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Good Karma Dog Rescue (GKDR) is a volunteer based, registered 501(c)3 non-profit rescue organization in New Jersey (EIN#: 47-5080441). The animals brought into GKDR's care have a variety of backgrounds. Some of the animals are surrendered by their owners due to difficult family situations, others have been severely neglected or make their way to GKDR via high kill shelters. Regardless of their past, all the animals that are taken under GKDR's care have one thing in common, a second chance! We are focused on providing high quality homes to animals in need - we will do everything we can to prepare our rescues for their new forever families. We fight against stereotypes of the pit bull breed, educate the public on prevention of animal cruelty, animal behavior and training, and the importance of spaying/neutering.

SPCA Westchester is a no-kill, 501(c)3 not-for-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to saving homeless, abused and abandoned animals and to protecting animals from cruelty and neglect through education and enforcement of humane laws. OUR HISTORY: SPCA Westchester is one of the oldest humane societies in the United States. We were founded in 1883 by Ossining resident Mary Dusenberry after she observed horses being abused as they delivered heavy loads of coal. Together with caring friends, Mrs. Dusenberry obtained land on which to build the Society’s first home and established a fund to be used to prevent cruelty to animals. The SPCA is still located on the same property, making it one of the oldest landholders in Briarcliff Manor. Originally affiliated with the ASPCA, the SPCA became an independent organization in the 1920’s and does NOT receive funding from the ASPCA or any national animal welfare organizations.

The Windsor/Essex County Humane Society was founded in 1926 and since its humble beginnings in a citizen’s backyard, has been promoting responsible pet ownership, compassion for all living things and a commitment to be involved and make a difference. The Humane Society is not a government organization. It is a registered not for profit charity devoted to the prevention of cruelty to animals. We rely on public and corporate donations and fundraising campaigns to support our humane operations. The generosity of the community we serve helps us support the animals in our care and allows us to offer a wide range of programs and services. These services include, cruelty investigations, humane education, assisting distressed and abused animals, and our spay and neuter program. In 2012 more than 9,000 animals came through our doors in addition to the more than 4,000 who received surgery at our spay/neuter clinic. We can't help them without your support.

Wildlife Rehabilitation CCWR is working towards a Wildlife Custodian Authorization, to be issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources. We are applying for the funding needed to build our intake clinic and animal enclosures in the hope of taking in injured and orphaned fawns and raccoons starting in spring 2010. Public Education Some harm to wildlife can be prevented through public education. CCWR will develop an extensive campaign to inform the public on the role people can play in minimizing the impact humans have on wildlife. Advocacy CCWR believes that we need to respect nature and that all life should have value and meaning. When human industry interferes with the balance of nature, we need to take a responsible approach. CCWR will work with city officials and developers, speaking on behalf of wildlife when its well-being is threatened by land development. Sanctuary Our sanctuary animals continue to receive excellent care for the rest of their lives.

CatNap is a volunteer non-profit registered society that has been helping abandoned and homeless cats in Nanaimo, BC since 1998. Every year, our group gives a second chance in life to over 200 domestic and feral cats. Our mandate is to rescue abandoned cats/kittens, have them spayed or neutered, provide medical attention, and find them good loving homes. This helps prevent unwanted litters and reduce further suffering for these animals. After spaying or neutering, feral (wild) cats are released back to their original location if shelter, food, and water can be provided daily. We rely solely on financial donations and fundraising events. With no administrative overhead, all money raised is used for spaying/neutering, food/litter, obtaining medical attention and caring for these cats. Please visit us at www.catnapsociety.com or CatNap Society on Facebook for more information about us.

FRFA is a registered charity dedicated to bettering the lives of the street cats and kittens that have no place to call home. We provide rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing for stray, feral, lost, abandoned and abused felines. All rescued cats and kittens are vetted, spayed/neutered, vaccinated and ID tattooed prior to adoption. The ill, injured and abused receive the necessary veterinary care to restore their health and the compassionate care needed to restore their trust in people. We are a No-Kill foundation that believes in prevention as the most humane and cost effective means of reducing critical cat overpopulation and the subsequent misery. FRFA provides spay/neuter assistance to low income cat owners (please see our Pay What You Can Spay/Neuter Fund). The majority of problems that plague the cat population are due to critical overpopulation. In a 7 year span the exponential growth resulting from of 1 breeding pair of cats will be an additional 450,000 kittens born.

VAST workshops and clinics are offered to communities that rarely see veterinary or animal husbandry services. We train local animal health workers in food animal care, disease prevention and treatment, and biosecurity. The goal is to recognise key diseases in livestock before they become fatal, as well as give locals the opportunity to have their animals health checked. A secondary goal is to deliver needed veterinary medicines and supplies to communities. Our next visit is to Haiti. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, with some of the highest infant mortality, illiteracy and infectious disease rates found globally. Since the earthquake in 2010, a cholera epidemic has also impacted the population, compromising their ability to rebuild. As more than 80% of the population survives on less than $2 US/day, farmers are unable to pay for proper animal care. Unfortunately for most rural Haitians, their family's wealth and security are tied up in the few animals they own.

Their Mission: " Second Chance Dog Rescue is a group of volunteer dog lovers whose mission is to rescue, provide sanctuary, and ultimately re-home abandoned, stray and neglected dogs that have come from high kill shelters or owners who can no longer care for them. Second Chance Dog Rescue Dogs are housed in foster homes until well matched and carefully screened forever homes can be found. Each dog is examined by a vet and then spayed or neutered, brought up-to-date on shots, micro-chipped and heartworm checked before being placed in their new homes. When time permits, our dogs are also housetrained and taught basic obedience. Second Chance Dog Rescue serves as a resource to our community and all pet owners by providing education and information on responsible pet ownership as well as increasing public awareness of companion animal overpopulation issues, the importance of feeding good nutritional food and keeping their companion animals up to date on their shots as well as heartworm prevention. "

Since its founding in 1951 the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has sought to reduce the sum total of pain and fear 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. Today one of our greatest areas of emphasis is cruel animal factories, which raise and slaughter pigs, cows, chickens and other animals. The biggest are in our country, and they are expanding worldwide. Specific goals are: --Abolishing factory farms and achieving humane slaughter for all animals raised for meat. --Improving the housing and handling of animals used for experimentation and pushing for the development of animal research alternatives. --Ending the use of steel-jaw leghold traps and reforming other cruel methods of controlling wildlife populations. --Preserving species threatened with extinction and protecting wildlife in international trade. --Enforcing strict regulation of transport conditions for all animals. --Encouraging animal-friendly science teaching and preventing painful experiments on animals by students.

The Humane Society of Saline County was founded on June 19, 1975, and received its charter from the state of Arkansas in August of that year. The organization's objectives are: * To provide a temporary refuge for stray, homeless and deserted animals and to place such animals in good homes wherever practical. * To receive and care for suffering animals. * To prevent all forms of cruelty to animals by every legitimate means. * To carry humane education, in all possible ways, into schools and homes of Saline County. * To return lost pets to their rightful owners upon reasonable proof of ownership within a reasonable period of time and upon payment of a reasonable fee, as established by the society's board of directors, with such fee to be based on costs of maintenance and care. * To end suffering, in a humane manner, of any animals for which it is not possible to cure its infirmities. Decisions of this nature are made with the advice of a qualified Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. * To meet the moral obligations of disease control and population control through humane methods--spaying and neutering. * To not allow anything in the management of the society to interfere with receiving the full support of all persons, regardless of race, religion or political persuasion.

We are dedicated to ending the senseless euthanasia of all adoptable dogs and cats of the Lowcountry in South Carolina by providing a safe, loving environment for them until they are adopted. Our Adoption Center has an average intake of 2000 companion animals each year. We work with open admission shelters in the surrounding 6 counties to help with saving the lives of the animals that find themselves abandoned. We also work with owners who feel that their is no other option but to give their companion animal to us to find their next home. Our Community Spay/Neuter Clinic is NSRT certified through Humane Alliance. We uphold high standards of medical care for our shelter animals and the low cost services we provide to our community. Through grants and donations we are able to provide the public with financial assistance for spay/neuter and preventive care including vaccines. Our continued participation in humane education programs and preserving the welfare and rights of animals by pursuing animal cruelty prosecution and initiating animal welfare legislation will be part of our mission and advocacy for the animals of the Lowcountry.

Founded in 1902, the mission of the SPCA of Tompkins County is to protect companion animals. We are the first open-admission, no-kill shelter in the country dedicated to preventing animal cruelty and overpopulation. not only do we steward animals, but the environment as well. our “green” shelter, known as the Dorothy and Roy Park Pet Adoption Center, was LEED- Certified Silver in 2004—the first shelter to achieve this status in the united States. our best practices in shelter operations and programs serve as effective examples for other shelters across the country striving to achieve no-kill status. We strive to foster a community in which the need for sheltering abandoned, neglected and homeless and abused animals is diminished; and we work ceaselessly to place medically and behaviorally healthy, treatable or manageable animals in loving homes. We provide leadership in cruelty investigation initiatives, educational outreach, and pet population control. We promote responsible pet stewardship by providing behavioral issues-counseling as needed for adopted animals and their owners, as well as behavior training for shelter dogs to increase adoption rates and ultimately nurture and enhance the human-animal bond.