Friends of Animals

09/26/2025

Cheers to the federal judge who, earlier this week, temporarily overturned Donald Trump’s hasty order to shut down the northeast’s nearly complete offshore wind farm.

The project, dubbed Revolution Wind, works toward a 704MW capacity wind farm under assembly in New London, Connecticut. It was 80% finished when work was abruptly halted on August 22nd.

It’s insane to shutter any 80% complete project. But it’s especially unreasonable to cite animal welfare concerns when the presented alternative is fossil fuels.

Read more here!

https://friendsofanimals.org/cheers-order-to-halt-offshore-wind-project-temporarily-overturned/

09/24/2025

Friends of Animals was miffed—yet not surprised—to see an ad circulating online promoting the start of deer bow hunting season in our backyard of Darien, Connecticut.

The ad not only tells the marauders how to obtain licenses and how to find registered hunting properties; it calls for property hunters to register their own land, granting bow hunters access. The message is clear: if you take offense to helpless deer trying to survive in ever shrinking habitats, you can just as easily call in a deer killer who will ambush and pump an unsuspecting deer full of arrows—running after the bleeding animal for two miles before it drops and has its throat cut by the hunter.

It’s important to call these endeavors out for what they are: repulsive killing under the guise of “management.” Read more at the link!

Friends of Animals was miffed—yet not surprised—to see an ad circulating online promoting the start of deer bow hunting season in our backyard of Darien, Connecticut. The ad not only tells the marauders how to obtain licenses and how to find registered hunting properties; it calls for property h...

09/23/2025

As we humans celebrate the start of fall, bears are already preparing for the next season. Keep yourself, your property, and our precious bears safe by doing your part to mitigate bear-human interactions. Read more here!
https://friendsofanimals.org/what-bears-are-doing-in-the-fall-and-what-to-do-to-protect-them/

09/22/2025

09/18/2025

FoA was featured in Ed Bok's most recent article, Charity for Sale, which shines light on ASPCA's controversies

"I’ve watched the ASPCA transform into what most of the NYC animal community regards as a fundraising organization,” observed Priscilla Feral, when asked for a quote in investigative reporter Ed Bok’s recent exposé, Charity for Sale.

“Their influence is largely seen on TV, not among the people doing prevention, rescue, or street-level lifesaving work,” Feral concluded, and Bok’s essay concurred.

In Charity for Sale, Bok pulls back the curtain on the ASPCA who, according to Bok, has amassed an enormous financial infrastructure all while animals in vulnerable areas (like NYC), according to whistleblowers, aren’t seeing the benefits of such.

Citing an independent financial review, Bok argues that while fundraising and branding have continued to soar, local shelters and other animal-dedicated services—that ASPCA’s mission is intended to support—seriously lag behind.
For the full, shocking story about the ASPCA’s fortune and the forgotten animals, read more on Bok’s Substack linked here.

Whistleblowers Reveal How the ASPCA Amassed a Financial Empire, While NYC’s Animals Were Left Behind

09/17/2025

BREAKING NEWS! We are applauding Mayor Eric Adam’s for signing an executive order Wednesday to crack down on the barbaric carriage industry and to press City Hall to do its job and wind down the decades-old “tradition” by the end of 2026, according to the New York Post.

Friends of Animals has pressed to abolish, not regulate the carriage horse trade, for more than four decades. Read more about the update here: https://friendsofanimals.org/breaking-news-nyc-mayor-adams-wants-to-bring-carriage-horse-industry-to-a-halt/

09/17/2025

Tomorrow, FoA's Nicole Rivard will be speaking on a panel in Norwalk, CT for CT Vegan Center's event "Voices for Animals: A CT Animal Advocacy Panel"!

This empowering (and free) event seeks to explain recent legislative wins, to educate, and to inspire activists to better serve animals in the state of Connecticut. Attendance is FREE, but registration is highly recommended. We hope to see you there!

Join us in Norwalk for an empowering evening dedicated to improving the lives of animals in Connecticut. Explore recent legislative wins and discover concrete steps that you can take to protect animals in our state. Speakers include: Nicole Rivard from **Friends of Animals** Joshua Levin from **CT V...

09/17/2025

Friends of Animals wants Coloradoans to know the truth about the state’s wild horses, so we’ve launched an awareness campaign. Our first billboard is up on highway 36!

There are a measly 1,516 wild horses left in Colorado on 365,988 acres of land. The real issue lies with the meat industry’s grip on our public lands. The fact that the state plans to pay the federal government to deploy paid professional darters to expand its birth control darting program in lieu of violent helicopter roundups may make it look like Gov. Jared Polis is listening to public concerns. But the truth is, Colorado’s wild horses are being wiped out.

A model for the West? It should be anything but.

It is a national disgrace that there are now more wild horses in captivity—59,622—than roaming free. There are only 53,797 wild horses left on federal public lands.

09/16/2025

UPDATE: After less than 2 days, we have surpassed the funds and free certificates we had to gift for pet owners/residents of Raleigh, North Carolina! We gifted 80+ free spay/neuter certificates to pet owners in need, valued at over $10,000. We are thrilled to be able to do things like this to aid in keeping more pets out of shelters.

Your support allows us to do this kind of work, please consider donating to Friends of Animals today ❤️
https://friendsofanimals.org/raleigh-veterinarians-foa-team-up-to-gift-50-free-spay-neuter-certificates-to-residents-in-need/

09/15/2025

Autumn is just a week away... Bright lights, non-native plants and outdoor cats are just some of the things birds have to contend with during fall migration. Read here to see how you can help birds survive this season of migration! https://friendsofanimals.org/the-perils-of-migration-and-what-you-can-do-to-help/

09/11/2025

We have an exciting win to share: Last evening an attorney with the Bureau of Land Management confirmed with Friends of Animals that there will be no roundup of wild horses from the Wyoming’s Checkerboard area this year! If the agency doesn’t agree to cancel it indefinitely, we have more time to challenge it.

https://friendsofanimals.org/breaking-news-a-win-in-the-fight-to-protect-wild-horses-in-the-wyoming-checkerboard/

09/09/2025

Urgent! Contact NY Gov Hochul now!

As the group that led the effort to get the killing of horseshoe crabs for bait banned in Connecticut in 2023, Friends of Animals is applauding researchers at the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Connecticut, for undertaking a study focused on horseshoe crab populations throughout all of Long Island Sound. Like us, now they are sounding the alarm bells—horseshoe crab populations have plummeted to “severe” levels — and we need immediate action to prevent the ancient species from going extinct. Push Governor Kathy Hochul to sign the bill protecting this species. Read more here: https://friendsofanimals.org/ny-must-protect-horseshoe-crabs-as-study-reveals-li-sound-population-has-plummeted-to-severe-levels/