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The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is the first animal welfare organization established in North America and serves as the nation’s leading voice for animals. The organization’s mission is to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States. The ASPCA provides local and national leadership in three key areas: protecting and rescuing animals from crisis, assisting animals in communities and advancing legal protection for animals. The ASPCA was founded by Henry Bergh in 1866 on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment at the hands of humans, and must be protected under the law. Headquartered in New York City, the ASPCA maintains a full-service animal hospital, spay/neuter clinic, rehabilitation center for canine victims of cruelty, kitten nursery and adoption facility. In addition, the ASPCA announced a groundbreaking anti-cruelty partnership with the New York Police Department in 2013, which has resulted in a record-breaking number of arrests and animals’ lives saved. The ASPCA also operates programs and services that extend nationwide, including a Field Investigation and Response team that rescues animal victims of natural and man-made disasters, a fully-subsidized spay/neuter clinic in Los Angeles, a Behavioral Rehabilitation Center for fearful, under-socialized dogs, and a 24-hour, 365-day Animal Poison Control Center that provides pet owners and veterinarians with live, on-call assistance related to toxic products and substances. In 2015, the ASPCA acquired Humane Alliance, the nation’s leading training and education organization focusing on high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter. The ASPCA is a privately funded 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization supported by more than 2 million animal advocates across the country.

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As shoppers are increasingly looking for third-party verification when it comes to animal welfare claims on food packaging, Supermarket Perimeter recently highlighted Niman Ranch for their industry leadership in verifying claims like “crate-free.” The brand meets not only new regulatory requirements in key markets but also growing levels of consumer demand for crate-free pork nationwide. “Crate-free is another claim where Niman Ranch has seen a particularly big increase in demand. It’s driven, LaPorte said, by the passage of state laws banning the sale of pork sourced from farms using gestation crates. ‘Niman Ranch has always been gestation and farrowing crate-free, so we have fortunately been able to tap into this growing demand both in the impacted states and beyond as consumers learn more about a common industry practice that frankly doesn’t align with their values.’ Being an industry leader, she added, is good in cases like this: you aren’t ‘unexpectedly trying to play catch-up’ after different regulations suddenly roll out or consumer behavior shifts quickly.” Niman Ranch is one of the brands on the ASPCA’s Shop With Your Heart® Grocery List of more humane groceries, due to their Certified Humane® beef and pork products. Read more in Supermarket Perimeter’s coverage below:
Just saying that your meats are “natural" doesn’t cut it anymore, according to Niman Ranch. Shoppers are looking for better-for-you claims related to health, animal welfare, sustainability, labor/farmer treatment and more. Read more: https://ow.ly/zGAi50Uz5kA #MeatIndustry #FoodIndustry #FoodRetail
Niman Ranch: Consumers want more from claims-based meats supermarketperimeter.com
As we dive into the new year, let's PAWS and reflect on some of 2024's progress and the most impactful policy victories made possible by animal advocates like you! 🧡 More Access to Veterinary Care! Laws were passed in Florida and Colorado that help make veterinary care more accessible to all. 🧡 Protecting People and Pets from Hazardous Weather! States such as Colorado, Washington and California all passed laws or established grant programs that will help those with pets who impacted by natural disasters. 🧡 Preventing Puppy Mill Cruelty! New York finally prohibited the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits! 🧡 Building a Better World for Farm Animals! The Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act (IACA) was introduced to create a grant program to help factory farmers financially who would want to transition to more humane practices of farming. 🧡 Safeguarding Equines from Suffering and Slaughter! In 2024, Congress ensured that wild horses and burros cannot be killed or sold to slaughter as a management strategy for wild herds. Congress also provided the Bureau of Land Management with funding to humanely manage wild horses and burros, which includes humane fertility control! To read more about our 2024 legislative wins, and to learn about how you can make a difference in 2025, click the link below! https://bit.ly/42pUuNQ
Celebrate Last Year's Big Wins!
EMERGENCY UPDATE❗ Over 40,000 of acres have been burned across Southern California this month. As our wildfire response is ongoing, our field responders are working on dozens of service requests daily, including reuniting animals with their owners, helping with animal search and rescue, providing food and supplies to those in need, and setting up feeding stations for community cats in varied locations. We are continuing to collaborate with animal welfare organizations and emergency management agencies in the LA area to determine where we can support the most critical needs. We will provide additional updates from the field as this critical work continues. Please rush a donation today to help support our lifesaving efforts and save more lives.#WildfireRelief #ASPCA #DisasterResponse #RescueEffortsDONATE: https://lnkd.in/eA89dUCd
▼Pet Food Processing recently covered pet food shoppers' expectation that pet food manufacturers go beyond traditional definitions of #sustainability. Read more about how the ASPCA's Higher Welfare Pet Food Initiative helps pet food companies address farm animal welfare as part of their #responsiblesourcing efforts, to take "sustainability to the next level."

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#Sustainability continues to be a hot topic in the #petfoodindustry, and now it has evolved beyond environmental efforts to include responsible sourcing initiatives. From leveraging regenerative agriculture to ensuring animal welfare throughout supply chains, responsible sourcing takes sustainability to the next level — and is quickly gaining traction. “It makes sense that as animal lovers, pet owners are increasingly concerned about farm animal welfare and are extra attuned to the standards of the pet food they buy,” said Maral Cavner, Esq. of the ASPCA. Continue reading on responsible sourcing: https://ow.ly/TM9p50UAHhV #petfood
Responsible revolution petfoodprocessing.net
❗ANNOUNCEMENT WILDFIRE GRANTS AVAILABLE❗ In response to the devastating wildfires in Southern California, the ASPCA is announcing a $5 million California Wildfire Response & Preparedness Fund to provide critical funding to animal welfare organizations responding to animal needs due to the wildfires. Funding is also available to help prepare for and protect against future fires and other natural disasters. These grants can be applied to disaster response costs related to field operations, emergency sheltering or medical care for impacted animals, animal evacuations and relocation, animal supply and food distribution and more. For more information and to apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/erwgyxwfWe currently have boots on the ground and continue to collaborate with animal welfare organizations and emergency management agencies across the impacted areas. We are grateful to everyone who has been helping their communities during this difficult time.
2025 ASPCA California Wildfire Response & Preparedness Fund aspcapro.org
🚨 EMERGENCY UPDATE: CA Wildfire Response Continues 🚨 At the request of Pasadena Humane, our disaster response team has been on the ground since last week providing animal search and rescue, subject matter expertise, operational assistance and critical support for impacted communities in Southern California amidst the unprecedented destruction of the recent wildfires. In addition, our Los Angeles-based Community Medicine team is providing veterinary support to help local shelters prepare animals for adoption, foster and relocation by assisting with vaccinations, health certifications and spay/neuter. We are also arranging for the safe transport of homeless animals in Los Angeles to partner shelters out of the disaster zone; this is in addition to 30+ cats and kittens from the ASPCA Kitten Foster Program who were relocated away from the disaster zone as a precautionary measure last week. As we continue to collaborate with animal welfare organizations and emergency management agencies across the impacted areas to determine where we can support the most critical needs, we urgently need your support. Lifesaving donations from people like you help ensure that we can be there for animals at a moment’s notice during emergencies and natural disasters. Please give today. DONATE: https://lnkd.in/eA89dUCd #WildfireRelief #ASPCA #DisasterResponse #RescueEfforts
🚨URGENT: CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE RESPONSE UNDERWAY🚨 Following the widespread devastation of the wildfires in Southern California, the ASPCA Disaster Response team is currently on the ground, at the request of Pasadena Humane, to provide subject matter expertise and critical support for impacted communities. In addition, more than 30 cats and kittens in the care of the ASPCA near the disaster zone have been evacuated as a precautionary measure and are now safely in foster care. As of Friday morning, the fires have burned over 36,000 acres and hundreds of thousands of residents have evacuated as the destruction continues to spread across the Los Angeles area. During this time, we are continuing to assess where we can best support the most critical needs across the impacted area and we remain ready to respond to additional requests for assistance. As our response continues, it’s critical that we have people like you by our side to support our lifesaving disaster response efforts and to ensure that we can be there for animals in need at a moment’s notice. Please make an urgent gift today. DONATE: https://lnkd.in/eA89dUCd #WildfireRelief #ASPCA #DisasterResponse #RescueEfforts
❗CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES❗ The ASPCA is currently on the ground in Southern California at the request of Pasadena Humane to help provide emergency sheltering supplies and assistance. We continue to assess where our support can meet the most critical needs across impacted areas. Our Southern California-based staff who oversee the ASPCA Kitten Foster Program in Los Angeles are currently safe and 30+ cats and kittens near the disaster zone have been safely relocated as a precautionary measure. These devastating fires are heartbreaking to people, their pets and shelters in the area. Over 350 animals have been brought to Pasadena Humane due to evacuation orders, some arriving with burns and other injuries. In the coming days, they suspect more animals badly injured by the fires will arrive in their care. We encourage you to donate to Pasadena Humane and other local animal welfare organizations working to keep California’s animals and pet owners safe. Donate directly to Pasadena Humane here https://lnkd.in/e3uvwjeu and visit https://lnkd.in/eUhTr_yP to support our ongoing relief efforts.
Attention Veterinarians & Veterinary Students: Use your voice and recommend revisions to the Guidelines for the Depopulation of Animals. Vets protect animal welfare, even at end-of-life. Help protect farm animals & sign this critical letter to AVMA today: https://lnkd.in/eKHQRNAX
DEPOPULATION LETTER | VAFAW vafaw.org