United Animal Nations

Redrover responders - in 2024, redrover responders deployed 13 times. We had 2,959 volunteer hours and helped a total of 2,541 animals. At the end of january, we sent a team of volunteers to tulsa, oklahoma, to assist the humane society of the united states with the sheltering and care of 76 animals rescued from an alleged cruelty situation. In september, the redrover responders team was on the ground in north carolina helping to shelter animals displaced by hurricane helene. In 2024, we continued our two new redrover responders initiatives: community programs and coastal cats. For community programs, our volunteers provide hands-on support with projects designed to meet the specific needs of a community, which are often isolated, at-risk, or under-resourced communities. In 2024, we helped with 7 different projects, including wellness clinics in louisiana and alabama, and building outdoor enclosures for dogs living on chains in michigan, new mexico, and arizona. For coastal cats, redrover works with partners to provide proactive support for community cats in coastal communities that are at risk for hurricanes and severe flooding. In 2024, we completed one coastal cat project in apalachicola, florida. Also in 2024, we continued our membership with the national animal rescue and sheltering coalition (narsc). Redrover responders staff also provided 3 specialized trainings that covered topics such as emergency animal sheltering. In 2024, we trained 70 volunteers through our online version of our volunteer training workshop.

Redrover readers - in 2024, the redrover readers program trained 186 participants through in-person and online workshops, more than doubling the number trained in 2023. Ninety-seven participants reported their readings and we reached an estimated 7,966 children, the highest reach in the past five years, bringing the program's total estimated reach to over 131,000 children. We continued our community partnership with the sacramento native american health center (snahc), co-creating new culturally relevant curriculum and completing our early ages gathering to learn empathy through stories (eagles) pilot program. We also strengthened our collaboration with forest school and wabanaki public health and wellness in maine. Kind news magazine reached 287,441 children through classroom subscriptions and digital access. We added several new sponsors, including sevier county humane society in tennessee and new hampshire animal rights league, and gained 443 web orders, nearly quadrupling the previous year. We also refreshed our kindnews.org website, updated marketing materials, and began exploring a shift in the magazine's funding model to increase long-term sustainability.

Public education & outreach - using our quarterly membership companion magazine, email newsletters, direct animal cause mailings, website, social media, speaking and tabling engagements, brochures and other materials, redrover educated members and the general public about the following: redrover's programs, spotting and reporting animal abuse, the link between domestic violence and animal abuse, the impact of puppy mills on animals, and the benefits of adopting pets from animal shelters and animal advocacy. Volunteers and redrover staff helped spread the word about our work at 57 events and conferences. In january 2024, redrover endorsed the animal violence exposes real threat of future violence (avert) act at the request of congresswoman dina titus. The avert act aims to understand and respond to the link between animal cruelty and future acts of interpersonal violence. Specifically, the bill commissions a department of justice study to assess the link between these crimes and authorizes a $2 million annual grant program to support mental health experts, law enforcement, and animal welfare organizations in their efforts to stop animal cruelty and rehabilitate offenders.