TOPIC: ANIMALS & WILDLIFE (45)
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.orgGreenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action. Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organization that acts to change attitudes and behavior, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace.
Open Source Beehives
http://www.opensourcebeehives.netThe Open Source Beehives project is a collaborative response to the threat faced by bee populations in industrialised nations around the world. The project proposes to design hives that can support bee colonies in a sustainable way, to monitor and track the health and behaviour of a colony as it develops. Each hive contains an open source sensory kit, The Smart Citizen Kit (SCK), which can transmit to an open data platform.
The Elephant Sanctuary
http://www.elephants.comThe Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, is the nation's largest natural-habitat refuge developed specifically to meet the needs of endangered elephants. It is a non-profit organization, licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, and accredited by the Association of Sanctuaries, designed specifically for old, sick or needy elephants who have been retired from zoos and circuses.
AllPaws
https://www.allpaws.comAllPaws.com presents a fresh and modern approach to pet adoption that combines the latest in technology, functionality and search. AllPaws takes online pet listing in a new and exciting direction by offering an online dating style interface complete with advanced search tools, robust pet profiles, a deep social integration, direct messaging and match alerts via email, along with a host of other user friendly tools and features.
IS Foundation
http://www.isfoundation.comThe IS FOUNDATION aims to empower, educate and collaborate with people and projects to positively impact the planet and its creatures.
We are a team, a group of people, who view the environment as an interconnected organism of which we are not separate but a part of. There is no differentiation between all living things: trees, rivers, animals and humans. We are all one interdependent organism.
World Vets
http://www.worldvets.orgWorld Vets is a non-government organization (NGO) providing veterinary aid around the globe in collaboration with animal advocacy groups, foreign governments, US and foreign military groups and veterinary professionals abroad.
Oceana
http://na.oceana.orgOceana is the largest international organization working solely to protect the world’s oceans. Oceana wins policy victories for the oceans using science-based campaigns. Since 2001, we have protected over 1.2 million square miles of ocean and innumerable sea turtles, sharks, dolphins and other sea creatures.
Animals
http://animals.comAnimals.com seeks to foster an appreciation for animals and the environment we share, to empower people to live more animals-friendly lives-- whatever they decide that means based on polite and informed discussion-- and to create a socially responsible for-profit business that has a positive impact on the animal world.
Paws and Stripes
http://www.pawsandstripes.org/home.htmlPaws and Stripes™ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for wounded veterans of our United States military that works to provide service dogs for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. The service dogs are obtained only from shelters, and are trained by professionals specializing in service dogs. It is the aim of this organization to provide these dogs and training for no cost to the veteran.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
http://www.peta.orgPETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in the clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry.
Wildlife Alliance
http://www.wildlifealliance.orgWildlife Alliance is the leader in direct protection to forests and wildlife in the Southeast Asian tropical belt. Our mission is to combat deforestation, extinction, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.
Worldwide Veterinary Service
https://wvs.org.ukWVS (Worldwide Veterinary Service) is an animal welfare charity that helps animals in places where no one else will. From disaster emergency response, international veterinary training to community education programmes, we send teams, equipment and medicine to help animals who have no one else.
Gorilla Doctors
http://www.gorilladoctors.orgGorilla Doctors is dedicated to saving the mountain gorilla species one gorilla patient at a time. Our international team of veterinarians provides hands-on medical care to sick and injured mountain gorillas living in the national parks of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With only 780 mountain gorillas left in the world today, we believe the health and well being of every individual gorilla is vital to the species’ survival
Otra Mas
http://www.otramas.netOtra Mas rescues horses from euthanasia, rehabilitates them and gives them a second chance at a new life. Retrained to be therapy horses, these majestic animals participate in therapeutic exercises that help people heal in a way only the powerful bond between a horse and a human can.
Blue Marine Foundation
http://www.bluemarinefoundation.comBLUE exists to fix the largest solvable problem on the planet - the crisis in the oceans.
