1. Local rescue groups and shelters – Even if you didn’t adopt a pet from a local rescue group or shelter, consider that these organizations are part of your community. These are the people who work tirelessly to find owners of lost dogs, or often to find homes for those pets who have been abandoned. They are the people taking care of the feral cat population, working to stop the population from growing, and to ease the suffering of those in colonies that already exist. They work endlessly to clean up the problems that other humans have created. By donating your time or money, you can help them do their job, and assume responsibility for the well being of your own community.
2. The Leone Cosens memorial feeding fund“>The Soi Dog Foundation on the island of Phuket in Thailand is working to set an example for Asian countries in controlling the huge populations of stray dogs and cats, and improving their lives. In six years, the group has spayed and neutered over 23,000 dogs and cats on the island, as well as feeding up to 600 dogs who congregate at the island’s temples. This is in addition to caring for over 200 animals at their shelter. The Soi Dog Foundation needs your help to sponsor care for dogs, and to help buy land for a new shelter.
3. Amsdale Gessessee Foundation in Ethiopia has appeared previously on this blog when Kim Santini featured a painting of one very special dog looking to find a safe home in the United States as part of her painting-a-dog-a-day project. The Amsale Gessesse Memorial Foundation operates on the principle of nonviolence and respect for all life and its founder’s deep and abiding belief in biocentricity and the interconnectidness of all life. The foundation promotes non hierarchical and non-exploitative relationships between human beings and all other life forms.
4. The Rabies Challenge Fund Vaccinations pose serious health threats to our animal companions, including cancer and behavioral issues. World renown veterinarian Jean Dodds is raising money for research to support the decrease in the number of rabies vaccines required by law. Think it can’t happen to your pet? Think again.
5. Shelter Animal Reiki Association was created to foster the development of Reiki programs in shelters to improve the lives of animals there, as well as to educate the public about the benefits of Reiki. The group is currently raising funds for research conducted to support their cause.
6. The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together, these activities change individual attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because it believes it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.
7. The Cougar Fund is working to protect the cougar (also known as a mountain lion, puma or panther) throughout the Americas by educating children and adults on the value of mountain lions, by funding and promoting the use of sound science, and by monitoring state policies to assure a lasting place for this graceful creature. Hunters are depleting the population. Help the Cougar Fund save the cougar from extinction.
8. The Raptor Trust is one of the premier bird rehabilitation centers in the United States. It’s mission is threefold:
1.To provide free care and assistance to injured, sick, or orphaned wild birds.
2.To educate people about wild birds, especially birds of prey.
3.To provide a humane example for others.
The Trust includes a hospital with state of the art equipment, housing for birds and an educational facility. The trust’s advocacy for and commitment toward birds of prey for 25 years has made them a leader in the field of conservation and rehabilitation.
9. The Humane Society of the United States works on many fronts to alleviate pain and suffering of animals. HSUS provides an email alert service which notifies those interested on what issues HSUS is working on, often lobbying for support through political action. They make it hard not to participate by supplying readers with form letters to sign and contact information for the appropriate parties. It literally takes you only seconds to help a cause, thanks to HSUS.
10. Safelawns is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving the planet – starting in your own back yard. Their mission is to create a broad-based coalition of non-and for-profit organizations committed to educating society about the benefits of environmentally responsible lawn care and gardening, and effect a quantum change in consumer and industry behavior.The health of pets is dependent on the health of the environment, and pesticides on lawns that run into the water pose a threat to all life, especially the dogs and cats who play on them.
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