Ohioans for Humane Farms (Columbus, Ohio 43215) is a coalition of animal welfare, family farming, food safety, and environmental advocates advocating for more humane standards to prevent cruel factory farming practices in Ohio, including: Extreme confinement in tiny cages for months on end: Tens of thousands of veal calves, 170,000 breeding pigs, and approximately 27 million [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Ohioans for Humane Farms
Posted in PetWork Animal Welfare / Animal Rights, PetWork Farm Animals, PetWork Ohio on January 31, 2011 |
The League of Humane Voters of Ohio
Posted in PetWork Animal Welfare / Animal Rights, PetWork Ohio, PetWork Special Programs on January 30, 2011 |
The mission of the League of Humane Voters® (Bedford, Ohio 46004) is to create, unite, and strengthen local political action committees, which work to enact animal-friendly legislation and elect candidates for public office who will use their votes and influence for animal protection. The LOHV recognizes that animal protection requires laws and enforcement. Animal exploitation [...]
C-SNIP
Posted in PetWork Cats, PetWork Dogs, PetWork Low-Cost Spay/Neuter, PetWork Michigan on January 29, 2011 |
C-SNIP (Kentwood, Michigan 489508) is a non-profit, charitable organization, providing high-quality, high-volume, low-cost spay/neuter surgery for dogs and cats whose caretakers cannot pay the fee at a full service veterinary clinic. It’s a sad fact that there are more dogs and cats born every day than there are homes to accept them. Pet sterilization is [...]
The Pixie Project
Posted in PetWork Cats, PetWork Dogs, PetWork Oregon, PetWork Shelters & Rescues on January 28, 2011 |
What do you think of when you think of animal rescue? A sad Sarah McLachlan song? The Pixie Project (Portland, Oregon 97232) thinks the soundtrack to animal rescue should be Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration.” A word that sums up their unique approach. Pixie Amy Sacks & Karli Covington, the founders of The Pixie Project, [...]
Paws for Friendship, Inc.
Posted in PetWork Animal Assisted Therapy, PetWork Florida on January 27, 2011 |
Paws for Friendship (Tampa, Florida 33694) is a non-profit organization of volunteers sharing the unconditional love of their personal pets with people in need, throughout the world. Their program is designed to reach out to all in need, not just any specific age or disability. They reach those in need who are in cancer units, dialysis [...]
City Kitty
Posted in PetWork Cats, PetWork Rhode Island, PetWork Vets - Hospitals & Clinics on January 26, 2011 |
At City Kitty (Providence, Rhode Island 02903), they chose to limit their practice to cats for the simple reason that they all truly love, enjoy, and respect their feline patients. They believe that cats deserve to be examined in a facility that caters to them and to their families. Their goal is to achieve a [...]
Farm Sanctuary
Posted in PetWork Animal Welfare / Animal Rights, PetWork California, PetWork Farm Animals, PetWork National Organizations, PetWork New York, PetWork Shelters & Rescues on January 25, 2011 |
Farm Sanctuary (Watkins Glen, New York 14891) works to protect farm animals from cruelty, inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals, and promote compassionate vegan living. Farm Sanctuary is the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. Since incorporating in 1986, Farm Sanctuary has worked to expose and stop cruel practices of [...]
Alley Cat Allies
Posted in PetWork Cats, PetWork Feral Cat Programs, PetWork Maryland, PetWork Shelters & Rescues on January 24, 2011 |
The mission of Alley Cat Allies (Bethesda, Maryland 20814) is to transform and develop communities to protect and improve the lives of cats. Its vision is a society in which people value and safeguard the lives of animals.
Bladen County Animal Shelter
Posted in PetWork Cats, PetWork Dogs, PetWork North Carolina, PetWork Shelters & Rescues on January 23, 2011 |
Bladen County Animal Shelter (Elizabethtown, North Carolina 28337) invites you to stop by for a visit or to adopt a four-legged friend. The Bladen County Animal Shelter is located in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, next to the Powell-Melvin Ag Service Center, 30 miles southeast of Fayetteville and 45 miles northwest of Wilmington, or about two hours [...]
House Rabbit Society of Missouri
Posted in PetWork Missouri, PetWork Rabbits, PetWork Shelters & Rescues on January 22, 2011 |
House Rabbit Society of Missouri (Chesterfield, Missouri 63006) is a 501(c)(3) all-volunteer, non-profit organization with a dual purpose of rescue and education. Utilizing foster homes as rescue “shelters,” volunteers provide appropriate care and socialization opportunities to rabbits so that they may be adopted into loving, permanent, indoor homes. The rescue’s educators assist the public, humane [...]

