ANIMAL WELFARE FOUNDATION OF CANADA
Connecting Animal Lovers with Animal Charities
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Photo credit: Martin Dee
Leanne McConnachie
Leanne with a Belted Galloway cow at UBC Farm
AWFC funding helped develop new national Codes of Practice and BCSPCA Certified Standards to improve the welfare of animals on Canada's farms.
f you’re an animal lover, you know that deciding which charitable cause to support can be difficult.
What if you could rely on a panel of animal welfare experts to help you fund the most deserving initiatives, maximizing the impact of your donation? That is what The Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada (AWFC)
From abandoned pets to farmanimal confinement to wildlife conservation, the choice to contribute to one charity over another risks leaving equally important causes behind. Making that decision can often prove overwhelming, particularly when your plans involve a substantial legacy gift.
Who We Are As the Vice President of the AWFC, I’m often asked about the role our foundation plays among animal-related causes. We believe animals deserve to be well-cared-for and treated with respect. To that end, the AWFC allocates charitable donations to organizations whose projects will be most effective
Photo credit: Leanne McConnachie
Rather than seeking funding for our own projects, we seek the most worthy projects to receive the Foundation’s funding.
is designed to do. Rather than seeking funding for our own projects, we seek the most worthy projects to receive the Foundation’s funding.
AWFC has funded several projects to end the use of battery cages to house egg-laying hens.
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Sierra Club – Atlantic received a grant in 2016 for their "Watch for Wildlife" campaign, aimed at preventing collisions between vehicles and wildlife. The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
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