ANIMALS

Groups concerned about the health and welfare of other creatures and helping to maintain their natural habitats.

Acadia Wildlife Foundation
PO Box 207
Mt Desert, ME 04660
288-4960 
Provides the community with quality rehabilitation services for abandoned, injured, and sick wildlife.  Through our educational programs, we encourage an informed existence between the public and our native wildlife.  Open year round, 7 days a week.

Bluebird Association of Maine
RFD 4, Box 7600
Gardiner, ME 04345
582-7349 
Our purpose is to expand the scope of efforts to increase the numbers of Eastern Bluebirds nesting in Maine and to conduct an annual nesting census. Quarterly newsletter/$6 annual dues.

Center for Animals in Need
c/o Hughes, 76 Pond Rd.
W. Gardiner, ME 04345
582-7331
dhughes@pivot.net
Provides rescue and rehabilitation services for animals in need; finds adoptive homes and provides follow-up support. Education about the care of animals through classes, workshops, and seminars.

Center for Wildlife
PO Box 620
Cape Neddick, ME 03902
361-1400 
A rehabilitation center for injured small mammals, birds, and reptiles, treating and releasing them when they are fully recovered.  The Center also provides educational programs with non-releasable raptors and reptiles.  Emphasizes habitat preservation, natural history and overall conservation of wildlife.  There is a fee for all programs.  Not open to public, but some exceptions for small groups.

Farm Animal Rescue Mission
RR 2 Box 9801
Richmond, ME 04357
737-2494  Fax 737-2494
drich@mint.net
http://www.farmshelter.org
Carol Richards
We promote the concept that the well-being of animals is directly related to a healthy society and family.  We also work with mentally challenged individuals and provide a safe environment for teens who have been given community service.

Friends of Coyotes
503 South Rd.
Holden, ME 04429
843-9023
susan_cockrell@umit.maine.edu
Susan Cockrell
We question state programs of coyote snaring because they are ineffective, wasteful, cruel, and inhumane. We are trying to end these programs sponsored by the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Friends of Feral Felines
PO Box 8137
Portland, ME 04104
797-3014
friendsofferalfelines@hotmail.com
http://www.feralfelines.net
An all-volunteer network of individuals which rescues feral cats in the greater Portland, Maine area and cares for them with TNR (trap/neuter/return) or finds barn homes for them. Kittens are fostered and adopted.

International Institute for Humane Education--See Education

Maine Animal Coalition
PO Box 6683
1 Pleasant St.
Portland, ME 04101
773-2215
mac@maineanimalcoalition.org
http://www.maineanimalcoalition.org
We are dedicated to improving the lives of all animals through education, example, and awareness.  Information available about cruelty-free products.

Maine Federation of Humane Societies
449 Stroudwater St.
Westbrook, ME 04092
854-9771 Fax 854-4105
dclark@arlgp.org
www.arlgp.org
Deb Clark
An association of Maine's animal shelters and humane societies.

Maine Friends of Animals
196 US Route One
Falmouth, ME 04105
781-2187 Fax 781-7508
mfoa@maine.rr.com
Robert Fisk
Coalition of animal advocates and associations in Maine with a legislative and educational focus for effective action on animal welfare issues.

Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals (Humane Society)
279 River Rd., PO Box 10
So. Windham, ME 04082
800-482-7447, 892-8007
Takes in animals that have been abused and seized by state humane agents or animal control officers. Toll-free line for reporting cases of animal abuse and neglect.

Maine Wolf Coalition
PO Box 884
Skowhegan, ME 04976
mainewolf@mint.net
http://home.acadia.net/mainewolf
We support the return of the wolf to Maine through research, education, and protection.

Mature Animals for Mature Adults
PO Box 94
Prospect Harbor, ME 04669
963-2224 , 877-690-SPAY
www.bastet.cx/mama
We are a volunteer nonprofit that has rescued and placed thousands of animals in Maine for 10 years. We will continue to rescue, but to address the problem we have opened northern and central Maine's first low-cost spay/neuter clinic.

National Education for Assistance Dog Services (NEADS)--Maine Puppy Chapter
27 Mast Hill Rd.
Saco, ME 04072
282-0084 
sarg2@lamere.net
Liaison with national organization, information, support, and monthly meetings for puppy-raisers in Maine. After their important first year and a half, dogs go to the national center to be trained as hearing and service dogs for people who are deaf or who use wheelchairs.

Peace and Justice for Animals
PO Box 515
Camden, ME 04843
animals@commonsentience.com
http://www.foranimals.org
The group promotes peace and justice for all sentient beings, including vegetarianism, buying cruelty-free products (not tested on animals), boycotting circuses, opposing trapping, and adopting shelter animals.

People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, The (PETA)
2 Manning Place
Lewiston, ME 04240
782-8635 
kittysit@exploremaine.com
Rosanna Toth
Helping to end animal abuse around the world through education and action.  Seeking more animal activists in Maine. Contact us for more details.

ReMaine Wild
PO Box 113
Newcastle, ME 04553
657-2094 
Caryl Widdowson
Our goal is to serve wildlife rehabilitators, associated professionals and the general public by collecting, developing and disseminating information concerning the rehabilitation of Maine's native wildlife.  We provide an essential link for statewide networking and cooperation of all wildlife professionals interested in reducing human impact on nature.

Voice for Animals
Animal rights group dedicated to improving the lot of all animals through education, legislation, and other nonviolent means. Chapters in York County, Oxford County, and the Waterville-Winslow area:

PO Box 513
York, ME 03909
monkyboy@megalink.com

7 Maple St.
Norway, ME 04268
743-5371 
monkyboy@megalink.com

PO Box 172
Shawmut, ME 04975
453-2113
voicefa@mint.net

Wildlife Alliance of Maine
96 Harlow St., #370
Bangor, ME 04401
941-WILD
info@wildlifealliancemaine.org
wildlifealliancemaine.org
Promoting protection, education, and conservation for Maine's wildlife populations with a goal of representing a majority of Maine's people.