Watchdog group, Charity Watch has lowered the ranking of HSUS downgrading it to a D grade. That’s thanks in part to highly inefficient spending practices. Charity Watch officials say they made the ranking after learning that 48 percent of the HSUS budget is spent on overhead costs. Animal Ag Alliance’s Hannah Thompson Weeman wasn’t surprised by the ranking of HSUS which has consistently attacked U.S. agriculture.
She says it’s important farmers and ranchers stay vigilant regarding the workings of HSUS and other activist groups. Weeman says another watchdog group, Humane Watch has also been monitoring HSUS and found the count fundraising material as educational costs.
Weeman hopes that due to the monitoring by these watchdog groups it’ll lead to those who donate to HSUS to give their money to local animal shelters rather than HSUS.
HSUS recently lost its accreditation from Animal Charity Evaluators. ACE considers ethical leadership and a healthy work environment to be important components for an effective charity
