VANCOUVER,
December 28/06 – With the year drawing to a close, The Humane Society
of Canada (HSC) is asking people to consider making a year-end donation
to protect animals and the earth. The group is also offering to
provide confidential timely information to financial and legal advisors
who want to help their clients with charitable gift and estate planning
such as gifts of securities which can also have significant tax
benefits for donors.
“Each day, we receive dozens of phone
calls and letters asking us to help animals, and we are limited only by
the funds we have available,” according to Al Hickey, Western Regional
Director for the animal charity. “We work across the street, across
the country and around the world protecting animals from cruelty and to
save our fragile environment that is facing assaults on every front,”
he said. The Humane Society of Canada is a registered charity which
depends entirely on donations to help animals. All donations are all
gratefully acknowledged with a receipt for income tax purposes.
“Canadians
are animal lovers,” according to HSC Executive Director, Michael
O'Sullivan whose family shares their lives with a houseful of dogs and
cats. Each one of the more than 15 million dogs, cats, rabbits, fish
and other animals who share our homes are just “one of the family” and
6 out of 10 households in Canada have a pet of some kind. Over one
third of Canadian households feed and watch birds, and 95% of Canadians
support the protection of wildlife and their habitat. Women represent
9 out of 10 of our supporters and we would like to see more men
supporting our charitable mission” he says.
The Humane
Society of Canada works to protect dogs, cats, horses, birds,
livestock, lab animals, wildlife and the environment. They carry out
hands on programs to help animals and nature, mount rescue operations,
expose cruelty through hard hitting undercover investigations, work to
pass laws to protect animals, fund non-invasive scientific research,
support animal shelters and wildlife rehabilitation centres and spread
the word about how to help animals and nature through humane education.
“We
have a number of very worthwhile programs that are always in need of
support, and we hope people will consider making a donation before the
end of the tax year which is midnight on December 31st,” says O'Sullivan. For more information on just some of our programs please click here.
“We
promise to use every one of your hard earned dollars carefully and
wisely. And when it comes to fighting animal abuse, we don’t give up.
Ever,” promises O’Sullivan.
CONTACT: Al Hickey or Michael O'Sullivan by toll free 1-800-641-KIND or Michael on his cell phone (416) 876-9685 or at www.humanesociety.com
[For
more than 17 years, Al Hickey was the Chief Executive of the BC SPCA
and before that headed up the Alberta and BC Chambers of Commerce, and
the Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater
Vancouver. He has 6 grandchildren.
A father with two
children, and a houseful of dogs and cats, O'Sullivan has worked across
Canada and in over 95 countries during the last 35 years helping
people, animals and nature.]
The Humane Society works to
protect dogs, cats, horses, birds, livestock, lab animals, wildlife and
the environment. They carry out hands on programs to help animals and
nature, mount rescue operations, expose cruelty through hard hitting
undercover investigations, work to pass laws to protect animals, fund
non-invasive scientific research, support animal shelters and wildlife
rehabilitation centres and spread the word about how to help animals
and nature through humane education.
The Humane Society of
Canada depends entirely on donations to support our programs to help
animals and the environment. All donations are gratefully acknowledged
with a receipt for income tax purposes. If you would like to support
our educational campaigns that protect animals and the environment
please make a donation here
