Animal Rights and Protection
The SF/SPCA supports HSUS ballot measure
 The San Francisco SPCA is lending its support to a state-wide campaign to prevent cruelty to farm animals in California. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is aiming to put a measure on the November 2008 ballot that would phase out certain cruel confinement practices: tiny gestation crates for breeding pigs, the battery cage for egg-laying hens, restrictive “veal crates” for calves. The HSUS campaign aims to collect 650,000 signatures in five short months to qualify this initiative for the ballot. Click here to read more and to lend your support to this important initiative.
The San Francisco SPCA promotes respect for the rights and needs of animals though educational efforts, including Humane Education Department programs and public information materials on the proper care and treatment of dogs and cats.
The Humane Education program brings animals and information on their rights and needs into the classrooms and lives of San Francisco schoolchildren. It also provides educational resource materials for teachers and welcomes field trips to The SF/SPCA, where children get a tour of the facilities and an educational program on animal-related topics. Each year, Humane Education runs an extensive Summer Camp Program with five-day Dog and Cat Camps for youngsters 8 - 15.
The SF/SPCA does not investigate animal cruelty cases. That work is done by local animal control agencies. (In San Francisco: San Francisco Animal Care and Control, 554-6364, www.ci.sf.ca.us./acc).
The following organizations have information or programs to help people fight animal cruelty:
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Reporting websites depicting or promoting animal cruelty [i.e. Bonsai Kitten]
HSUS INFO WEB SITE: http://www.hsus.org/ace/11813
REPORT WEB SITE: http://www.h4ha.org/stopcruelty/submit.html |
In Defense of Animals (Mill Valley, CA), 415-388-9641,
WEB SITE: www.idausa.org |
Animal Legal Defense Fund (Petaluma, CA), 707-769-7771,
WEB SITE: www.aldf.org |
Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) (Galt, CA) 209-745-2606,
WEB SITE: www.pawsweb.org |
Animal Protection Institute (Sacramento, CA), 916-447-3085,
WEB SITE: www.animalprotectioninstitute.org |
Humane Society of the United States (Washington, DC) 202-452-1100,
Regional Office (Sacramento, CA), 916-344-1710,
WEB SITE: www.hsus.org |
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) (Norfolk, VA) 757-622-7382
WEB SITE: www.peta-online.org |
The Fund for Animals (New York), 212-246-2096,
WEB SITE: www.fund.org |
Action for Animals (Seattle), 206-221-6933,
WEB SITE: www.afa-online.org |
Doris Day Animal League (Washington, DC), 202-546-1761,
WEB SITE: www.ddal.org |
American Humane Association (Englewood, CO), 303-792-9900,
WEB SITE: www.americanhumane.org |
Alley Cat Allies (Washington, DC), 202-667-3630,
WEB SITE: www.alleycat.org |
Farm Sanctuary (Orland, CA), 530-865-4617,
WEB SITE: www.farmsanctuary.org |
National Anti-Vivisection Society (Chicago), 312-427-6065,
WEB SITE: www.navs.org |
American Anti-Vivisection Society (Jenkintown, PA), 215-887-2088,
WEB SITE: www.aavs.org |
International Institute for Humane Education (Surrey, ME), 207-667-1025,
WEB SITE: www.compassionateliving.org |
Association of Professional Humane Educators (Alameda, CA),
WEB SITE: http://aphe.vview.org |
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (Washington, DC), 202-686-2210,
WEB SITE: www.pcrm.org |
Freedom for Animals (Sausalito, CA 415-756-4233)
WEB SITE: www.freedom4animals.org |
Hearts United for Animals (Auburn, NE 402-274-3679)
WEB SITE: www.hua.org |
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Notice/Disclaimer: Links to non-San Francisco SPCA entities are not under the control of the San Francisco SPCA, and are provided for the convenience of our supporters. They do not in any way constitute an endorsement of the linked pages or any commercial or private issues or products presented there. We cannot make any warranty or representation concerning the content of these sites, or secondary sites from the pages to which they link.
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