Ways you and your family
can be kind to animals all year long
Make a difference for the animals of our community:
- Teach your friends about the importance of being kind to animals
- Never tolerate animal cruelty; report suspected cruelty to the authorities, please do not take matters into your own hand
- Adopt a shelter pet
- Spay or neuter your pets and encourage friends, family members, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances to do the same
- Keep pets’ vaccinations current and visit your veterinarian regularly
- Identify your pets with visible ID tags on their collars
- Appreciate wildlife and learn more about it; but please don’t approach wild animals or attempt to rescue them – contact the authorities
- Invite a humane educator to your child’s classroom
- Leave room for wildlife habitats in your own yard by providing birds with feeders and a bird bath; put out appropriate squirrel food
- Make your own bird or bat house
- Instill compassion in your children by demonstrating kindness and using positive training methods for your pets
- Recycle anything that you can to create a clean environment for people and animals
- Donate to your local animal shelter. You can donate cash, an item, or your time
- Cut apart the plastic rings from six packs so they cannot be a danger to wildlife
- Clean up spills of antifreeze or other toxins
- Use animal / environmentally friendly gardening techniques