Biology: Animal Welfare

Founded in 1877, this organization is a national nonprofit organization that seeks to protect both children and animals by developing policies, legislation, curricula, and training programs. The American Human Association is responsible for the "No Animals Were Harmed" disclaimer in film credits.

ALDF’s groundbreaking efforts to push the U.S.legal system to end the suffering of abused animals are supported by hundreds of dedicated attorneys and more than 100,000 members.

American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS). Founded in 1883, AAVS is the first non-profit animal advocacy and ed organization in the US dedicated to ending experimentation on animals in research, testing, and education through education, advocacy, and the development of alternative methods to animal use.

Works to end cruelty to farm animals and promotes compassionate living through rescue, education and advocacy. We envision a world where the violence that animal agriculture inflicts upon people, animals and the environment has ended, and where instead we exercise values of compassion. Watkins Glen, NY.

Founded in 1951, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has sought to reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by people, such as animals used for experimentation and other areas of animal suffering.

ASPCA was the first humane society established in North America. Its mission includes working with at-risk animals, providing resources for pet owners (including an animal poison control center) and responding to animal cruelty cases.

Founded in 1967 by a British farmer who became horrified by the development of modern, intensive factory farming. We campaign peacefully to end all cruel factory farming practices. We believe that the biggest cause of cruelty on the planet deserves a focused, specialized approach – so we only work on farm animal welfare.

Compassionate Action for Animals (CAA) has been serving the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) community and Midwest region since 1998 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Compassionate Action for Animals - Animal Rights, Vegetarian, and Vegan Advocacy in Minnesota

Doris Day Animal League is a nonprofit, national, citizen's lobbying organization working to improve the humane treatment of animals. We work with the U.S. Congress, government agencies, and state and local officials, to pass new laws and enforce existing laws that reduce the suffering of animals.

Our mission is to end animal exploitation, cruelty, and abuse by protecting and advocating for the rights, welfare, and habitats of animals, as well as to raise their status beyond mere property, commodities, or things.

Audubon's mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. National network of community-based nature centers and chapters, scientific and educational programs, and advocacy on behalf of areas sustaining important bird populations, engage millions of people of all ages and backgrounds in positive conservation experiences.

PETA focuses on factory farms, laboratories, clothing trade, and entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

The world's largest database of animal protection societies, with over 17,000 listings and more than 10,000 links to Web Sites.