Sentences with phrase «for animal advocacy groups»

I have contributed graphic design and / or photography for animal advocacy groups and individuals, including Northwest VEG, Animal Hero Kids, Genesis Butler, Will Tuttle, The Prayer Circle for Animals, Out to Pasture Sanctuary, Wildwood Farm Sanctuary, Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, Animal Outreach of Kansas, Veganpalooza, The Interfaith Vegan Coalition, and my husband Daniel Redwood's animal rights album, «Songs for Animals, People and the Earth.»

The public records were not only a useful tool for animal advocacy groups, but also for journalist covering animal welfare issues and even pet store owners looking to check the records of commercial breeders.

When I interviewed him I was inspired by his enthusiasm and support for animal advocacy groups.

Not exact matches

The animal rights advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been calling for a ban for several years, arguing that computer models and simulations can effectively replace dissection.

Last week the committee released a survey done by a private advocacy group that found that many of the country's leading research labs do not follow voluntary guidelines for the humane treatment of animals issued in 1992 by the Indian National Science Academy.»

«The most important [issue is] the removal of restrictions on the use of nonhuman primates and the ability to reuse animals,» said Simon Festing, chief executive of Understanding Animal Research, a British advocacy group promoting the need for humane animal resAnimal Research, a British advocacy group promoting the need for humane animal resanimal research.

More than 100 scientists, animal welfare officers, representatives of advocacy groups and stakeholders from different countries met for a 2 - day conference in San Francisco to discuss how to improve transparency and to increase the public understanding of the essential contributions that animal research makes to modern life science and biomedical research.

For now, pet owners who find the current state of this situation unacceptable are urged by animal advocacy groups to take the following actions.

Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC), a leading companion animal advocacy group representing pet owners and pet care professionals, called for federal and state authorities to address the practices of 86 rescues and shelters uncovered by a Washington Post report.

On our Advocacy / Puppy Mills page, you'll find a ton of information about people and groups who are fighting for animal rights and humane legislation each and every day.

Animal lovers, rescue groups and advocacy organisations have been agitating for change at the Lost Dogs Home (LDH) for at least a decade and -LSB-...]

With this in mind, a small group of leaders of Penn Animal Advocacy (an animal - focused effective altruism group at the University of Pennsylvania) met to brainstorm ideas for the conveAnimal Advocacy (an animal - focused effective altruism group at the University of Pennsylvania) met to brainstorm ideas for the conveanimal - focused effective altruism group at the University of Pennsylvania) met to brainstorm ideas for the convention.

The Montreal animal advocacy group will occupy Phillips Square on February 14th, 2015 at 2 pm and hold a day of action for victims of the fur trade.

This 24 - hour fundraiser always proves important for area shelters, rescues, and animal advocacy groups, so we're eager to tell you how you can participate in 2018!

The course is sponsored by Pets Ad Litem a local animal advocacy group, and is a free, three - hour information program designed to help pet owners learn how to properly care for their animals and to increase awareness of the local laws governing animal care and treatment.

We provided funding for three projects relevant to specific animal advocacy interventions, namely, a humane education field experiment, an experiment testing the effects of real and virtual contact with farmed animals, and a series of focus groups and survey experiments to understand consumer attitudes towards and willingness - to - pay for cultured meat.

For the past 15 years, Peter has helped animal care and control agencies, humane organizations and advocacy groups establish effective shelter overpopulation programs in their communities.

For example, the Five Freedoms are commonly cited by mainstream advocacy groups concerned with animal protection, and list four varieties of suffering to prevent and one source of pleasure with which animals should be provided:

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.

For example, we can see evidence of this thinking when animal advocacy groups conduct projects to preserve populations of predators.

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.

In the U.S., general animal advocacy groups and groups specifically organized to oppose animal testing publish guides to help consumers avoid products that have been tested on animals and have convinced specific companies and schools to stop using animals for testing and education.

One practice, favored by most animal advocacy groups, is something called the Trap - Neuter - Release (or Return) approach — or TNR for short.

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.

In 1994, Best Friends organized the first Utah's Week for the Animals, a statewide promotion of pet adoption, spay / neuter and animal advocacy that grew to include the first Strut Your Mutt, which has since blossomed into a national grassroots fundraiser for animal rescue groups.

The Humane Education and Advocacy Program serves to educate children and adults about responsible animal stewardship through (1) creating and providing humane education programs; (2) providing informational services to supporters and the general public; (3) networking with other humane organizations; (4) creating and distributing humane education materials; (5) creating, maintaining, and disseminating relevant information via the NHES website, social networking sites, and email newsletters; and (6) advocating for animals by encouraging private companies, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, lawmakers, and other groups nationally and internationally to adopt policies and practices that support the humane treatment of animals.

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 legislative committee will serve to unite resources within the veterinary community, animal interest groups, small business advocacy groups, etc., with the goals of providing support for legislative changes that foster animal well - being through Acupressure and Massage as well as insuring the right of qualified individuals to perform their professional services and earn a living.

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.

Wisconsin Voters for Companions Animals: «The Wisconsin Voters for Companion Animals is a grassroots, not - for - profit, companion animal advocacy group.»

She chaired the Governance Review Committee and the Advocacy Committee and is particularly proud of that group's successful End Animal Cruelty campaign, which ultimately saw increased protection for abused and neglected animals through new cruelty legislation enacted by the BC government.

The world of politics is a tough place for a non-profit animal advocacy group.

Chicago - area zoos and other animal advocacy groups also favor banning the event, which has been a popular attraction at the Lake County Fair for more than five years.

ACE thinks that some of HLL's early studies were not conducted as well as they could have been, and that there were problems in some of the write - ups of those studies.262 For example, HLL conducted five studies with the same participant pool, which might have caused the results of some of those studies to be influenced by earlier experimental manipulations.263 Some studies also did not include appropriate control groups, and many studies did not control for desirability bias.264 We think these early studies helped influence animal advocates to see research into animal advocacy methods as possible and desirable, but that their utility is otherwise limited by some of their design flaFor example, HLL conducted five studies with the same participant pool, which might have caused the results of some of those studies to be influenced by earlier experimental manipulations.263 Some studies also did not include appropriate control groups, and many studies did not control for desirability bias.264 We think these early studies helped influence animal advocates to see research into animal advocacy methods as possible and desirable, but that their utility is otherwise limited by some of their design flafor desirability bias.264 We think these early studies helped influence animal advocates to see research into animal advocacy methods as possible and desirable, but that their utility is otherwise limited by some of their design flaws.

In contrast, Mercy For Animals» 2016 study of Facebook ads, which ACE believed was of high quality compared to other randomized controlled trials of animal advocacy, was powered to detect a difference of 10 % between the experimental and control groups.

NEW YORK (AP)-- For all its 147 years, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been more than an advocacy group; it has served as the primary law enforcement agency for animal abuse and neglect in New York CiFor all its 147 years, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been more than an advocacy group; it has served as the primary law enforcement agency for animal abuse and neglect in New York Cifor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been more than an advocacy group; it has served as the primary law enforcement agency for animal abuse and neglect in New York Cifor animal abuse and neglect in New York City.

Osterman, a Maryland resident, became a vegetarian at 15, works with a local elephant advocacy group and volunteers at a horse sanctuary, but she found her calling last year when she attended her first Humane Lobby Day, an HSUS - sponsored event in state capitals across the country where animal advocates learn how to push for laws that protect animals.

Give Me Shelter Project, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 not for profit animal rescue, education and advocacy group in NYC.

Contact an animal advocacy group to learn about how you can work to change for the better local or national legislation for animal rights.

Whether you're looking for a swanky gala benefit, casual gathering of pet lovers in the park, luxury boat cruise, musical concert, comedy performance, dance party, film screening, marathon or walk, family bowling day, convention or fair, flea market or yard sale, boutique shopping day, pet fashion show, cage comforter sewing day, or other animal - related fun, these events sponsored by Alliance Participating Organizations (APOs) and other New York City animal rescue and advocacy groups should not be missed!

As the national advocacy and legislative voice of pet care professionals who care for and about companion animals, PIJAC worked with Kids and Cars — the main group behind H.R. 2801, the HOT CARS Act, with a sister bill S. 1666 in the U.S. Senate — to build the Animal Care Coalition.

All I need for you to do is pick an animal rescue, shelter, advocacy group, nonprofit organization, idea, etc. that you want to support.

ALEXANDRIA, VA — A leading companion animal advocacy group representing pet owners and pet care professionals called for federal and state authorities to address the practices of 86 rescues and shelters uncovered by a Washington Post report.

While animal advocacy groups were conspicuously silent about the 10th anniversary of the Vick bust and the mayhem following since then, Maddie's Fund, a leading player in pit bull advocacy, on April 26, 2017 issued a media release celebrating the 30th birthday of the mini-schnauzer Maddie, for whom software entrepreneurs Dave and Cheryl Duffield renamed their private foundation after Maddie's death in 1997.

WASHINGTON, D.C. ---- The 2007 conviction of football star Michael Vick for dogfighting helped hundreds of animal welfare executives and their minions to get filthy rich, yet the animal advocacy groups pocketing the money did little, if anything, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the April 20, 2007 drug bust and April 25, 2007 police raid that sent Vick to prison, sent pit bull advocates laughing all the way to the bank, and ---- indirectly ---- sent tens of thousands of human and animal dog attack victims to hospitals, veterinarians, and often their graves.

The State effort was opposed by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading bird conservation organization; Audubon Florida; Florida Defenders of Wildlife, a leading Florida wildlife advocacy group; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (who described the bill as a disaster for cats), and by the Florida Veterinary Medical Association.

Peter Marsh, J.D.. For more than thirty years, Peter Marsh has helped government agencies, foundations, humane organizations, and animal advocacy groups throughout the United States develop and implement animal protection programs.

On - line sales of digital and paperback books, as well as sales made at local shops and local book signings make it possible for us to donate cash, goods, and books to animal advocacy groups.

Make contact with an animal advocacy group about which foods are best for your puppy.

We're looking for businesses, corporations, associations, non-profits, advocacy groups, and animal welfare organizations willing to be a part of this historic effort.