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Animal Protection Organization Research Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: The Humane Society of the United States
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Use your online research skills to help us fight for all animals!
We are looking for volunteers to work from home to help build and maintain a list of organizations in the animal protection space. This project will facilitate outreach and help us better understand all the ways our family of organizations intersects with the animal shelter, rescue, law enforcement and spay/neuter community. Volunteers will perform online research to fill information gaps in our list of organizations in the animal protection space and enter results into an online form.
Benefits of volunteering
Volunteers will foster an understanding of animal protection issues while helping to support the mission of the organization.
Becoming a volunteer
Requirements for our volunteers:
- Strong online research skills and computer proficiency
- Able to follow detailed instructions
- Attentive to detail
Restrictions:
- Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
- Volunteers must have access to a computer and a strong internet connection.
Process:
- Please review the description and restrictions above to help determine if our volunteer opportunity is the right fit. If you would like to proceed, please fill out the volunteer application The Humane Society of the United States (click Apply Now above).
- After review of your application, a staff member will contact you to discuss the opportunity.
- Before becoming an official volunteer, you must sign a volunteer agreement and sign a waiver/release of liability.
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About The Humane Society of the United States
Location:
700 PROFESSIONAL DR, GAITHERSBURG, MD 20879, US
Mission Statement
We fight the big fights to end suffering for all animals. Together with millions of supporters, we take on puppy mills, factory farms, trophy hunts, animal testing and other cruel industries. With our affiliates, we rescue and care for thousands of animals every year through our animal rescue team’s work and other hands-on animal care services. We fight all forms of animal cruelty to achieve the vision behind our name: A humane society. And we can’t do it without you.
Description
We work to:
- Provide direct care, rescue and services for animals in crisis.
- Pass local, state and federal laws to protect animals.
- Make sure existing laws are properly enforced.
- Help the biggest corporations reform their animal welfare policies.
- Shape public opinion on animal cruelty through our awareness campaigns and investigations.
- The world’s greatest roster of scientists and other experts in animal welfare.
- State directors across the country working at the local level.
- Five affiliated animal sanctuaries and medical centers.
- Programs that provide veterinary care and other animal services to inner cities, and a veterinary affiliate that provides these services to Native American reservations.
- Wildlife sanctuaries in more than 35 states.
- A global affiliate, Humane Society International, which runs programs in more than 20 countries.
We take a mainstream approach and combat the most severe forms of cruelty and abuse. Leaders in the humane movement ranked us the most effective animal organization in the country in a survey conducted by Guidestar’s Philanthropedia.
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This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
March 20, 2024
SKILLS
- Basic Computer Skills
- Internet Research
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Commitment policy: Volunteers commit to two hours per month for two months.