Very little money given to the USHS goes to saving animals. You can google it rather then take my word for it.
I work with many shelters and rescues. I am more inclined to learn about local shelters and try to help them. These are the groups in the trenches, working with the animals. These groups depend mostly on volunteers and local donations! They are in need of just about everything... food, blankets, even office supplies. Most of the help volunteer their time.
If you are looking for a more well known origination. You would want to check out Best Friends.
http://www.bestfriends.org/ This is the group who took in the Michael Vick dogs that weren't ready for adoption. They are awesome!
There is an underground the many people aren't aware of who on their own time pull dogs and cats out of kill shelters, find fosters, coordinate transports, overnight them, transport, crosspost for these guys on the internet and via e-mail, shelters and fosters who take them in, make sure their shots are up to date, spay and neuter them, make sure they are healthy and advertise on petfinder.com, interview the prospective parents (to assure they aren't going back into a bad situation) and then place them into their new homes. Most if not all of these people do not get paid. These dogs are sold for anywhere from $50 to $150. As you can see so much more money then that goes into saving just one dog or cat.
I've worked with some of these people. Some have a hard time getting gas money for themselves, but will put their last dollar into the gas tank to save one of these animals!
We've pulled 10 lb dogs out of puppy mills who weighed 30 lbs because of the feces that had accumulated on their little bodies. Volenteers clean them up and get them ready for adoption. Fosters take them in and house them for sometimes months.
I guess, my point is. The big organizations who are getting the money are not passing it down. I think it's the little shelters who are in such need of help. The cries for help for the little groups and shelters are not heard because they don't have the money to advertise.
Thanks for asking...
