Websites

Here are some links to Animal Friendly websites:

1. The Animal Rescue Site: Click on this link, then click on the big purple button, and donate food to an animal in a local shelter for free! The sponsors listed on that page actually pay for it, so this a quick and easy way t0 contribute. Its not much, but it is a start and is most definitely better than doing nothing at all. All you have to do is click! Plus, if you browse around there are plenty of cute things to buy, or just sweet stories to read about animals that have been rescued.   http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3
2. The Humane Society of the United States is the world’s largest animal rights organization. It was founded in 1954, and since then it has accomplished so much for animals! This organization currently has about seven million members! This website is wonderful to visit if you are looking for the latest updates on laws and legistlation, as well as the newest expose on animal cruelty and how the HSUS is working to fight it by getting laws passed to make it illegal. “The HSUS protects all animals through legislation, litigation, investigation, education, advocacy and field work.” This organization and the people who work for it are amazing.  www.hsus.org
3. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in 1866! Its headquarters are in New York City and it is one of the largest animal protection agencies in the world.  “As the first humane organization to be granted legal authority to investigate and make arrests for crimes against animals, [The ASPCA is] wholly dedicated to fulfilling the ASPCA mission through nonviolent approaches”. The ASPCA has their on animal police that is often on a television show called “Animal Cops” on Animal Planet. This organization gets people who are cruel to animals off the streets. The ASPCA is another amazing organization that does wonders for the animals. This organization is more dedicated to the streets (in my opinion) and enforces the laws that they worked so hard to put in place.  www.aspca.org
4. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is another very well known animal rights organization. This organization takes a much different approach than the ASPCA or the HSUS, and it has successfully made its name and its cause known. PETA has many shocking advertisements, but that is just because they tell it like it is. There is no sugar coating in PETA. They want people to know what is really going out there, so they advocate and advertise so what htey know is no longer a secret. ”PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry” As you can see, each of these organizations as their own little niche, that they specialize in. PETA holds many protests and campaigns which really get the word spread. I think that is the most important thing in terms of animal cruelty - is exposing it. Most of the cruelty that goes on is hidden, and it is the job of organizations such as these to get the word out to the public, so we can make a change. www.peta.org
5. Petfinder.com is a great website that allows people to search pounds and rescues from all over the United States for the perfect pet. I love this site because it give people the opportunity to search for a specific type or breed of animal that they want, which they may not have been able to find at a local shelter. I believe that this website access gives people more options, and less reason to buy from a breeder or worse, petshop. You can search for a pet, the size, breed, age gender and location and many results will pop up of animals waited to be adopted! It also has tricks for pet training, and links to other animal friendly websites. I love this website because it gives many shelter animals a much bigger chance at getting adopted, because now so many more people can see them!  www.petfinder.com

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