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Animal Education & Visit Requests
Is your school, business, or civic group looking to host an animal-related group to speak at and/or bring animals to an event, such as a class, animal recognition day, or on-site pet adoption event? Following are some local organizations that might be appropriate matches for your activity. Please contact these organizations directly to explore the possibilities.
Domestic Pets
200 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 274-8511
Website: animalhaven.org
Programs include Corporate Volunteer Days and How Kids Can Help Shelter Animals.
Manhattan 410 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016 Phone: (212) 271-2984 Website: bideawee.org |
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Wantagh, Long Island 3300 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 Phone: 1-866-262-8133 Website: bideawee.org |
Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC)
Email: Katherine Reeves at CommunityOutreach@nycacc.org
Website: nycacc.org
Read about ACC’s Community Kids Program at https://www.nycacc.org/get-involved/communitykids
Feral & Stray Community Cats
Bideawee's Feral Cat Initiative
410 East 38th Street, New York, NY 10016
Website:nycfci.happyfox.com
Wild Animals
565 Columbus Avenue (at 87th Street), New York, NY 10024
Phone: (646) 306-2862 (Between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. you may leave a message.)
Website: wildbirdfund.org
Programs include classroom and auditorium visits on a variety of topics, and clinic field trips.
Urban Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitation
Email: info@urbanutopiawildlife.org
Website: urbanutopiawildlife.org
Do you know a teacher who loves wildlife? Or perhaps your group is looking for a guest speaker? UUWR offers customizable education programs that focus on wildlife, adaptations, conservation, and more.