What to do After Witnessing or Hearing Animal Abuse
When reporting animal cruelty, you should first call a local sheriff's office. If unresponsive, call 911 or your local animal cruelty hotline!
Ohio's animal cruelty hotline is (330) 405-0620
How You Can Help!
Respect your own pets. A lot of animal abuse is accidental or based on neglect. Always remember to feed your pet and show them love and compassion.
Intervene if you see animal abuse or suspect it. See info above to report animal abuse!
Adopt animals from shelters instead of breeders. Breeders only care about making money, not about the quality of life for the animal.
Volunteer at an animal shelter. Many of our group members volunteered at an animal shelter for their Junior Service. It is a great experience to help animals in need while also making a difference in the community.
DONATE! There are many great organizations like SICSA that provide shelters for animals and find them new homes.
https://www.sicsa.org/give/
What to do if You Want to Become a Pet Owner
In order to help animal overpopulation and homelessness, DO NOT purchase animals from breeders! Instead, adopt your pet from a local shelter. Adopting from shelters helps give animals that were previously exposed to abuse or neglect a loving, caring home.
A good resource for adopting new pets is SICSA. SICSA (Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals) is a great, local place to support by adopting, and/or donating. Below is a video by SICSA explaining what they do and what they stand for.
A second option for adopting a new pet is the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center. This is a very friendly place and houses many friendly dogs looking for a home!
Please visit https://mcanimals.org/adoptions/ and https://www.sicsa.org/ when looking to adopt a pet!!