentage of quantities: agriculture’s waterconsumedby agricultural comparestwo waterresources. Thisgraphic SQ777onthestate’s of agricultureinOklahoma, theotherispotentialeffect impact of on electionday, November 8,2016.Inthedebateover StateQuestion777,twoOneistheeconomic areasrequirebasicclarification: THE MOREVOTERS KNOW agricultureonoureconomy, of be abouttheeffect they’ll andourresources, thebetterinformed & Water Usage Industry GDP KNOW BEFOREYOU VOTE

19% TRADE, TRANSPORATION AND UTILITIES TELEPHONE: (405)608-0934 •KIRKPATRICKFOUNDATION.COM 1001 WESTWILSHIRE BOULEVARD OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73116 47% OTHER 16% GOVERNMENT Agriculture: Past, Present, andFuture, and screened film,Oklahoma ashort against SQ777. and economicinformationfor and than seventy presentations onlegal to twenty-five countiesgivingmore of educationin2016,alsotraveled Ted Jones, thefoundation’s director information tothepublic.Brian pro-animal regulations, toprovide use totheeconomicimpactof ing topicsfrom agriculturalwater discussions andfactsheets,outlin- 14% FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES The foundationalsoproduced The foundationusedlargegroup 13% MINING

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4% CONSTRUCTION 3% 12% LIVESTOCK LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY 3% & AQUACULTURE INFORMATION 2% OTHER SERVICES 1% AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING, AND HUNTING Keep Food Prices Low? Does Industrial Agriculture 7.15 thantheywere percentmoreexpensivenow inthe1990s. prices low, theresultsvary. Onaverage, theseeightproductsare atkeeping successorfailure industrialagriculture’s measure of 1992to2015canserve theUSfrom asa Region of Southern porkandchicken asthepriceof inthe cheaper. products Asfar Boneless Ham,Chicken Legs, andAllPork Chopshave become have eachbecomemoreexpensive, while Bone-InPork Chops, 1992, Bacon,Whole Chicken, AllHams, andAllOtherPork lobby claims. industrialized farm reducing pricesismixed asthe atbestandcertainlynotasclear at industrializedfarming Thesuccessof products. and poultry records average pricesforvariousfooditems,pork including by LaborStatistics, produced theFederal which Bureauof relevantdataonthispointistheAveragesource of PriceSeries foodpricesdown. Auseful farming—keeps known asfactory thatindustrialagriculture—also State Question777istheclaim consolidation. The figures below represent changes in price for consolidation. Thefiguresbelow changes represent inpricefor tury, particularlyinOklahoma,industrializationand through industries have changed inthelastquarter-cen- dramatically CHICKEN LEGS CHICKEN WHOLE CHICKEN BONELESS HAM BONE-IN PORKCHOPS BACON 1992-2015 Our analysis produced several interesting results. Since severalinterestingresults. produced Since Our analysis Not necessarily. Akey disputeinthedebateover pointof We becausethehogandchicken focusedontheseproducts 1992 Price $1.07 $.79 $3.09 $3.10 $1.76 KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION 2012 $1.40 $1.68

You cannotbeafraidtospeak upandspeak outforwhat information aswe could. the broadest range ofdates possible, to provide asmuch items, thedata was fractured invarious ways, sowe used three items onlywent backasfar as1998.For theotherfour farming beganto take hold.Onpage2,theavailable data on compared to theyears whenindustrialized hogandchicken much more orless expensive aparticularfood item istoday, tion-adjusted starting-year price, asaway to measure how deviation between themost recent price andtheinfla- dollars (to account for inflation), andfound thepercentage expressed thestarting year’s price interms ofending-year starting year, usedthesamemethodfor theendingyear, METHODOLOGY would yieldamorecompleteanalysis. which economicfactors, humanhealth,orrural vironmental, prices, pleasenotethatwearenotbalancingthedatawithen- food of monitoring. Therefore,inoursimpleexamination regulation,oversight, warranting and controversial practices bador outweighs thesocialcost—notably missesthepointof suggestingsingle point—arhetoricalclaim thepricebenefit Columbia). along withfifteenotherstatesandtheDistrictof Region Oklahoma, (whichPrice SeriesintheSouthern includes recordedby product theBLSevery porkorpoultry Average We took theaverage price from alltwelve monthsfor the A caveat: We recognizethatcastingthedebateonthis you believe. You courage, tohave have courage. raw 2015 Price $4.14 $4.22 $5.69 ‘92 Price in ‘15$s $5.24 $2.97 $5.22 $1.33 $1.81 KNOW BEFOREYOU VOTE MORE EXPENSIVE MORE EXPENSIVE farming legislationproposed. states thathave similarcorporate as resources for citizens inother Kirkpatrick Foundation’s website effects are currently available on issues related toRightFarm educational factsheetscreated for with 60percent ofthevote. The ma citizens voted down SQ777 Coalition ofOklahoma. Water Policy; andtheConservation River; Oklahomans forResponsible Farm, andFamily; Save theIllinois Council; Oklahomans forFood, No side:theOklahoma Stewardship led the Vote Yes position.On the Vote Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association Bureau, Oklahoma Pork Council,and campaigns. The Oklahoma Farm opposing Vote Yesand Vote No Osborn Farms in Tuttle, Oklahoma. State University; and Will Osborn of Agriculture Economics atOklahoma Dr. Bailey Norwood, professor of of theOklahoma Historical Society; Bob Blackburn, executive director homa familyfarmsandfeatured Dr. the historictraditionofOkla- in February 2016.Thefilm profiled % Deviation CHEAPER CHEAPER CHEAPER 20.99% 91.58% 19.16% 5.26% 7.18% In November 2016,Oklaho- Statewide coalitionsformedthe —JOHN LEWIS|Twitter, 16,2014 July 2020 to thisimportantdiscussion. (Updated July28,2016) infographics below present data oneggprices nationally, andinCalifornia, to bringfactual clarity since the2008passage of pro-animal Proposition 2,anditsimplementation inearly2015. The lead to higherfood prices. There’s beenspecific attention paidto theprice of eggsinCalifornia A key pointof dispute inthedebate over State Question 777iswhetherpro-animal protections Lead to HigherFood Prices? Do Pro-Animal Regulations

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MAGAZINE PUBLISHING In order to drive social reform, you must work through multiple channels—public policy, the courts, corporate reforms, and creative works to influence culture, grassroots organizing, and more. That’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned about how change occurs.. —WAYNE PACELLE |The Calling WHITEOUT / ANIMALS AND THE ARTIST / BOYSDANCETOO / OKLAHOMA CITY / JIM HENSON FALL  ArtDesk ISSUE 08 SPRING 2017

CONTEMPORARY ARTS, PERFORMANCE, AND THOUGHT

ISSUE 01 | FALL 2013/WINTER 2014 ISSUE 07 | WINTER 2016 RESCUE ME: The National Disaster Search #LENDANEAR: University of Central Oklahoma Dog Foundation rescues dogs who, in turn, College of Fine Arts and Design students and local rescue humans from disaster sites. professional designers collaborate to bring light to the slaughter of African elephants. ISSUE 02 | SPRING /SUMMER 2014 WILD CAT: The Borderlands Research Institute ISSUE 08 | SPRING 2017

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ISSUE 03 | FALL/WINTER 2014 ISSUE 09 | SUMMER 2017 ArtDesk is a quarterly magazine PET PALACE: The Humane Society of the TIGERNADO: Oklahoma is considered among the Pikes Peak Region in Colorado Springs is a worst for exotic animal oversight. Because of this, published by the Kirkpatrick haven and way station for homeless animals. breeders and owners are moving to Oklahoma to Foundation and devoted to accommodate their market and desires. THE ART & CULTURE OF CAPTIVITY: There contemporary art, performance, are few better places to increase animal- ISSUE 10 | FALL 2017 awareness than at a well-run zoo where COMING UP ROSIE: An excerpt from Afterglow (A and thought. Since its launch in young visitors and education programs Dog Memoir), the new book by Eileen Myles, an are plentiful. experimental writer in Marfa and New York City. 2013, nearly every issue of the magazine has featured content about ISSUE 04 | SUMMER 2015 ISSUE 12 | SPRING 2018 THE ARK: At JFK Airport in New York, SERENE ACRES: Beekeeping, land conservation, animals. Whether an essay on the animals who lay over have access to sleeping and livestock at the historic Mollie Spencer Farm quarters, showers, and even gourmet meals. in Yukon, Oklahoma. emotional lives of fish by Jonathan Balcombe or five pages of modern ISSUE 05 | FALL/WINTER 2015 ISSUE 14 | FALL 2018 FISH MINDS: Fish cognition is a flourishing FANTASTIC BEASTS: A collection of remarkable and contemporary artists with their area of inquiry. Fishes use tools, photographs depicting fourteen muse-like recognize each other as individuals, and relationships between artist and animal. animal companions, this series have “shoal mates.” ISSUE 16 | SPRING 2019 continues to bring the foundation’s SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT | 2016 THE MODERN CHICKEN: Poultry consumption concern about animals in Oklahoma RIGHT TO HARM?: A law professor explains in the US has grown dramatically, negatively why SQ 777 is not a fit for Oklahoma’s quirky impacting the animals, the environment, drinking and beyond to a broader audience. state constitution. water, and family farm.

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OUTDOOR SIGNAGE Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. —JAMES HERRIOT PRISCILLA FOREHAND

Beautiful Oklahoma cats became transportation stars in 2019 with a Conceived by Kirkpatrick Founda- photographer Priscilla Forehand of Lap I was asked to be involved with this aren’t the only places to house all of the tion executive director Louisa McCune, of Luxury signed on to the project. Ste- project,” says photographer Priscilla cats—they make great greeters, too!” philanthropic partnership between Kirkpatrick Foundation, Tyler Media, and who, while attending a conference and ven Walker of Walker Creative designed Forehand. “With my commitment to With a population of 1.3 million, hearing about how cats are faring much the benches. Four different images are the well-being of cats, and having so steadily increasing tourism, and a Lap of Luxury Lifestyle Pet Photography. To raise awareness about cat adoption, worse than dogs when it comes to adop- placed on forty-two different benches many friends affiliated with cat rescue, transformational new animal shelter on tion rates, immediately thought about and bus shelters around Oklahoma City, I’m constantly hearing about the needs the horizon, Oklahoma City is a prime Oklahoma City benches and bus shelters feature striking, close-up images of cats ways to improve the public relations for Edmond, and Norman. for fosters and, more importantly— location to make this powerful state- cats. After securing an agreement with “As a cat ambassador and cat advo- adopters. I’ve met many cats who reside ment with striking images and a key in order to not-so-subtly entice local residents to do just that—adopt a cat. Tony Tyler of Tyler Media, local pet cate, I was absolutely thrilled when in retail establishments; so homes word to get the point across.

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Love can be, and sure enough is, moving in all things, in all places, in all forms of life at the same snap of your finger. —WOODY GUTHRIE

With a title inspired by Oklahoma’s Woody Guthrie, Love Can Be: A Presentations and book signings included the Oklahoma Book Festival Literary Collection About Our Animals (Kirkpatrick Foundation, 2018) is in Oklahoma City; a panel at Magic City Books of Tulsa that featured an anthology of poems and prose about what love can truly be and the Michael Wallis, S. E. Hinton, Louisa McCune, Teresa Miller, Brandon relationship of humans and animals, pets and pet owners, and how all species Hobson, Clifton Taulbert, P. C. Cast, Kim Doner, and Mary Logan Wolf; in the natural world interconnect. This work, coedited by Teresa Miller a signing at Putnam City 6 in Enid, and a presentation at Best of Books and Louisa McCune, includes pieces from thirty acclaimed authors from in Edmond. Love Can Be also won the Best Design award at the 2019 Oklahoma and across the United States. Oklahoma Book Awards. Kirkpatrick Foundation donates Authors featured in the collection Love Can Be speaks to the broad all proceeds of sales of the volume to are Julia Alvarez, Blake Bailey, Rick reach of the Safe & Humane animal charities in Oklahoma as well Bass, P. C. Cast, Wayne Coyne, Kim initiative and also to the animal as honoraria donated to the contrib- Doner, Delia Ephron, Reyna Grande, and human bond. The author utors’ selected animal charities. Okla- Joy Harjo, Amy Hempel, Juan Felipe of One Small Sacrifice, Hilary homa charities benefiting from book Herrera, S. E. Hinton, Brandon Hob- Davidson summarized, “Love Can sales are Bella SPCA, Joan Kirkpatrick son, Dean Koontz, Ursula K. Le Guin, Be chronicles our relationships Animal Hospital, Tulsa Society for Jill McCorkle, Teresa Miller, N. Scott with animals and tells us a lot the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Momaday, Joyce Carol Oates, Susan about humans in the process.” Enid Society for the Prevention of Orlean, Ron Padgett, Elise Paschen, The individual stories of the work Cruelty to Animals, Wildlife In Need Diane Rehm, Jewell Parker Rhodes, outline the beauty where literature Group-In Tulsa (WING-IT), and Wade Rouse, Alexander McCall Smith, and animals meet and, in turn, WildCare Foundation. The book is Lalita Tademy, Clifton Taulbert, Mi- show how animals often bring the available for purchase at bookstores chael Wallis, and Mary Logan Wolf. humanity out in humans. and Amazon.

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LOVE CAN BE EXCERPTS JUBILATE: An Homage in Catterel Verse

e steps aside for her, so she can eat. For she is of the tribe of Tyger Then we watch him fill his beak his became a morning routine. onfident that my logic was unassailable, I said, “The dog was and eyes burning bright Walk tenderly to her and kiss her with seed. here in the hall when the damage occurred. The Kong toy was The sacred world lifts up its head She’d take a stick in her mouth and though cuddling here. The Kong belongs to the dog. The dog wanted to play. If the To notice— at night We are double, triple blessed. knock or drag it against our window dog wasn’t so cute, I wouldn’t have wanted to play with her. Hall, until you wake to discover—

—U.S. POET LAUREATE JOY HARJO, Redbird Love (nobody believes that part), then dog, Kong, cute, play—the damage to the painting was inevitable.” where is she? Cher-ie? run around the house until hunger “So you’re saying the dog is responsible because she’s cute.” Don’t inquire.

—DEAN KOONTZ, A Spooky Moment Around Which the Entire Story Revolves —Joyce Carol Oates o we began to do what we called “Frog got the best of her. The weird part Patrol,” a nightly frog “search and rescue” was this: After bolting her cat food, kind of mission. We would go out and look for as many frogs as we could find that needed and accepting a little heartfelt REVIEWS help getting out of the street. We would take petting and cooing, she’d go right (A) wonderful book, so varied and rich with A touching tribute to the creatures we let into Open-hearted, earnest and wise, it explores a flashlight . . . and just swoop up every frog emotion. Love can be anything: tender, our hearts and homes . . . a heartwarming, the vast, complex terrain between humans raucous, bittersweet, joyful, transcendent hopeful anthology. and other animals, and illuminates the we saw in the street and put it in the yard, or ridiculous—but it’s always better when —BOOKPAGE transforming effect animals have on us. back to her crappy dog run chez shared with animals! —MICHAEL MASON sometimes in a panic—running ahead of cars —DIANA GABALDON, Love Can Be is a collection that belongs Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath The Outlander Series on every animal lover’s bookshelf…. Some as they drove down the street and trying to get Butch. She liked him, whether he pieces are moving, even funny, tributes to A bonanza of biophilia! (T)he writers of It’s an anthology for our time—inclusive, the animals who share the writers’ homes. this diverse collection mine their lives and the frogs out of the path of the tires. sympathetic, and joyful. The contributors There are also poignant examinations hearts to help us understand the non-people bothered to feed her or not. represent the broad, beautiful, and rich of how animals shape our world, how by of our planet—and why they mean the diversity of our nation…. trying to understand animals we can better world to us. —KITTY BLOCK understand ourselves. —GORDON GRICE — WAYNE COYNE, Frog Patrol and Turtle Dashing —BLAKE BAILEY, Pretty Girl CEO, Humane Society of the United States —STEPHEN WELLS Cabinet of Curiosities and The Red Hourglass Executive Director, Animal Legal Defense Fund

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A NEW EQUINE CENTER A man that don’t love a horse, there is something the matter with him. If he has no sympathy for the man that does love horses, then there is something worse the matter with him. —WILL ROGERS | New York Times, August 17, 1924

Blaze’s Tribute Equine Rescue, founded in 2001 by Natalee Cross, has a mission In January 2019, Kirkpatrick Foundation granted $749,999 to to improve the lives of neglected, starved, and abused horses in Oklahoma. The Blaze’s, enabling the organization to purchase a sixty-two acre, fully nonprofit’s work includes horse rehabilitation, education, and adoption services equipped equine facility in Harrah, Oklahoma. The non-profit’s and promotes and teaches humane, natural methods for horse training. Blaze’s original facility, with a four-stall barn on twenty acres near Jones, serves an average of more than 120 horses each year through its adoption and Oklahoma, was too small to meet demand and Blaze’s was forced to training program and maintains care for 100 horses at any given time. turn away owner-surrenders prior to the grant. Along with taking in horses City Animal Welfare Division, the Natalee Cross says about her from owners who are no longer Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, work, “My passion is for the ani- able to care for the animal, the and other county and local divisions mals and I feel like they don’t have rescue’s primary focus is aiding law in this manner. The rescue is the a voice. We’re a throw-away society enforcement by housing horses largest in the state, having rescued and there are so many of these ani- from animal cruelty cases. Blaze’s 1,514 horses since 2001 and finding mals that deserve a second chance. currently partners with Oklahoma adopters for 1,260 of them. If we don’t do it, who will?”

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PARTNER PROGRESS

As Kirkpatrick Foundation progresses forward to the 2032 goal, other to take immediate care of animals while the Palomar agencies take care organizations, agencies, and nonprofits are working in their own lanes to of families. The Animal Advocacy Program is the first of its kind for any improve the lives of animals in the state. The following are only a few examples family justice center nationally.

of the excellent work of Oklahoma organizations in the past few years. Black-Capped Vireo Through habitat conservation efforts Domestic Violence Shelter Animal Gas Chamber Euthanasia by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Kennels In September 2016, Shawnee City Oklahoma and Texas, the US Army, In 2015, Domestic Violence Interven- Commissioners passed a resolution private landowners, and nongov- tion Services in Tulsa became the first authorizing the disposal of the two ernmental organizations, the Black- domestic violence shelter in Oklahoma carbon monoxide euthanasia systems Capped Vireo was removed from to provide housing for pets of domestic (gas chambers) used at the animal the endangered species list in 2017. violence victims. As of 2019, Oklaho- shelter. By the end of 2016, after First listed in 1987, the population ma has six domestic violence shelters years of public protests, the city of this small bird, which resides in with animal sheltering facilities and transitioned to lethal injections. This west-central Oklahoma, increased twelve shelters with fostering for pets effectively ended the use of gas cham- from 350 birds in the wild to more on a case-by-case basis. ber euthanasia in Oklahoma shelters, than 14,000. according to Cynthia Armstrong, Norman Animal Welfare Center Oklahoma state director for the Hu- Live Release Rates In 2016, the Norman Animal Welfare mane Society of the United States. Live-release rates in municipal animal Center opened the doors of a new, $3 shelters have improved in major Okla- million shelter with housing for more Palomar homa cities over the past decade. The dogs and cats, modernized kennels, In 2017, Palomar, Oklahoma City’s City of Oklahoma City Animal Welfare isolation rooms, veterinary clinic, and Family Justice Center, opened, bring- Division’s live release rate improved indoor and outdoor play spaces. ing together service-oriented agencies from 57 percent in 2012 to 86 percent under one roof to offer coordinat- in 2018. The Tulsa shelter live-release Protected Ecosystems ed services to victims of domestic rate was 65 percent in 2018. In late The Nature Conservancy acquired violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, 2018, a partnership between Tulsa 3,100 acres of native prairie along the bullying, and human trafficking. Animal Welfare, the Humane Society of Blue River at Oka’ Yanahli Preserve in In 2018, through funding by the Tulsa, and the Tulsa Society for the Pre- Johnston County in summer 2016. Arnall Family Foundation, Palomar vention of Cruelty to Animals created The organization plans to reintroduce and the Oklahoma Humane Society Coalition for Tulsa Pets, an organization bison, once an integral part of the prai- established a partnership in which an dedicated to reaching a release rate of 90 rie ecosystem, back to the preserve. animal advocate is on-site at Palomar percent for Tulsa.

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PARTNER PROGRESS continued Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. —FRANK ZAPPA

Law Enforcement Training city employees on dangerous dog to a demanding set of ethical and In 2016, 2017, and 2018 HSUS held ordinances, a comprehensive public operational principles. The sanctuary forty-one training events for law en- education campaign, engagement of currently cares for more than eighty forcement and animal welfare agency the Neighborhood Alliance to dissem- animals on just over twelve acres. personnel as part of the Humane State inate information, and suggestions to Program. These continuing education improve information gathering within PAAS Transports 5,000th Dog sessions—held in Tulsa, Ardmore, the Action Center and 911 response In November 2019, Peaceful Animal McAlester, Lawton, Woodward, centers. The Animal Welfare Division Adoption Shelter (PAAS) transported Ada, and Oklahoma City—covered approved the staffing request for five its 5,000th dog out of Oklahoma the investigation of animal cruelty additional positions mid-year 2019. for adoption. PAAS is a regional hub and animal fighting and shelter and transferring and coordinating a net- rescue concerns. Topics also included National Law Enforcement work of thirteen rural municipality compassion fatigue, working with Council (NLEC) shelters across the state. law enforcement, disaster planning, Led by former Oklahoma Attorney wildlife conflicts, and dangerous exot- General Drew Edmondson, the Site Wind Right ic animals kept in private possession. National Law Enforcement Council Developed by the Nature Conservan- Of the 3,050 attendees, these train- was created in 2019 by Animal cy, the Site Wind Right project was ings included 1,165 law enforcement Wellness Foundation and Animal launched in 2019 to identify areas in personnel. Wellness Action to strengthen the Great Plains where wind develop- federal, state, and local laws against ment is unlikely to encounter wild- Dangerous Dog Committee animal cruelty. “One measure of a life-related conflict, project delays, and A multidisciplinary working group civil society is how it treats its most related cost overruns. Wind projects in comprised of city officials from the vulnerable members, and few are low-impact places are less likely to be Oklahoma City Police Department, as vulnerable as the animals,” says canceled, resulting in more reliable and Animal Welfare Division, 911 Edmondson. efficient renewable energy deployment Communications, and Action Center as the Earth faces the climate change along with representatives from the Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary and energy crisis. Kirkpatrick Foundation and HSUS Formerly Mindy’s Memory Pri- met in 2018 and 2019 to develop mate Sanctuary, Oklahoma Primate Specialty License Plate recommendations to city leadership Sanctuary of Newcastle, Oklahoma, A 2017 task force overseen by Kirkpat- regarding dangerous dog attacks. was verified by Global Federation of rick Foundation and the Oklahoma Recommendations included increased Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) in April Veterinary Medical Association rede- staffing within the Animal Control 2019. Verified status requires an orga- signed the Animal Friendly state-issued Division, provisioning of training nization meet GFAS’s peer-reviewed license plate, the proceeds from which and informational materials for all animal care standards and adhere support the Pet Overpopulation Fund.

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PHILANTHROPIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man. —ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER | The Basis of Morality

A SELECTION OF ANIMAL FUNDERS IN OKLAHOMA

• AKC Canine Health Foundation • Lockhart Foundation • American Society for the Prevention of • Maddie’s Fund Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) • Mary K. Oxley Foundation • Arnall Family Foundation • McCasland Foundation • Banfield Foundation • Morris Animal Foundation • Bernice Barbour • Petfinder.com • Cresap Family Foundation • PetSmart Charities • E. L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation • Sarkeys Foundation • Flint Family Foundation • Summerlee Foundation • Kirkpatrick Foundation

Kirkpatrick Foundation is a proud member of two national philanthropy- to the members of Philanthropy Southwest at the San Antonio con- serving organizations, Philanthropy Southwest and Animal Grantmakers. ference. McCune, who served on its board of directors for eight years, cit- Both of these groups help the foundation refine its philanthropic practice, ed ways philanthropy can help animal wellbeing such as humane education while also advancing animal wellbeing efforts in public life. and prioritizing animal wellbeing and proper sheltering as a key ingredient Founded in 1949, Philanthropy benefits animals and whose giving is to overall community health. Southwest’s mission is to “foster at a consistent, significant level on Paulette Black, retired Kirkpatrick meaningful philanthropy and trusted behalf of animal protection and is Foundation senior program officer, relationships that impact the South- purely charitable in purpose. Funding served on Philanthropy Southwest’s west region’s people, communities, interests of its members cover a wide conference committee for five years and most pressing issues.” Philan- spectrum of animal species and issue and routinely advised on animal well- thropy Southwest serves hundreds areas, including companion animals, being topics for its annual agenda. of organizations in the Southwestern captive and free-ranging wildlife, McCune currently serves as the United States. farmed animals, and animals used 2020 president of the board of Animal Grantmakers’ mission is in research. Kirkpatrick Foundation directors of Animal Grantmakers “to help maximize the effectiveness of joined the group not long after the and 2021 chair of Philanthropy work undertaken by animal protec- start of the Safe & Humane initiative. Southwest’s annual conference tion funders for the communities they A key purpose of participating in committee. By being part of these serve.” Begun in 1999 with sixteen these organizations is the sharing, organizations, foundation staff members, the organization now learning from, and network building develop relationships and deepen includes thirty-two organizations. between both groups. In October their understanding of current animal Members of Animal Grantmakers 2013, Louisa McCune gave an over- issues undertaken by other nonprofits must be engaged in grantmaking that view of the Safe & Humane initiative in the United States and globally.

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LEADERS AND ADVISORS, 2012–2020

These individuals have led or consulted on Kirkpatrick Foundation’s Safe

& Humane endeavors since the initiative’s debut in July 2012.

Phil Arkow Cynthia Armstrong Matt Biggar Paulette Black Kelly Burley Nicholas Gilman Brian Ted Jones Christian Keesee Randall Lockwood Joe Maxwell National Link Coalition The Humane Society of Connected to Place Kirkpatrick Foundation Common Bonds Humane Logic Attorney Kirkpatrick Foundation University of Florida Family Farm Action Arkow is coordinator the United States A strategy consultant (retired) As director of Common Gilman advises non- Jones, an Oklahoma Keesee serves as chair- For more than thirty Maxwell has served as for the National Link As Oklahoma senior from San Francisco, A senior program officer Bonds, Burley oversees profits and foundations City lawyer, led the man of the board of Kirk- years, Lockwood has a state representative, Coalition. He advises the state director, Armstrong Biggar supports the from 2006 to 2019, a leadership initiative around the country on Kirkpatrick Foundation patrick Foundation and worked with law-enforce- state senator, and Oklahoma Link Coalition, leads major campaigns work of Common Bonds Black helped co-found designed to end the the subject of animal analysis of State president of the board for ment agencies as an lieutenant governor of the ASPCA, and other to protect Oklahoma through planning, the Oklahoma Link needless euthanasia sheltering. He has Question 777 in 2016. Kirkpatrick Family Fund. expert on human-animal Missouri. Maxwell works organizations about the animals including the implementation, and Coalition and was an of cats and dogs in worked extensively with As education director, He is a member of the issues and testified in to keep markets open link between human and ban on cockfighting and assessment of cross- active member of Animal Oklahoma by the year Pets & People Humane he made several National Council for The dozens of trials involv- for family farms and animal violence. ending puppy mills. sector partnerships. Grantmakers. 2025. Society, among others. presentations around the Humane Society of the ing animal cruelty and independent ranchers. state on the matter. United States. dog-attack fatalities.

Louisa McCune Bob Meadow Ann Olson Patricia Olson, DVM Manda Overturf Wayne Pacelle Bernard Rollin Andrew Rowan Philip Tedeschi Kristy Wicker Kirkpatrick Foundation Lake Research Partners Animal Folks Animal Welfare and Shank Animal Wellness Colorado State University Wellbeing International Institute for Human- Researcher As executive director, For thirty years, Meadow As founder and executive Research Institute Kirkpatrick Foundation Foundation Rollin is a leading As CEO of Wellbeing Animal Connection Wicker coauthored McCune oversees has provided opinion director of Animal Folks, A former president of As program officer, Pacelle is the CEO of animal-ethics International and As executive director, The Oklahoma Animal foundation operations research and strategic Olson works to protect Morris Animal Founda- Overturf Shank manages Animal Wellness Foun- philosopher and scholar the former CEO of Tedeschi studies and Study and helped edit and the Safe & Humane advice for advocacy animals in Minnesota by tion, Olson has created Safe & Humane projects dation and the former and developed the the Humane Society teaches at the University the Reporting Animal initiative. She currently organizations, including finding innovative ways programs that foster the for the foundation, president of the Humane world’s first courses International, Rowan of Denver on the intricate Cruelty manual. She is a serves as the Animal species-specific animal to prevent animal cruelty human-animal bond. including various Society of the United in veterinary medical has written many books relationship between member of the Norman Grantmakers board protection groups. and improve how animal She also consults on publications and States. He is widely ethics. on pet overpopulation, people, domestic and Animal Welfare Oversight president. law is enforced. humane and healthy coordinating the ANIMAL credited for creating the wildlife conservation, wild animals, and the Committee. transportation of animals conferences. global movement to pro- and animals used in natural world. worldwide. tect animals. research.

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WHAT’S NEXT: A Look Ahead

ACCOMPLISHMENTS STEPS TO GOAL THROUGH BY YEAR 2019 2032 JJ RITCHEY

Conversely, positive welfare out- In concluding our report, our collective work demonstrates an energized comes for one species create positive 1. Gas chambers no longer used in Oklahoma for dog or 1. Reach 90 percent live-release rate for all Oklahoma outcomes for others. Measurable data cat euthanasia. dogs and cats in public animal shelters. movement is underway. It’s important to remember that Safe & Humane is or national rankings may or may 2. Removal of Black-Capped Viero from endangered 2. Implement quality standards for shelters and increase not come from the collaborations species list. low-cost spay and neuter clinics throughout rural more than a list of accomplishments, data points, or Kirkpatrick Foundation described elsewhere in this report, but 3. Eighteen domestic violence shelters with Oklahoma. progress toward a more humane Okla- arrangements for pet care. 3. Lower horse deaths on Oklahoma race tracks. projects. The baselines mentioned throughout this report have given the homa does. As García Pinillos says, 4. Oklahoma City Animal Welfare reaches a live-release 4. Prohibit the private possession of wild dangerous exotic “Improvements in animal welfare do rate of 85 percent. animals. foundation awareness of major issues facing Oklahoma animals. But it is not always progress as expected.” 5. Creation of Oklahoma Link Coalition with seventy 5. Prohibit leaving an animal unattended in a parked We do know that including animals member organizations and cited nationally as leader vehicle in a manner that endangers the animal’s health. through relationships built nationally and local work that we create lasting tools in the discussion around community in state coalitions. 6. Improve enforcement of existing laws regarding animal wellbeing has undeniable momen- 6. Creation of Common Bonds initiative to reach fighting. by which to uplift the quality of life for all in the state. tum. We can illustrate this with many statewide 90 percent live-release rate by 2025. 7. Prohibit convicted animal abusers from possessing examples but two recent impactful 7. Disbandment of University of Oklahoma baboon animals for at least five years after the abuser’s release Current accomplishments in the issues are addressed will change based policy shifts perhaps say the most: breeding facility. from custody. state, as detailed in this report, and on opportunities and relationships in November 2019, federal legisla- 8. Widespread media surrounding policy proposal SQ 8. Prohibit use of animals in product testing when potential steps that can be accomplished created through ongoing projects. More tion passed making egregious animal 777, which educated Oklahoma voters about farm reasonable alternatives are available. are based on the goals of projects such importantly, the foundation recognizes cruelty a federal offense, and, a month animal conditions, the environment, human-health 9. Recognize wind and solar farms throughout state for as Common Bonds, The Oklahoma that the accomplishments listed later, Oklahoma City municipal voters pesticide concerns, and farming and ranching issues. observing habitat-friendly practices. Animal Study, the ALDF and HSUS are the results of the work of many passed a tax proposal which included 9. A new transformational animal shelter approved by 10. Ensure zoos and sanctuaries are accredited by ranking standards, and recommenda- organizations and therefore likely to a $38 million transformational new Oklahoma City voters. Association of Zoos & Aquariums or Global Federation of tions by animal wellbeing experts. change over time. animal shelter. 10. Animal law program forms at Oklahoma City Animal Sanctuaries. The path forward for the next twelve In the 2018 book One Welfare: A Future goals and projects of University School of Law. 11. Consider moratorium on CAFOs until substantive years employs the same strategy as Framework to Improve Animal Welfare the foundation will continue to 11. Passage of Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture research can eliminate the threat to drinking water, air defined in Safe & Humane: A New and Human Well-Being, Rebeca García be reshaped and modified by the Act protecting animal abuse on a federal level. quality, human health, and animal wellbeing. Vision (2012) with goals similar to Pinillos outlines that animal, human, relationships and skills of other groups 12. Support sustainable soil and water conservation those established in The Oklahoma and environmental welfare policy and from across the state, the US, and the practices and programs for farm, private, and public Animal Study (2016). But just as ALDF efforts must be integrated, comple- globe. By continually reviewing our lands to conserve habitats and communities for future modified its rankings based on recent mentary, and collaborative to create progress and the work of remarkable generations of human and animals. legislative innovations, Kirkpatrick a sustainable healthier future for all organizations throughout the state 13. Establish responsible consumer and corporate use of Foundation openly acknowledges species worldwide. Just as we use the and nation, Kirkpatrick Foundation plastic and carbon emissions standards to decrease that the work of Safe & Humane will phrase, “Where animals fare well, is better positioned to take up animal environmental degradation. be reviewed and updated ongoingly. people fare well,” García Pinillos says wellbeing opportunities and to move Although the guiding principles of the that violence and poor animal welfare the dial toward a safer and more initiative remain the same, how specific are related to poor human conditions. humane Oklahoma.

66 SAFE & HUMANE KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION 67 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE ARTWORK

KIRKPATRICK FOUNDATION RECIPIENTS | KIRKPATRICK We are especially grateful to the thousands of COVER PAGE 8 PAGE 24 PAGE 42 PAGE 58 BOARD OF TRUSTEES HONOR FOR ANIMAL WELLBEING nonprofit organizations, businesses, individuals, Martin Johnson Heade Jan Brueghel the Elder Jean August Hendrik Leys Rosa Bonheur Jean-Léon Gérôme Hummingbird and Passionflowers, The Entry of the Animals into Noah’s Dutch Interior, detail (c. 1840) A Limier Briquet Hound, Tiger and Cubs, detail CHRISTIAN KEESEE, Chairman NATALEE CROSS (2015) municipalities, and state and federal agencies detail Ark, detail (1613) The Walters Art Museum in detail (c. 1856) (c. 1884) REBECCA McCUBBIN, President BECKY SWITZER (2018) working passionately across Oklahoma for the (c. 1875–85) J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles Baltimore Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art MAX WEITZENHOFFER, Vice President CYNTHIA ARMSTRONG (2018) protection and wellbeing of all animals. Lastly, Metropolitan Museum of Art in PAGE 12 PAGE 28 in New York in New York New York Edouard Manet Salvator Rosa PAGE 46 PAGE 60 GLENNA TANENBAUM, BRENT THACKERSON (2018) Secretary we thank all of the participants and speakers INSIDE FRONT COVER Young Lady in 1866, detail (1866) An Allegory of Fortune, detail Melchior d’ Hondecoeter Max Liebermann DAVID GRIFFIN, Treasurer JOHN OTTO (2018) who attended the Kirkpatrick Foundation’s Alexandre-François Desportes Metropolitan Museum of Art in (c. 1658–59) Peacocks, detail (1683) An Old Woman with Cat, ROBERT CLEMENTS, Past President LEE FAIRCHILD (2018) various convenings over the years, including the Panthers of Bacchus Eating Grapes, New York J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles Metropolitan Museum of Art detail (1878) detail (c. 1719–20) PAGE 14 PAGE 30 in New York J. Paul Getty Museum of Los ELIZABETH FARABEE two ANIMAL Conferences (2015 and 2018), the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Sir Thomas Lawrence Anthony van Dyck PAGE 48 Angeles GEORGE RECORDS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Intersection conference (2017), the Save Lives- New York Lady Maria Conyngham (died 1843), James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke Joseph Bartholomew Kidd PAGE 62 PAGES 2–3 detail (c. 1824–25) of Richmond and Lennox, detail Ivory-billed Woodpeckers, Nicolaes Berchem MARK ROBERTSON Kirkpatrick Foundation extends its gratitude to the Unite Oklahoma meeting (2018), the Mutt-I-Grees Hans Hoffmann Metropolitan Museum of Art in (c. 1633–35) detail Rest, detail (1644) LOUISA McCUNE, Ex Officio following individuals—not cited elsewhere in this convening (2014), and all of the Oklahoma Link A Hare in the Forest, detail New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in (c. 1830–31) Metropolitan Museum of Art ELIZABETH EICKMAN, Adviser report—for their service to the animals of Oklahoma Coalition sessions. (c. 1585) PAGE 18 New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles Wilhelm von Kobell PAGES 34-35 in New York PAGE 68 and beyond: PAGES 4–5 A Huntsman and a Peasant Woman Jean-Léon Gérôme PAGE 52 Jacob van Strij STAFF TEMPLE GRANDIN, Colorado State University Kirkpatrick Foundation, started by John Aelbert Cuyp by the Isar River with a View of Diogenes, detail (c. 1860) Jean-Baptiste Oudry Landscape with Cattle, LOUISA McCUNE, Executive Director SUE ANN ARNALL, Arnall Family Foundation and Eleanor Kirkpatrick, is a private Young Herdsmen with Cows, detail Munich, detail (1823) The Walters Art Museum in Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, detail (c. 1655–60) Metropolitan Museum of Art in Baltimore and Flowers, detail (1724) (c. 1800) KELLY BURLEY, Program Officer TIM HARRISON, Outreach for Animals foundation located in Oklahoma City. Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York PAGE 38 The Art Institute of Chicago Metropolitan Museum of Art AMANI McLEMORE, Accountant PAM KINGFISHER Since 1955, the foundation has funded New York PAGE 20 Eduard Gaertner PAGE 56 in New York PAGE 6 Jean-Baptiste Oudry Parochialstrasse in Berlin, detail George Stubbs BACK COVER KATHY McCORD, Office Manager MARILYN KING and STEVE KIRKPATRICK a wide range of endeavors, primarily Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Ducks Resting in Sunshine, detail (1831) The Third Duke of Dorset’s Paulus Potter MANDA OVERTURF SHANK, Program Officer TIFFANY and DON SMITH in the arts, culture, education, animal The Artist’s Dog Flèche, detail (1753) Metropolitan Museum of Art in Hunter with a Groom and a The “Piebald” Horse, detail ALANA SALISBURY, ArtDesk Managing Editor CYNTHIA ARCHINIACO wellbeing, environmental conservation, (c. 1881) Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Dog, detail (1768) (c. 1650–54) National Gallery of Art in New York Metropolitan Museum of Art J. Paul Getty Museum of CHRISTINE SITZ, Senior Program Officer SUSAN JOPLIN, St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral and historic preservation. Washington, DC in New York Los Angeles

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