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North Shore Animal League America. Coordinates: 40.82623°N 73.68317°W. North Shore Animal League America, headquartered in Port Washington, New York, is the largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization in the world. Marianne H. Sanders founded the League in 1944, [1] and the League's mission has been saving the lives of pets ...
On April 19, 1866, the first anti-cruelty law was passed in NY since the founding of ASPCA, and the organization was granted the right to enforce anti-cruelty laws. In 1867, ASPCA operated its first ambulance for injured horses and began advocating for more humane treatment of animals such as horses, live pigeons, cats, and dogs.
The Orphaned Wildlife Center is an American nonprofit 501 (c) (3) animal welfare organization located in Otisville, New York. [1] Founded by Jim Kowalczik, Susan Kowalczik, and Kerry Clair in 2015, the mission is to save orphaned wildlife, rehabilitate and release them back into the wild. Animals that can not be released back into the wild are ...
Isolated on Plum Island off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York, the center has been tasked with protecting America's livestock from animal diseases since 1954. It is the only facility in the country authorized to work with live foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) samples, and specializes in the study of FMD and African swine fever. [3]
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries , where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
Best Friends Animal Society, (BFAS) founded in its present form in 1993, [1] is an American nonprofit 501 (c) (3) animal welfare organization based in Kanab, Utah with satellite offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Bentonville, Arkansas, Houston, Texas, Los Angeles, California, New York City, and Salt Lake City, Utah. [8]
ACC receives $10 million from its contract with the City of New York. This is less than $1.50 per person for a city of 11 million citizens. A 2009 report by the Humane Society of the United States entitled "Animal Sheltering Trends in the U.S." found that on average communities spend $8.00 per capita on animal shelters. [8]
Macon-Bibb County Animal Shelter. Address: 4214 Fulton Mill Road in Macon. Phone: (478) 621-6774. According to the shelter’s website, there have been over 2,400 intakes this year and 394 of ...