 |
Hearts & Minds - Information for ChangeSM
Humane
Treatment of Animals
They also experience
happiness or terrible suffering
|
Animals
of all kinds
and sizes can be treated humanely
Animal Abuse Crime Database
Pet-Abuse.Com
PO Box 5
Southfields, NY 10975-0005
Fax: 888-523-PETS
E-mail: info@pet-abuse.com
Website: www.pet-abuse.com
"A national animal protection organization
that researches and tracks incidents of criminal animal cruelty. We
offer a wide range of service and tools for animal advocates, humane law
enforcement, researchers and prosecutors."
Shows how to help. Also has a
great form you can fill out to report abuse of any animal. -ARB
I also like this website. -AAS
Animal Protection & Rescue
League (APRL)
302 Washington St., #404
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: 1-619-236-8991
Website:
www.APRL.org
"A nonprofit organization that rescues
animals from abusive situations and exposes cruelties that occur on factory farms today."
They document and expose
institutionalized forms of animal cruelty and informs the public about their existence. The
organization seeks to encourage public support for the end to animal cruelty and the beginning
of animal protection. The site also lists links and tips on how to help,
including converting to a vegetarian diet to help both yourself and animals in our world. -ALR
I agree with ALR because we need organizations that encourage public support to end cruelty to animals. -AAS
Top of Page
Animal Freedom
E-mail:
reaction@animalfreedom.org
Website:
www.animalfreedom.org
"Has articles and books on animal cruelty in
several languages. Their main focus is stopping factory farming."
This website provides you with helpful
tools, such as videos, to help visualize the reality of cruelty to
animals of all kinds. -ARB
I agree with ARB, this website it's really helpful tool.
It includes videos that show what happens to animals and what we can do
to help. -AAS
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(ASPCA)
424 East 92nd St.
New York, NY 10128
Phone: 212-876-7700 ext. 4450
E-mail: humanelaw@aspca.org
Website: www.aspca.org
“Our vision is that the United States is a
humane community in which all animals are treated with respect and
kindness.” They work to stop the cruelty of animals all around the
world."
This is a great site to donate you time or
money, and to receive newsletters and information on updates on each
animal. -ARB
I like what this website says. I also agree with ARB. -AAS
Some of their actions are controversial:
http://www.nysun.com/editorials/aspca-and-the-horses/74476/ -BAB
Top of Page
Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)
900 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Fax: (202) 446-2131
Phone: (202) 337-2332
E-mail: awi@awionline.org
Website: http://www.awionline.org/
"AWI has sought to alleviate the suffering
inflicted on animals by people. In the organization's early years, our
particular emphasis was on the desperate needs of animals used for
experimentation. In the decades that followed, we expanded the scope of
our work to address many other areas of animal suffering."
They work to protect animals, and minimize the
impact of human on endangered species. -AAS
Bat Conservation International
738 N. 5th Ave, Suite 103
Tucson, AZ 85705
Fax: (512) 327-9724
Phone: (512) 327-9721 OR 1-800-538-BATS (2287)
Website:
http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp
"Bat Conservation International is
conducting and supporting science-based conservation efforts around the
world. Working with many partners and colleagues, these innovative
programs combine research, education and direct conservation to ensure
bats will be helping to maintain healthy environments and human
economies far into the future."
This website offer fun activities to teach children
about the benefits of bats, teachers’ tools for classroom instruction,
field workshops to teach skills needed for bat research and
conservation, science-based data on bats and public health, and much,
much more. -AAS
Top of Page
Dogs like these
can be saved with your help. Just as there are more dogs in this
photo than you might at first think, there's more opportunities for
compassion than we may at first realize
Best
Friend Animal Society
5001 Angel Canyon Road
Kanab, Utah 84741-5000
phone: (435) 644-2001
Email: info@bestfriends.org
Website:
http://www.bestfriends.org/
"Best Friends Animal Society is
committed to protecting the privacy of personal information collected
online and has security policies in place to protect the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under our control."
This website offer many flexible and convenient options
- whether you want to sponsor an animal or make a Gift of Life and Love,
there is something for everyone. -AAS
Compassion
in World Farming
Phone: + 44 (0)1483 521 953
Lines are manned
9:00am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday
Website: http://www.ciwf.org.uk/
"Our Good Farm Animal Welfare awards
are already benefitting millions of animals each year. 25 million laying
hens throughout Europe are set to benefit as a result of our Good Egg
Award winners’ policies. Over 174 million meat chickens live in more
humane environments as a result of our “Good Chicken” Award winners’
policies. Winners so far include Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Sainsbury's,
McDonald’s, Unilever (including Hellmann’s mayonnaise in the UK) and the
National Trust - all of whom won a Good Egg Award for sourcing only barn
or free-range eggs, instead of eggs from caged hens."
This website works peacefully to end cruel factory
farming practices. They believe that the biggest cause of cruelty on the
planet deserves a focus. -AAS
Top of Page
Dian
Fossey Gorilla Fund International
800 Cherokee Avenue, S.E.
Atlanta, GA 30315
United States
Phone: (404) 624-5881 or 1 (800) 851-0203
E-mail:
2help@gorillafund.org.
Website:
http://gorillafund.org/
"The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
International is dedicated to the conservation and protection of
gorillas and their habitats in Africa. We are committed to promoting
continued research on the gorillas and their threatened ecosystems and
to providing education about their relevance to the world in which we
live. In collaboration with government agencies and other international
partners, we also provide assistance to local communities through
education, health, training and development initiatives."
This website is interesting and it has video and a lot
of photos. -AAS
D.E.L.T.A.
Rescue
P.O. Box 9, Glendale, CA 91209
Phone: 1-661-269-4010
E-mail:
contact@deltarescue.org
Website:
http://www.deltarescue.org/
"Dedication & Everlasting Love to Animals, also known
as D.E.L.T.A. Rescue is the largest “No Kill, Care-for-Life,” Sanctuary
of its kind in the world. Founded by Leo Grillo in 1979, D.E.L.T.A.
Rescue incorporated as a non-profit animal rescue organization in 1982
and that same year became a tax-exempt 501 [c] 3 organization. The
D.E.L.T.A. Rescue Super Sanctuary is home to more than 1500 animals that
have all been abandoned in the wilderness."
This website is really interesting and helpful. -AAS
Top of Page
Fur Free Friday
Website: www.furfreefriday.com
"An annual event held the Friday after
Thanksgiving. It's an event to help
stop the fur trade and the skinning of animals. It aims to "educate
people about the horrors suffered by fur bearing animals". It has been
going on since 1986 and continues to build each year as more and more
people become aware of the situation of skinning and fur farming."
Farm Sanctuary
3100 Aikens Road (use P.O. Box 150 for mail service)
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Phone: 607-583-2225 ext. 221
E-mail:
media@farmsanctuary.org
Website:
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/
"In addition to caring for hundreds of animals, Farm
Sanctuary's New York facility receives thousands of visitors every year.
The "People Barn," a unique visitor center, is filled with displays,
literature and videos. It also includes the "Kids' Kroner" and gift
shop, where visitors will find a variety of items, including books,
videos, posters and vegetarian snacks."
This website works to protect farm animals from
cruelty, inspire change in the way society views and treats farm
animals, and promote compassionate vegan living. -AAS
Top of Page
Helping
Animals (a division of PETA)
501 Front St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757-622-peta (7382)
Fax: 757-622-0457
Website: www.helpinganimals.com
"The Community Animal Project (CAP) goes out
each day searching for dogs and cats in need of a better shelter, such
as a new dog house or to be unchained and fed. Spay and Neuter
Immediately Please (SNIP) is an active group that works to help animals
become healthy and safe in their environment. “Angels for Animals” helps
people take action towards animals, pushing for spay/neuter ordinances
in their communities, reporting cruelty, helping homeless animals, and
encouraging others to do the same."
This site gives you additional
resources to use to help out the helpless animals. -ARB
Humane Farming Association (HFA)
PO Box 3577 - San Rafael, CA 94912
Fax: 415-485-0106
Phone: 415-485-1495
E-mail: hfa@hfa.org
Website: http://www.hfa.org/
"Founded in 1985 and now over 190,000 strong, HFA
has gained national recognition and respect through highly-successful
campaigns to protect farm animals from cruelty, to protect the public from
the dangerous misuse of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals used on
factory farms, and to protect the environment from the impacts of
industrialized animal factories. One of their biggest campaigns is to stop
veal factory farming. The conditions are harsh and are causing the veal to
become tainted with disease. The Humane Farming Association is the nation's most
effective organization dedicated to the protection of farm animals.
Founded in 1985, and over 250,000 members strong, HFA has gained
national recognition and respect for its hard work, integrity, and its
highly-successful campaigns."
This website focuses mainly on factory farming
and slaughtering abuse and how to get involved in boycotts and campaigns
towards are more humane way of life. -ARB
Seems to do plenty of good work to prevent animal
suffering and also protect us humans. -BAB
I agree with BAB and ARB that people have to protect the public from the
dangerous misuse of antibiotics and other chemicals used on factory farms,
programs and activities represent the greatest hopes of those seeking to
create a better world for farm animals. -AAS
Top of Page
Humane Societies
124 Evergreen Ave.
Newark, NJ 07114-2133
Fax: (973) 824-2720
Phone: (973) 824-7080
Website: http://www.ahscares.org/
"The Associated Humane Societies, founded
in 1906, is the largest animal sheltering system in New Jersey. We comprise
three shelters located in Newark, Forked River, and Tinton Falls . Our
Forked River facility also includes Popcorn Park Zoo. Established in 1977,
Popcorn Park Zoo is a sanctuary for abandoned, injured, ill, exploited,
abused or elderly wildlife, exotic and farm animals, and birds."
They operate three animal care centers in New
Jersey and Popcorn Park Zoo, a refuge for handicapped, abused, exploited,
ill, injured and elderly wildlife, birds, exotic, and farm animals. -AAS
Jane Goodall Institute
4245 North Fairfax Drive
Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22203
Fax: (703) 682-9312
Phone: (703) 682-9220
Website:
http://www.janegoodall.org/
"Founded by renowned primatologist
Jane Goodall, the Jane Goodall Institute is a global nonprofit that empowers
people to make a difference for all living things. Their work builds on Dr.
Goodall’s scientific work and her humanitarian vision. Specifically, we seek
to."
They strive to respect, nourish and protect all
living things. People, animals and the environment are all interconnected,
they believe. -AAS
Top of Page
Marine Mammal Center
2000 Bunker Road
Fort Cronkhite
Sausalito, CA 94965-2619
Fax: 415-289-7333
Phone: 415.289.7325
Website:
http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/
"Their mission is to expand
knowledge about marine mammals—their health and that of their ocean
environment—and to inspire their global conservation. Their core work is the
rescue and rehabilitation of sick and injured marine mammals, supported by
state-of-the-art animal care and research facilities, a corps of dedicated
volunteers, and an engaged community."
They teach the public
about marine mammals, what they can tell us about ocean health and the
urgent need for stewardship of Earth's marine environments. -AAS
People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA)
501 Front St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757-622-peta (7382)
Fax: 757-622-0457
Website: www.peta.com
"An animal rights organization “dedicated to
establishing and protecting the rights of all animals". PETA "operates
under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear,
experiment on, or use for entertainment.”
One of the best websites for how
to help animals that are being abused, mistreated, or tested on. It’s a
great website, easy to use, and has a lot of useful resources, such as
stores, adoption sites, and ways you can get involved. -ARB
One of
their biggest campaigns is to stop veal factory farming. The conditions
are harsh and cause the veal to become tainted with disease.
-AAS
Some of their actions are controversial, for example:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-06-23/opinion/17379611_1_peta-s-web-animal-cruelty-dead-animals
-BAB
Top of Page
Animals
don't like being in cages any more than we do!
Uncaged Campaigns
5th Floor, Alliance House,
9 Leopold Street,
Sheffield S1 4EG, UK
Phone: +44 (0) 114 272 2220
Fax: +44 (0) 114 272 2225
E-mail: info@uncaged.co.uk
Website: www.uncaged.co.uk
“Uncaged has developed a unique campaigning approach which has
placed it at the forefront of the anti-vivisection movement. They also
work towards stopping xenotransplanting - the development of ways to use
animal organs for human transplants". It also is the sponsor of an
annual Proctor & Gamble protest against all over the world."
Shows ways to protest cruelty and other things you can do in
your city to help, as well as providing worthy information on
xenotransplanting and other abuses. -ARB
This website explores
the best ways to help animals that are
victims or cruel testing, abuse or mistreatment. It’s a great website, easy to
use, and has a lot of useful resources, such as stores, adoption sites,
and ways you can get involved. AAS
Vegan Outreach
P.O. Box 30865
Tucson, AZ 85751
E-mail:
vegan@veganoutreach.org
Website:
www.veganoutreach.org
"Working to expose and end cruelty
to animals through the widespread distribution of our illustrated booklets,
Why Vegan, Even If You Like Meat, and Try Vegetarian."
Their short but powerful booklet, Even If
You Like Meat, makes a strong case against
cruelty to animals on factory farms. Viewable online, it is important
reading, both for those who will consider eating less meat and for everyone
who wants to reduce horrible suffering by supporting
more humane regulation of how farm animals are all too often brutally mistreated. -BAB
I agree with BAB that I like their short but powerful
booklet. Even if you eat some meat, you can use this booklet to live a more
humane life. -AAS
Top of Page
Wildlife Conservation
E-mail:
membership@wcs.org
Website: http://www.wcs.org/
"The Wildlife Conservation Society,
founded in 1895, has the clear mission to save wildlife and wild places
across the globe. Our story began in the early 1900’s when we successfully
helped the American bison recover on the Western Plains. Today, we protect
many of the world’s iconic creatures here and abroad, including gorillas in
the Congo, tigers in India, wolverines in the Yellowstone Rockies, and ocean
giants in our world’s amazing seascapes."
This website is really helpful. -AAS
 Free Newsletter
| Blog
Global Survival
| End
Poverty CampaignSM
Links for Related and Other
Issues Top of Page |
Home Page
| Site Guide
Contact Us | Join/Donate
Lots of
additional organizations
and latest updates by Amar Saed (AAS), additional and previous updates by Bill Blackman (BAB),
Alyssa Boyett (ARB), and ALR
This web page and
entire website © Copyright: 1997 - 2011 by Hearts and Minds Network,
Inc., photos © by COREL and Microsoft Corporation
http://www.heartsandminds.org/links/animals.htm - online July 24,2006, latest update
April 5, 2011 |
|
Helpful Info
Inspiration
Help Yourself
Help Others
Site Guide
Hearts & Minds
Home
About
Contact
Donate/Join
Volunteer
from Anywhere
Copyrights, Reprints & Important Notes |