Pickles For Primates? And Wildlife Direct

By Kate | March 13th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Photo by
Wildlife Direct/
Mr. Aloma

Wildlife Direct, a web charity, is how elementary school kids in Colorado are donating money to save Silverback Gorillas in Congo. One girl donated... [Read this entry]

“Saving the lives of dogs to enrich the lives of people”: The Sam Simon Foundation

By Kate | March 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

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cbsnews.com

Sam Simon, one of the creators of The Simpsons, currently finances a program (appropriately named the Sam Simon Foundation) which trains stray dogs to work as service... [Read this entry]

Volunteer With Gibbons In Thailand

By Kate | March 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Photo from
CritterImages.com

No, that’s not my picture to the right; the Volunteer Logue received a heads up about a press release received at Bootsnall regarding an opportunity for six paying... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Placement Organization: Global Visions International (GVI)

By Kate | February 28th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Global Visions International is a British-based organization which places volunteers in “over 150 projects including challenging Marine Conservation and Wildlife Research expeditions in Africa and Latin America and volunteer teaching... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Latin America Links

By Kate | February 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Tim at Independent Volunteer was kind enough to forward me a number of yet-to-be-published links. I have started to check them out and will share a few of the... [Read this entry]

Documentary: Ghosts In The City, Strays In Istanbul

By Kate | February 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Check out the trailer for Ghosts in the City, a short documentary film on stray dogs in Istanbul which will be aired in March. Produced by EHDKD, a full... [Read this entry]

Volunteer In Animal Welfare: Stray Dogs Abroad

By Kate | February 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

One perhaps surprising area to volunteer in is with stray dogs abroad. Relax, they tend to be friendlier than stray dogs at home! I’ve dealt with stray dogs... [Read this entry]

Around The Web On Volunteering: February 15

By Kate | February 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

See how one man spent the summer of 2006 in Alaska as a volunteer…and visit the Alaska State Park website to see how you can do it.
Think chilling in... [Read this entry]

Lost Dogs In Chicago: Another Volunteer Experience

By Kate | February 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

I ended up volunteering with the Lost and Found program at my local humane society by default. I’m a dog person, but as there was no dog-walking section (and... [Read this entry]