There are many animal charities worldwide that have wonderful online gift shops where you can purchase unique presents. Shopping at these stores helps animal protection organizations, shelters, and other non-profits provide homes, food, and veterinary care for orphaned, homeless, injured, ill, and displaced animals.
SPCA Gift Stores
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) gift shop sells a broad array of merchandise for both people and pets, including holiday items, clothing, accessories, pet care products, pet toys, and books. There are also numerous local SPCA gift shops around the world, ranging from British Columbia to Singapore to the UK.
SPCA International’s gift shop sells hoodies, T-shirts, mouse pads, pet accessories, and other items to raise money for animal shelters and programs such as Operation Bagdad Pups, which provides veterinary care for homeless animals adopted by service men and women overseas and arranges for these cats and dogs to be transported back to the United States to live with their new owners. .
Humane Society – Humane Domain
The Humane Society of the United States has Humane Domain cat and dog stores where you can buy holiday cards, pet products, kid’s stuff, gifts for animal lovers, and other items.
Vancouver Orphaned Kitten Rescue
The Vancouver Orphaned Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA), a Canadian charity that saved more than 1,400 kittens and adult cats in 2009 alone and will likely top that number in 2010, is desperately short of funds. Purchasing a cute cat calendar helps VOKRA to carry on with its work.
The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA)
UK-based PDSA, which provides free veterinary services for the injured and sick pets of people in need, has a gift shop that sells everything from pet toys to Christmas items to food gifts.
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
Another UK charity, WSPA, sells calendars, Christmas stuff, tasty treats, stationary supplies, toys, games, and housewares.Additional UK charities with gift shops supporting animal care include:
Dogstar Foundation
Based in Sri Lanka, the Dogstar Foundation provides free veterinary care and sterilization services for cats and dogs in low-income communities. At their gift shop you’ll find Christmas cards, calendars, mugs, and Christmas puddings.
Nowzad
Nowzad helps stray and abandoned cats, dogs, and donkeys in Afghanistan and Iraq. The organization sells books, calendars, T-shirts, bags, jigsaw puzzles, keychains, pet toys, and Christmas items such as cards and wrapping paper.
Willows Animal Sanctuary
Willows Animal Sanctuary in Scotland cares for more than 300 animals, including cats, birds, dogs, pigs, horses, donkeys, and ponies, and runs an animal-assisted therapy program. This charity is currently in danger of closure due to lack of funds. You can help by purchasing Christmas cards, calendars, and stuffed animals (including some unusual ones such as meerkats, otters, llamas, and lemurs) from the Willows Animal Sanctuary Gift Shop.
Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary
Shopping at Amazon.com and other popular online stores using the Blind Cat Rescue and Sanctuary’s online link helps the organization care for healthy, happy cats that would have been euthanized in other shelters just because they’re blind.
More Animal Charities
There are plenty of other worthy animal charities, many of which have gift shops or sponsorship opportunities. See the Animal Charities page for worldwide directories. You can also shop via GoodSearch, where you can choose one of the many participating US animal charities to support.
See Christmas Gift Ideas: Charity Shops That Help Wild Animals for gift stores that benefit wild animal charities, and Christmas Gift Ideas: Sponsor an Animal in Need for charitable organizations with sponsorship opportunities.
Looking for more Christmas ideas? See Christmas Crafts and Freebies for free clipart, arts and crafts patterns, recipes, gift ideas, and more.
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