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Funding also supports staff training for a variety of animal welfare organizations, instituting an online certification program and a one-of-a-kind implicit bias test to help animal welfare organizations in their journey towards a more diverse, equitable and inclusive industry for all pets and people.
Your support changes lives in communities across the United States.
A R I T I E S .
, we designed and launched the first-of-its-kind Cat Adoption Center at PetSmart.
largest homeless services provider, to help families with pets access their emergency shelter program.
Together, families facing homelessness can find shelter for themselves and their pets while gaining support services and guidance toward securing permanent housing.
to children at Children’s Hospital Colorado with $ the Medical Dog Program.
In including a four-year-old patient recovering from severe injuries that required a cast.
Thanks to therapy dog Halo, the young patient was able to smile and giggle through his usually traumatic casting appointment.
the organizations’ senior nutrition program pet services nationwide.
and physical challenge for older adults to manage on their own.
Bill Karwoski was a man who loved pets and we’re honored and humbled he decided to make planned giving part of his legacy with a $2.2 million donation to PetSmart Charities.
His inherent nature of giving back, combined with a soft spot for supporting animals and animal lovers in his community, will change the lives of those in need across North America through his generous contributions to PetSmart Charities.
We are grateful that he valued our mission to help pets and those who love them.
Because of him, we can create more families through pet adoption, support programs that make veterinary care accessible to those in need and provide pet food and resources to families facing economic hardship.
Thank you for joining us in making the world a better place for pets and those who love them.
When American Humane was founded in the country’s first national humane organization, our vision was to build a better and kinder world for all.
During the next way in pioneering virtually every one of the humane protections we now take for granted.
We created the first independently verifiable standards and programs to safeguard animals wherever and whenever they are in need.
More than participated in a deep-dive conversation about the future goals of American Humane and where we hoped to be in the year 2020.
We developed a transformative agenda, focusing on pushing the frontiers of the humane movement and further extending our historic leadership where we could have the greatest impact.
We not only help twenty times as many animals as we did ten years ago but we developed new protections for millions more around the globe.
Rescue, shelter, feed and care for in disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic, Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, the Oklahoma floods and the Australian wildfires.
Protect nearly 3,555 production days on film and television sets through our No Animals Were Harmed® program.
Help ensure the welfare and humane treatment of nearly species living in the world’s zoos, aquariums and conservation centers.
Help ensure that nearly a billion farm animals have enough space, proper food, water, heating, cooling, lighting and other humane protections.
American Humane also has a long history of doing the most with the hard-earned charitable dollars with which we are entrusted.
More than of every dollar spent goes directly into our lifechanging, life-saving programs to help the most vulnerable among us.
I think you will enjoy the heartwarming stories of caring, compassion and hope in our Impact Report.
Thank you for making our world come into ever sharper focus so we can fulfill the promise of helping even more animals in the years ahead.
For more than First to Serve our best friends in their worst times.
Last year proved to be one of the most devastating years for disasters and cruelty cases in recent history, tearing families apart and leaving hundreds of thousands of animals homeless, hurt, frightened and hungry.
Fortunately, our American Humane Rescue teams were on the ground wherever – and whenever – animals were in greatest need.
The deadly COVID-leadership role in supporting shelter pets abandoned during the pandemic, providing critically needed food, supplies and medicines through our “Feed the Hungry” fund, and launching a nationwide campaign to stop people from giving up their companions and to foster or adopt shelter animals.
Our efforts were carried by NBC’s TODAY news site, People magazine, U.S. News & World Report and national radio networks, reaching millions.
Hurricane Dorian: When this devastating storm struck the Bahamas, American Humane evacuated animals, helped search for and rescue hundreds more, distributed nearly care on the island, and helped rebuild a critically important shelter to ensure safe housing for lost pets.
Flood of Aid: Following historic flooding in Oklahoma, our rescue team rushed in, saving bewildered, terrified animals like Roscoe, an aging, mixed-breed dog whose home disappeared under water and was found clinging to life in the branches of a tree.
Australian wildfires: American Humane worked with our humane conservation partners to support lifesaving efforts to get veterinary care, food, water, medicines and supplies to the animal victims in the scorched wastelands of Australia.
Reaching millions with lifesaving information: Actress and producer Vivica A. Fox taped a national Public Service Announcement, urging people to become American Humane Rescue volunteers and adopt from shelters.
Delivering a ton of love to and Chicken Soup for the Soul Pet Food delivered thousands of pounds of food to hundreds of hungry cats at an abandoned property as plans were made to rescue and rehome them.
• bringing help to those who need it most: American Humane conducted free veterinary clinics to help animals in some of the most resource-poor areas of the country, bringing spay and neuter services and lifesaving vaccines provided free of charge by Zoetis Petcare to dogs and cats whose families cannot afford to give them medical care.
• Training more rescuers: Our American Humane Rescue team, which has been first to serve in rescuing animals for more than trained 880 animal emergency responders in 17 states and the nation’s capital – so that they can be ready to help animals in need… anytime, anywhere.
• Feeding shelter animals: American Humane and Chicken Soup for the Soul Pet Food delivered more than free meals to hungry, frightened and abandoned animals in shelters in just the last year.
team helped train new animal responders in 17 states and D.C. 8 AMERICAN HUMANE 2020 IMPACT REPORT KeePing HoPe Alive: disAster in tHe bAHAMAs Surrounded by the shattered remains of her home, an elderly dog lay barely moving on an old mattress.
After being rushed to a shelter where she received lifesaving nourishment, fluids and tender loving care, the starving, frightened and dehydrated pet we named “Hope” slowly rose and took her first steps toward Amber, a first responder with our American Humane Rescue team.
In September, the most powerful hurricane ever to strike the Bahamas swept through the island chain with winds of splintering homes, buildings, boats, trees and lives.
On Great Abaco Island, Hurricane Dorian destroyed or swept almost everything in its path out to sea.
All told, the storm caused $left more than 70,000 people and tens of thousands of animals homeless.
In the wake of the disaster, American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, immediately deployed its rescue team with an invitation from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, conducting search-and-rescue operations, setting up, rebuilding and running shelters, transporting tons of emergency food, performing spay-and-neuters, funding veterinary care, and helping airlift animals to New Providence Island to help reunite pets with their families.
During our multiple deployments to the Bahamas, American Humane found and provided critical aid to hundreds of emaciated, dehydrated, injured and starving dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, goats, turtles, pigs and sheep.
“This is by far one of the most intense and traumatic disasters we have ever been involved with,” said American Humane President and CEO Robin Ganzert, PhD. “With increasingly frequent and increasingly destructive natural disasters, so many animals are in crisis.
sHelter AniMAls CArried to sAfety Here at home, American Humane was busy at work even before Hurricane Dorian struck, evacuating scores of shelter animals in its path.
American Humane volunteers rushed to pick up vulnerable pets at a South Carolina shelter and drove them more than in New York and New Jersey where they would find safety and forever homes.
Scores of beautiful cats and kittens were evacuated – a rescue made possible by generous donations from animal lovers across the country, including a remarkable grant from the Marta Heflin Foundation.
To all of them, and our brave volunteers who drove through the night to take a shelter full of abandoned animals out of harm’s way and to new lives, thank you.
Soon, roads, homes, businesses, parks and farms began disappearing under the relentless onslaught of the historic rains that soaked and then flooded Oklahoma.
Responding to an official call for assistance, the American Humane Rescue team rushed to the scene with its chief rescue veterinarian, trained swift- and floodwater responders, rescue boats, critical medical and sheltering supplies generously donated by Zoetis, and one of our animal rescue vehicles.
Our team began search-and-rescue and flood/slack water operations, navigating murky waters in the Muskogee area.
Along with local animal groups, they began saving cats, dogs and even a wild rabbit.
One dramatic rescue involved Roscoe, a dog who lived in the community of hard-hit Webbers Falls.
His family had to evacuate as the floodwaters approached.
Unable to take him with them during the emergency, they reached out for help to go in and rescue him.
American Humane, Code and firefighters with the Webbers Falls Fire Department launched boats on a rescue mission into the swirling soup of contaminated floodwaters.
The location where Roscoe had been left in a fenced yard was now under 10 to 12 feet of water.
More than two days had passed since the flooding began and we were not sure if he would have been able to survive the ordeal.
As we approached the known location, we spotted Roscoe’s white head and front paws, clinging for life in the branches of a tree.
“As we approached, the fear and exhaustion that he showed was heartbreaking,” said American Humane Rescue Veterinarian Lesa Staubus, DVM.
“Pulling his large body from the muddy water wasn’t easy as he was tangled in the branches.
With careful teamwork we were able to safely get Roscoe into our boat and into a transport kennel.
As he was transported out of the flood area he promptly collapsed into a deep sleep.
As his family struggled to reclaim some sense of normal life and be reunited with Roscoe, we worked with our sheltering partners to care for him.
“Storms like these can be deadly for pets who are separated from their families,” said Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of American Humane.
Since our country by helping our nation’s military heroes on the battlefield and on the home front.
• bringing battle buddies back together: After a lifetime of serving our country and protecting our troops, far too many retired military dogs are separated from their handlers and left overseas.
American Humane has already brought them with their battle buddies.
Saving lives on each end of the leash: To help stem the tide of veteran suicide and save unadopted animals, American Humane launched the “Pupsforever homes and trains them to become lifesaving service dogs for veterans coping with PTS and TBI.
• Reaching out to those in need: A new national PSA campaign starring Broadway and film star Kristin Chenoweth encourages veterans to apply for a free, lifesaving service dog trained by the experts at American Humane.
These TV and radio spots have aired more than a thousand times so far, reaching millions.
The “PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act” will train and pair vets suffering from post-deployment mental health issues with service dogs.
Honoring America’s four-legged military heroes: Four courageous canines were awarded American Humane’s Lois Pope LIFE K-of Courage, the nation’s highest award for military dogs.
And His dog Retired United States Army Sergeant Joseph served our country and found himself, like so many other brave warriors, in need of a helping hand.
American Humane answered the call, and through our PupsShepherd mix as his highly specialized service dog.
Sergeant Joseph said that before he met Nattie, his days and nights were filled with darkness, depression and anxiety.
He felt as if he had no purpose and, as is very common, he avoided crowds and even going out, doing his grocery shopping at a weekend just so he could avoid people.
From day one, he says, they became best friends.
Soon, he was able to go to public places without his anxiety becoming unmanageable.
Joseph doesn’t feel good and shows that he needs assistance, Nattie picks up on it and will climb up in his lap or stand up and put her feet on his stomach….basically, just to let him know she’s there for him.
Of course, with her specialized training, she does so much more to help support her veteran and keep him on the path to healing.
He now gets out and goes for walks around the neighborhood.
As he puts it, “Nattie has basically saved my life.
I still have some bad days, but thanks to American Humane, and Nattie, they’re not as bad.
Our Pupsprogram has been especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic, when isolation and stress conspire to create the perfect storm for veterans with PTS.
We are so honored to have been able to pair so many veterans before the crisis, helping them in these difficult times.
AMERICAN HUMANE reUniting oUr foUr-legged MilitAry Heroes And tHeir forMer HAndlers Too often, the military working dog teams who served and bonded together overseas find themselves separated by circumstance, reassignment or thousands of miles.
American Humane, which has been bringing dozens of retired military working dogs home and back into the arms of their battle buddies, was honored to bring two more of these lifesaving teams back together so that they may once again be with the comrades with whom they were so close.
Two of these comrades are U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Charles Ogin IV and Explosives Detection Dog Rrobiek.
Ogin and Robi served three years together on the hot sands of Iraq and Syria, but hadn’t seen each other since December 2017.
Learning that the nine-year-old Belgian Malinois was retiring from service, American Humane, with the support of Hallmark Channel, sent one of its top veterinarians to pick up and escort Rrobiek to Florida, where Sgt.
He can spend his days playing with the Ogin children and the family’s two Jack Russell terriers – an awesome pack in the making.
Robi will now have the loving forever home he so richly deserved.

Funding also supports staff training for a variety of animal welfare organizations, instituting an online certification program and a one-of-a-kind implicit bias test to help animal welfare organizations in their journey towards a more diverse, equitable and inclusive industry for all pets and people.

Your support changes lives in communities across the United States.

A R I T I E S .

, we designed and launched the first-of-its-kind Cat Adoption Center at PetSmart.

largest homeless services provider, to help families with pets access their emergency shelter program.

Together, families facing homelessness can find shelter for themselves and their pets while gaining support services and guidance toward securing permanent housing.

to children at Children’s Hospital Colorado with $ the Medical Dog Program.

In including a four-year-old patient recovering from severe injuries that required a cast.

Thanks to therapy dog Halo, the young patient was able to smile and giggle through his usually traumatic casting appointment.

the organizations’ senior nutrition program pet services nationwide.

and physical challenge for older adults to manage on their own.

Bill Karwoski was a man who loved pets and we’re honored and humbled he decided to make planned giving part of his legacy with a $2.2 million donation to PetSmart Charities.

His inherent nature of giving back, combined with a soft spot for supporting animals and animal lovers in his community, will change the lives of those in need across North America through his generous contributions to PetSmart Charities.

We are grateful that he valued our mission to help pets and those who love them.

Because of him, we can create more families through pet adoption, support programs that make veterinary care accessible to those in need and provide pet food and resources to families facing economic hardship.

Thank you for joining us in making the world a better place for pets and those who love them.

When American Humane was founded in the country’s first national humane organization, our vision was to build a better and kinder world for all.

During the next way in pioneering virtually every one of the humane protections we now take for granted.

We created the first independently verifiable standards and programs to safeguard animals wherever and whenever they are in need.

More than participated in a deep-dive conversation about the future goals of American Humane and where we hoped to be in the year 2020.

We developed a transformative agenda, focusing on pushing the frontiers of the humane movement and further extending our historic leadership where we could have the greatest impact.

We not only help twenty times as many animals as we did ten years ago but we developed new protections for millions more around the globe.

Rescue, shelter, feed and care for in disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic, Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, the Oklahoma floods and the Australian wildfires.

Protect nearly 3,555 production days on film and television sets through our No Animals Were Harmed® program.

Help ensure the welfare and humane treatment of nearly species living in the world’s zoos, aquariums and conservation centers.

Help ensure that nearly a billion farm animals have enough space, proper food, water, heating, cooling, lighting and other humane protections.

American Humane also has a long history of doing the most with the hard-earned charitable dollars with which we are entrusted.

More than of every dollar spent goes directly into our lifechanging, life-saving programs to help the most vulnerable among us.

I think you will enjoy the heartwarming stories of caring, compassion and hope in our Impact Report.

Thank you for making our world come into ever sharper focus so we can fulfill the promise of helping even more animals in the years ahead.

For more than First to Serve our best friends in their worst times.

Last year proved to be one of the most devastating years for disasters and cruelty cases in recent history, tearing families apart and leaving hundreds of thousands of animals homeless, hurt, frightened and hungry.

Fortunately, our American Humane Rescue teams were on the ground wherever – and whenever – animals were in greatest need.

The deadly COVID-leadership role in supporting shelter pets abandoned during the pandemic, providing critically needed food, supplies and medicines through our “Feed the Hungry” fund, and launching a nationwide campaign to stop people from giving up their companions and to foster or adopt shelter animals.

Our efforts were carried by NBC’s TODAY news site, People magazine, U.S. News & World Report and national radio networks, reaching millions.

Hurricane Dorian: When this devastating storm struck the Bahamas, American Humane evacuated animals, helped search for and rescue hundreds more, distributed nearly care on the island, and helped rebuild a critically important shelter to ensure safe housing for lost pets.

Flood of Aid: Following historic flooding in Oklahoma, our rescue team rushed in, saving bewildered, terrified animals like Roscoe, an aging, mixed-breed dog whose home disappeared under water and was found clinging to life in the branches of a tree.

Australian wildfires: American Humane worked with our humane conservation partners to support lifesaving efforts to get veterinary care, food, water, medicines and supplies to the animal victims in the scorched wastelands of Australia.

Reaching millions with lifesaving information: Actress and producer Vivica A. Fox taped a national Public Service Announcement, urging people to become American Humane Rescue volunteers and adopt from shelters.

Delivering a ton of love to and Chicken Soup for the Soul Pet Food delivered thousands of pounds of food to hundreds of hungry cats at an abandoned property as plans were made to rescue and rehome them.

• bringing help to those who need it most: American Humane conducted free veterinary clinics to help animals in some of the most resource-poor areas of the country, bringing spay and neuter services and lifesaving vaccines provided free of charge by Zoetis Petcare to dogs and cats whose families cannot afford to give them medical care.

• Training more rescuers: Our American Humane Rescue team, which has been first to serve in rescuing animals for more than trained 880 animal emergency responders in 17 states and the nation’s capital – so that they can be ready to help animals in need… anytime, anywhere.

• Feeding shelter animals: American Humane and Chicken Soup for the Soul Pet Food delivered more than free meals to hungry, frightened and abandoned animals in shelters in just the last year.

team helped train new animal responders in 17 states and D.C. 8 AMERICAN HUMANE 2020 IMPACT REPORT KeePing HoPe Alive: disAster in tHe bAHAMAs Surrounded by the shattered remains of her home, an elderly dog lay barely moving on an old mattress.

After being rushed to a shelter where she received lifesaving nourishment, fluids and tender loving care, the starving, frightened and dehydrated pet we named “Hope” slowly rose and took her first steps toward Amber, a first responder with our American Humane Rescue team.

In September, the most powerful hurricane ever to strike the Bahamas swept through the island chain with winds of splintering homes, buildings, boats, trees and lives.

On Great Abaco Island, Hurricane Dorian destroyed or swept almost everything in its path out to sea.

All told, the storm caused $left more than 70,000 people and tens of thousands of animals homeless.

In the wake of the disaster, American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, immediately deployed its rescue team with an invitation from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, conducting search-and-rescue operations, setting up, rebuilding and running shelters, transporting tons of emergency food, performing spay-and-neuters, funding veterinary care, and helping airlift animals to New Providence Island to help reunite pets with their families.

During our multiple deployments to the Bahamas, American Humane found and provided critical aid to hundreds of emaciated, dehydrated, injured and starving dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, goats, turtles, pigs and sheep.

“This is by far one of the most intense and traumatic disasters we have ever been involved with,” said American Humane President and CEO Robin Ganzert, PhD. “With increasingly frequent and increasingly destructive natural disasters, so many animals are in crisis.

sHelter AniMAls CArried to sAfety Here at home, American Humane was busy at work even before Hurricane Dorian struck, evacuating scores of shelter animals in its path.

American Humane volunteers rushed to pick up vulnerable pets at a South Carolina shelter and drove them more than in New York and New Jersey where they would find safety and forever homes.

Scores of beautiful cats and kittens were evacuated – a rescue made possible by generous donations from animal lovers across the country, including a remarkable grant from the Marta Heflin Foundation.

To all of them, and our brave volunteers who drove through the night to take a shelter full of abandoned animals out of harm’s way and to new lives, thank you.

Soon, roads, homes, businesses, parks and farms began disappearing under the relentless onslaught of the historic rains that soaked and then flooded Oklahoma.

Responding to an official call for assistance, the American Humane Rescue team rushed to the scene with its chief rescue veterinarian, trained swift- and floodwater responders, rescue boats, critical medical and sheltering supplies generously donated by Zoetis, and one of our animal rescue vehicles.

Our team began search-and-rescue and flood/slack water operations, navigating murky waters in the Muskogee area.

Along with local animal groups, they began saving cats, dogs and even a wild rabbit.

One dramatic rescue involved Roscoe, a dog who lived in the community of hard-hit Webbers Falls.

His family had to evacuate as the floodwaters approached.

Unable to take him with them during the emergency, they reached out for help to go in and rescue him.

American Humane, Code and firefighters with the Webbers Falls Fire Department launched boats on a rescue mission into the swirling soup of contaminated floodwaters.

The location where Roscoe had been left in a fenced yard was now under 10 to 12 feet of water.

More than two days had passed since the flooding began and we were not sure if he would have been able to survive the ordeal.

As we approached the known location, we spotted Roscoe’s white head and front paws, clinging for life in the branches of a tree.

“As we approached, the fear and exhaustion that he showed was heartbreaking,” said American Humane Rescue Veterinarian Lesa Staubus, DVM.

“Pulling his large body from the muddy water wasn’t easy as he was tangled in the branches.

With careful teamwork we were able to safely get Roscoe into our boat and into a transport kennel.

As he was transported out of the flood area he promptly collapsed into a deep sleep.

As his family struggled to reclaim some sense of normal life and be reunited with Roscoe, we worked with our sheltering partners to care for him.

“Storms like these can be deadly for pets who are separated from their families,” said Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and CEO of American Humane.

Since our country by helping our nation’s military heroes on the battlefield and on the home front.

• bringing battle buddies back together: After a lifetime of serving our country and protecting our troops, far too many retired military dogs are separated from their handlers and left overseas.

American Humane has already brought them with their battle buddies.

Saving lives on each end of the leash: To help stem the tide of veteran suicide and save unadopted animals, American Humane launched the “Pupsforever homes and trains them to become lifesaving service dogs for veterans coping with PTS and TBI.

• Reaching out to those in need: A new national PSA campaign starring Broadway and film star Kristin Chenoweth encourages veterans to apply for a free, lifesaving service dog trained by the experts at American Humane.

These TV and radio spots have aired more than a thousand times so far, reaching millions.

The “PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act” will train and pair vets suffering from post-deployment mental health issues with service dogs.

Honoring America’s four-legged military heroes: Four courageous canines were awarded American Humane’s Lois Pope LIFE K-of Courage, the nation’s highest award for military dogs.

And His dog Retired United States Army Sergeant Joseph served our country and found himself, like so many other brave warriors, in need of a helping hand.

American Humane answered the call, and through our PupsShepherd mix as his highly specialized service dog.

Sergeant Joseph said that before he met Nattie, his days and nights were filled with darkness, depression and anxiety.

He felt as if he had no purpose and, as is very common, he avoided crowds and even going out, doing his grocery shopping at a weekend just so he could avoid people.

From day one, he says, they became best friends.

Soon, he was able to go to public places without his anxiety becoming unmanageable.

Joseph doesn’t feel good and shows that he needs assistance, Nattie picks up on it and will climb up in his lap or stand up and put her feet on his stomach….basically, just to let him know she’s there for him.

Of course, with her specialized training, she does so much more to help support her veteran and keep him on the path to healing.

He now gets out and goes for walks around the neighborhood.

As he puts it, “Nattie has basically saved my life.

I still have some bad days, but thanks to American Humane, and Nattie, they’re not as bad.

Our Pupsprogram has been especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic, when isolation and stress conspire to create the perfect storm for veterans with PTS.

We are so honored to have been able to pair so many veterans before the crisis, helping them in these difficult times.

AMERICAN HUMANE reUniting oUr foUr-legged MilitAry Heroes And tHeir forMer HAndlers Too often, the military working dog teams who served and bonded together overseas find themselves separated by circumstance, reassignment or thousands of miles.

American Humane, which has been bringing dozens of retired military working dogs home and back into the arms of their battle buddies, was honored to bring two more of these lifesaving teams back together so that they may once again be with the comrades with whom they were so close.

Two of these comrades are U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Charles Ogin IV and Explosives Detection Dog Rrobiek.

Ogin and Robi served three years together on the hot sands of Iraq and Syria, but hadn’t seen each other since December 2017.

Learning that the nine-year-old Belgian Malinois was retiring from service, American Humane, with the support of Hallmark Channel, sent one of its top veterinarians to pick up and escort Rrobiek to Florida, where Sgt.

He can spend his days playing with the Ogin children and the family’s two Jack Russell terriers – an awesome pack in the making.

Robi will now have the loving forever home he so richly deserved.