Charities - animal welfare and protection

The RVC’s animal hospitals provide specialist veterinary care to thousands of animals each year, pioneer new treatments and train the next generation of veterinary professionals. The Animal Care Trust is the College’s registered charity and raises funds to support these hospitals by purchasing vital equipment – enabling our vets to save the lives of more animals.

The AHT is a charity dedicated to improving the health of dogs, cats, and horses by addressing the problems of disease and injury – the largest threats to animal welfare today. With the help of its supporters, the Trust achieves this by advancing veterinary science and providing specialist clinical services for animals in need.
The AHT has successfully pioneered major breakthroughs in many areas including the treatment of cancer and eye disease, as well as the development of vaccines against diseases such as canine distemper, equine influenza and strangles.

Founded in 2003 by Jane Howorth, The British Hen Welfare Trust is the only national charity in the UK committed to hen welfare. The charity re-homes ex commercial hens, saving tens of thousands from slaughter each year. It also works to educate the public about making a difference to hen welfare by opting for free range eggs, and encourages support for the British egg industry.
Its ultimate aim is to see consumers and food manufacturers buying only UK produced free range eggs, resulting in a strong British egg industry where all commercial laying hens enjoy a good quality life.

The policy of Cat Action Trust 1977 is to help feral cats by limiting their numbers through neutering and returning to site, by providing veterinary care where necessary, and by finding homes for kittens and tame stray cats. The charity is totally against killing for expediency.

The Donkey Sanctuary is a registered charity and the largest of its kind in the world. We provide specialist care and refuge to donkeys in the UK, Ireland and Europe. We also work in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Mexico to improve donkey welfare with donkey-owning communities through education and veterinary work.

‘Friends of the Animals’ helps: dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, farm animals, wildlife and birds.
Your wish to help animals will be assured by including a gift in your will to “Friends of the Animals”. The primary objective of the Charity is to help animals NOW we do not ‘sit on funds’. Concentrating on ‘preventative’ work such as: spays, neuters, inoculations, boosters and free engraved discs; we never destroy a healthy animal and keep admin costs to a minimum.

The Hawk Conservancy Trust is a registered charity dedicated to the conservation of birds of prey and their environments. Set in 22 acres of woodland and chalk downland wildflower meadow, the Trust cares for one of the largest bird of prey zoological collections in the world.

The HSA is unique: it is the only charity working exclusively to improve food animal welfare in markets, during transport and to the point of slaughter. For over 90 years its specialist, technical staff have worked to ensure that the best welfare standards are developed and used for the care of food animals after they leave the farm. The HSA concerns itself with the care of a vast range of food animals, from cattle to crustacea.

Our mission is simple
We are a dog charity who has dedicated 25 years to making a difference for all dogs. The Kennel Club Charitable Trust receives no government funding and is entirely reliant upon the generosity of our kind supporters who share our love and passion for dogs. This generosity helps us in many ways from funding research into genetic diseases and supporting welfare groups, to training - all of which gives dog’s healthier and happier lives – something we believe they richly deserve.

Founded in 1928 by Dorothy and Pog Yglesias, the hospital depends entirely on donations and yearly subscriptions to Hospital Membership. Caring for both land and sea birds, its aim is always to release, but it gives permanent sanctuary in cases where this is impossible. Support is particularly needed for our continuing programme of essential improvements and modernisations to help us in our work.

Unreliable, unethical, unnecessary: every year millions of animals suffer and die in cruel and futile experiments.

The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) is the world’s leading group working to end the suffering of animals in laboratories. Working within the law, we lobby parliament, produce scientific reports, educational materials and videos for parliament and public; we conduct undercover investigations and expose law-breaking; we fund non-animal scientific and medical research. We can do more, but only with your help.

Fred, the inspiration for our logo, chained to a 12-inch perch for 19 years! Imagine his suffering.

New Life Parrot Rescue & Helpline Service, founded in 1995, offers a specialised and unique service.

Our fundamental aim is to take in unwanted, neglected, traumatised and abused companion psittacines. Our objective is to care for each of them and, where necessary, restore them to good health.

Modern veterinary surgeons face the challenges of a rapidly changing world, where animal and human health needs are interlinked as never before. We help the veterinary profession, and veterinary teams in practice, to maintain the highest standards of knowledge, treatment and care for all animals.

The Sussex Wildlife Trust is the largest voluntary organisation devoted to nature conservation in Sussex. With more than 33,000 members, the Trust owns or manages nearly 5,000 acres of land in 33 nature reserves.

Specialising in hedgehogs, Tiggywinkles has been working for over 30 years rescuing, treating and rehabilitating sick, injured and orphaned British wildlife. We have proved beyond doubt that most wild animal and bird casualties can be saved and returned to the wild.

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) was founded in 1946 at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire by naturalist and artist the late Sir Peter Scott.

Wood Green Animal Shelters was founded in 1924 to help alleviate the problem of abandoned and injured animals on the streets of London.