Hearts & Minds - Information for ChangeSM Animal Cruelty Links

On this page: Animal Abuse Crime Database American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Animal Freedom

Fur Free Friday Helping Animals The Humane Farming Association People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Uncaged Campaigns

_{Animal Abuse Crime Database
PO Box 2995
Del Mar, CA 92014
Phone: 888-523-PETS (7387)
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}

_{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}

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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}

_{Fur Free Friday
Website: www.furfreefriday.com
       An annual event held the Friday after Thanksgiving, for example on November 24, 2006. 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.}

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_{Helping Animals (a division of PETA)
501 Front St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
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}

_{The Humane Farming Association (HFA)
P.O. Box 3577
San Rafael, CA 94912
Phone: 415-771-CALF (2253)
Fax: 415-485-0106
E-mail: hfa@hfa.org
Website: www.hfa.org
       Works "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.
       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}

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_{People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
501 Front St.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Phone: 757-622-peta (7382)
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}

_{Uncaged Campaigns
9 Bailey Lane
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 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}