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Links
Please see our extensive Fact
Sheet Links page for information about companion animal
care, adoption, spaying and neutering, circuses and rodeos,
factory farming, legislation, human-animal violence connection
— and a whole lot more!
Unseen
They Suffer, Unheard They Cry
Chessi, a Doberman-mix dog, was rescued as a result of a Primetime
show. You may read all about her rescue in Animal
Stories & Poetry.
How
To Adopt an Animal
So,
the big day has come and you’re ready to visit your local
animal shelter. Your decision to adopt instead of buying is
a noble one and you are setting an example for others to do
the same. You
don’t have to make an appointment to look around, just
go there during their adoption hours. The staff will let you
see all of their animals. Because of the overpopulation crisis,
shelters usually receive new animals each day. To learn more,
please read How
to Adopt an Animal.
Dog
& Cat Birth Rates
Tens of thousands of puppies and kittens are born in the U.S
each and every day. As long as these birth rates continue
there will never be enough room in our homes for each puppy
and kitten. To learn more about how easily these animals multiply,
please read Dog
& Cat Birth Rates.
Spay/Neuter
Myths & Facts
Many
people are reluctant to have their animals spayed or neutered
because they have so many misconceptions about how it affects
their pets. To learn the facts about spaying and neutering,
please read Spay/Neuter
Myths & Facts.
Our
Newsletters
Read the finer details of our work and progress right here online when you visit
Our Newsletters,
featuring happy ending stories, more of what you can do to help animals, and other vital information.
See
Spot Die
See
Spot Die (excerpt): “There are a hundred million
dogs and cats in America. We cuddle them, talk to them, make
them part of the family. Every year we buy them $5 billion
worth of food, not to mention vaccinations, bowls, flea spray,
and little pink sweaters. We
love our pets. Except, of course, when we have to move, or
get tired of walking them, or sick of paying the vet bills.
Then we abandon them. By the millions. We tell ourselves they’ll
find a new home, but the truth is, when we drop them off at
the animal shelter, we drop them off to die...” MORE
The
Mean Streets
The abuse of animals in Camden is unprecedented.
Animals have been starved to death, strangled, set on fire
while they’re still alive, abandoned, and left to die.
We are witness to a tremendous amount of cruelty. In The
Mean Streets, we present some of the evidence of such
abuse; pictures of those animals we couldn’t save can
be found here (but, beware, they are graphic!).
Animals
as Gifts?
The
gift that keeps on living...
...and
growing, and eating, and chewing, and scratching, and urinating,
and defecating, and getting sick, and needing care and attention
for years and years and years.
No
one should have a pet unless that person understands the commitment
involved, and is willing to accept that responsibility.
The
well cared-for pet lives for approximately 15 years. That
represents a major commitment of time and money. It’s
a large, long-term responsibility that should not be undertaken
lightly. It’s a decision that should be made by the person
who will have that responsibility. Pets are not toys or trinkets.
Do not give pets as gifts.
Give
a pet as a gift, and you may be giving a gift that will never
have the chance to keep on living.
Pet
Shops & Puppy Mills
Most puppies sold in pet shops come from “puppy mills.”
A puppy mill is a nightmare come true. The animals are viewed
as tools to make money and are completely devoid of caring
human contact. To learn more, please read Pet
Shops & Puppy Mills.
Unwanted
Dogs & Cats!
How can it be that dogs and cats are unwanted? If there is
any problem easily solved it should be the dog and cat overpopulation
problem. All a person has to do is to spay and neuter their
companion animal. Simple enough. Right? No, it’s not
that simple. To learn more, please read Unwanted
Dogs & Cats!
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