SPCA International raised nearly $ 27 million to help animals worldwide , tax records show . Nearly all of that money was spent on fund-raising expenses , records show . Yet the charity admitted that only 26 of the nearly 500 animals transported to the United States from Iraq and Afghanistan were actually service animals . The organization also paid for a number of trips and other costs associated with its work in the United States, including travel by staff members and their families. It said the program resettled soldiers ' companion animals , but most were strays .
SPCA International raised nearly $ 27 million to help animals worldwide , tax records show . Nearly all of that money was spent on fund-raising expenses , records show . The organization also paid for a number of trips and other costs associated with its work in the United States, including travel by staff members and their families. It said the program resettled soldiers ' companion animals , but most were strays .