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THE DEAD CRITTER LOOPHOLE
April 06, 2005
The Humane Society of the U.S. is a charity that thinks some charitable donations just aren't right. From an HSUS press release issued yesterday:
A two-year undercover investigation by The HSUS has revealed that several museums have been accepting donations of trophies from animals hunted for their heads and their hides."These museums offer wealthy trophy hunters a tax break, bilk the federal Treasury of untold millions of dollars, and encourage more killing of our precious wildlife, including rare species," said Wayne Pacelle, HSUS president and CEO. "Congress must act quickly to eliminate the loophole that results in the bankrolling of big game hunting expeditions."
The Humane Society cites the Wyobraska Wildlife Museum in Gering, Nebraska as enabling this "abuse."
It does seem that the museum was justified in giving a tax break to whoever bagged this:
Not to mention this:
Passenger Pigeon
All this makes our earlier idea of an Internet Museum of Digital Photography sound better and better.
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Ummm.... I have some cats that I'd like to charitably donate. Can I get a tax break?
Posted by: blue fish | April 8, 2005 11:43 PM