Welcome to the Poppy Foundation website

The work of the Poppy Foundation is based on the premise that education is the most important aspect of animal advocacy.

Passing laws may help, but laws won’t get passed until enough people understand that change needs to occur and that animals need protection.

Bullying companies or individuals in an attempt to get them to end animal exploitation may curtail these entities’ activities in the short term, but it will never end the exploitation altogether.

Only when enough people understand that all animals deserve to live free of harm, to be regarded not as objects and "resources" for our use, but respected as individuals in their own right, and then adopt a lifestyle that is in line with this understanding, will the suffering end.

Most people care about animals. But often even those who care aren’t aware of the horror that goes on in animal "shelters," factory farms, zoos, circuses, medical research and product testing (among other things) and don’t understand how their daily choices can contribute to animals’ suffering or how they can help put a stop to these horrors. Part of the work of the Poppy Foundation is to educate caring people about what is really happening to animals, and what they can do to bring about change.

For those who are "old hands" at animal advocacy, we will have articles and discussions about animal rights philosophy and the effectiveness of various programs and tactics.

In addition to these efforts, The Poppy Foundation will, when possible, assist in the direct rescue of animals in need, although we are not a rescue organization.

Please don’t buy a puppy from a pet shop

If you buy a puppy from a pet shop, you are supporting the cruelty of puppy mills. What is a puppy mill?

Giving up your dog or cat because you are moving? Please consider this.

Blind Cocker Spaniel and his "seeing eye dog" need a foster home!

Don’t throw away your used printer ink cartridges and cell phones! Use them to help animals!

To find out how to do this, and other ways to help, click here.

Would you like to know one very simple way you can help save the greatest number of animals with the least effort and time?

Click here.

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