Naturewatch

Info:  Is a non-profit animal welfare campaigning organisation. Their aims are to promote the prevention of cruelty to animals and to conduct and support the publication of information concerning animals in furtherance of their welfare. They work strictly within the democratic system and condemn all illegal activity, and believe that an evolutionary approach is better than a revolutionary one.

Their main campaigns are on animal experiments (in particular those which cause brain damage to primates), badger baiting, and live transport across Europe. Their charitable wing, the Naturewatch Foundation, is involved in pioneering work in Eastern Europe, particularly in Lithuania and Ukraine. They also promote World Animal Day.

RSPCA

Info:  Its vision is to work for a world in which all humans respect and live in harmony with all other members of the animal kingdom. The RSPCA as a charity will, by all lawful means, prevent cruelty, promote kindness to and alleviate suffering of animals.

Safe Haven for Donkeys

Info:  Founded by Miss Lucy Fensom, Safe Haven For Donkeys In The Holy Land (SHADH) is a UK-registered charity of dedicated people who are devoted to achieving a common goal; to provide help for the donkeys of Israel, to improve their status and promote their welfare through education.

Based at Moshav Gan Yoshiyya, near the towns of Netanya and Hadera in Israel, SHADH offers a new concept in the protection and welfare of donkeys and mules in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, with a structure managed on the strength of charity registration in the UK, and registered in Israel as a foreign charity. This Safe Haven for donkeys relies entirely on donations to continue this work.

Saint Francis Animal Welfare

Info:  Is a registered charity (263172), established in 1953 and based at Sunnyside Cottage, Mortimer's Lane in Fair Oak, near Southampton. They provide shelter and care for many animals, including cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and gerbils, who await adoption.

Students Against Animal Cruelty

Info:  Is a new national organisation created to support, stimulate and encourage students who want to make a difference for animals. They aim to create a network to link existing student groups and help to create new ones, allowing students across the country to share their ideas and experiences. They can also give help and advice on various issues, from campaigning for better provision of vegan food on campus to studying without harmful animal use.

Thames Valley Animal Welfare

Info:  Is a small charity based in the Henley on Thames, Reading, and Maidenhead areas and aims to rehome its cats and kittens within approximately a 20 mile radius of Henley. They specialise in the rescue of abandoned, stray and unwanted cats and kittens. The animals are accommodated in purpose-built heated cat houses in the gardens of a team of volunteer fosterers until suitable permanent homes are found for them. They provide veterinary treatment as required and spay or castrate all adult cats before rehoming. They undertake never to euthanise any cat unless it is on the advice of a veterinary surgeon.

The Blue Cross

Info:  Is Britain's pet charity, providing practical support, information and advice for pet and horse owners.

The Mayhew Animal Home

Info:  Has a vision of a world where all companion animals are wanted. They aim to set the standards in animal welfare. The Mayhew offers a wide variety of community services providing advice, care and assistance to animals and their carers whatever their circumstances and strives to tackle the companion animal welfare crisis from every possible angle.

VeggiePets

Info:  Since 2003, we have been supplying the best selection of healthy vegetarian dog and cat food throughout the United Kingdom.

Viva!

Info:  Eating meat, fish and dairy causes environmental destruction, damages human health, contributes to global hunger and inflicts immense suffering on billions of animals across the world. Viva! believes that the solution to all these problems is in our own hands: the best way to stop the destruction and the cruelty is to stop eating animals now – go vegetarian, or better still, vegan. Through popular campaigns, solid research, undercover exposés and effective media skills they have brought the reality of modern farming into people's living rooms. They have enlightened millions, shocked most and changed the diets of many. You can help with these successes.

World Animal Day - October 4th

Info:  Was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. Since then it has grown to encompass all kinds of animal life and is widely celebrated in countries throughout the world. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.

It is intended as a day of celebration for anyone in the world who cares about animals. It is not restricted to any one nationality, creed, religion, political belief or ideology. Launched in the UK on 4 October 2003, organisations, groups, animal shelters, places of worship, schools, clubs and individuals who participated in what was to become an annual event, quite simply, helped make history.

WSPA

Info:  Its vision is of a world where animal welfare matters, and animal cruelty ends. World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has been promoting animal welfare for more than 25 years. Their work is concentrated in regions of the world where few, if any, measures exist to protect animals.

WSPA’s work is focused on four priority animal welfare areas: companion animals – responsible pet ownership, humane stray management and cruelty prevention; commercial exploitation of wildlife – intensive farming and the cruel management and killing of wild animals for food or by-products; farm animals – intensive farming, long distance transport and slaughter of animals for food; disaster management – providing care to animals suffering as a result of man-made or natural disasters, and thereby protecting people’s livelihoods.