It is with great pleasure that some of the proceeds from Rat Happy go to help other people and animals! Sometimes a donation is made directly to a person or animal in need, other times to established charities.
These are the organizations we have donated either time, materials or money:
Equine Angels Rescue Sanctuary.
Equine Angels Rescue Sanctuary is a 501(c)3, non-profit horse rescue. EARS rescues foals, mares and stallions from service in the Premarin industry. The foals are matched with families who provide forever, loving homes. They are monitored after adoption and during the last 10 years over 320 foals have been rescued. The mares and stallions (who get gelded) are put into sanctuary after being rescued.
Crested Butte Horse Rescue. On August 27th Liz LeCoq Currier drove past a herd of 60 young horses bound for slaughter in Mexico. All of the horses were temporarily grazing on pasture land in order to gain weight and value, and were scheduled for transport to Mexico for sale and slaughter on September 8th. She went on a one-person campaign to save these beautiful horses from slaughter -- and succeeded! Money is needed for the remaining un-adopted rescues to kept them fed and healthy until someone adopts them. I personally know a few local people who have adopted (for a price!) some of these horses.
Hero Rat. The core technology and driving force behind their life-saving mission is African giant pouched rats, who they affectionately call HeroRATs. Olfaction is the primary sensory modality of rats, as they have an extraordinarily high number of functional genes related to odor detection, giving them a keen sense of smell. They train these rats to use their exceptional sense of smell for humanitarian purposes, working in one of three disciplines: landmine detection, tuberculosis detection, or remote scent tracing.
E.L.L.A. was established in 2010 as a 501c3 non-profit corporation because founders, Theresa and Bill Fleming, saw a two-fold benefit:
(1) a way to interest children in reading and history, and (2) to provide a home and a purpose for unwanted miniature horses and miniature donkeys.
Edwards Animal Rescue. Rescue of mainly large animals, including horses, goats, llamas and even some Zebus (Indian Sacred Cattle rescued from the Denver Zoo Krall exhibit when they closed it down). The animals come through various sources: from families that can't keep their pets to organizations such as the Zoo who need to rehouse animals when an exhibit is closed down to animals that have been neglected or abused. THEY ARE A NO KILL RESCUE.
