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The Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL) is an American grassroots animal rights organization, founded in 2003, based in California's San Diego and Orange Counties. APRL was founded in San Diego by animal rights activists Bryan Pease and Kath Rogers as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit national organization. [ 1 ]
Each year, the League rescues, nurtures and adopts nearly 20,000 pets nationwide, and to date, has placed nearly one million puppies, kittens, cats and dogs into screened homes. [2] One of the first animal rescue agencies on the ground in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, [3] the League rescued more than 1,400 pets from the region.
With more than 1,500 animals on the property, it is the largest animal rescue of its type in the world. [2] Actor/producer/animal welfare activist Leo Grillo is its national president and founder. [3] [4] As of 2007, the organization is funded solely on private donations of more than $5.5 million per year. [5]
Michael (‘Mike’) Arms has been CEO and President of Helen Woodward Animal Center since 1999. [5] In October 2007, the Center had to evacuate over 400 animals from their property in the Witch Creek Fire. [6] In 2013, Mike Arms created an international awareness campaign to remember all animals who never found new homes after landing in ...
Pacelle is the founder of Animal Wellness Action, a 501(c)(4) organization that promotes legal standards against cruelty and he is president of the Center for a Humane Economy, a 501(c)(3) organization that urges businesses to adopt animal-friendly practices when it comes to their supply chains, research and development, and other operations.
This law creates the crime of "animal enterprise terrorism" for those who damage or cause the loss of property of an animal enterprise. [36] 2002: The AWA is amended to redefine the term "animal" in the law to match the USDA regulations, i.e. to exclude birds, mice, and rats. [11] 2002: Florida becomes the first state to ban gestation crates ...
They decided to open their own shelter, [4] and in February of the following year, the Animal Rescue Foundation opened. [3] In 2003, the organization moved to Walnut Creek, California, where it is headquartered in a 37,700 square feet (3,500 m 2) building. By 2015, ARF reported rescuing 30,000 cats and dogs and spaying or neutering 28,000.
The Doris Day Animal League, established in 1987 by the actress Doris Day, is a 501(c)(4) organization that focuses the spaying and neutering of companion animals and the development of national, state and local legislation that will minimize the inhumane treatment of animals. The League launched its annual observance of Spay Day USA in 1994 ...