Holiday Gifts for the Animal Lover

Dec 6, 2010

This holiday season, the animal lovers and socially-conscious folks on your list will be thrilled to receive a Really Wild Gift from the World Society for the Protection of Animals ( WSPA). WSPA’s Really Wild Gifts have lasting impact long after the holiday season, since the proceeds go to important international work such as building sanctuaries, funding mobile veterinary clinics, delivering aid after disasters, and protecting animals from cruelty.

Really Wild Gifts are purchased and delivered online. The eco-friendly gifts involve no paper or consumer goods — which means that the proceeds go to the animals and not to postage or production costs.

You can purchase your Really Wild Gifts by logging onto www.reallywildgifts.ca. From this site, you can purchase a gift for someone or create your own Really Wild Wish List and share it with family and friends via email, Facebook and Twitter. You can also manage, edit and keep track of what gifts have been purchased. Gifts can be personalized with one of several animal photos, or you can upload your own. Gifts start at only $20.

Pets, farm animals, working animals and wildlife have a profound impact on the lives of everyone on earth. Billions of people around the world rely on animals for their livelihoods, nearly the entire planet relies on them for food and they are an integral part of the web of life. Really Wild Gifts have meaning — for the sender, the recipient, and people and animals that benefit in countries all over the planet.

Here are a few examples of how WSPA made a difference for animals in 2010:

Save a Donkey
© WSPA/Carlos Quesada

Legislation: Thanks to WSPA’s efforts and 165,000 individuals from around the world who signed petitions, the government of Catalonia, Spain voted to make bullfighting illegal in Catalonia starting in 2012.

Companion animals: WSPA and the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) vaccinated 42,500 dogs against rabies in Bali. This prevented the death of 65,000 dogs who would have otherwise been killed as a sad alternative to vaccination. It was the first phase of a project which aims to vaccinate 400,000 Bali dogs over the next few years.

Disaster relief: WSPA is co-founder of the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH), which has vaccinated and cared for thousands of dogs, cats, goats, cattle and horses that were affected by the devastating earthquake. A total of 36,813 animals have received medical care and 25,406 animals vaccinated since the coalition formed in January.

Shop our online catalogue at  www.ReallyWildGifts.ca