Dear Roofus supporters,

We’ve had a tip-off to take a closer look at Sydney Dogs & Cats Home’s annual financial statements and need your help making sense of it all.

Here's the expenditure breakdown from their 2024 Annual Report.

It looks like salaries and marketing make up about 75% of the shelter’s operating expenses.

Some q's:

• Is this normal for an animal shelter?
• Should employment expenses comprise the majority of running costs?
• Should there be any animal care expenses?

A former volunteer of two years disclosed that the charity operates on a shoestring budget and that even professional services, such as marketing, are donated by volunteers. How does that match what’s shown here?

If you’ve volunteered or worked with SDCH and can shed light on how these numbers work in practice, please reach out to us at voices4roofus@protonmail.com. Anonymous tips are welcome via Proton accounts.

Thank you all for your early support in demanding transparency about Roofus. It’s incredible that over 200 individuals care enough to stand in solidarity – in less than a week! Let’s hope he isn’t an angel looking down on us, but somewhere here on earth — feeling, maybe for the first time, that he matters because so many of us care. Thank you for sharing Roofus’s story and helping us demand the transparency he deserves.

***Here is a folder of SDCH's annual reports, should they ever become inaccessible on the website***