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The Animal Spirit began in 1999 as a privately-funded humane education organization and has served as a popular, award-winning online home base for animal advocates. In 2007, The Animal Spirit merged with a NJ-based 501c3 nonprofit animal rescue and assistance organization called Homeless Animal Lifeline (HAL) and now serves as HAL's Public Outreach Program.
The Animal Spirit is a free resource for education and data used to teach children and adults value, respect, and care for the animals and environment around them. It includes reference material regarding a variety of animal issues including abuse prevention, companion animals, cruelty-free living, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), and protecting wildlife.
Through the dissemination of ideas and the development of educational materials, The Animal Spirit has helped animal advocates, including educators, students, community members, grassroots organizations, shelters, rescues, and others, incorporate humane education and outreach into thousands of communities and schools.
We are all interconnected, not just with our human world, but with all sentient beings. Please join us in increasing empathy for animals by extending your circle of compassion. We hope that these pages will be an informative tool.
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Easy Ways To Help Animals!
 Cruelty-Free
Living: We can't change the world overnight, but we can each make a
difference. The Cruelty-Free Living
section shows you how!
Suggested
Reading: Writings to educate and inspire.
Companion
Animals: Whether you are interested in adoption, involved with
rescue, live with a companion animal, or simply want to help in
some small way, the Companion Animals
section is filled with information and suggestions.
Feral Cat
Network: There are approximately 60 million homeless cats in the
United States alone. There is a solution.
Humane
Education: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic ... and Compassion!
Humane Education should be mandatory and
this section makes it easy for teachers and parents.
Wildlife:
Simple ways for anyone to
protect wildlife.
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"Responsible Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) is the most effective way to care for feral cats while at the same time ensuring that the size of the colony decreases to zero. The Animal Spirit is the national leader in educating the public about TNR as part of an overall abolitionist approach to animal rights. I support The Animal Spirit. It does great work."
~ Gary L. Francione, Professor, Rutgers University School of Law |
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