"Blue Cross (animal charity) Blue Cross is a registered animal welfare charity in the United Kingdom, founded in 1897 as Our Dumb Friends League. The charity provides support for pet owners who cannot afford private veterinary treatment, helps to find homes for unwanted animals, and educates the public in the responsibilities of animal ownership. The charity works closely with a number of other organizations to help the animal welfare and responsible pet ownership. The organisation was founded on 10 May 1897 in London as ""Our Dumb Friends League"", to care for working horses on the streets of the British capital."
"Dumb Friends League Founded in 1910, the Dumb Friends League, based in Denver, Colorado, is the largest independent, nonprofit community-based animal shelter/humane society in the Rocky Mountain region, caring annually for as many as 20,000 lost and relinquished pets, as well as hundreds of equines. From its pet shelters in Denver and Castle Rock, the organization provides lost and found services; foster and veterinary care for pets that are too young for adoption or are ill or injured; in-house training and socialization programs for cats, dogs and rabbits; pet adoptions; humane education; and animal cruelty investigations in 45 counties. It"
"of ""speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves."" The Dumb Friends League has three shelters for companion animals and horses. Its main shelter and administrative offices are located at the Quebec Street Shelter at 2080 S. Quebec St., Denver, Colo. The Buddy Center is at 4556 Castleton Court in Castle Rock and the Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center in Franktown, Colo. It also has cats available for adoption at select Petsmart and Petco locations. Dumb Friends League Founded in 1910, the Dumb Friends League, based in Denver, Colorado, is the largest independent, nonprofit community-based animal shelter/humane society in"
"Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Saltonstall, and William Gordon Weld. Also in 1868, they began publication of ""Our Dumb Animals"", a magazine ""to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves"". (""Dumb"" refers to the fact that animals cannot speak.) The Boston Police Department helped distribute their first press run of 200,000 copies. Influenced by the activities of this organization, the Massachusetts General Court passed the first anti-animal-cruelty act in Massachusetts the following year. In 1886, the society's first official headquarters were dedicated at 19 Milk Street in Downtown Crossing. The first MSPCA branch was established in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1914."
"In 1868 he founded and became president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in the same year establishing and becoming editor of ""Our Dumb Animals"", a journal for the promotion of organized effort in securing the humane treatment of animals. For many years he was active in the organization of humane societies in England and America. In 1882, the Rev. Thomas Timmins and he initiated the movement for the establishment of Bands of Mercy (for the promotion of humane treatment of animals), of which in 1908 there were more than 72,000 in active existence. In"
"authorities are received at the Dumb Friends League Harmony Equine Center, located in nearby Franktown, Colorado. Harmony can accommodate 100 horses at a time. Rehabilitated animals are offered for adoption. For 2018, Charity Navigator gives the Dumb Friends League a four star rating, reporting high transparency and accountability. Total revenue from this annual report is listed at $16,453,528 and expenses were $18,068,398. Of every dollar donated, 79 cents went directly t,o animal care services, education and outreach. Every year the Dumb Friends League hosts the Furry Scurry, its largest annual fundraiser raising funds for homeless pets in its care. The"
"the antelopes. <br> Friends of Animals 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. The organization's headquarters is in Darien, Connecticut, with an additional office in Colorado. The organization was founded by Alice Herrington in 1957, to protect cats and dogs. ""To that end it offered low-cost spaying and neutering services to cut down the number of strays across the country. The organization eventually built its own clinic for this in Neptune, N.J."" The organization states that it"
"opposed to vivisection, so they had a truly wide political program. The Humanitarian League thus anticipated the modern animal rights movement. Notable supporters of the Humanitarian League included Keir Hardie, Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Bertram Lloyd (1881–1944) They spreaded their ideas through the journal ""The Humane Review"" . The League closed down in 1919. Humanitarian League The Humanitarian League was an organisation formed in England in 1891 by Henry Salt who was also the General Secretary and Editor. Other founding members were John Galsworthy, Colonel W. L. Blenkinsop Coulson. The League's inaugural metting was at the house of Alice"
"Friends of Animals 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. The organization's headquarters is in Darien, Connecticut, with an additional office in Colorado. The organization was founded by Alice Herrington in 1957, to protect cats and dogs. ""To that end it offered low-cost spaying and neutering services to cut down the number of strays across the country. The organization eventually built its own clinic for this in Neptune, N.J."" The organization states that it has assisted in"
"League Against Cruel Sports The League Against Cruel Sports is an animal welfare charity that campaigns against sports such as bullfighting, fox hunting and hare coursing. It also campaigns to ban the manufacture, sale and use of snares, and for an end to greyhound racing, commercial game shooting and trophy hunting. Famous supporters include comedian Ricky Gervais, Jo Brand, John Bishop, Sir David Jason, and Gemma Atkinson. The current president is naturalist Bill Oddie OBE. League Vice Presidents include: actor Annette Crosbie OBE, The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Basildon, and actor Peter Egan. In 1924, the league issued the"
"the Southeast Water Trough) and one in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The National Humane Alliance was founded in 1897 by Hermon Lee Ensign, a philanthropist and animal welfare advocate who had amassed a fortune in the advertising business. When he died in 1899, he left much of his wealth to build animal drinking fountains for any city that requested one. The fountains were provided free of charge as long as the city provided an appropriate site, water supply, and maintenance. Between 1904 and 1912, more than 100 cities took advantage of the offer. The fountains were produced in Vinalhaven, Maine by"
"Best Friends Animal Society Best Friends Animal Society, founded in its present form in 1993, is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization. The group does outreach nationwide with shelters, rescue groups and members to promote pet adoption, no-kill animal rescue, and spay-and-neuter practices. The group originated in Arizona in 1971, developing from The Foundation Faith of the Millennium, a religious group formerly known as the Process Church of the Final Judgment. The Foundation church relocated animals from its Arizona ranch to property in Kanab, Utah, in 1984. In 1991, the church was renamed Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, which became"
"Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania The Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania, known commonly as Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center (ARL), is an animal welfare organization founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1909. The ARL is a non-profit organization that offers various services to support both animals and pet owners alike. It is the only animal shelter in the Pittsburgh area that accepts both domestic animals and wildlife. The agency's shelter and clinic are located in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood, while its wildlife rehabilitation center and boarding kennels are a few miles away in Verona, Pennsylvania. The organization"
"charities for wildlife, working animals, and domestic pets. The first SPCA in the United States was the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), founded by Henry Bergh in New York City in 1866. Two years later, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in Boston by a group that included George Thorndike Angell, John Quincy Adams II, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Saltonstall, and William Gordon Weld. Examples of other national, nonsheltering humane animal societies include: American Humane Association, which was founded in 1877 as a network of local organizations to prevent"
"created in 1924 for this organization. For two decades Glasgow was president of the board and recruited other influential Richmonders, Douglas Southall Freeman and James Branch Campbell(Starr). Glasgow died in 1945. In the mid 20th century, animal welfare in Richmond and the country as a whole got seemingly worse. Birth rates of cats and dogs went unmarked and large numbers of animal deaths in shelters was invisible to the public. In the 60's and 70's humane societies began to kill animals, going against the mission of animal shelters (""Richmond SPCA: Lifesaving Legacy."" 4). Ed Duvin wrote an article named ""in"
"MSPCA-Angell The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell Animal Medical Center (MSPCA-Angell) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with its main headquarters on South Huntington Avenue in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1868, and is the second-oldest humane society in the United States. ""MSPCA-Angell"" was adopted as the society's identity in 2003, and indicates the names of its two closely related predecessor organizations: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Angell Animal Medical Center (formerly known as Angell Memorial Animal Hospital). The organization provides direct care to thousands of"
"Humane Society of the United States are not distributed to HSHV nor any other local animal shelters. Humane Society of Huron Valley Humane Society of Huron Valley is an independent animal welfare organization located in Ann Arbor, MI. The organization was formed in 1896, and opened a shelter on Cherry Hill Road in 1951. The Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) is dedicated to saving the lives and reducing the suffering of homeless, injured and abused animals. Their motto: Love Starts Here. The Humane Society of Huron Valley (also known as HSHV) offers pet adoption services, a full service affordable"
"and whether small donations to the Farm Animal Protection Campaign would be fungible with other HSUS activities. Humane Society of the United States The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), based in Washington, D.C., is an American nonprofit organization founded by journalist Fred Myers and Helen Jones, Larry Andrews, and Marcia Glaser in 1954, to address what they saw as animal-related cruelties of national scope, and to resolve animal welfare problems by applying strategies beyond the resources or abilities of local organizations. In 2013, the ""Chronicle of Philanthropy"" identified HSUS as the 136th largest charity in the United States"
"The Humane League The Humane League (THL) is a nonprofit organization that works to reduce the suffering of farm animals through online advertising, Meatless Monday campaigns, and corporate outreach. It creates reports through the Humane League Labs, which evaluates advocacy presentation and methods and publishes them as reports. One of these reports includes a study showing how distributing leaflets at colleges affects diet change. It was founded in 2005 in Philadelphia. It has been listed as a top charity by Animal Charity Evaluators since August 2012, with the most updated review in November 2017. The other top recommended charities by"
"(1861) he provided ""abducent evidence"" for the ""mental capacities of animals furnished by their actions"". He wrote that the Bible did not contradict the idea of animal immortality and argued for the possibility of a ""future resurrection or restoration of the animal creation."" He was an early advocate for conservation, campaigning extensively and ultimately successfully for a nature conservation act. He founded the Plumage League along with Mrs. R Cavendish-Boyle and Lady Mount-Temple (Georgina Cowper-Temple née Tollemache) in December 1885 with its headquarters at Broadlands, Hampshire. It soon merged into the Selborne League in January 1886 to become the ""Selborne"
"the society is the blobfish. Ugly Animal Preservation Society The Ugly Animal Preservation Society is a comedy night with a conservation twist founded in Great Britain by biologist, writer and TV presenter Simon Watt to raise the profile of animal species which lack traditional aesthetically appealing characteristics. In part it is based on the belief that conservation of charismatic megafauna like pandas attract disproportionate amounts of funding that could be better spent elsewhere. The organisation aims to protect less attractive animals such as the proboscis monkey which also face threats. The first show was held in London in October 2012,"
"to the wild. Humane League of Lancaster County The Humane league of Lancaster County was founded in 1917 to ""prevent animals from becoming homeless through providing services and education to help people understand how to provide responsible lifetime care to their animals"". It is based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States. On May 3, 1917, Miss Maud Haldeman (1874–1931), along with seventeen other women, formed the Woman's Humane League of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The organization's stated purpose was as follows: This corporation is founded for the prevention of cruelty to, and care of, children, girls, aged persons, and"
"The Anti-Cruelty Society The Anti-Cruelty Society is an animal welfare organization and animal shelter in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was founded on January 19, 1899 by a group of Chicago residents who had concerns about the treatment of the city's animals, from stray cats and dogs, to workhorses, to livestock. The Society's first president was Rose Fay Thomas, wife of Theodore Thomas, famed orchestral conductor and founder of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Anti-Cruelty Society exists to prevent cruelty to animals and to advance humane education. Their mission is building a community of caring by helping"
"did not change its title to ""Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children"" or similar, as the name NSPCC was already well established, and to avoid confusion with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), which had already existed for more than fifty years. In 1891, the League of Pity was founded to allow children to learn about the NSPCC and support fund-raising initiatives. In 1901, King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra became Patrons of the Society upon the death of Queen Victoria. In 1905, Reverend Benjamin Waugh retired from the Directorship"
"10, 1866 in New York City on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment at the hands of humans, and must be protected under the law. It is the oldest animal welfare organization in the United States. Founded in 1866, the ASPCA was the first humane organization in the Western Hemisphere. Buffalo's chapter, founded in 1867, is the second oldest. ASPCA was founded to stop the injustices animals face across the United States. On February 8, 1866, Bergh pleaded on behalf of animals at a meeting at Clinton Hall in New York City. Some of the"
"It has also run the Red Star Animal Emergency Services since 1916. In 2000, American Humane formed the Farm Animal Services program, an animal welfare label system for food products. American Humane is currently headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. American Humane began on October 9, 1877, as ""The International Humane Association,"" with the amalgamation of 27 organizations from across the United States after a meeting at the Kennard House in Cleveland, Ohio. The invitation to the other groups came from the Illinois Humane Society, sent on September 15, 1877, to discuss the specific problem"
"White often witnessed drivers beating their exhausted horses as they labored under heavy freight down Philadelphia’s streets. Later she recalled how such sights depressed and troubled her that she could no longer walk down certain streets. Richard White knew of his wife’s feelings and mentioned to her that she should become involved in the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA); the world’s first animal welfare society. Also inspired by the RSPCA, wealthy American Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on April 10, 1866. In the summer of 1866 Caroline"
"Park in 1933. Her friends arranged for a monument to be constructed in St John's Wood churchyard which includes a wide range of sculpted animals. Alice Drakoules Alice Marie Lewis Drakoules (""née"" Lambe; c. 1850 – 15 January 1933) was a British humanitarian and campaigner for animal welfare. Drakoules was born in Brussels to British parents in about 1850. She married William Lewis who was the managing director of the Union Assurance Company. In 1887 she founded a Band of Mercy in Weybridge. In 1891 the Humanitarian League was founded by Henry Stephens Salt with her support. The first meeting"
"Humanitarian League The Humanitarian League was an organisation formed in England in 1891 by Henry Salt who was also the General Secretary and Editor. Other founding members were John Galsworthy, Colonel W. L. Blenkinsop Coulson. The League's inaugural metting was at the house of Alice Lewis and she was to be its first and only treasurer. Its aims were to enforce the principle that it is iniquitous to inflict avoidable suffering on any sentient being. The League opposed both corporal and capital punishment. Its other objectives included the banning of all hunting as a sport, and it was also strongly"
"the first Crufts dog show. The National Canine Defence League began operations funded entirely by donations from members and supporters. The group campaigned for the protection of strays, the provision of proper veterinary care and to campaign against muzzling, prolonged chaining and experimentation on dogs, which was a common practice at the time. By 1902 membership had risen to 1,000. Lady Gertrude Stock Lady Gertrude Georgina Stock, née Douglas (21 August 1842 - 25 November 1893) was an English aristocrat and novelist, who also wrote under the pseudonym George Douglas. In 1891 she founded the National Canine Defence League (today"
"Hanchett-Stamford v A-G The Performing and Captive Animals Defence League was founded as an unincorporated association in 1914, with the purpose of banning animals performing. It was decided the league had no charitable status in 1949, after ""National Anti-Vivisection Society v IRC"", because it was meant to change the law. Mr and Mrs Hanchett-Stamford joined as life members in the mid 1960s; he died in 2006 and she was the sole surviving member of the society. She decided to wind up and give the money to an active animal charity, seeking a declaration that the work and objects of the"
"animal foster care, and providing low-income pet owners with services such as assistance with pet food, free boarding, and more. Loving Companions Animal Rescue, Inc.(LCAR) was founded by Donna Buck-Davis in 2003, and their doors opened in February 2004. Originally, LCAR’s focus was to provide animal rescue for senior dogs. During Donna’s time volunteering at the Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) Animal Shelter, she learned senior dogs were the least adopted and on the top of the list to be euthanized. Donna felt the need to provide a better alternative for the senior dogs, and came up with the idea"
"Animal Protection and Rescue League The Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL) is an American grassroots animal rights organization based in California's San Diego and Orange Counties. In 2003 APRL was formed in San Diego by animal rights activist Bryan Pease and Kath Rogers as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit national organization. Subsequently, the Orange County chapter of APRL was formed in Irvine California and is staffed entirely by volunteers that follow the same mission of animal rights as the national organization. The APRL thrift store was founded in February 2006. All proceeds from the store went to campaigns and programs to"