Research Nonprofit Organizations' Animal Friendliness

In addition to the Animal-Friendly Giving Guide, the websites below offer information about some nonprofit organizations' policies regarding animals. You may be suprised what some organizations that you thought were innocent of animal-cruelty are up to.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' MeanGreenies.com exposes "environmental" organizations that harm animals by pushing for large scale animal tests of chemicals already know to be toxic. MeanGreenies.com documents the record of several organizations on animal-testing issues and grades them accordingly.

The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine's Humane Charity Seal of Approval lists charities that have promised that they do not and will not experiment on animals.

PETA's website AskCarla.com also has a "partial list of organizations that support the use of hunting, trapping, and/or fishing for "sport" and/or "wildlife management." See the list here.