New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Year! Why not resolve to help animals this year? Here are a few ideas to get you started.

1) Why not read a book about helping animals and put some of the suggestions into action? For kids, check out 50 Awesome Ways Kids Can Help Animals: Fun and Easy Ways to Be a Kind Kid, by Ingrid Newkirk. For adults, The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights: Simple Acts of Kindness to Help Animals in Trouble, also by Ingrid Newkirk, is a great place to start.

2) Donate to an organization that works to help animals. Zoocheck Canada works to help wild animals, both in the wild and in captivity. (http://www.zoocheck.com/)

3) Visit an animal sanctuary this year. Maybe plan a trip this summer to the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada, located near Guelph (http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.ca/). Take a picnic lunch and enjoy an afternoon grooming donkeys.

4) Volunteer with an organization that helps animals.

5) Visit a nearby shoreline, ravine, or greenspace and spend some time cleaning up wild habitats for the animals that live there.