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Global
Federation of Sanctuaries (GFAS)
The Global Federation of Sanctuaries (GFAS)
is a non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate
coordination of animal sanctuaries around the world, establish
and carry out an agreed-upon accreditation and certification
process to objectively verify that animal sanctuaries are
providing animals the standards of care that they deserve,
provide animal sanctuary operators with specific guidelines
on the humane care of various animal species and assistance
to develop their organizations, and educate the public about
the need to treat all animals humanely, the causes and conditions
of displaced animals, and the compelling need to actively
support accredited sanctuaries.
Earth
Share of Texas
Earth Share of Texas is an umbrella organization
of 70 local, state, national, and international non-profit
environmental groups.
Austin
Area Wildlife Rehabilitation
AAWR serves as a resource for anyone who has
found a sick, injured, or orphaned wild animal, or has a question
about wildlife in general. Our licensed rehabilitators provide
at-home care for wildlife in need, with the ultimate goal
of releasing them back into their native habitats.
Animal
Protection Institute (API)
Founded in 1968, the Animal Protection Institute
(API) is a national animal advocacy organization that advocates
for the protection of animals from cruelty and exploitation.
Every year, billions of animals suffer in fur farms and circus
cages, in slaughterhouses and product testing labs. In their
campaigns against such cruelties, API uses powerful tools
including legislation, public education, litigation, and grassroots
networking. They also work actively with media to spread the
word about challenges facing animals. API's primary campaign
areas currently include animals used in entertainment, captive
exotic animals, companion animals, compassionate consumerism,
farmed animals, and wildlife protection. API also provides
"hands-on" care for animals at the API Primate Sanctuary,
located in Dilley, Texas, where more than 400 primates, many
of whom were rescued from abusive situations in laboratories,
roadside zoos, and private possession, live in as natural
an environment as possible with minimal human interference.
Midwest
Avian Adoption & Rescue Services (MAARS)
Based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul (Twin Cities)
area of Minnesota, Midwest Avian Adoption & Rescue Services
(MAARS) provides education and consultations, surrender, rescue,
sanctuary placement, and adoption services for captive exotic
birds. MAARS' first function is to educate the public and
people who already live with birds about proper bird care
so they can provide the best homes possible for the birds
already in captivity. Their second function is to accept and
rescue surrendered, abandoned, neglected, and abused parrots
and other captive exotic birds for health care, behavioral
therapy, and placement in a new home or sanctuary.
Avian
Welfare Coalition (AWC)
The Avian Welfare Coalition (AWC) advocates
in the animal protection community for captive parrots and
other birds exploited by the pet trade. The AWC is a working
alliance of veterinarians, conservationists, and avian welfare
and animal protection organizations dedicated to the ethical
treatment of parrots and other captive exotic birds. They
work to increase public awareness regarding captive bird welfare
and facilitate cooperation among their members, the humane
community, and professionals in related fields to address
all aspects of the live bird trade. These efforts aid in preventing
the abuse, exploitation, and suffering of captive birds, address
the crucial issues of rescue, placement, and sanctuary for
displaced birds, advocate for legal protection for birds living
in captivity, and support legitimate conservation programs
that may ensure the survival of wild birds and the protection
of their natural habitats.
New
England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS)
The New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS),
founded in 1895, works to expose and replace animal experiments
in laboratories and classrooms with ethically and scientifically
responsible modern research methods and to protect human beings
who may be subjected to such experiments. NEAVS advocates
for the protection of animals through public outreach efforts
and publications, through education programs designed to promote
greater compassion and respect for life, and through the support
of legislative initiatives and litigation intended for the
protection of animals.
American
Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS)
The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS)
is a non-profit animal advocacy and educational organization
dedicated to ending experimentation on animals in research,
testing, and education. AAVS also opposes and works to end
other forms of cruelty to animals. They work with students,
grassroots groups, individuals, parents, teachers, the media,
and members of the scientific community to legally and effectively
end the use of animals in science through education, advocacy,
and the development of alternative methods to animal use.
Charity
Navigator
Charity Navigator helps charitable givers make
intelligent giving decisions by providing information on over
five thousand charities and by evaluating the financial health
of each of these charities. They ensure our evaluations are
widely used by making them easy to understand and freely available
to the public. By guiding intelligent giving, they aim to
advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace,
in which givers and the charities they support work in tandem
to overcome our nation's most persistent challenges.
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