The Humane Society of the United States is doing its part to help with the oil spill in the Gulf. The organization relies on donations and has around 11 million supporters. They have several campaigns and programs to raise awareness about animal cruelty. They have budget allocated to training, advertising building direct care facilities. And while they do give money to some shelters, their goals are a different than local pet shelters where most of the money is for pet and vet care.
The Humane Society of the United States has different goals at both the state and national level. In Georgia, the focus is to train law officials and find ways to get stricter laws for animal cruelty.
Cheryl Mcauliffe volunteered for 20 years for the Humane Society of the United States. She's the Georgia chapter director.
Mcauliffe: "What we do is attack the roots of animal cruelty like animal fighting, the puppy mills, inhumane farming practices."
The Humane Society of the United States is looking to end dog fighting programs. At the national level, the organization wants to eliminate puppy mills used for massive breeding to make profits on pet sales and end seal killing. She says you can help by giving donations or through adoptions.
Mcauliffe: "So that's why we are asking people to adopt from shelters. Part of the problems with the puppy mills is overpopulation and a lot of these dogs wind up in shelters."
The Humane Society of the United States organized two grass root movements last year to get people to lobby for better animal cruelty laws in the CSRA. They also helped train law enforcement in burke county on animal cruelty prosecution. She says if you can't donate or adopt, you still have another option to prevent overpopulation.
Mcauliffe: "They can spay and neuter their pet. If they've done that and they have a neighbor or relative or friend that can't afford low cost spay and neuter. Give that as a gift. What a wonderful gift to save lives. Because remember for every puppy that's born into a family and they give those to friends, there's one at the shelter that could have been adopted that's going to sleep."
The Humane Society of the United States has 5 sanctuaries to help neglected and abused animals. They're working to find ways to get animals and birds affected by the Gulf oil spill disaster to one of those sanctuaries.
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