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HSI was active in more than 35 nations last year. Our programs included disaster relief, protection,

veterinary and husbandry training, cruelty investigations, Iceland care and rescue, humane farming and slaughter, and public Sweden education. Here’s a glimpse of the range of our activities. Norway Finland R u s s i a

• Africa—elephant • India—HSI office; dog spay/ contraception (South Africa); neuter; hen battery cages; Estonia C a n a d a Denmark elephant desnaring (Kenya); disaster relief United Kingdom Latvia Netherlands Lithuania ivory trade (Kenya, Mali); dog • Indonesia—humane slaughter cull (Ethiopia); great apes Ireland HSI Poland Belarus training (Sumatra); Banda Aceh Germany Bel. protection (Congo, Sierra Czech Rep. veterinary school rebuilt and Lux. HSI S F Slovakia Kazakhstan Leone); seal hunt (Namibia) Austria Mold. France Switz. H ungary reopened Slovenia HSI Croatia Romania Mongolia Italy Bos. & • Armenia—animal shelter Herz. Serb. • Japan—: super- Mont. Bulgaria Mace. Georgia project Albania Kyrgyzstan N. Korea market whale meat campaign; Portugal Armenia Azerb. Uzbekistan United States Spain Greece Turkmenistan Tajikistan C h i n a • Bahamas—veterinary clinic dolphin kill Turkey Japan S S. Korea Malta Cyprus Syria • Belgium—HSI Europe office; • Latin America—sustainable Afghanistan F PACIFIC ATLANTIC Tunisia Lebanon Iran PACIFIC Israel ban on seal products; dog/cat tourism Morocco Jordan Pakistan fur ban in 27 EU nations Kuwait Nepal • Mexico—horse slaughter; D V Bahamas V Algeria Bhutan Libya Western Sahara Egypt Qatar Banglade sh • Brazil—hen battery cages; disaster relief; dog spay/neuter OCEAN (Occupied by Morocco) U.A.E. HSI D OCEAN T Burma pig gestation crates clinic; dolphin protection Cuba Dom. Rep. Laos Mexico Puerto Rico Mauritania Cape Verde Oman Belize Jamaica Haiti Mali Senegal Chad India • Cambodia—wildlife • Netherlands—ban on seal Guatemala Honduras Niger Eritrea Yemen Thailand Philippines Gambia Sudan Cambodia El Salvador Nicaragua Vietnam V protection products Guinea-Bissau Burkina Faso Dijbouti Panama Trinidad & Tobago Guinea Benin • Canada—HSI office; seal hunt • Nicaragua—; equine Costa Rica Venezuela Guyana Cote Togo Nigeria Sierra Leone d’IvoireGhana Palau HSI D French Guiana Central African Republic Ethiopia Somalia Sri Lanka Brunei program Suriname Liberia Cameroon Malaysia • Central America—wildlife Colombia Equatorial Guinea Uganda Sao Tome & Principe Congo protection (El Salvador, • Norway—whaling Ecuador V H Gabon Dem. Rep. Rwanda Kenya Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Peru Burundi • Panama—dolphin protection of Congo I n d o n e s i a Papua New Guinea Rica, Honduras) Tanzania Solomon Islands • Peru—dolphin protection; B r a z i l East Timor • China—dog/cat fur; rabies; Contraception/Ivory Trade OCEAN Angola equine project Malawi Samoa Zambia Vanuatu tiger farming Protection Fiji • Philippines— Bolivia Mozambique Mauritius INDIAN • Costa Rica—HSI office; Spay-Neuter/Dog Meat/Mass Poisoning/Anti-Rabies T Namibia Zimbabwe investigation; dog spay/neuter Tonga Botswana Madagascar disaster response; dog spay/ Paraguay OCEAN A u s t r a l i a • Puerto Rico—street dog Battery Cages Chile neuter; shark finning; livestock UN T S Swaziland HSI rescue EXPO D F Lesotho • Cuba—sea turtle trade South Africa • United States—UN treaties Wildlife Protection HSI HSI OfficeV H UN T S Argentina Uruguay • Denmark—whaling (N.Y.); International Whaling Tiger Farming EXPO D DisasterF Relief UN T S • Dominican Republic— Commission (Alaska); Expo UN HSI T VS H Shark Finning EXPO D F Dog/Cat Fur dolphin protection training/capacity building EXPO D F New Zealand HSI V H HSI V H • Iceland—whaling for delegates from 30 nations Hunting Humane Slaughter (Texas) Protection UN T S Shelter Program EXPO UN D TF S Livestock Husbandry UN T SustainableS Tourism HSI EXPOV DH F EXPO D F HSI V H Slaughter, Equine ProgramsHSI V VetH Clinic/Training 18 0 1000 Km

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Ireland HSI Belarus Germany Poland Bel. Czech Rep. Lux. Ukraine HSI S F Slovakia Kazakhstan Austria Mold. France Switz. H ungary Slovenia HSI Croatia Romania Mongolia Italy Bos. & Herz. Serb. Mont. Bulgaria Mace. Georgia Albania Kyrgyzstan N. Korea Portugal Armenia Azerb. Uzbekistan United States Spain Greece Turkmenistan Tajikistan C h i n a Turkey Japan S S. Korea Malta Cyprus Syria Afghanistan F PACIFIC ATLANTIC Tunisia Lebanon Iran PACIFIC Israel Morocco Iraq Jordan Pakistan Kuwait Nepal D V Bahamas V Algeria Bhutan Libya Western Sahara Egypt Qatar Banglade sh OCEAN (Occupied by Morocco) U.A.E. HSI D OCEAN T Saudi Arabia Burma Cuba Dom. Rep. Laos Mexico Puerto Rico Mauritania Cape Verde Oman Belize Jamaica Haiti Mali Senegal Chad India Guatemala Honduras Niger Eritrea Yemen Thailand Philippines Gambia Sudan Cambodia El Salvador Nicaragua Vietnam V Guinea-Bissau Burkina Faso Dijbouti Panama Trinidad & Tobago Guinea Benin Costa Rica Venezuela Guyana Cote Togo Nigeria Sierra Leone d’IvoireGhana Palau HSI D French Guiana Central African Republic Ethiopia Somalia Sri Lanka Brunei Suriname Liberia Cameroon Malaysia Colombia Equatorial Guinea Uganda Sao Tome & Principe Congo Ecuador V H Gabon Dem. Rep. Rwanda Kenya Peru Burundi of Congo I n d o n e s i a Papua New Guinea Tanzania Solomon Islands B r a z i l East Timor OCEAN Angola Malawi Samoa Zambia Vanuatu Fiji Bolivia Mozambique Mauritius INDIAN T Namibia Zimbabwe Botswana Tonga Paraguay Madagascar OCEAN Chile A u s t r a l i a Swaziland HSI Lesotho South Africa Argentina Uruguay

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The HSUS • 2007 Annual Report 19 Litigating and Campaigning From Congress to Courthouse to Statehouse, the Victories Mount

Our litigation team continued filing and winning precedent-setting cases. With an expanded staff of 13 attorneys and a major new partnership with Georgetown University Law Center, we won legal victories to protect three critically endangered whale species from gear entanglement deaths, dolphins from capture in tuna nets, Canada lynx from commercial trapping, and mountain lions from hunting. Other successes included bans on horse slaughter, cockfighting, and captive hunting; mandatory inspections for dogs raised in Florida puppy mills; and thousands of dollars in pollution fines for Rescued fighting cock a foie gras producer. orders, cracked down on animal cruelty and 86 New State Laws Passed in 2007 More than a dozen new lawsuits were filed, fighting, prohibited the private ownership of and we helped prosecutors bring scores of Companion 30 exotic pets, and banned cockfighting, horse Animals animal abusers and animal fighters to justice. slaughter, and Internet hunting. Animal 24 Hundreds of lawyers from the country’s top Cruelty/Fighting legal firms donated some $2.3 million in pro We also helped to launch ballot initiative Hunting/Wildlife 12 bono legal work to help our HSUS legal team campaigns that would ban greyhound racing Exotics/Animals 6 confront offenders in courts from California in Massachusetts and prohibit the cruel in Entertainment to New York. confinement of animals on industrial factory Disasters 5 farms in California and Colorado. The farm c humanesociety.org/litigation Animals in 3 animal measures have the potential to Law Enforcement mitigate the suffering of 24 million animals. Fur 2 HSUS lobbyists helped to gain passage of Initiatives were also supported to prohibit Farm Animals 2 a record 86 new animal protection laws in aerial wolf hunting in Alaska and captive state legislatures. They mandated disaster hunts in North Dakota. Horses 1 planning for pets, allowed companion animals c humanesociety.org/legislation Animals in 1 to be part of domestic violence protective Research

The HSUS • 2007 Annual Report 21 Strengthening and Engaging Vets Are a New Force within The HSUS Ranks

Animals gained a powerful new voice in the veterinary community when The HSUS and the 3,500-member Association of Veterinarians for (AVAR) agreed to join forces. While The HSUS has been building our veterinary assets for years, our corporate combination with the animal protection movement’s only veterinary organization represents a major infusion of talent and resources. The new entity, called the Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA), will focus on advocacy and hands-on services and will give veterinarians, along with veterinary technicians and students, an opportunity to participate in animal protection work. RAVS veterinary training in El Salvador

HSVMA will offer a home for veterinarians unacceptable practices. These include horse who want to work more actively on animal Supporting Our Partners slaughter for human consumption, the use of welfare issues and provide an alternative randomly sourced dogs and cats for research, to industry-oriented veterinary groups that The HSUS awarded $6,801,762 in grants to foie gras production that abuses ducks and often side against animals on a range of 438 animal care organizations in 2007, making geese, and factory farm confinement of us the third largest U.S.-based grant maker to animals in small crates and cages that barely humane programs. Fulfilling our post-Katrina allow them to move. Rural Area Veterinary Services (RAVS) pledge to improve on the U.S. and Abroad The HSUS’s longstanding partnerships with economically deprived Gulf Coast, we gave veterinary professionals—in the areas of close to $900,000 to 56 shelters in Louisiana Number of Animals Treated 6,231 disaster response, spay/neuter initiatives, and Mississippi; $800,000 to the Louisiana and animal care at sanctuaries and wildlife State University veterinary school to launch Number of Treatments Given 26,490 centers—will continue to grow. So, too, will a community animal health program; and $600,000 to build an emergency shelter in Dollar Value of Treatments Given $1,003,420 our Rural Area Veterinary Services (RAVS) program that last year delivered more than Dixon, La. We also committed $2 million for Number of Veterinary Schools Involved 25 26,000 treatments to animals in underserved a regional spay/neuter campaign. communities here and abroad. Number of Volunteers 530 c humanesociety.org/vets

The HSUS • 2007 Annual Report 23 New Initiatives Widen Our Services and Scope

In May, we launched an innovative program called Humane Wildlife Services in the Washington, D.C., area and on Cape Cod, Mass. It provides direct assistance to homeowners and businesses in need of humane and effective solutions to urban wildlife problems. In eight months, we serviced 224 jobs and answered more than 1,000 phone calls from home and property owners seeking advice in the D.C. area.

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Humane Wildlife Response by Species

Raccoon 72 Squirrel 62 Bat 18 Starling 16

Rodent 12 Groundhog 9 Snake 7 Opossum 5 Chimney Swift 5 Fox 4 House Sparrow 4 Deer 3 Flying Squirrel 3 Skunk 1 Crow 1 Northern Flicker 1 Duck 1

24 Other new programs include Humane Capital The HSUS in the News Partners, the first animal protection venture capital fund that invests in companies Print and Video: Media Hits (2002–2007) producing humane products and services and 30,000 27,973 helps animal-friendly businesses grow in the 25,000 marketplace. Animals and Religion is an 20,000 interfaith initiative that engages people and 16,343 15,888 institutions on an array of critical animal 15,000 protection issues. 10,000 7,542 6,374 c humanesociety.org/religion 5,000 1,628 0

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 More Habitat for Our Wild for mitigating development impacts on Percentage of Media Hits by Issue (2007) The HSUS Wildlife Land Trust added more native wildlife. Close to 1,000 Florida gopher Animals in Research than a dozen properties and projects to tortoises, buried alive or imperiled by Wildlife 5% 2% our portfolio of sanctuaries and protected construction projects that also destroyed Cruelty 7% habitat areas, which now encompass nearly their habitats, were rescued and relocated, as Animal were more than 200 box turtles in Maryland Hunting Fighting 2 million acres in 36 states and seven foreign 8% 35% countries. We also worked with developers and . and government officials to develop protocols c wlt.org Farm Animals 9% Animals Cared for by The HSUS in 2007 Building Expertise Fur 10% Natural Disasters 1,840 and Sharpening Skills Pets 24% Human-Caused Crises 12,108 We conducted a series of events that trained

Animal Care Centers people and recognized talented individuals for their work for animals. More than 1,500 cat workshops. Some 4,000 people sought Cape Wildlife Center 1,610 people from 30 countries attended our annual information on shelter-related issues from Black Beauty Ranch 1,254 Animal Care Expo; 1,160 participated in our fundraising to euthanasia. HSUS staff FFA Wildlife Center 1,035 online shelter volunteer management training organized and conducted hundreds of program; some 1,000 attended our Taking workshops on topics ranging from political Rural Area Veterinary Services 6,231 Action for Animals conference; 1,172 lobbying to investigating animal fighting to

Total Animals Cared For 24,078 participated in Lobby 101 workshops around coping with compassion fatigue in shelters. the country, and close to 500 attended feral

The HSUS • 2007 Annual Report 25 The 22nd Annual HSUS Honor the Best in Activism and the Media

he 2007 Wyler Award, conferred on a Sid Caesar Comedy Award Tcelebrity or public figure for their According to Jim “Guinea Pygmalion” — ABC commitment to animal advocacy and ability Domineering dad’s love for a very small family pet. to raise public awareness, was presented to Dramatic TV Series 18-year-old actress Hayden Panettiere at the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation “Lying Down with annual HSUS Genesis Awards, which recognize Dogs” — CBS those in major media whose work exposes Brutality and sadism in the dogfighting underground. animal abuse and celebrates their humane TV Newsmagazine — National treatment. Sir Paul McCartney won the 60 Minutes multiple episodes — CBS inaugural award established in honor of Endangered elephants and mountain gorillas. , the Broadway and Hollywood TV Newsmagazine – Cable/Local/PBS/Syndicated actress, animal advocate, and former HSUS Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel “Bred to Die” and vice president who founded the Genesis “Faster Horses” — HBO Awards 22 years ago and died last year. Dogfighting and illegal doping of racehorses.

Panettiere was cited for “using her courage, National TV News Feature compassion, and celebrity to draw worldwide HSUS President & CEO presenting The Wyler CBS Evening News with Katie Couric multiple attention to Japan’s cruel dolphin slaughter.” Award to star Hayden Panettiere for her protest of segments — CBS Reports on a tiger sanctuary, horse racing, dogfighting. Presenters included comedian and political Japan’s dolphin slaughter satirist ; Hollywood veteran James Local TV News Series Cromwell; and Ben Stein, writer, actor, and game show host. Year of the Dog was named top WAGA-TV FOX 5 (Atlanta) “Fox Pens: Fair Hunt?” feature film; the Sid Caesar Comedy Award went to ABC’s show According to Jim; and best Dogs kill captive foxes in a perverse new . documentary was judged to be Sharkwater. A Special Recognition Award was given to famed WKYC-TV (Cleveland) “Pig Farm Abuse” restaurateur and humane advocate Wolfgang Puck. Appalling cruelty on a factory farm. Local TV News Feature Winners and Honorees KHOU-TV (Houston) multiple segments Feature Film Documentary Film Horse slaughter, elephant abuse, fur fraud, dogfighting. Year of the Dog — Paramount Vantage Sharkwater — Atlantis/Alliance National TV Morning Show Compassionate portrait of an animal activist. Shark finning threatens the oceans’ top predator. Sunday Morning multiple segments — CBS War zone animals, training shelter dogs, retired elephants.

26 Bill Maher presenting the Sid Caesar Comedy Award to Debra Skelton presenting the Documentary Film Award to Kate Flannery and Kaley Cuoco presenting the National According to Jim writer/producer Judd Pillot Sharkwater writer/director/narrator Rob Stewart TV Newsmagazine Award to 60 Minutes producers Solly Granatstein and Andy Court

Esai Morales presenting the Local News Series Award to James Cromwell presenting the Feature Film Award to Kyle MacLachlan presenting the National News Feature WKYC-TV Cleveland reporter Bill Safos Year of the Dog writer/director Mike White Award to CBS Evening News with Katie Couric producer Marc Lieberman and correspondent Bill Whitaker TV Documentary Periodical Article Columnist Planet in Peril — CNN Gourmet Stu Bykofsky — Philadelphia Daily News Exotic animal trade in Thailand’s street markets. “The Occasional Vegetarian” Captive elephants, foie gras, Thanksgiving turkeys. Cruelties endured by chickens raised for human food. International Video The Wyler Award The Cairo Connection — various countries Newspaper Magazine Article Hayden Panettiere Global trafficking in bush meat. Chicago Tribune Protesting Japan’s dolphin slaughter. “Is Going Soft?” Brigitte Bardot International Print Special Recognition New perspectives on the . The Japan Times Wolfgang Puck Cruelty and health risks of eating dolphin meat. Series of Newspaper Articles World-class chef embraces humane food sourcing. Tulsa World Probe of Oklahoma’s huge industry.

The HSUS • 2007 Annual Report 27 Financial Operations Report For the Year Ending December 31, 2007

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Consolidated Statement of Activities Dec. 31, 2007 Temporarily Permanently Year Ending Assets Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Dec. 31, 2007 Revenue, Other Additions, and Transfers Cash and cash equivalents $ 63,107,007 Contributions and grants $ 74,963,590 $ 15,044,471 $ 262,977 $ 90,271,038 Receivables 14,726,054 Bequests 12,306,498 5,826,409 11,085 18,143,992 Prepaid expenses, deferred charges, and deposits 919,404 Investment income 6,336,252 556,454 11,529 6,904,235 Investments, at market value 137,997,005 Sale of and other income, net 4,492,188 741,520 — 5,233,708 Fixed assets, net of depreciation 16,316,729 Total Revenue and Other Additions $ 98,098,528 $ 22,168,854 $ 285,591 $ 120,552,973 Total Assets $ 233,066,199 Transfers (net assets released from restrictions) 21,033,877 (21,033,877) — — Liabilities $ 26,540,932 Total Revenue, Other Additions, $ 119,132,405 $ 1,134,977 $ 285,591 $ 120,552,973 Net Assets and Transfers Unrestricted 147,658,433 Expenses and Other Deductions Temporarily restricted 29,511,836 Animal protection programs Permanently restricted 29,354,998 Research and education $ 7,182,218 $ — $ — $ 7,182,218 Total Net Assets $ 206,525,267 Field and disaster response program 13,654,970 — — 13,654,970 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 233,066,199 Domestic cruelty prevention program 7,204,395 — — 7,204,395 Wildlife programs 11,826,770 — — 11,826,770

Distribution of $6.8 million in HSUS Grant Awards Animal care facilities 6,677,918 — — 6,677,918

Other Animals in Research Campaigns, litigation, and investigations 27,351,171 — — 27,351,171 Wildlife $123,130 $75,500 International animal programs 8,023,368 — — 8,023,368 $207,141 Strategic communications 13,239,390 — — 13,239,390 International $724,870 Supporting services

Companion Management and general 4,805,791 — — 4,805,791 Animals $2,876,892 Fundraising 12,861,237 — — 12,861,237 Farm Animals Total Expenses and Other Deductions $ 112,827,228 $ — $ — $ 112,827,228 $1,678,120 Change in net assets from operations $ 6,305,177 $ 1,134,977 $ 285,591 $ 7,725,745 Realized and unrealized gain on investments 4,801,248 169,376 797,116 5,767,740 Disaster and Equine Emergency Services Change in Net Assets $ 11,106,425 $ 1,304,353 $ 1,082,707 $ 13,493,485 $118,119 $997,990 Net assets at January 1, 2007, as previously reported $ 142,006,266 $ 28,207,483 $ 28,272,291 $ 198,486,040 Adoption of FAS 158-Postretirement Benefits Adjustment (5,454,258) — — (5,454,258) The HSUS is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Net Assets at Jan. 1, 2007, as adjusted $ 136,552,008 $ 28,207,483 $ 28,272,291 $ 193,031,782 Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. The HSUS’s audited financial statements are available upon request. Net Assets, end of year $ 147,658,433 $ 29,511,836 $ 29,354,998 $ 206,525,267 28 Our Goals for 2008

Make dogfighting a felony in all 50 States by passing new laws in Idaho and Wyoming. Upgrade animal fighting laws in 15 others.

Pass a landmark ballot initiative in California to phase out pig gestation crates, veal crates, and hen battery cages; ban veal and gestation crates in Colorado.

Double the current list of some 400 restaurant chains, food service providers, and educational institutions who have halted or minimized the use of eggs from battery cages. Add 25 more fashion retailers and designers to

Photos the 100 who have quit using fur and fur trim. all photos: © The HSUS, unless otherwise noted (Listed from top to bottom and left to right) cover © The HSUS / Kathy Milani Pass meaningful federal legislation in Congress including the p2 © David Peterson Captive Primate Safety Act, the Bear Protection Act, the Dog and Cat Fur Prohibition p4 © 2008 Rachael Spiegel Photography p8 © The HSUS / Laurie Maxwell Enforcement Act, and a ban on imports from foreign puppy mills. p9, top © Doug Mills / / Redux p10, bottom © Joel Azel / Aurora p12 © The HSUS / Marcus Gyger Stop the commercial seal hunt in Canada. p13, bottom © The HSUS / Marcus Gyger p14 © Swiss Animal Protection / East International Close the loopholes in federal laws that allow some downed cattle to © The HSUS / Karremann p15, left © Peter Arnold enter the food supply and permit sport-hunted polar bear trophies to be imported into the U.S. p15, right © Peter Arnold p16 © Kartick Satyanarayan / Wildlife SOS p22 © The HSUS / John Griffin Increase our animal sanctuaries from three to five, establishing p24 © Jamie Wilson / Fotolia The HSUS as ’s leading provider of direct care to animals. p25 © Michael Olson / iStockPhoto p26–27 © Long Photography Complete our “after Katrina” project to help some 60 shelters in Louisiana © 2008 The HSUS. All Rights Reserved. and Mississippi provide greater care for dogs and cats, to encourage more people to spay and neuter their animals, and to adopt pets from shelters.

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