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Bequest Battle Over Whittell Estate Divides Animal Groups
In a California probate fight, 29 animal welfare societies vie for funds from Captain George M Whittell Jr’s 25 million dollar bequest. the court must decide the distribution of roughly six million remaining after earlier gifts. Entities involved include the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in San Francisco and various humane groups across Nevada and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Calif
UPL
George M Whittell Jr
Whittell
Society
Lake Tahoe
Woodside
San Francisco Peninsula
Girvan Peck
San Francisco
Peck
Defenders of Wildlife
Audubon
San Mateo County
James T O'Keefe
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Ocal
National
California
Raymond B. Haizlip
San Francisco Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Haizlip
The
Humane Society of
Beacon County
Associated Humane Society of New Jersey
Peninsula Humane Society
Palo Alto Humane Society
American Humane Association
Pets Ulimited
Marin County
Monterey County Humane Society
Washington Humane Society
Aldina Stevens
Placerville
George M. Whittell JR
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
UPI