Wisconsin Animal Rights Blog

Finned Friends, a very unique rescue, needs your help. Finned Friends takes in unwanted aquatics. Too often people think the solution to an unwanted fish is to flush it. Finned Friends adopts these special fish out to loving homes or gives them a place to live out their days.
Thanks to an incompetent, […]

Morris the famous 9Lives cat is on a mission. The Million Cat Rescue is a campaign to get 1,000,000 shelter cats forever homes. Morris is touring the country with kitties needing homes in a special tour bus. If you adopt a shelter cat and receive a Million Cat Rescue kit, your cat […]

The Military Working Dog Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit that finds homes for dogs that have served in the military. The foundation also provides protective gear and comfort items to dogs (and their handlers) working in the field when donations permit.
Visit the website at www.militaryworkingdogs.com.

Milwaukee police officers will now receive training on recognizing animal abuse. Officers will learn how to recognize signs of dogfighting along with general animal abuse and neglect.
Read more at jsonline.com.

The Wisconsin Humane Society in Milwaukee has an overload of dogs. Some are from other states, and the number of dogs coming into the shelter has increased with the cold weather. Can you bring a pup home for the holidays? A dog is much easier to care for than that pony the […]

The Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary has adopted out over 375 homeless animals in the Waupaca, Outagamie, Marathon and Brown county areas. The sanctuary takes in feral cats, lost dogs and other unwanted pets. The pets are cared for in a loving family environment until they can find new homes.
Read more at greenbaypressgazette.com

The ASPCA recently honored Toby the dog and Winnie the cat for saving their loved ones. Toby jumped on his choking owner, dislodging a piece of apple from her throat. Winnie saved her family from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Their lives as heroes may never have happened. As a puppy, Toby was tossed in […]

DogsInDanger.com lists dogs in high kill shelters that are running out of time. If you can’t bring a dog home, please help spread the word about this site. Seeing all the dogs that have one day left before euthanasia is heartbreaking.

The Humane Animal Welfare Society in Waukesha has big changes in the works for their new expansion. A gazebo for cats and a room for parents to grieve after euthanizing a pet will be added. HAWS serves 6,000 animals each year so the extra space is definitely needed!

CWSTAG (Central Wisconsin Save the Animals Group) is an organization devoted to horse rescue. Founders Shirley and Roger Hoel take in neglected horses and nurse them back to health.
It goes to show that all animals are in need of help, no matter their size.
Read more at the Portage Daily Register