Currently, we only donate to the Wildlife Alliance. I would be happy to donate to almost any animal welfare charity of your choice, if you include it in your message to seller or convo me before/after your purchase. A list of charities I will NOT support: PETA, ASPCA, and the Humane Society of the United States.

I do not believe in what PETA stands for. They use dirty tactics aimed at traumatizing children, euthanize perfectly adoptable pets (in some cases, even kidnapping them off their owner's porches), support eco-terrorism, are perfectly ok with spreading disinformation (or outright lies), and have compared victims of the Holocaust and human slaves with farm animals.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals purports to be an animal welfare charity - everyone knows those Sarah MacLauchlan ads of cute puppies and kitties, right? Very little of the money they raise goes to actually HELPING those animals, though. Most of it goes towards employee salaries, benefits, and other overhead. Only 8% of their revenue goes towards animal welfare.

They also oppose the no-kill shelter movement.

I do support most local SPCAs!

Less than one percent of HSUS's budget goes toward shelter animals, but 85% of their advertising features cute images of shelter animals - that other organizations pay for.

They are a lobbying organization, not an animal welfare charity.

I do support most local Humane Societies, though!

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