The Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition - http://www.cwapc.org "The Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition (CWAPC), a new and innovative consortium of zoo professionals, sanctuary operators, and animal protection groups, believes the practice of keeping wild animals as pets is both dangerous for people and inhumane for animals."

This is the group which recently proposed killing confiscated tigers because none of their sanctuaries would take them because they lacked space and money.

See the combined incomes of participants listed below from www.guidestar.org ... Since GuideStar doesn't list some of the groups, this is not even a grand total of the participants' combined assets... Additionally, IFAW and HSUS has its divisions on GuideStar segregated by regional areas, so these amounts aren't overall totals . Also, these organizations have large full-time staffs and they have full-time lobbyists.

Org Assets Income Year
Humane Society of the United States $102,819,945 $57,177,692 2001
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals $66,038,980 $40,951,130 2001
The Summerlee Foundation $52,188,414 Not on GuideStar N/A
International Fund for Animal Welfare $24,769,638 $14,950,443 2001
Oakland Zoo $20,498,648 $12,293,098 2001
Fund for Animals $19,596,077 $6,926,644 2001
Detroit Zoological Institute $13,898,002 $15,500,175 2001
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals $11,801,362 $4,746,716 2000
Performing Animal Welfare Society $6,428,836 $2,360,916 2001
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals $6,403,799 $13,867,001 2001
Marin Humane Society $6,373,494 $4,048,353 2001
Folsom Zoo/Sanctuary $3,516,463 $1,282,290 N/A
Animal Protection Institute $3,071,006 $1,473,313 2001
African Elephant Conservation Trust $367,537 $221,270 2000
The Association of Sanctuaries, Inc. $65,298 $94,915 2001
Kimya Institute $59,528 $70,394 2001
Born Free Foundation Not on GuideStar Not on GuideStar N/A
Texas Humane Legislative Network Not on GuideStar Not on GuideStar N/A
The Science & Conservation Center Not on GuideStar Not on GuideStar N/A
Totals $337,897,027 $175,964,350

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Karen Hawkins
Off The Wall
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