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Frisco Humane Society is and always has been an ethical organization. The Board of Directors would like to address the review comments that were made by a disgruntled volunteer. We had some volunteers resign in 2013. Some of these former volunteers started their own rescue organization or joined this new rescue organization. We believe these comments were posted on Guidestar.org to prevent our organization from being approved for a sponsorship relationship with another organization for which we applied for participation. Part of the approval process included being in good standing with the public. We believe these comments were posted during our approval process with the intent of having our application denied based on public views of our organization. Rather than moving forward and focusing their efforts on rescuing and helping animals, these individuals have their primary focus on disparaging our organization. 1) In 2007, it was discovered by our President that our Texas charter or certificate of authority was forfeited due to a renewal form not being renewed in 2003 when it expired. This filing is required every four years. The renewal notice had been made to a former volunteer who had not been associated with the organization for several years and to an old address which the volunteer had not lived at for many years. The required document was re-filed immediately when we discovered the oversight. Our franchise tax/sales and use tax exemptions were re-instated back to their inception dates of 10/23/2001 with no penalties or adverse impact to our organization or to any of our supports/vendors. Our Texas franchise status can be verified online at https://mycpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/Index.html. The FHS taxpayer id is 17529654679. 2) The Frisco Humane Society is very ethical, professional and frugal with its financial management. Our financials are public record and filed with the IRS and available for public review. Our financial spend is valid and our records include sufficient documentation for the expense. There is no unethical activity related to the financial management of our organization. 3) The services of two volunteers which had existing foster animals were terminated in 2013. These volunteers were given multiple options regarding their foster animals which included allowing them to transfer their fully vetted animals to another rescue organization, FHS asking for the animals to be given back to us and/or offering to find new fosters for them in order for the animals to remain in our program. Our requests for the return of the animals were denied by both of the terminated volunteers. We have termination letters, attorney letters and legal documents to support this. One of these individuals even filed two lawsuits against FHS for which FHS prevailed in both matters. Upon their termination from FHS both of these volunteers became members of the new rescue organization that we mentioned above. 4) The FHS bylaws, Articles of Incorporation and IRS Form 1023 state that the organization was established to help unwanted, homeless, abused animals and animals in need. In early 2013, a FHS volunteer's mother found a stray, injured Pitbull and asked if we could take the animal in to our foster animal program. The Board made a decision based on its current policy at the time that we could not take the Pitbull, Red Duke, into our adoption program but that we would financially provide the medical care that the animal needed for its injuries, provide the medical for neutering, vaccinations, heartworm treatment, etc. and that we would promote the dog on our Website and Petfinder site for adoption. Red Duke was taken to one of our participating veterinarians for his medical and vetting needs; the payment for these services was rendered directly to our veterinarian. Some of our former volunteers have misrepresented the facts related to this situation stating that we used funds to care for an individual’s personal dog thus misusing the organizations funds. We have Board Meeting minutes to support the decision that was made and stating that Red Duke was a found, injured stray animal, not someone’s personal pet. After being vetted by FHS, Red Duke was accepted in to the adoption program by another rescue organization (Collin County Castaways), renamed Duke, and is currently on Adopt-A-Pet.com for adoption at http://www.adoptapet.com/pet/8682164-mckinney-texas-american-pit-bull-terrier-mix. We have also since revised our policy our allowing the admittance of Pitbulls into our program. 5) The Board of Directors has never done anything illegal. These comments are just being thrown out there with nothing to support them in order to continue to slander/liable the Board and the organization. 6) The FHS 2008 financials were audited by the IRS in 2011. The final determination letter from the IRS was issued in 2012. These are public records documents and are available for public review upon request or at guidestar.org.