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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.
Outdoor kennel runs at a shelter Indoor dog kennels at a shelter A dog at an animal shelter A cat at an animal shelter. An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in the animal pounds of the agricultural communities, where ...
A municipal shelter is a facility that houses stray and abandoned animals, as well as animals that people can no longer care for, on behalf of local governments A no-kill shelter is a usually private organization whose policies include the specification that no healthy, pet-worthy animal be euthanized
International Animal Rescue, international organization dedicated to animal welfare; Pet adoption, adoption of pets that have been abandoned by previous owners; Rescue dog, dogs placed in homes, from shelters; Wildlife rehabilitation, the process of caring for wild animals, with the intent of returning them to their natural environment
The name of the organization was inspired by the 1897 London animal charity Our Dumb Friends League (since renamed Blue Cross). [3] At that time, "dumb" in the sense of "lacking speech" was often used to refer to animals. [1] The early organization educated the public on humane animal treatment using lantern slide lectures. It provided ...
Bingo’s Foundation, a Bucks County cat rescue and shelter organization, and the Women's Animal Center in Bensalem are both holding adoption events as part of the “Clear the Shelters ...
Friends of Animals (FoA) is a non-profit international animal advocacy organization, established in New York City in 1957, working to free animals around the world from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation. [1] The organization's headquarters is in Darien, Connecticut, with an additional office in Colorado. [1]
Pages in category "Animal charities based in the United States" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .