FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC

Public information and animal protection- through animal advocacy programs and interventions, foa promotes endangered species and other wildlife protection. Campaigns against wild horse round-ups and the wild bird trade; the horse-drawn carriage trade; the fur trade; hunting and predator control, including state-sponsored wolf control programs in alaska and the northern rockies. Sponsors chimpanzee conservation projects in west africa, and primate sanctuary in texas. Vegan advocacy projects explain that a plant-based diet is the best response to an ecological crisis via educational materials, speeches and ads. Published four quarterly issues of actionline magazine; other educational materials produced for members, the public and media.