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Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries , where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
In 1991, the church was renamed Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, which became a tax-exempt, nonprofit charity, and in 2003, renamed Best Friends Animal Society. [14] In 2019, Best Friends Animal Society and Southern Utah University began a partnership that included a new certificate program at SUU that included coursework on how to set up and run ...
In 2017 and early 2018, AWF’s canine units made over 100 busts, uncovering raw and worked ivory, pangolin scales and skins, lion bones, sable antelope horns, rhino horns, hippo teeth, and more.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]
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]
The animals live in facilities specifically designed for their needs; the elephants, for example, have access to 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of land and have been given a jacuzzi for the more arthritic members of their family. Ark 2000 is supported by private and corporate donations. Its membership list is said to have 33,000 names. [2]
A golden state: mining and economic development in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series, 2). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21771-3. {}: |author= has generic name CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ; Starr, Kevin (2005). California: a history.
Shambala Preserve is an animal sanctuary established in 1972 and located in Acton, California, a desert community 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Palmdale, off of California State Route 14 and 40 miles (64 km) north of Los Angeles.