Friends of Animals

Spaying and neutering program - Friends of Animals has advocated low-cost spaying and altering as the most effective means of preventing the births of unwanted dogs and cats, and their subsequent abandonment, suffering and mass killing. For 59 years, we have operated a nationwide breeding control program in the united states facilitating more than 2.7 million spay/neuter procedures. Pet owners may purchase a certificate from Friends of Animals that can be used for a routine spay or neuter surgery at any of Friends of Animals participating veterinary hospitals. This year more than 24,000 cats and dogs were neutered through our program.

Assisted another 501(c)3 organization with support to manage a sanctuary for primates and other Animals abandoned by their owners or discarded by zoos, the entertainment industry and medical research laboratories.

Public information and animal protection- through animal advocacy programs and interventions, foa promotes endangered species and other wildlife protection. Campaigns against wild horse round-ups and the wild bird trade; the horse-drawn carriage trade; the fur trade; hunting and predator control, including state-sponsored wolf control programs in Alaska and the northern rockies. Sponsors chimpanzee conservation projects in west africa, and primate sanctuary in Texas. Vegan advocacy projects explain that a plant-based diet is the best response to an ecological crisis via educational materials, speeches and ads. Published four quarterly issues of actionline magazine; other educational materials produced for members, the public and media.