Animal Welfare & Rescue

Shelters, rescues, advocacy groups and wildlife organisations. The largest section of this site, and the one where local and national charities differ most in what a donation actually buys.

11 organisations

Everything below is either what our own profile of that organisation says, or a fact re-checked against a primary source on 2 Aug 2026 — the last column says which. A blank means our archive did not state it and we have not confirmed it. We publish no scores of our own.

Charities in this category, with what we know about each and when it was last checked
Organisation	What it does	Founded	Based	Status	Source
Alley Cat Allies	Community cats and trap-neuter-return advocacy	1990	no data	Operating	from archive
Animal Legal Defense Fund	Litigation and legislative advocacy for animals	no data	no data	Operating	from archive
Friends of Animals	Animal rights advocacy and spay/neuter programmes	no data	no data	Operating	from archive
Humane World for Animalswas Humane Society International	International animal protection and campaigns	no data	no data	Renamed	checked 2 Aug 2026
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)	Wildlife rescue, conservation and anti-trafficking work	1969	no data	Operating	from archive
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue	Foster-based dog and cat rescue	2009	Arlington, Virginia	Operating	from archive
Capital Humane Society	Local animal sheltering and adoption (Lincoln, Nebraska)	no data	no data	Operating	from archive
Connecticut Humane Society	Statewide animal sheltering, adoption and veterinary care	no data	no data	Operating	from archive
Petco Lovewas Petco Foundation	Grants to animal welfare organisations; lost-pet recovery	no data	San Diego, California	Renamed	checked 2 Aug 2026
PetSmart Charities	Adoption programmes and access-to-veterinary-care grants	no data	no data	Operating	from archive
Whitetails Unlimited	White-tailed deer conservation and habitat programmes	1982	no data	Operating	from archive