Friday, January 16, 2009

DONATIONS TO ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS ON THE RISE

I wonder if this might eventually impact agriculture?

LRK

(AgWeb.com) -- In 2008, there appeared to be an increase in well-funded animal rights activities directed at animal agriculture, according to the Animal Agriculture Alliance research. In 2007, the latest reporting period available for review, charitable donations to animal rights groups rose 11% providing activist groups funds to develop activities such as California’s Proposition 2, legislative initiatives and legal actions. Donations to the extremist People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and its subsidiaries increased 11%. Total donations to the most significant domestic and international animal-rights groups reached nearly $330 million in 2007.