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Let your heart guide your hands:
be a Good Samaritan to animals
Prepare now to help animals in need, to be a Good Samaritan for pets and animals. Animal abuse, neglect, and distress is epidemic, is often institutionally supported, and is worldwide. You may find animals in distress in your own neighborhood. Be prepared to take reasonable, safe action to help them. Sunbear needed help and didn't get it; he died slowly and painfully of neglect. This site is dedicated to his memory in hopes of encouraging you to be a Good Samaritan. Complete 3 steps:
Learn about animal welfare risk factors that contribute to animal abuse and neglect. Read our 10-minute tutorial to gain more confidence in making decisions and taking action.
Fill out a downloadable wallet card to keep animal welfare phone numbers with you, so urgent calls are more convenient and quick. Make copies for your friends and family.
Carry a “Roadside Rescue Kit” of simple household articles packed in your vehicle and ready for use to help animals in distress.
Animal welfare defenders, thank you for your every effort to report animal abuse, animal neglect, accidents, and distress. Encourage your friends and family to do the same! Send them a link to this web site: www.sunbearsquad.org
Check out these popular pages:
Inspirational sayings about caring for animals, all original, that you can ponder and share
Dog slang essay that encourages you to avoid using dog-oriented slang
How can you be a better Good Samaritan for pets? Be alert, prepared, and ever watchful.
Reciprocal Foster Agreement between you and close friends or family can ensure that your pets are cared for if you are unable to care for them because of a disaster or emergency
Sunbear Squad, a neighborhood watch program for pets
Gene Fields Humane Award, a recognition program for people who have helped neglected or abused pets
Posters and ads, download these and distribute in your neighborhood
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Week of Nov. 25:
Watch for pets injured by vehicles during heavy holiday traffic. Be prepared to stop and call for assistance.
A note about the mortgage crisis: it has also created a crisis for some household pets of foreclosed-upon owners. The former homeowners leave their pets behind, trapped in empty homes, because they can't take their pets with them for various reasons. They don't understand that weeks or months may elapse before agents inspect the home. Please take action when a home is foreclosed upon in your neighborhood. Be a Good Samaritan. Go stand near the home and call out repeatedly for the pet; it may bark or meow or come to the window. Listen and watch for signs of life. Do this several days in a row because some traumatized pets may be frightened, too frightened to respond at first. You may save a life!
Watch Tips are now posted weekly on "Dogster's For the Love of Dog Blog". Check it out!
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NEW! Download your FREE Rescue Card to place in a window at your house. It can save lives in case of fire or other emergency! Do it today.
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Sunbear Squad, Inc., is now a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. Your donations are fully tax-deductible.
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New Rescue Stories. How did rescuers handle some tricky situations? Read and be inspired.
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Read Using Dog Slang Hurts Dogs, a short essay promoting the avoidance of dog slang.
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LOGO GEAR
Sunbear Squad Store [opens new window]
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Read action guidelines from Gene Fields. When in doubt, call anyway—let a professional decide.
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Who was Sunbear? He was a dog who died of animal neglect. Yet he had a huge effect on humane laws in West Virginia. Read his story here.
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SHARE YOUR STORIES
We publish inspiring and true stories about people helping pets in distress. Please e-mail your story in 250 words or less (we reserve the right to edit for conciseness and clarity).
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"By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world."
Dr. Albert Schweitzer
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