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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.

Orange County Bird of Prey Center

Lake Forest, CA 92630

949-837-0786 (Phone)

A volunteer organization dedicated to treating and rehabilitating injured raptors and returning them to the wild.

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Orange County SPCA

Huntington Beach, CA 92615

714-964-4445 (Phone)

Mission: to prevent cruelty to animals, to aid elderly, disabled and low income pet owners, and to promote responsible pet ownership and the humane treatment to animals.

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Pacific Marine Mammal Center

20612 Laguna Canyon Rd
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

949-494-2802 (Fax)
949-494-3050 (Phone)

A non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of marine mammals stranded along the Orange County coastline and to increase public awareness of...

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Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA

FREE spay/neuter. Must live in one of the service cities.

361 S Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105

626-792-3810 (Fax)
626-792-7151 (Phone)

An independent, donor-supported, non-profit agency that provides animal care for abandoned and homeless animals. It is responsible for animal control and pet licensing in...

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Paws 4 Healing

Volunteers visit facilities such as, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, schools, children's centers, and battered women's homes. Some of the teams...

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Paws and Learn Humane Education Center

310-699-4646 (Alt)
858-722-2426 (Phone)

Created to teach children and adults about responsible pet care and animal welfare. Our goal is to provide a free public education program to help people make informed, humane...

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Paws to Heal

The mission of Paws to Heal is to promote and provide animal assisted activities and animal assisted therapy in a variety of settings throughout the Inland Empire.

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Project Unleashed

310-480-0084 (Phone)

Brings together incarcerated and at-risk youth with rescued dogs through education, rehabilitation and cooperative action.

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Rancho Coastal Humane Society

389 Requeza St
Encinitas, CA 92024

760-753-6413 (Phone)

Dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals in need, encouraging adoptions into loving homes, and promoting humane ideals through education and community...

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RedRover

916-429-2456 (Fax)
916-429-2457 (Phone)

The mission of RedRover is to bring animals out of crisis and strengthen the bond between people and animals through emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial...

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Return to Freedom

Lompoc, CA 93438

805-737-9246 (Phone)

Dedicated to preserving the freedom, diversity and habitat of America's wild horses through sanctuary, education and conservation while enriching the human spirit through a...

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Ride On

10860 Topanga Canyon Blvd
Chatsworth, CA 91311

818-700-2971 (Phone)

Teaches horseback riding to children and adults with physical and mental disabilities and we provide therapy to disabled individuals using the movement of the horse to improve...

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Ride With Pride

12051 Browns Canyon Rd
Chatsworth, CA 91311

818-885-8138 (Phone)

Specializes in therapeutic horseback riding and Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP). We are a group of professionals and volunteers working with horses as a means to enhance...

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San Diego Humane Society & SPCA: Central Campus

Litter Abatement Program-If your pet has had a litter, you can bring the offspring to the San Diego Campus and the Humane Society will take in the litter and spay and...

5500 Gaines St
San Diego, CA 92110

619-299-7012 (Phone)

Provides services to the community such as animal adoptions, behavior training classes for the public, education programs for all ages, animal cruelty investigations, and...

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San Diego Humane Society & SPCA: North Campus/Airport Rd

Litter Abatement Program-If your pet has had a litter, you can bring the offspring to the Humane Society. We will take in the litter and spay and neuter the parent animals...

572 Airport Rd
Oceanside, CA 92058

760-757-4357 (Phone)

Provides services to the community such as animal adoptions, behavior training classes for the public, education programs for all ages, animal cruelty investigations, and...

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