Letters for Jan. 13: Abortion, gun 'accidents,' animal-rights groups

Donations are not being used to help animals

Re: “When animal rights groups attack,” Jan. 5

Donors to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals surely have no idea their money is going to pay a whopping $9.3 million settlement in a federal racketeering lawsuit. A recent poll of 1,000 donors to the Humane Society of the United States, which is still a defendant in the racketeering litigation, found that 75 percent of donors gave to the organization to help pet shelters reduce the pet euthanasia rate. The numbers are surely similar for the ASPCA’s donors.