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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.

Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation

805-260-2386 (Phone)

Mission-to promote animal welfare and to better the quality of life for animals in Santa Barbara County through education, outreach, collaboration and promotion of the humane...

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Santa Barbara Humane Society

5399 Overpass Rd
Santa Barbara, CA 93111

805-964-4777 (Phone)

An independent non-profit organization serving the community with a shelter, animal adoption services, a spay and neuter clinic, humane education center, boarding kennels,...

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Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network

1460 N Fairview Ave
Goleta, CA 93117

805-681-1080 (Phone)

A nonprofit, volunteer group that rescues and rehabilitates injured wild birds, reptiles, and small mammals in Santa Barbara County.

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Santa Maria Valley Humane Society

$10 spay/neuter for dogs in the 93458 zip code of Santa Maria.

1687 W Stowell Rd
Santa Maria, CA 93458

805-349-3435 (Phone)

A non-profit, no kill adoption center and low-cost spay/neuter clinic

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Saving Grace Animal Sanctuary

1575 Sierra Hwy
Acton, CA 93510

661-269-1356 (Phone)

A sanctuary for neglected, abandoned and abused animals that have nowhere else to go.

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Saving Wildlife International

800-945-3794 (Phone)

WI's purpose is to assist people of all ages and cultures in developing an awareness of and commitment to nature that will result in informed decisions and constructive actions...

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SEAACA

The BIG MEOW provides FREE spay/neuter of owned outdoor cats in the SEAACA service cities.

9777 Seaaca St
Downey, CA 90241

909-625-1044 (After hours emergency)
562-803-3676 (Fax)
562-803-3301 (Phone)

Southeast Area Animal Control Authority

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Shambala

6867 Soledad Canyon Rd
Acton, CA 93510

661-268-8809 (Fax)
661-268-0380 (Phone)

Home to over 50 big cats: lions, tigers, cougars, black and spotted leopards, servals, bobcats, and Asian leopard cats, who live out their lives at Shambala.

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Shelter Animal Advocacy Fund, Los Angeles

310-439-5219 (Phone)

A public benefit non-profit corporation that serves shelter animals in the community by providing services, programs and support designed to aid in adoptions, retention and...

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Sky Hunters

Lakeside, CA 92040

619-445-6565 (Phone)
619-580-4295 (Hotline)

Mission-to care for sick, injured and orphaned raptors and to educate the community about preservation of our local wildlife.

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South Bay Wildlife Rehab

26363 Silver Spur Rd
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

310-378-0969 (Fax)
310-378-9921 (Phone)

A non-profit organization dedicated to caring for California native wildlife and educating the public about the natural world.

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Spay Neuter Action Project (SNAP)

866-772-9287 (Phone)
619-525-3047 (Alt)

The first and only organization in San Diego County that provides comprehensive programs to solve the core causes of pet overpopulation and its tragic consequences. The Neuter...

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spcaLA

5026 W Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016

888-527-7722 (Animal safety net)
800-540-7722 (Report cruelty)
888-772-2521 (Phone)

An independent, nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through law enforcement, education, intervention, and...

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spcaLA South Bay Pet Adoption Center

12910 Yukon Ave
Hawthorne, CA 90250

310-676-4784 (Fax)
310-676-1149 (Phone)

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Star Eco Station

10101 Jefferson Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232

310-842-8060 (Phone)

The STAR Eco Station's mission is "Preservation through Education." It is an environmental science museum, an exotic wildlife rescue center, and a haven for endangered and...

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