American Sanctuary Association

American Sanctuary Association

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ASA is a nonprofit accrediting organization that requires accredited animal sanctuaries to comply with a variety of high quality animal care standards and housing requirements. ASA actively works every single day to find sanctuary placement for a multitude of homeless, abandoned, seized and abused exotic animals, non-releasable native wild animals, farmed animals, and companion animals.

27/11/2023

Help CCR's animals on Giving Tuesday 2023!!

Giving Tuesday is About to Begin 22/11/2023

Support CCR this Giving Tuesday! Help the over 50 animals in residence thru your donation!

Giving Tuesday is About to Begin But you can donate to CCR's animals NOW! Giving Tuesday is about to Start.... But you can donate TODAY to help CCR's deserving and needy animals! Our donations are down further this year this year tha

Meet Little Roscoe 17/11/2023

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Meet Little Roscoe 4 month old survivor of Parvo Meet CCR's Newest Pack Member ROSCOE Roscoe arrived at Cochise Canine Rescue on November 8th after spending 10 days in the Pima Animal Care Center's Parvo Ward followed b

Arizona Gives Day April 4 02/04/2023

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Arizona Gives Day April 4 ...but you can donate now! G.G. G.G. is a 5-month-old Malamute with a genetically malformed rear knee. G.G. was recently seen by our Vet and has had X rays. She is on joint supplements at this time, a

Utah Jury Unanimously Finds Rescuers NOT GUILTY For Saving Dying Piglets From Smithfield Farm 15/10/2022

Utah Jury Unanimously Finds Rescuers NOT GUILTY For Saving Dying Piglets From Smithfield Farm An 8-person jury returned a unanimous verdict that rescuers who removed two sick and dying piglets from a Smithfield factory farm in Utah five years ago

See the year's best wildlife photos 14/10/2022

See the year's best wildlife photos National Geographic contributor Karine Aigner earned top prize for her photo of mating cactus bees in Texas.

26/09/2022

Don’t throw away pumpkins after Halloween. Find woods or a field near you, smash them open and leave for the wildlife to eat. Pumpkin is safe for them and the seeds act as a natural dewormer.

Living with Wolves Saved My Life 11/09/2022

Living with Wolves Saved My Life Veterans suffering from PTSD now have options other than traditional treatment and medication. It's called wolf therapy. At Lockwood Animal Rescue Center, th...

Prioritize Gray Wolves’ Lives Over Farmers' Demands - ForceChange 31/08/2022

Prioritize Gray Wolves’ Lives Over Farmers' Demands - ForceChange Farmers have been allowed to intervene on an important case that threatens to delist gray wolves and remove their protections currently afforded to them as an endangered species. Demand wolves’ lives be prioritized and continue to protect populations of this keystone species.

A new report says tigers have roared their way back from the brink of extinction 26/08/2022

A new report says tigers have roared their way back from the brink of extinction Over the past seven years, tiger numbers have increased more than 40 percent across Asia.

Florida’s largest-ever python has been found. Here’s the untold story of its discovery. 13/08/2022

Florida’s largest-ever python has been found. Here’s the untold story of its discovery. An exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the quest to rid the Everglades of invasive Burmese pythons—including a record-breaking, 215-pound giant.

Domestic horses' mysterious origins may finally be revealed 04/08/2022

Domestic horses' mysterious origins may finally be revealed About 4,200 years ago, horseback riding allowed people to travel farther and faster than ever before, spurring migration throughout Europe and Asia.

02/08/2022
Perspective | The consciousness of bees 30/07/2022

Perspective | The consciousness of bees Experiments indicate that bees have surprisingly rich inner worlds.

A few jaguars now roam the Arizona borderlands—why that’s a big deal 28/07/2022

A few jaguars now roam the Arizona borderlands—why that’s a big deal These endangered big cats are expanding north from Mexico, but remain constrained by the border wall and other barriers.

The True Story of Machli, the World's Most Famous Tiger 28/07/2022

The True Story of Machli, the World's Most Famous Tiger In her 19 years, Machli attacked crocodiles, defended cubs from males, and managed to survive for years with one eye.

Welcome Haley 28/07/2022

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Welcome Haley Saved from the desert and a hi-kill pound Haley arrived at Cochise Canine on July 18th Cochise Canine had received a phone call over the previous weekend from a gentleman who lives in a nearby town. H

19/07/2022
Dog Adopts Rescued Piglet and Helps Nurse Her Back to Health 09/07/2022

Dog Adopts Rescued Piglet and Helps Nurse Her Back to Health The piglet fell off a livestock truck. Then she met Hunter.

Caretaker Snuggles Up With Rescued Elephant to Help Him Feel Safe 08/07/2022

Caretaker Snuggles Up With Rescued Elephant to Help Him Feel Safe This is the heart-warming moment a huge elephant falls asleep to the sound of a woman singing at an animal sanctuary and rescue centre in Th...

How one tiny island is rallying to save a critically endangered parrot 06/07/2022

How one tiny island is rallying to save a critically endangered parrot Only 1,500 Rimatara lorikeets remain in the wild. On one French Polynesian island, residents fight to preserve lorikeet habitat and combat invasive rats.

Stop Mass Killing of Wildlife by U.S. Government - ForceChange 02/07/2022

Stop Mass Killing of Wildlife by U.S. Government - ForceChange Nearly 2 million animals ranging from red-winged blackbirds to the nearly extinct Mexican gray wolf have been killed in culls backed by U.S. Wildlife Services. Demand this federally funded agency stop slaughtering wildlife.

And Then They Get Old... 01/07/2022

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And Then They Get Old... Jasper and Opal's story Opal and baby Jasper March 2013 Jasper and Opal's story Opal and Jasper are Navaho Reservation dogs who were picked up and deposited at the Pinal County pound in February 2013.

Four Ailing Big Cats Saved From Defunct Roadside Zoo In Oklahoma - Animal Victory 21/06/2022

Four Ailing Big Cats Saved From Defunct Roadside Zoo In Oklahoma - Animal Victory A coordinated rescue effort between California’s Oakland Zoo, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs, AR, and Lions, Tigers, and Bears in Alpine, CA, led to the removal of four… Read More

Top 12 Insects With The Most Incredible Camouflage And Mimicry 20/06/2022

Top 12 Insects With The Most Incredible Camouflage And Mimicry Camouflage and mimicry are a defense mechanism that help insects to blend in with their surroundings. Some insects often use cryptic coloration, and others have evolved an impressive array of biological mimicry and deception. They do it to conceal their presence and escape predators, or to deceive t...

Story of Incredible Way Cow Survived After Escaping Slaughter Has People So Touched 20/06/2022

Story of Incredible Way Cow Survived After Escaping Slaughter Has People So Touched Nobody expected a group of unlikely caretakers to help her.

What do we owe former lab chimps? 19/06/2022

What do we owe former lab chimps? The government and private labs bred hundreds of chimpanzees for biomedical research. But now, there's a question over who should pay for their care.

America's Gray Wolves: A Long Road to Recovery 13/06/2022

America's Gray Wolves: A Long Road to Recovery Few animals evoke the wild like wolves. Majestic, intelligent and highly social, they’re crucial in driving evolution and balancing ecosystems. Some 2 million wolves once roamed freely throughout North America. But a federal extermination program slashed their numbers to the breaking point. By the...

Tortoise Believed To Be Extinct For 100 Years Found Alive 13/06/2022

Tortoise Believed To Be Extinct For 100 Years Found Alive A giant tortoise species that was believed to be extinct has been found on the Galapagos island of Fernandina. The tortoise, named Fernanda, is the first of her species identified in over 100 years. A male Fernandina Island giant tortoise was first discovered in 1906, while the female tortoise was d...

Hundreds of beagles died at facility before government took action 26/05/2022

Hundreds of beagles died at facility before government took action It took media attention to ‘chilling’ welfare violations and bipartisan calls for action before authorities intervened.

Wolves Naturally Limit Their Own Numbers | Wolf Conservation Center 19/05/2022

Wolves Naturally Limit Their Own Numbers | Wolf Conservation Center The idea that state-sanctioned killing of wolves is necessary to control wolf populations is one of the most widespread assumptions in large carnivore management. However, research demonstrates that wolves limit their own numbers. As apex predators wolves keep their own numbers in check. Self-regula...

23 Species Were Added To the U.S. Extinct List Last Year 18/05/2022

23 Species Were Added To the U.S. Extinct List Last Year The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service believes that these species are no longer qualified to be defined as endangered and have been lost to extinction.

100+ Wild Horses Held at Federal Facility Since Last Summer Now Dead From Equine Flu 16/05/2022

100+ Wild Horses Held at Federal Facility Since Last Summer Now Dead From Equine Flu More than 100 wild horses who were removed from their range last summer by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and have since been kept at a temporary

Woman's Reunion With Pack Of Wolves Is Incredible To Behold 13/05/2022

Woman's Reunion With Pack Of Wolves Is Incredible To Behold Wolves are often misrepresented as vicious and dangerous animals around humans but the fact is wolf attacks against humans are extremely rare. Anita spent two years interacting with a wolf pack and socializing with them at Polar Park located in Bardu, Norway.Anita went away for two months and when s...

Winners Of World Nature Photography Awards Share Thrilling Pictures 07/05/2022

Winners Of World Nature Photography Awards Share Thrilling Pictures The winners for this year’s World Nature Photography Awards have been announced and Reshareworthy.com is privileged to be able to share the astounding images with you.Every year, the World Nature Photography Awards (WNPAs) select winners from a breath-taking array of entries from around the world....

As drought worsens, can Kenyan communities coexist with native wildlife? 05/05/2022

As drought worsens, can Kenyan communities coexist with native wildlife? As prolonged drought plagues the Horn of Africa, some people perceive animals as a threat to scarce resources, while other communities rally to protect the creatures.

Litter of Critically Endangered Red Wolf Pups Born in North Carolina 30/04/2022

Litter of Critically Endangered Red Wolf Pups Born in North Carolina At first, wildlife officials weren’t sure whether the six tiny bodies found in an earthen den topped by tree roots were coyote pups or the first wild-born