Animal ACTion Network

10/10/2025

This is the shelter that took great care of our LuLu for 5 years, before we came along. They need help. Please help if you can. Sharing this is also helpful. Thank you!

10/01/2025

Rest peacefully, and thank you so very much. You truly made the world a kinder place.

With great sadness, the Jane Goodall Institute confirmed this morning the passing of the organization’s founder, Dr. Jane Goodall, age 91 who died peacefully in her sleep while in Los Angeles, CA for her speaking tour in the United States.

Dr. Goodall’s life and work not only made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, but also of humankind and the environments we all share. She inspired curiosity, hope and compassion in countless people around the world, and paved the way for many others — particularly young people who gave her hope for the future.

In 1960 Dr. Goodall established the longest running wild chimpanzee study in Gombe National Park, Tanzania which continues to this day. She pioneered and sustained the Jane Goodall Institute’s community-centered conservation initiatives across the chimpanzee range for over four decades. Her legacy includes the creation of JGI’s international environmental and humanitarian youth program Roots & Shoots, which is actively driving change in 75 countries and counting around the world.

The Jane Goodall Institute is incredibly grateful to all our supporters, partners, and friends, especially during this difficult time. To add a personal remembrance of Dr. Goodall and continue her legacy for future generations, please visit JaneGoodall.org/RememberingJane

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Photo credit: Marko Zlousic

09/20/2025

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Benton County, Missouri - A sickening video was recently posted to social media platforms showing two male juveniles purposefully drowning a live kitten. The footage is gut-wrenching. A young kitten is gasping and flailing inside the water-filled cage, her small paws scraping the metal frantically a...

08/15/2025

Please help if you can. Every bit helps!

08/02/2025

Help this sanctuary, if you can. Every little bit helps.

🙏🏻 It's SOS Saturday! We're still pretty far away from being able to grab a load of hay. Will you consider donating even just $1 today to help us keep up with hay, feed and mineral needs so we can get more ASAP?

💜🙏🏻Please donate today at:

www.MountainViewSanctuary.org/donate

Or

through CashApp: $mtnviewsanctuary

Or

Zelle:

[email protected]

Or (takes longer) Mail:

Mountain View Sanctuary
PO Box 1105
Walsenburg, CO
81089

🛒 Check out our wishlist to donate much needed items to us at:

🐶 Maia, 🐶Owen and 🐱Max's wish list. A spin wheel and round pool (specifically for Maia) for them would be amazing!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/38SNJR5YBOLPJ?ref_=wl_share

🐐 Sanctuary wish list: (indoor fly traps, trench digger, etc would great!)
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2PES56OG7T72U?ref_=wl_share

If you'd like to help with an in-kind donation or pick up order, please reach out to us. Pick up orders can be done at Big R (La Veta) and Tractor Supply (Pueblo). Please contact us prior to completing your order as weather, road conditions etc apply to us and the stores will only hold orders for so long.

🙏🏻If you're unable to donate or purchase a wish list item, please share our posts and help our reach increase so our support may as well 💖

💜 Thank you any help and for being a part of our community

06/05/2025

This is such great news!

After sending multiple complaints, video evidence, and our petition of more than 15,000 signatures.... CWI is thrilled to announce that we've had a major SUCCESS! There will be no elephants performing at the Colorado Renaissance Festival this year. Thank you to everyone who signed our petition and to our friends and colleagues who joined us in this effort!

https://www.cwint.org/donate2025

05/29/2025

This could be for you!

05/10/2025

Call for attorneys! Please help, if you can!

URGENT CALL FOR HELP! – Keenesburg, CO

We need YOU!

The Sanctuary is in dire need of an attorney that can help protect the animals from developers who are blatantly violating the terms of a contract they have with our organization. 10 years ago two women Sherry Boris Wigaardand Smith VeLois Smith decided to apply for a PUD Subdivision to be built next door to our Sanctuary, but thankfully, Weld County made them secure a contract with us to help protect the animals.

The contract had terms that would help mitigate the chances of people moving into this new subdivision and then forcing the Sanctuary to move or shut down. The developers previously lived here in Colorado but moved to Florida many years ago, which resulted with the development coming to a halt.

However, these ladies decided they now want to make money from the development and are now moving forward with the subdivision construction and sale of homes. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE CEASED ADHEREING TO THE CONDITIONS OF OUR CONTRACT! They have been ghosting the Sanctuary and ignoring all of our efforts to contact and work with them - and are moving ahead at a high rate of speed. By not following the stipulations of this very important contract, all of the animals at our Keenesburg facility are at risk!

If you or anyone you know is a practicing attorney and can help us stop the progress of this development and force these two women to adhere to the very import contract conditions THEY AGREED TO, we would greatly appreciate you and/or them getting in touch with us.

Time is of the essence, as they are attempting to fill the subdivision right now! Call the Sanctuary at 303-536-0118 or email us at [email protected].

Sherry Wigaard - https://www.facebook.com/sherry.wigaard
Velois Smith - https://www.facebook.com/velois.smith

05/08/2025

Great news!

Grants will now be awarded to trials conducted with real-world data, AI-driven simulation, or lab-grown human organoid-tech interfaces.

05/04/2025

05/03/2025

Happening today from 3 to 7 PM. Please participate in this tweet storm, if you can. Also, please follow Horseracing Wrongs.

Tweet Storm Details:

🎬Join us today, the day of the to raise awareness, educate, take action and remember the horses killed in this cruel barbaric industry. Since Jan 1, 2014, Has Confirmed 11,325 Horse Kills at U.S. Tracks 💔🐴

🕯 Light a candle and share on your social media pages - Posts, Stories and Reels! Use the hashtag

🕯 Change your Facebook Profile Photo to the official image.

🕯 Share educational posts on your social media all day to raise awareness for the horses. Use this link to copy & paste during the Event today.
Make sure to include in your posts.
Be a voice for the horses!❤️🐴

Please Follow ➡️ Horseracing Wrongs

https://horseracingwrongs.org/social-media-post-sheet-for-kentucky-derby-media-storm/

📣 Join us this Saturday for nationwide protests on Kentucky Derby Day.

📍Protest Locations & Times:
🕚 Laurel Park – 11 AM
🕚 Churchill Downs – 11 AM
🕚 Santa Anita – 11 AM
🕛 Parx – 12 PM
🕐 Turf Paradise – 10 AM

💥 Bring your voice. Materials will be provided — just show up and stand strong for the horses. Let’s make it clear: horseracing is animal cruelty, and we won’t be silent.

https://www.facebook.com/HorseracingWrongs/events

05/01/2025

Great news!

! Washington state has recently passed a bill prohibiting the use of animals such as bears, wild cats, nonhuman primates, and elephants in traveling acts. This is a terrific step towards ending these cruel forms of entertainment and also protects the public from dangerous wild animal encounters.

In support of the bill, FOUR PAWS USA's Melanie Lary says, "Wild animals have complex emotional, behavioral, and physical needs that cannot be satisfied by traveling shows."

And with many of the animals in our care experiencing exploitation under the guise of entertainment, such as lionesses Illiana and Tomoyo who were recently rescued from a French circus after having lived in cramped quarters and poor keeping conditions their whole lives, we are pleased to see legislation like this that seeks to reduce this unnecessary animal cruelty.

But, there is still room to grow! Currently, New York legislators are eyeing a similar bill that would prohibit bears, wild cats, nonhuman primates, kangaroos, and wallabies in traveling shows... and we need your help to ensure that more animals across the country remain safe from exploitation. NY Residents: call your Assemblymembers today and ask them to support bill A.5850!