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Your direct source for finding and connecting to a variety of reputable animal charities from around the world!
Your direct source for finding and connecting to a variety of reputable animal charities from around the world!
Anatole France
Founded: 1977, Toronto, ON, Canada
Jane Goodall Institute is a global non-profit wildlife and environment conservation organization founded by Dr. Jane Goodall. The institute's mission is to improve the treatment and understanding of primates through public education and legal representation, to protect their habitats in partnership with local communities, and to recruit and train young people for these missions.
Founded: 1969, New Brunswick, Canada
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is one of the largest animal welfare and conservation charities in the world. The organization works to rescue individual animals, safeguard populations, preserve habitat, and advocate for greater protections.
Founded: 1873, Stouffville, ON, Canada
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society (Ontario SPCA) is a registered Canadian charity focused on animal protection and animal advocacy.
The Ontario SPCA was founded as a charity in 1873 to prevent cruelty to animals. In 1919, the Ontario SPCA incorporated as a non-profit in Ontario and, in addition to fulfilling its charitable mission, accepted the role of enforcing provincial animal welfare legislation on behalf of the Government of Ontario.
Founded: 1991, International, Over 50 Countries Worldwide
Humane Society International/Canada is a leading force for animal protection, with active programs in companion animals, wildlife and habitat protection, marine mammal preservation, farm animal welfare and animals in research.
HSI/Canada represents tens of thousands of supporters across the country, and is proud to be a part of Humane Society International—one of the largest animal protection organizations in the world.
Founded: 1992, Puslinch, ON, Canada
The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada rescues and rehabilitates donkeys, mules and hinnies who have been neglected, abused or otherwise need Sanctuary. We also provide resources and education to the public and the equine world about the unique traits and needs of donkeys and donkey-hybrids.is a Canadian registered charity and sanctuary devoted to the welfare and rescue of donkeys, mules and hinnies.
Founded: 1986, Acton, CA, USA
Farm Sanctuary is an American animal protection organization, founded in 1986 as an advocate for farmed animals. It was America's first shelter for farmed animals. It promotes laws and policies that support animal welfare, animal protection, and veganism through rescue, education, and advocacy.
Founded: 1951, Washington, DC, USA
The Animal Welfare Institute is an American non-profit charitable organization founded by Christine Stevens in 1951 with the goal of reducing suffering inflicted on animals by humans. It is one of the oldest animal welfare organizations in the US.
Founded: 1986, Paris, France
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation (in French: Fondation Brigitte Bardot - FBB) is a French foundation dedicated to animal protection created by French actress Brigitte Bardot in 1986. Since 1992, the foundation has been recognized as a "public utility.
Founded: 2013, Bethlehem, PA, USA
We fund emergency veterinary care for pets of low-income households.
We strive for a successful outcome for pets and an enhanced quality of life for their human companions. since 2013, our vital support has helped pet parents avoid surrendering their pets to a shelter or economic euthanasia due to financial hardship.
Founded: 1980, Brussels, Belgium
Eurogroup for animals is a nonprofit organisation registered under Belgian law. The voice for animals in Europe For over 40 years, we have worked with our members to measurably improve the
protection of animals.
As the pan-European animal protection organisation, the primary focus of Eurogroup for Animals is to work in the interest of animals towards a society in which they are valued and respected as sentient beings. Thanks to a united network, we protect animals by achieving better legislation, highest standards, enforcement and by
driving societal change.
Founded: 1961, Gland, Switzerland
The World Wide Fund for Nature is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
Founded: 2002, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre (home of Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre) is a registered charity whose goal is to protect and conserve Ontario’s native turtles and the habitat in which they live. We accomplish this by operating a turtle hospital that treats, rehabilitates, and releases injured turtles, by performing extensive research in the field to further conservation initiatives, and by running a comprehensive education and outreach program.
Founded: 2014, King City, ON, Canada
Dog Tales is a world-renowned dog rescue and horse sanctuary set on an incredible 50 acres of green fields, rolling hills, and wooded areas in King City, Ontario. Our picturesque location - complete with kilometers of walking trails, therapy pools, and a grooming spa - is the perfect setting for abused and neglected animals to heal and be rehabilitated while they wait for forever homes. Along with medical care, our team provides all of the love, attention and training that our rescues need to recover from their difficult pasts, so that they can move on to permanent, loving homes, which most do. For the rest, Dog Tales is home for as long as they need it to be.
Founded: 2000, Sunderland, ON, Canada
Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary is the only monkey sanctuary in Canada. We provide a permanent home for primates retiring from research, for monkeys and lemurs saved from abuse and neglect at unregulated roadside zoos and victims of the exotic animal trade. Story Book is a place of safety, healing, and recovery from trauma. We provide freedom from fear and the ability to make choices.
Founded: 1999, Lakeside, ON, Canada
Cedar Row Sanctuary has been operating for more than 24 years as a place of hope for animals rescued from abuse, neglect and slaughter. Abuse that happens at meat, milk, and egg farms. Since it was established, the farm has rescued hundreds of farm animals including pigs, cows, goats, sheep, donkeys, rabbits, turkeys, chickens, ducks and geese.
Founded: 1983, Juno Beach, FL, USA
Loggerhead Marinelife Center, located in Loggerhead Park, Juno Beach, Florida, is a sea turtle research, rehabilitation, education and conservation center. The center also manages the Juno Beach fishing pier, across the street from the park.
Founded: 1978, Locust Grove, GA, USA
Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary is a 501 nonprofit American domestic, wildlife, and exotic animal rescue and rehabilitation center. It is located on 250 acres in Locust Grove, Georgia and houses over 1,500 animals.
Founded: 1999, Santa Clarita, CA, USA
The Gentle Barn is an American nonprofit animal sanctuary organization located in Santa Clarita, California; Dittmer, Missouri; and Christiana, Tennessee. Founded by Ellie Laks in 1999, The Gentle Barn's mission is to provide sanctuary for abused animals who would not otherwise be able to find homes.
Founded: 1999, Haiku, HI, USA
Leilani Farm Sanctuary is a non-profit organization, home to nearly three hundred rescued animals, including goats, chickens, rabbits, ducks, a donkey, geese, deer, cats, pigs, sheep, turkeys, guinea pigs and tortoises. Located on eight lush acres of pure love, this non-profit sanctuary on Maui saves animals destined for slaughter or orphaned after hunters took their mothers and educates the community on the humane treatment of animals.
Founded: 1964, Cambridge, UK
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.
Founded: 1927, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is an 18-hectare koala sanctuary in the Brisbane suburb of Fig Tree Pocket in Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1927, it is the oldest and largest koala sanctuary of its kind in the world. The park houses approximately 80 species of Australian animals.
Founded: 1993, Kanab, Utah, USA
Best Friends, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, operates the nation’s largest sanctuary for homeless animals and provides adoption, spay/neuter, and educational programs.
Founded: 1877, Washington, DC, USA
Founded in 1877 as the country’s first national humane organization, American Humane is committed to helping ensure the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. For nearly a century and a half, our innovative, science-based leadership programs have been First to Serve in promoting and nurturing the bonds between animals and humans.
Founded: 1989, Barrie, ON, Canada
Bear Creek Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, was founded in 1989 by Werner Ebner. We are a volunteer driven Private Foundation Registered Charity. We provide a safe haven for unwanted, abused and injured exotic animals. We are authorized wildlife custodians through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. We rehabilitate injured, orphaned and indigenous wildlife. For many of the animals here, Bear Creek was the last resort prior to euthanasia.
Founded: 1997, Carignan, QC, Canada
Providing sanctuary for chimpanzees since 1997! Fauna is a protected sanctuary for former biomedical research chimpanzees and neglected, abused farm and domestic animals.
Through sanctuary, conservation and education, we aim to foster a better understanding of all animals while exploring our ethical responsibility as humans for the well-being of all earth’s creatures.
Founded: 1999, Mission, BC, Canada
To help preserve the lives of injured, abused, abandoned and neglected pot-bellied pigs. We offer a peaceful setting for the pigs so they can live and fraternize and maintain a stable and healthy environment for the duration of their lives.
Founded: 1997, Seaforth, NS, Canada
Hope for Wildlife is a charitable wildlife rehabilitation and education organization located in Seaforth, Nova Scotia. Since 1997, we have rescued, rehabilitated, and released over 80,000 injured and orphaned wild animals representing over 250 species.
Founded: 1970, Vineland, ON, Canada
The Owl Foundation is a registered Canadian charitable organization that helps wild Canadian owls and other raptors that are injured or orphaned. The Foundation operates a rehabilitation centre located in the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.
Founded: 1972, Acton, CA, USA
Shambala Preserve is an animal sanctuary established in 1972 and located in Acton, California, a desert community 10 miles southwest of Palmdale, off of California State Route 14 and 40 miles north of Los Angeles. Shambala is maintained by the Roar Foundation, founded by actress Tippi Hedren In 1983, Shambala cares for endangered exotic big cats such as African lions, Siberian tigers, and Bengal tigers, leopards, servals, mountain lions, plus, a lynx, a Florida panther, and a liger, Shambala is accredited by the American Sanctuary Association.
Founded: 2013, USA
Lady Freethinker is a voice of compassion working to end cruelty to all sentient beings. Together, we are evolving toward a world where human-caused suffering is a thing of the past. Animals can’t speak out to tell the world of their suffering. But you can. With our voice and our actions, we can evolve into a peaceful, compassionate and flourishing world – for every species.
Founded: mid-1980s, USA
Saving A Species One Gorilla At A Time! Founded by the legendary American Gorilla Researcher, Dr. Dian Fossey in the mid-1980s; Gorilla Doctors is the only organization in the world dedicated to conserving mountain and eastern lowland (Grauer's) gorillas in the wild through veterinary medicine and science using a One Health approach. We appreciate your support as we continue to protect the health of these endangered animals.
Founded: 1986, Brisbane Queensland, AU
Conserving The Wild Koala And Its Habitat. The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is the principal non-profit, non-government organisation dedicated to the effective management and conservation of the Koala and its habitat. Our main goals are to refine and update the Koala Habitat Atlas mapping of all wild Koala habitat and to get the Koala Protection Act enacted to ensure Koalas and their habitat are protected.
Founded: 1987, Alexandria, ON, Canada
Refuge RR has been a registered charity since 1990, and was initially created in 1987. While located in Ontario, Canada, we also provide full assistance to the entire province of Quebec. We rescue, rehabilitate and offer refuge to animals that have been abused, neglected or abandoned. We often travel vast distances to help animals in need and have experienced, qualified people caring for them here at the Refuge.
Founded: 1999, Littleton, CO, USA
The Giant Panda, one of the most delightful and captivating of animals, is also one of the most endangered. The best scientific estimates indicate that there are less than 2,200 Giant Pandas remaining in the world today. The Mission of Pandas International is to ensure the preservation and propagation of the endangered Giant Panda. By providing public awareness and education, support for research, habitat preservation and enhancement, and assistance
to Giant Panda Centers.
Founded: 1977, Nairobi, Kenya
Born from one family’s passion for Kenya and its wilderness, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was established 45 years ago and is best known for its Orphans' Project, the first and most successful elephant orphan rescue and rehabilitation program in the world. The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a pioneering conservation organisation, dedicated to the protection of wildlife and the preservation of habitats in East Africa.
Founded: 1990, Bethesda, MD, USA
Alley Cat Allies is the leader of the global movement to protect and improve cats’ lives. Through our cutting-edge programs and fearless advocacy, we champion the humane treatment of all cats and kittens.
We work toward a world where every cat is valued and protected and every community and shelter has policies and programs to defend them.
Founded: 1988, Vienna, Austria
FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them.
Founded in 1988 in Vienna by Heli Dungler and friends, the organisation advocates for a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. Today, with offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Kosovo, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, the UK, the USA and Vietnam as well as sanctuaries for rescued animals in eleven countries, FOUR PAWS provides rapid help and long-term solutions
Founded: 2006, Stuer, Germany
Western Europe's largest bear sanctuary is currently home to 12 brown bears that have been rescued from zoos, circuses and private holdings. Bears that have lived in captivity can no longer be released into the wild - they are too dependent on humans and would not survive in the wild.
BÄRENWALD Müritz (Bear Sanctuary Müritz), an animal welfare project by FOUR PAWS, offers such bears an alternative: in natural enclosures, the bears can rediscover their instincts and live out their natural behavior - roaming around, retreating, digging dens, bathing in the pond or hibernating.
Founded: 1947, Washington, DC, USA
Defenders of Wildlife works on the ground, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill to protect and restore imperiled wildlife and habitats across North America. Together, we can ensure a future for the wildlife and wild places we all love.
Founded: 1957, New York, USA
Friends of Animals (FoA) is a non-profit, international animal advocacy organization incorporated in the state of New York since 1957. Friends of Animals advocates for the rights of nonhuman animals, free-living and domestic. Our goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world.
Founded: 2011, Temecula, CA, USA
We believe animals are living, breathing, beautiful beings who are someone, not “something.” Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and educate on their behalf while promoting a cruelty-free lifestyle and reducing our impact on the earth.
Bringing awareness to the plight of factory-farmed animals helps create a more compassionate and kinder world for ALL, regardless of species.
We are a 100% off-grid non-profit sanctuary located in Temecula, California, that offers rescue and refuge to animals discarded by our food industry and hospice to senior horses and those with ongoing medical needs.
Founded: 2009, Patagonia, Argentina
In 2009, Pablo Garcia Borboroglu founded the Global Penguin Society (GPS) – the world's first coalition for the protection of penguins.
The Global Penguin Society is an internationally recognized leader organization dedicated to the conservation of the world´s penguin species, the coasts and the oceans they inhabit
The Global Penguin Society fosters the conservation of all penguin species and their associated ecosystems, generating science, management guidelines and education.
Founded: 1981, Seattle, WA, USA
The Snow Leopard Trust aims to protect this endangered cat through community-based conservation projects that are based on an improved scientific understanding of snow leopard behavior, needs, habitats and threats.
Founded: 2007, Asheville, NC, USA
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s mission is to better the lives of companion animals and the people who love them. Through adoption and pet retention programs, a low-cost mobile spay and neuter clinic, lifesaving shelter transfer partnerships and extensive volunteer and foster networks, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue impacts the lives of thousands of animals each year.
Founded: 1965, Skegness, Lincolnshire, UK
Skegness Natureland is primarily a seal rescue centre, dedicated to rescuing baby seals, rehabilitating them, and releasing them back into the wild! The two main pupping seasons (Summer months for Harbour Seals, Winter months for Grey Seals) are our busiest times for rescuing baby seals. Each year, Natureland rescued between 60 and 70 pups from the Lincolnshire coastline, due to them being separated from their mothers before being successfully weaned, or because they have become unwell or injured. These pups are brought back to Natureland, where they are admitted to our Seal Hospital and cared for by our dedicated team.
Founded: 1995, Washington, D.C. USA
Galápagos Conservancy is the only U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated exclusively to the protection and restoration of the Galápagos Islands and its brilliant mosaic of life, including more than 2,000 species found nowhere else on Earth. As a leader in direct on-the-ground conservation action, we work with partners, including the Galápagos National Park Directorate, to save imperiled species, build a more sustainable society, and rewild the complex ecosystems of the Archipelago.
Founded: 1975, Sausalito, CA, USA
The largest marine hospital in the world, The Marine Mammal Center is a private, non-profit U.S. organization with a mission to advance global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research, and education.
Founded: 1994, Reno, NV, USA
Since 1994, Animal Ark has served as a permanent and loving home for injured or otherwise non-releasable wildlife and provided wildlife education to the Northern Nevada community and beyond.
Founded: 1994, Bozeman, MT, USA & Churchhill, MB, Canada
We know polar bears — their habits, their ecology, and their threats. In fact, we’re the only conservation organization dedicated solely to wild polar bears. Our mission is to conserve polar bears and the sea ice they depend on. We also work to inspire people to care about the Arctic, the threats to its future, and the connection of this fragile ecosystem to our global climate.
As a science-based organization with staff including leading polar bear scientists and partnerships that span the circumpolar Arctic, we focus on addressing both the long- and short-term challenges that polar bears face, with a goal of sustaining a future for the bears across the Arctic.
Founded: 1927, Davie, FL, USA
Flamingo Gardens is one of the oldest botanical gardens and attractions in South Florida. Flamingo Gardens is the premier Everglades Learning Center and South Florida Wildlife and Botanical Sanctuary. Flamingo Gardens mission is to depict,
preserve, and provide education about the natural and cultural heritage of South Florida and the Everglades in our botanical gardens and wildlife sanctuary.
Founded: 2006, Gaithersburg, Maryland
In 2006, Sher Polvinale and her late husband, Joe, created a senior pet sanctuary in their home in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Sanctuary residents are senior and special needs dogs and cats who have lost their families and homes through no fault of their own. Because of their advanced age and various medical conditions, they have little chance of being adopted.
Once a dog or cat becomes a House with a Heart resident, it has a loving home for life. Our Director Sher devotes herself full-time to caring for the pets and maintaining and improving the Sanctuary.
HWAH is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is supported by a dedicated team of volunteers who walk, bathe, and care for the residents, as well as clean and maintain the house and two-acre property.
Founded: 1995, Hohenwald, TN, USA
The Elephant Sanctuary exists to provide elephants with individualized care, the companionship of a herd, and the opportunity to live out their lives in a safe haven dedicated to their well-being
educate the public of the complex needs of elephants and the crisis facing elephants in the wild.
Founded: 1980, Rockland, MD, USA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. PETA says that its entities have more than 9 million members globally.
PETA exposes animals suffering in laboratories, in the food industry, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry.
Founded: 1994, Weatherford, TX, USA
We believe that great animal rescue organizations are judged not just by the scale of the work that they do, but by the impact that work has on the lives of the animals they rescue. We actively work with zoos, researchers and animal shelters to offer an alternative to death. Many of the bats in our care have lived terrible lives before coming to us and we provide the security and privacy they need to recuperate from their previous existence. We firmly believe that all living beings exist for their own reasons and have a right to a peaceful and happy life, just as humans do.
Founded: 1964, Looe, Cornwall
The Monkey Sanctuary has a well-established reputation for offering outstanding levels of welfare and innovative care management for all of its primate residents. It was the first Sanctuary in Europe to be accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS).
Wild Futures is a UK primate welfare and conservation charity rescuing, campaigning, educating and providing sanctuary to primates in need. We also support projects overseas, working to protect primates and habitats worldwide.
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