Plus, you're helping to support your local shelter. If your town has a no-kill shelter, be sure to go there. You will be helping yourself and them at the same time. 4474E, Washington, DC 20260-2437. The bulk of the money will be for continued testing of the infamous steel jaw leghold trap.
Leghold traps are notorious for the pain and prolonged suffering that they inflict.
Designed to capture animals by their limbs, the animal victims often chew and amputate their own legs in an effort to escape. Countless leghold trap tests have been conducted over recent decades. These tests have created an extensive body of knowledge attesting to the trauma inflicted on target and non-target animals. Further, there is widespread opposition to these cruel and indiscriminate devices. Arizona, Colorado, and Massachusetts have recently approved statewide ballot initiatives against leghold traps.