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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
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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

              
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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

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Poor dogs. They are all caged up together and need your helpDogs 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

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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

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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 

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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  

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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   

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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

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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  

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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


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