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Humane education promotes compassion and respect for all living creatures. These organizations provide programs focused on teaching children and/or adults everything from animal care to wildlife and the environment. There are also programs that encourage children to improve their reading skills. Therapeutic riding programs use horses to help enhance the lives of people with disabilities.

Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center

46-500 Van Buren
Indio, CA 92201

760-347-2647 (Phone)

A non-profit corporation that was created for the care and rehabilitation of orphaned, injured or sick native wild birds, with the ultimate goal of releasing them back into...

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Compton Jr Posse

453 W Caldwell St
Compton, CA 90220

310-632-1247 (Phone)

Keeping Kids on Horses and Off the Streets-The Compton Jr. Posse (CJP) was developed to provide inner-city youth with year round after school alternatives to the lure of gang...

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Corona Animal Shelter

608 W Harrington St
Corona, CA 92880

951-739-4802 (License)
951-736-2309 (Phone)

Provides animal control and dog licensing for the city of Corona

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Desert Tortoise Rescue

Joshua Tree, CA 92254

760-369-1235 (Phone)

The Joshua Tree Tortoise Rescue offers refuge, rehabilitation, and adoption programs for rescued and special-needs turtles and tortoises.

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Dogs of Character

202-739-1815 (Phone)

Brings very special rescued dogs to schools to teach children life lessons in perseverance, self worth, loyalty and empathy.

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EFBC's Feline Conservation Center-The Cat House

3718 60th St West
Rosamond, CA 93560

661-256-6867 (Fax)
661-256-3332 (Phone)
661-256-3793 (Alt)

Dedicated to the protection and preservation of the world's endangered felines.

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Escondido Humane Society

3450 East Valley Pkwy
Escondido, CA 92027

760-888-2275 (Phone)

Provides animal care, adoption, education and protection services to north inland San Diego County.

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Fix Long Beach

FREE spay/neuter for pets of low income residents of Long Beach, Bellflower, Carson, Compton, Hawaiian Gardens, Paramount, San Pedro, & Wilmington.

323-413-7729 (Phone)

Provides FREE spay/neuter surgeries to low income residents of Long Beach, Wilmington, San Pedro, Compton, Carson, Bellflower, Hawaiian Gardens, and Paramount.

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Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary

132 Jimmy Durante Blvd
Del Mar, CA 92014

858-481-3148 (Phone)

Mission- to maintain a sanctuary that shelters, nurtures and re-socializes parrots while educating the public to inspire a lasting concern for the well being of exotic birds.

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Friends of Long Beach Animals SNIP

3815 Atlantic Ave
Ste 4
Long Beach, CA 90807

562-988-7647 (Phone)

A non-profit organization committed to saving animals' lives through spay/neuter programs. We are dedicated to responsible pet ownership, education and humane treatment of all...

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Gibbon Conservation Center

19100 Esguerra Rd
Santa Clarita, CA 91390

661-296-2737 (Phone)

A non-profit center to promote the conservation, study and care of gibbons through public education and habitat preservation.

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Heart of a Horse Foundation

Ojai, CA 93023

805-377-3302 (Phone)

Helps horses in need, promotes public awareness of the contributions horses have made to our civilization and celebrates their beauty.

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Helen Woodward Animal Center

6461 El Apajo Rd
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067

858-756-4117 (Phone)

An organization that benefits the community by providing educational and therapeutic programs for people, and humane care and adoption for animals.

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Herman Bennett Foundation

805-445-7110 (Fax)
805-445-7171 (Phone)

A private nonprofit organization that helps individuals in need of financial assistance for affordable spaying and neutering for their companion animals.

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Hoof Prints to Freedom

3000 Rustic Canyon Rd
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

310-230-7773 (Phone)

Mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and provide for the well-being of horses that have been abandoned, neglected, abused or slaughter-bound through rescue, adoption, education &...

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