It’s wonderful to give money to charities.  We all like helping people.  However, when you give money away there are two things to consider; how much of your money will actually be used to help people and will any of your money cause the suffering of others.

Unfortunately, numerous “good” organizations refuse to pay attention to scientific break throughs.  With technical advancements, animal models for research has become one of the least predicatable and remains one of the most expensive forms of research being used.  It also inflicts dreadful suffering on animals as they indure a life of solitary confinment and painful medical experimentation.  Some animals have it worse than others.  For example “Sparky” a primate lived 46 agonizing years in confinment without socialization.  Other animals, the lucky ones only have to live a few months before the disease inflicted on them causes their premature death and or they are euthanized.  

So what you can  you do?  Find out which organizations fund animal model research and do not support them.  There are two ways to do this.  You can routinely check the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) website, or you can write the organizations and ask them directly.  After that you can send a letter to the board of directors telling them why you do not support their organization.  You can also form protest against fund raisers, and inform friends, family and co-workers.