Cornell was awarded Rhoda Hogan’s $125,000 bequest in 2007. Mrs Hogan wanted it to be used to help end declawing. Mrs Hogan’s bequest decision was approved by the courts in NH.

Cornell lied and said they used $100,000 of it to make 6 short and simple videos in 2008. Cornell Rhoda Hogan’s Bequest Story

Almost 14 years later Cornell still hadn’t used her remaining $25,000.

I’m the only one who has been shining light on this horrible injustice since we heard about it in 2016. Rhoda Hogan doesn’t have any living relatives.

Please sign our petition to Cornell. Cornell Petition

Regarding the remaining $25,000.

In Dec. 2016 Cornell’s Sr. Public Affairs Officer with the College of Veterinary Medicine sent a note to the NH courts that said this.

“The Center’s current leadership intends to use the funds to support novel public outreach efforts to encourage non-surgical alternatives to declawing. They are actively evaluating the most effective means for carrying out this plan.”

IT TOOK CORNELL ANOTHER 4 YEARS TO COME UP WITH THE IDEA ABOUT THESE BROCHURES?

Cornell ALSO finally told the courts in 2020 that they were going to develop “a brochure that outlines, in part, the destructive scratching behavior that is inherent to cats and different ways to deter this behavior to preclude declawing.” They said they would ship them out to 200 shelters in America.

What did Cornell really do?

They copied their 2002 Destructive scratching brochure WORD FOR WORD, switched out the photo of the former director with the current director, Bruce Kornreich, and changed the cover.

Yep.

HERE’S THE OLD 2002 BROCHURE.

Here’s the brochure that Cornell said they were going to develop with Rhoda Hogan’s $25,000. It’s the same one as their 2002 Destructive Behavior brochure except for the cover and photo of Bruce Kornreich.

Does Bruce Kornreich hate women or does he not really care if declawing is banned? Here’s more about Bruce and declawing. Remember in 2016 when he gave an interview for a newspaper and said, “Amputating A Cat’s Toes and Claws “Might Cause Some Degree of Discomfort.” Interview With Kornreich about Declawing

Then Cornell made another new brochure called, “What to expect when adopting a feline friend” that has NOTHING to do with declawing.

What even more egregious is that they had the audacity to CONDONE declawing in both these brochures even though so much has changed since that old one was made.

Here’s the paragraph that condones this inhumane, cruel, and unnecessary amputation procedure. No, declawing should NEVER be considered and the cat should be re-homed if all the strategies are unsuccessful.

“Thoughtful consultation with your veterinarian is recommended if you are considering this procedure for your cat. Declawing should be considered only as an absolute last resort when all other strategies are unsuccessful, and only in cases in which a cat’s scratching would necessitate removal from the home.”

Here’s the link to the “new” Rhoda Hogan brochures on Cornell’s website. Cornell’s “new” brochures

Cornell didn’t even put Rhoda Hogan’s name on this announcement about the brochures on their website.

Here’s more info from the NH courts.

Dec. 2016 note to the NH courts from Claudia Wheatley, the Sr. Public Affairs Officer with the College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University.

Sept. 2020 I received a note from Diane Murphy Quinlan, Esq., Assistant Director of Charitable Trusts, Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General.

“With respect to the remaining $25,702 of the gift that has not yet been spent, Cornell is in the process of developing a brochure that outlines, in part, the destructive scratching behavior that is inherent to cats and different ways to deter this behavior to preclude declawing.

If the funds are available, Cornell is also considering creating an additional brochure that outlines what to expect when adopting a cat, including behaviors a new owner might encounter (such as scratching) and strategies to manage these behaviors. These brochures will be distributed free of charge to approximately 200 cat adoption agencies located in states that do not currently have declawing bans and in which there is no current pending legislation to ban declawing in cats. The expected budget for this project is approximately $26,000, and the materials are expected to be distributed in the spring of 2021.”

Here’s more info about how Cornell lied.

Just to show you how Cornell can’t be trusted, here’s part of a note that a NH Dept. of Justice official, Terry Knowles, sent me in 2016.

Cornell was talking about their 2002 Destructive Behavior brochure in the 2007 letter they sent to Rhoda Hogan’s lawyer to try to persuade him into thinking that Cornell was the best candidate for Rhoda Hogan’s $125,000.

From Terry Knowles, “By letter dated January 3, 2007 addressed to Attorney Hall, the Cornell Feline Health Center stated: “Legislation that would forbid declawing is unlikely to become a reality but we’ve discovered that, with proper training, cats rarely require the procedure. As stated in one of the client information pieces produced by the Center, ‘Declawing or permanent removal of the claws, should be considered only as a last resort when the above strategies have been unsuccessful, and in cases where a cat’s scratching would otherwise necessitate its removal from your home.’ This brochure provided in written format to thousands of cat owners yearly with text also available at [link to site which describes methods to redirect scratching].” The letter goes on to state “Should the Center be a recipient of Ms. Hogan’s estate, we will use a portion to create an online educational video that discusses destructive scratching and ways to prevent it. Web-based videos have the potential to reach tens of thousands of cat owners yearly, and if the methods to be described in the video are utilized, hundreds of thousands of cats are likely to avoid declawing.”

Then in 2016 Cornell’s senior official was completely lying to my supporters and saying that Cornell used Rhoda Hogan’s money for the videos and for this 2002 Destructive Behavior brochure that was made 5 years BEFORE they received Mrs Hogan’s money. Here’s a screenshot of the emails sent from Cornell about how they used the bequest.

And NOW Cornell copied the SAME 2002 Destructive Behavior brochure and said they used her $25,000 to make it.

It really doesn’t get more absurd and low than this.

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This is OUR estimate of this project based on investigating how much it costs for these things.

Printing two brochures. $3000

Photo-shopping in a new cover and photo of new Director Bruce Kornreich. $400

Shipping for 100 brochures to 200 shelters at $20 each. $4000

Costs for making extra brochure that has NOTHING to do with declawing. $1500.

Total estimate of this project on the high end. $$8900.

Cornell’s cost to do this project. $25,702

What did Cornell do with the remaining $16,802???

Mrs Hogan had no living relatives and we are the only one who is helping her.

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Cornell Feline Health Center Gave Another Big FU To Mrs Rhoda Hogan’s $125,000 Bequest

What did Cornell really do?