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ASPCA, HSUS and Best Friends criticised for how they spend their wealth
Three major American animal welfare charities have been criticised on how they spend their money. These charities are the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the Humane Society of the...
Amazon are terminating Amazon Smile, their charitable donation program. The reason why.
Amazon Smile raised $500 million for charities elected by customers over its lifetime of 10 years. A small percentage of the sale price was given to charity by Amazon. It did not increase the...
Five cents to animal charity for every comment throughout October 2020
I want to restart a scheme that I ran a long time ago. Every comment that a visitor makes is worth five cents to an animal charity. The total will be added up at...
America: charitable donations to companion animals are much higher than to farm animals
I wanted to write something about charitable donations. Do you know why? It’s because the keyword “donations” is a good one if you want to increase advertising revenue. I’m trying to increase advertising revenue...
Is the typical North American animal rescue in hock to their vets for thousands of dollars?
A sadly typical case of unwanted domestic cat abandonment shines a light on the debt that some animal rescues owe to the veterinary clinic which provides a service to them. It triggered a question...
American communities step up to help animal shelters but the future is precarious
ANIMAL SHELTERS USA – CORONAVIRUS EFFECT – OPINION: There is a clear message emanating from the Internet about animal shelters in America and there are two aspects to it. One is positive and one...
The uncertain future of New York City’s cats during pandemic
Lisa Scroggins, the founder of Little Wanderers, a rescue organisation under pressure, but remaining successful during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, is nervous about the future of feral and indeed domestic cats...
Recognising acts of kindness towards animal rescue during the coronavirus pandemic
Digging around the Internet, as I do, I bumped into some acts of kindness which don’t necessarily surprise me but which greatly impress me. It is a time during which people are pulling together....
Animal shelters in poorer European countries are suffering because of coronavirus pandemic
NEWS/OPINION: It is reported (Metro.co.uk) that animal rescues in the less well developed European countries in terms of animal welfare are suffering because of the coronavirus outbreak. Countries such as Romania and Greece are...
God told them to donate $100,000 to a cat rescue
This is a charming story. It is a story of enormous generosity and great kindness. It’s quite staggering because I have a fairly strong feeling that the couple who made this huge donation of...
Cross-eyed rescued Nebelung cat is an internet hit in raising $12,000 for charity
This cross-eyed grey cat who looks like a Nebelung, a rare long-haired grey cat, was rescued and adopted at San Francisco Animal Care and Control in June 2018 by animal lover Rachel Krall who...
Young woman gamer donates $164,000 to BC SPCA
Kristin Valnicek is not a well established entrepreneurial multi-millionaire; the kind of rich person we regularly read about. She plays a video game called Fortnight for a living. It’s a game that has been...
San Francisco SPCA asked for donations and received $162,000 in 3 days!
The amount raised went up $300 during the time it took me to write this post. The target was $100,000. This is awesome and demonstrates the generosity of kind hearted people concerned with the...
Chapman’s Dachshund Rescue burnt down in massive fire. There are cats that need help.
Chapman’s Dachshund Rescue in York, South Carolina, was destroyed in a massive fire. They describe it as a ‘total loss fire’ and the picture below tells the story dramatically. Five dogs died in the...
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