Action Guides
- How To: Create a Podcast for your Cause...the easy way
- How To: Organize a Show with Your Cause as the Theme
- Action Tips: Making Calls That Will Make People Listen!
- Action Tips: 11 Ways to have a Pet-Friendly Valentine's Day
- How To: Organize an Awareness Campaign About Animal Cruelty
- How To: Use Videos or Photos to Record Your Cause
- How To: Write an Article About Your Cause
- Action Tips: Know your Right to Refuse Dissection
- How To: Plan an Animal Shelter Fundraiser
- How To: Fight Puppy Mills
- How To: Volunteer to Be a Pet Walker or Sitter
- How To: Hold a Dog Wash to Benefit Your Local Shelter
- Explore a Career in Animal Welfare
- How To: Make Dog Biscuits For a Local Shelter
- How To: Make Catnip Toys
- Actions Tips: Report Animal Cruelty
- How To: Buy From a Responsible Breeder
- How To: Adopt a Pet
- Join the Animal Advocacy Brigade with the ASPCA (for those 18 and over)
- Visit the ASPCA website
- If you are against animal testing, consider not buying products from companies that employ this practice
- How To: Volunteer at the ASPCA or a Local Animal Shelter
- Get involved in an endangered species organization.
- Action Tips: Write or Start A Petition
- How To: Start an Awareness Campaign About Your Cause
- How To: Organize a Poetry Slam for Your Cause
- Action Tips: Organize a Rally for Your Cause
- How To: Organize an Art Show to Support Your Cause
- Action Tips: Organize a Benefit Concert for Your Cause
- How To: Create a Survey About an Important Issue
Easy Ideas
- Play an online game that supports DoSomething.org
- Put a birdbath in your backyard.
- When buying animal products, look for humanely raised. Read labels or ask your local farmer to be sure.
- Buy from local farmers who use animal-friendly products and treat their animals well.
- Don't litter! It can get in the water or soil and harm the animals and contaminate the food they eat.
- When you donate to an organization, find out where the money goes and make sure the organization supports your values.
- Don't leave your pets in the car in cold or hot weather! It's dangerous even for a few minutes.
- Find free advertising space around town and get the message about your cause out!
- Sponsor an animal welfare speaker to come to your school
- Ask your library to order books or magazines about animals and animal welfare issues.
- Hold a dog wash and donate the proceeds to a local animal shetler.
- Consider reducing or eliminating meat or other animal products from your diet.
- Consider not wearing animal products like leather or fur.
