Dear Friends, Over a half-century ago, ISAR was instrumental in introducing the concept of animal rights into public discourse in the United States, principally by focusing on legislation and law. ISAR’s long-standing chairman, Professor Henry Mark Holzer, was the first Animal Law lawyer in the United States. His efforts in planting seeds, is acknowledged as having fostered the Animal Law… Read More
It was over 25 years ago that ISAR posted its first spay/neuter billboard, with photo images of a dog and kitten along with ISAR’s powerful slogan: “America’s Dogs & Cats are DYING for YOU to be responsible. Spay/Neuter it stops the killing.” Today, ISAR has saturated the outdoor advertising market with eleven visually attractive eye-catching poster designs broadcasting the… Read More
August 17, 2019 marks ISAR’s 28th annual commemoration of International Homeless Animals’ Day® (IHAD®) Please join us on Saturday, August 17th, as ISAR along with animal protection organizations, humane societies, rescue groups, veterinary professionals, caring individuals, public officials, and animal-friendly businesses from throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and abroad, join together to send the spay/neuter and adoption message. About International… Read More
Dear Friends, I’m pleased to report Rhode Island may be the first state in the nation to enact legislation requiring the microchipping of all dogs and cats, adopting verbatim (without the preamble) ISAR’s Mandatory Dog and Cat Microchip Law. The proposed legislation, S.B. 160, was introduced by Senators Erin Lynch Prata, Cynthia Coyne, and Stephen Archambault and referred to the… Read More
For over 20 years ISAR has reached thousands — even millions — of people by sending the spay/neuter message. How, you may ask? ISAR’s spay/neuter billboards do the talking! Outdoor advertising on billboards has consistently proven to be a relatively inexpensive yet powerfully effective means to inform large numbers of people about an issue of importance. ISAR’s informative spay/neuter… Read More
ISAR’s International Homeless Animals’ Day® (IHAD®) 2018 was celebrated for the twenty-seventh consecutive year on August 18 with over 100 observances taking place throughout the United States, Canada, and in more than 25 countries spanning six continents including AUSTRALIA, CANADA, COSTA RICA, FRANCE, GHANA, HONDURAS, HONG KONG, INDONESIA, IRAQ, LATVIA, LIBERIA, LITHUANIA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, PANAMA, PERU, ROMANIA, RUSSIA,… Read More
President’s Message Dear Friends, As our supporters know, ISAR’s founder, the late Helen Jones, was a Twentieth Century visionary and relentless warrior in the moral crusade for animal rights in the United States and abroad. Early in her career, one of Helen Jones’s most profound insights was that an essential strategy for securing rights for animals was through public education,… Read More
ISAR describes “overpopulation” as strays wandering the streets and roaming the countryside; puppies and kittens being cranked out of mills; pet shops selling companion animals, unwanted dogs and cats being killed in shelters because there is not enough spaying and neutering. One of ISAR’s major tools in our effort to educate about the moral and other necessity of spaying/neutering of… Read More
…Patricia Chan, Director and Founder Spay Panama International Homeless Animals’ Day in the Republic of Panama The IHAD began on August 16, 2017, thanks to a matching grant from ISAR to spay/neuter 200 cats from the West Side of Panama City; this is crossing the bridge over the Panama Canal. The need is great and we aimed at… Read More
Those listening to KMXX 99.3 and KSEH 94.5 radio stations in California’s Imperial Valley – a majority of whose residents speak Spanish – are hearing a vital Public Service Announcement in that language six times each day: “In the U.S., 70,000 puppies and kittens are born every day … If you let your animal have a litter, even just one,… Read More