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For a detailed list of tips for animal advocacy work with government officials, check out Kim Wolf's Stubbydog.org blog entry: 10 Tips for Attending a City Council Meeting or Public Hearing Where Discriminatory Dog Laws are Being Discussed.

Sherri Franklin began her animal advocacy work in 1994 as volunteer at the San Francisco SPCA.

Oh, and we often partner with some wonderful brands that support our animal advocacy work in order to bring you discount codes and freebies!

Her animal advocacy work has been featured on The Today Show, in the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law's Magazine (December 2010) and as the cover story for Alpha Xi Delta Quill Magazine (Spring 2010).

Earlier this year, Gervais was awarded the prestigious Lord Houghton Award for Service to Animal Welfare by Animal Defenders International (ADI), for his animal advocacy work.

«I am delighted to dedicate the 2017 JARR Humanitarian Award to Ian and Nikki for their outstanding animal advocacy work,» said Monica Stevens, Co-founder Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch, «They not only bring inspiration to their fans by promoting a cruelty free lifestyle but have shown incredible dedication and compassion in their work to educate people and youth to make a positive change for the planet and the animals.»

Allie animal advocacy work featured in The Docket, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law's magazine (December 2010).

Not exact matches

Given their focus on plant - based and cellular alternatives to animal products, much of GFI's work does not have a direct bearing on much of the animal advocacy movement, although they are contributing to a neglected and potentially high - impact area.

Working to build the capacity of the animal advocacy movement can have a far - reaching impact.

GFI builds the capacity of the animal advocacy movement by recruiting scientists and entrepreneurs to work in cellular agriculture and plant - based technology and by doing scientific research.

They work with corporations to increase the availability of animal product alternatives and have developed a «restaurant report card» to score the top 100 chain restaurants according to their plant - based options.22 In general, we think that corporate outreach is a relatively effective animal advocacy intervention, though we are less certain of the effects of promoting plant - based options in restaurants than we are of the effects of working with corporations to implement welfare reforms.

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Several EA Global attendees expressed concern about the level of evidence the animal advocacy community has so far compiled on which interventions work best.

With the help of the community we work to alleviate animal suffering through rescue, advocacy, education, and rehabilitation.

New York — Pets Alive, one of the nation's oldest and largest no kill animal rescue and advocacy organizations has officially launched Pets Alive Puerto Rico a rescue project that is working with residents in moving the local culture towards progressive and lasting permanent change in the humane treatment of animals.

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Reach & Teach covers being a responsible pet owner, how to stop pet overpopulation, how to have a healthy and safe pet, providing for a pet their whole life, animal advocacy, careers working with animals, and two units that encompass our SAFE Dog Bite Prevention Program (also sold separately).

We think most people who work on farm animal advocacy would agree with this claim based on their personal experiences interacting with the public.

ACE's main impacts are through guiding the donations of relatively casual donors (who take their giving seriously, but aren't able to or don't want to be involved in setting the direction for the organizations they donate to) and through interacting with and advising existing animal advocacy organizations.100, 101 We don't have the resources or capacity to fund large amounts of work in new areas, either by doing the work ourselves or by helping set up organizations to do it or funding grants.

Interventions should be implemented by at least one animal advocacy group working in a high - potential - impact area (for instance, farm animal advocacy or wild animal suffering) to be considered.

An at - least partial list of these organizations include: American Dog Owners Association, American Humane, American Kennel Club (AKC), American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), American Working Dog Federation, Association of Pet Dog Trainers, Best Friends, Center for Disease Control, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants, International Association of Canine Professionals, National Animal Control Association, National Animal Interest Alliance, National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors, National Canine Research Council, No Kill Advocacy Center»

We do very limited work on advocacy around other specific animal issues such as use of animals in laboratories and companion animal homelessness, because we think good opportunities to help animals are much easier to find in the area of farm animal advocacy (and additionally the less popular area of wild animal suffering).104 The work we do in these areas serves mainly to check our assumptions about the scale, tractability, and neglectedness of various causes.

Therefore, we expect that, until wild animal advocacy from a perspective close to ours is more developed generally, we will do the most good by focusing on the farm animal cause, including directing general animal advocates to that cause, identifying especially good opportunities within that cause, and advising donors and organizations working within farm animal advocacy.

Most of these organizations do substantial work on farm animal advocacy.

We try to remain aware of the state of wild animal advocacy generally, and of particular groups working on addressing wild animal suffering from perspectives close to ours.102 We sometimes write about wild animal suffering, to help advance general awareness, one of the ways in which we think resources can be well - directed at this point in time.103 If a new group focusing on wild animal suffering becomes able to demonstrate success in a way we think will be compelling to our audience, we would expect to attempt to review it more closely and consider it for a recommendation.

We also consider evidence directly connected to the intervention in question (for instance, studies of a particular implementation in an animal advocacy context) as well as evidence more distantly related (for instance, from general psychological studies or from sociological work done on other movements for social change).

I currently run the national No Kill Advocacy Center, the only national organization dedicated to ending the systematic killing of animals in shelters which is run by staff who have actually worked in and created No Kill communities.

I am very busy with the No Kill Advocacy Center and a recent lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Control for unlawfully killing animals, refusing to work with rescue groups, and inhumane treatment of animals in its facilities.

Notes: For someone who wanted to work on corporate outreach but was not already affiliated with an animal advocacy organization, starting an organization and developing a reputation, or joining an organization and convincing it to do this type of work, would be a significant obstacle.

In recent weeks, Best Friends Animal Society along with other animal welfare organizations, including Alley Cat Allies and the No Kill Advocacy Center, has been working closely with New York state assemblyman Micah Kellner to help craft thisAnimal Society along with other animal welfare organizations, including Alley Cat Allies and the No Kill Advocacy Center, has been working closely with New York state assemblyman Micah Kellner to help craft thisanimal welfare organizations, including Alley Cat Allies and the No Kill Advocacy Center, has been working closely with New York state assemblyman Micah Kellner to help craft this bill.

Kathy is also the founder and director of Wisconsin Voters for Companion Animals, a grass - roots political advocacy organization that works towards advancing humane legislation while preserving animal owners rights.

An animal advocacy division within her company Beyond Zebra ® enlightens about pet awareness as she works to change society's perception to bring about the international life rights and legal protection these beings deserve.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund is the nation's preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals, and thanks the Humane Society of the United States and international law firm Locke Lord LLP for their work on this case.

At the same time, when my organization, the No Kill Advocacy Center, works with activists nationwide to pass legislation to add more protections, such as making it illegal for shelters to kill animals when rescue groups are willing to save them, these groups fight us, as HSUS has done in Minnesota and Best Friends did in New York.

The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association is working to bring the veterinary profession to the forefront of animal protection through our advocacy work and direct care services.

But we look in the eyes of the suffering animals we are documenting for the advocacy work, and we promise to help them.

We work to create a future that ends the unnecessary killing of animals, by staying in touch with our efforts and taking any action you can, you can help us in this vital work and advocacy.

Though animals have always held a special place in Sandy's heart, her advocacy on their behalf really took off while in college, where she served on the Board of her university's animal rights group and worked to educate others about animal issues, such as the inhumane treatment of animals in circuses and animals used for experimentation in cosmetics and product testing.

We also agree that the animal advocacy movement must work smarter and harder to mainstream animal protection within government.

The Maine Federation of Humane Societies is a statewide network of companion animal welfare organizations working to support animal shelters, to promote the adoption of homeless animals and responsible pet ownership, and to end pet overpopulation through education, outreach, and advocacy.

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Without your support of these hard - working, devoted advocacy groups, you can be sure we would be not be celebrating these animal advocacy wins today.

And, we will work more on advocacy, championing animal welfare for our community.

For more than 20 years, HSI has been working for the protection of all animals through the use of science, advocacy, education and hands on programmes.

Tara's impressive history includes working as the CA Director and Legal Coordinator of a wildlife program for Earth Island Institute, clerking for the Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center and for In Defense of Animals, serving as a legislative extern for the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and managing the Golden Gate Audubon Society.

Working to build the capacity of the animal advocacy movement can have a far - reaching impact.

Since 1995, COK has worked to end the abuse of animals in agriculture through undercover investigations, public outreach, litigation, and other advocacy programs.

We believe that Open Cages works in a relatively neglected area of animal advocacy, as there appear to be few other organizations in Poland pursuing programs similar to theirs, especially in the area of farmed animal advocacy.143, 144 They have also helped several other organizations work in Poland, such as ProVeg and the Albert Schweitzer Foundation, whom they have given advice on strategy, legal issues, and recruiting.145 They believe they will be able to coordinate corporate campaigns with the Albert Schweitzer Foundation in the future, and are currently in contact with them about this.146 They have also been coordinating their fur campaign with the organization Viva!