Working Animals

There are many charities pertaining to working and farm animals - here are just a few of them.  Please keep checking back as we add more!  For horses, please click here

There are many smaller societies and charities which campaign and work for the preservation of breeds and we will be adding these in due course

Compassion in World Farming campaigns peacefully to end all cruel factory farming practices.

Rare Breeds Survival Trust worksto conserve and protect the United Kingdom’s rare native breeds of farm animals from extinction. It aims to conserve the UK's rich & varied livestock heritage as a vital genetic resource for future generations and the benefit of agriculture. 

The Worldwide Veterinary Service provides free veterinary care, training vets around the world, offering guidance for owners, and sending aid parcels, to make a long-lasting change for equines.   You can help by donating here

The Working Animal Alliance believes "in a world where working animals benefit from the recognition they deserve for the invaluable contribution they provide to humankind."

Hens & chickens

• Battery Hen Welfare Trust  

Donkeys

• The Donkey Sanctuary       
• SPANA
• The Brooke
• Safe Haven for Donkeys

Mules

• The Brooke (Equine)
• SPANA

Goats

• Buttercup Sanctuary for Goats

Horses

• Retired racehorses
• The Horse Trust (retired horses from the Household Cavalry, Royal Mews, police forces, Riding for the Disabled etc)
• Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust
• World Horse Welfare

Dogs

• Border Collie Rescue
• Greyhound Trust 
• Assistance Dogs International
• London Retired Police Dogs Trust
• Thin Blue Paw Foundation (retired police dogs in the UK)
• W.A.G.s Retired Police Dog Charity (retired Police Dogs from Wiltshire, Avon and Somerset and Gloucestershire Police)
• Retired Lancashire Police Dogs
• Rehoming a retired or withdrawn Guide Dog
  
• Mission K9 (USA) (retired and retiring military working dogs, contract working dogs and PD-K9s around the world) - they need urgent help as they welcome in 9 working dogs from Kabul, Afghanistan who are coming across the Atlantic with the Kabul Small Animal Rescue (30 May 2024)