Nonprofit & Shelter Resources

National & Michigan Nonprofits

• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
• Animalearn
• Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Compassion Over Killing
• DawnWatch
• Herp Center (information for reptile owners)
• Humane Society of the United States
• International Reptile Conversation Foundation
• Lakeshore Pet Alliance
• Mercy For Animals
• Michigan Pet Fund Alliance
• Michiganders for Shelter Pets
• National Anti-Vivisection Society
• PetFinder
• Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
• United States Association of Reptile Keepers
• Voiceless MI
• World Society for the Protection of Animals

West Michigan Shelters and Rescues

• Allies for Greyhounds of West Michigan
• Carol's Ferals
• Crash's Landing and Big Sid's Sanctuary
• C-Snip, Reduced Cost Non-Profit Spay-and-Neuter Clinic
• Great Lakes Golden Retriever Rescue
• Great Lakes Weimmaraner Rescue
• Fur to Feathers Rescue
• Harbor Humane Society
• Hearts of Hope Dog Rescue
• Humane Society of West Michigan
• Kent County Animal Shelter
• Mackenzie's Animal Sanctuary
• Michigan Sheltie Rescue
• Muskegon Humane Society
• Noah Project
• Pound Buddies Animal Shelter and Adoption Center
• Saving Argo Dog Resuce
• West Michigan Critter Haven
• West Michigan Ferret Rescue

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Books & Films

Read:

• Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
• Dominion by Matthew Scully
• Farm Sanctuary by Gene Baur
• Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat by Hal Herzog
• The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer and Jim Mason
• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
• How Shelter Animals are Brokered for Animal Experimentation by Allie Phillips
• Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good by Jonathan Balcombe
• Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animal by Jonathan Balcombe
  
• The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them by Wayne Pacelle

Watch:

• The Cove
• Vegucated
• Earthlings
• Forks Over Knives
• Food Inc.
• Peaceable Kingdom
• Year of the Dog
• Off the Chain
• Beyond the Myth
  
• The Meatrix

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