List of animal welfare groups

An animal welfare group is concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of animals. It may be an animal rescue group which helps individual animals in distress or may be many animals of a kind suffering from some epidemic.

The category is distinct from an animal rights group. Although some groups may belong to both categories, an animal rights group goes beyond the welfare of individual animals to advocate for the rights of animals to be treated in a certain way, such as not to be abused, or used for medical research, sport, food, or clothing.

Note that more comprehensive listings (over 189,000 groups) are available via the World Animal Net directory (see external links below). You can also find listings of groups with Wikipedia pages by clicking on the relevant titles in the "Categories" bar at the bottom of this page.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Worldwide or Serving Multiple Countries

Asia

Europe

Australia

Tasmania

Belgium

Bolivia

Canada

China

Hong Kong

Jiangsu province

  • Ping An A Fu[4]

Liaoning province

  • Vshine Animal Protection Organization[5]

Sichuan province

  • Home of Love[6]

Denmark

Egypt

Germany

Ghana

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Palestine

Japan

Jersey

Kenya

Malaysia

Malta

Mexico

Mozambique

Namibia

Nepal

The Netherlands

Norway

New Zealand

Pakistan

Philippines

Serbia

Singapore

Somalia

Puntland

Sri Lanka

South Africa

Sweden

Thailand

Turkey

Uganda

United Kingdom

United States of America

Alabama

Arizona

  • Arizona Humane Society

California

Colorado

Delaware

District of Columbia

  • Alaqua Animal Refuge

Florida

  • Alaqua Animal Refuge

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

  • Kentucky Humane Society

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

  • Outreach for Animals (national, based in Ohio)

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Wisconsin

  • Wisconsin Black Bear Education Center

Zimbabwe

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Our international work", RCPCA, accessed August 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ , December 22, 2015
  3. ↑ Affiliated to the Veterinary Bureau of the Agriculture Ministry; see "China Animal Disease Control Center Opens in Beijing", Xinhua News Agency June 17, 2006.
  4. ↑ mentioned here: "Street Dog Welfare in China", Humane Society International, accessed August 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ formerly Pet 100, mentioned here: "Street Dog Welfare in China", Humane Society International, accessed August 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ mentioned here: "Street Dog Welfare in China", Humane Society International, accessed August 16, 2014.
  7. ↑ "National Programme for the Protection of Animals (NPPA)", lobbying efforts of the society are described; "Legal Advice Service" outlines help the society provides to people trying to enforce or deal with the national Act on the Protection of Animals, newly enacted in 1998.
  8. ↑ PAWS Rescue & Rehabilitation Facebook Page
  9. ↑ Somalia: Somali Animal Health Services Project: Mid-Term Project Evaluation Report", accessed Oct. 11, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Puntland Livelihood Support Program", Vétérinaires sans Frontières Suisse, accessed Oct. 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ , Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare, accessed Jan. 18, 2016.

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