Action Guides
- How To: Fight Puppy Mills
- Hold a dog/cat food drive at your school and donate to a local shelter
- 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: 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
- How To: Volunteer at the ASPCA or a Local Animal Shelter
- How To: Start an Awareness Campaign About Your Cause At Your School or in Your Neighborhood
- Organize an Art Show to support your cause
Easy Ideas
- Play an online game that supports DoSomething.org
- 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.
