Viva

http://www.viva.org.uk/
Viva! was founded in 1994 by Juliet Gellatley, who is the organisation’s director. Viva believes that “The most powerful action you can take to end animal suffering, improve your health, protect the environment and bring fairness to the world’s poor is to stop eating meat, dairy and fish. Support us and help Viva! campaign for a better world.” Juliet Gellatley, Founder & Director of Viva! Viva! campaigns for a vegetarian/vegan world because most farmed animals spend their short and miserable lives in the filth of factory farms and are killed with sickening barbarity. Viva exposes this abuse by secretly going inside these shameful places and filming the suffering – publicising it with nationwide campaigns that bring about change.

Animal Aid

http://www.animalaid.org.uk
Animal Aid is the UK's largest animal rights group and one of the longest established in the world, having been founded in 1977. They campaign peacefully against all forms of animal abuse and promote a cruelty-free lifestyle. We investigate and expose animal cruelty, and our undercover investigations and other evidence are often used by the media, bringing these issues to public attention.

RSPCA

http://www.rspcaleicester.org.uk /
The Woodside Animal Centre takes in and cares for stray and unwanted pets. They also aid the recovery and return of injured wildlife to their natural habitat and care for animal victims of cruelty. Each year approximately 3500 animals are cared for at Woodside and we are completely self-funding - they receive no aid from the state, the National Lottery or RSPCA headquarters. Their weekly running costs are in excess of £11,000. Woodside is licensed to accommodate up to 74 dogs at any one time and we are nearly always full. Their purpose-built cattery holds 72 cats, all of which are micro-chipped and neutered before they leave the Centre. They also have accommodation for birds, rabbits, rodents and ferrets. The Hillside www.hillside.org.uk Hillside Animal Sanctuary was founded in 1995 to help and campaign for animals in need' and most importantly, to bring public awareness to the millions of animals suffering every day in the intensive factory farming industry. Although at Hillside we have given sanctuary to 300 horses, ponies and donkeys, most of our residents have been rescued from the farming industry.

The Vegan Society

www.vegansociety.com. The Society Founded in 1944, The Vegan Society provides advice on ways of living free of animal products for the benefit of people, animals and the planet. People UK dietary calories from animal products have fallen 25% in 25 years as millions of people attempt to follow Government advice and adopt a healthier, more plant rich diet. Animals Concern about factory farming and animal welfare has never been greater. The Environment Western food choices have a major impact on the natural environment and the developing world. For a more comprehensive explanation see their Environment Booklet. The UK has •

• 3 million vegetarians and vegans (around a quarter of a million) including thousands of Hindus.
• A further 3 million people with problems digesting milk
• Millions more who avoid particular animal products for ethical, health or religious reasons.
• The Vegan Society supports all who wish to replace or reduce animal products in their diets and provides expert advice to the media, doctors, dietitians, authorities dealing with food labeling, additives, school meals and other public health issues, caterers and food producers.

Peta

http://www.peta.org
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with more than 2 million members and supporters, is the largest animal rights organization in the world. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. We also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other "pests," and the abuse of backyard dogs. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

Veggie society

http://www.vegsoc.org/
The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom is the oldest vegetarian organisation in the world. It is an educational charity promoting understanding and respect for vegetarian lifestyles.

Hippo

http://www.hippocharity.org.uk
Is a charity which supports FOOD AID WITH A PURPOSE and argues that there is an URGENT NEED FOR CHANGE There is an urgent need for change in the direction of world agriculture because of the rapid trends in the wrong direction that are currently taking place. The so-called Green Revolution delivered a large increase in agricultural production through the application of technology (scientific plant breeding, chemical weedkillers, insecticides and fungicides etc.) but it was achieved at a huge cost of pollution, damage to the environment such as the destruction of natural forests, damage to human health, and suffering to animals caused by intensive 'factory farming' methods. In the western world the real financial cost has been disguised by governments' willingness to load taxpayers instead of the farmer, the food industry and the consumer. This is especially so with meat. The taxpayer foots the bill for dealing with the consequent animal disease crises (BSE, Foot & Mouth, TB etc.), food poisoning emergencies, pollution of the natural environment and water supplies, the human health problems caused or exacerbated by eating animal products (a burden on health services), and direct subsidies on the production and processing of meat and milk. It is high time that the consumers of meat and dairy products paid at the till for the full cost of their production.

BUAV

http://www.buav.org/
For over 100 years the BUAV has been campaigning peacefully to create a world where nobody wants or believes we need to experiment on animals. Through undercover investigations, political lobbying, the promotion of cruelty free products, legal and scientific expertise and media activities the BUAV works tirelessly to make the world a better place for animals. They work lawfully and professionally, building relationships with MPs, MEPs, business leaders and other decision-makers. They also analyse legislation and sit on decision-making panels around the globe, to act as the voice for laboratory animals. They are determined in our fight to achieve positive lasting change in legislation to make a long-term difference for animals.

SHADH donkeys in the holyland

http://www.safehaven4donkeys.org/
Lucy set up Safe Haven seven years ago to reach out to the unwanted and abused donkeys of Israel and Palestine. She runs a sanctuary which adopts these gentle and intelligent beasts of burden and that is asking people to support her urgent appeal to buy the farm that is our "peaceable donkey kingdom". She writes… Our sanctuary is the fundamental reason for everything we do. Visiting the farm and standing among these gentle creatures one would never believe they had lived through such terrible abuse – each animal is visibly content and at peace. They are able to roam free in the little individual herds that they form in the sanctuary’s fields by day and are safely locked in their comfy barns at night. Please, please consider setting up a monthly standing order for just 18 months (the duration of the appeal) or, if you are unable to commit to this, making a single gift to the appeal so that I can make sure all the little donks continue to be safe from pain and fear.