NATIONAL HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY
PO Box 340, Charles Town, WV 25414 www.nhes.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To foster a sentiment of kindness to animals in children and adults via quality program services: 1) Humane Education & Advocacy Program, 2) The Briggs Animal Adoption Center, 3) Spay Today, and 4) Alliance Partnership Programs.

The Briggs Animal Adoption Center (BAAC) is NHES' flagship animal care facility - one of the finest in the country - located on the NHES campus, 64 miles west of Washington, D.C. In FY 2020, BAAC served animal welfare by: (1) Welcoming nearly 7,000 visitors - adults & children - and striving to educate each of them about kindliness to animals; (2) Assisting NHES educators with direct animal-care activities; (3) Caring for an average population of nearly 205 animals daily; (4) Rehabilitating hundreds of neglected & abused animals and placing them in loving, adoptive homes; (5) Distributing animal food & supplies to individuals & animal rescue groups; and (6) Working collaboratively with animal shelters & rescue groups to save animal lives, and taking in cats and dogs from 5 states: Alabama, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Mississippi.

During fiscal year 2020, the Humane Education & Advocacy Program served to educate children and adults about proper animal stewardship by: (1) Creating & providing humane education programs nationwide; (2) Providing informational services to supporters and the general public; (3) Networking with other humane organizations; (4) Creating & distributing humane educational materials & calls for action nationwide; (5) Creating and disseminating relevant information via NHES website, social networking sites and email newsletters; and (6) Advocating for animals by encouraging private companies, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, lawmakers, and others to adopt policies and practices that support the humane treatment of animals. During the COVID-19 shutdown of schools, we also began distributing our virtual, Paws for Kindness Programs, and made them available online in an attempt to reach more children.

Spay Today & Alliance Partnership Program: Spay Today also located on the NHES campus, provides reduced-cost spay/neuter services for people who understand the need to spay/neuter one's animal(s) but cannot afford the normative fees for these procedures. In FY 2020, working with an ever-increasing number of participating veterinarians, Spay Today served animal welfare by: (1) Spaying/Neutering 3,802 cats, dogs, and rabbits for residents;(2) Working collaboratively with myriad humane organizations and rescue groups to spay/neuter animals; and (3) providing spay/neuter information and referral services for people across the country.The Alliance Partnership Program involves NHES working with and providing funding to other reputable humane organizations whose missions and charitable works embody one or more of NHES' 12 guiding principles; thereby helping to create a more humane world for animals. In FY 2020, NHES partnered with and provided funding to (1) The Network for Endangered Sea Turtles of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to help them protect and conserve sea turtles and other marine wildlife on the outer banks of North Carolina; (2) Operation Catnip of Gainesville, Florida, in conjunction with the University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, to help them humanely reduce the number of community cats by utilizing veterinary students, monitored by veterinarians, to spay/neuter community cats; and (3) Friends of Felines of Cape Hatteras Island, to help them monitor and humanely manage the free-roaming community cats on this barrier island.In addition, NHES provided funding assistance to RSPCA New South Wales, Friends of Koala, and Koalas in Care to help care for the wide array of animal victims of Australia's bushfires.

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