Looking for good pet memorial donation

[albionmoonlight]

My good friend's dog died yesterday. I'd like to make a donation to an animal/pet based charity in memory of the dog. Any suggestions for a good/legitimate charity.

I googled and found some places, but I am not sure how legitimate some of them are. And, doing some research, some of the other organizations have a larger pro-animal scope (i.e. against factory farming) than I really want. I am not trying to make a political statement. I am trying to make a personal statement.

Any thoughts? Anyone with whom you have had experience that you would recommend?

[albionmoonlight]

dola--

I am not, of course, advocating factory farming nor am I saying that some of these larger issues are not important. Just saying that that is not what I hope to accomplish here.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Here's a link to make a Memorial Gift to the ASPCA (American Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals)

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tributes1_memorial&s_src=donate&s_subsrc=dek

[miked]

If you have a local humane society, that would be good as well. When our dog died a year and a half ago, my dad and a few others donated to the Best Friends Society (http://www.bestfriends.org/) I think they run some big sanctuaries.

[flere-imsaho]

ASPCA, Humane Society, or local shelter (local shelters almost always need money) will probably fit the bill the best.

[digamma]

I would suggest a local humane society as well. Or perhaps a local rescue organization for the breed of dog he had.

[cuervo72]

Yep, I'd go with a local shelter.

[JediKooter]

Local shelters and the humane society are the best things in my opinion to donate to. They probably need it the most in some cases.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Adding my endorsement of donating to a good shelter in the area (a no-kill or last resort kill if possible).

Depending upon how much effort/research you want to put into it, you might also consider a donation to a group specific to the dog's breed or something like that. General donations to local shelters are pretty much always welcome but some have special purpose funds/types of donations too; i.e. sponsoring a specific animal until it's adopted (usually just a one time donation though) or a food fund or capital drive or something like that.