WILD & FREE Cruel treatment and killing of animals in the wild
and in urban areas, the accelerating rate of habitat loss is of
great concern to IDA. The Wild & Free campaign works to be a
voice for urban wildlife. Elephants are highly complex, social
animals. In the wild, they live in extended family groups. IDA
has become a leading voice for the plight of captive elephants.
Every year, tens of millions of animals are dissected, infected,
injected, gassed, burned and blinded in hidden laboratories on
college campuses and research facilities throughout the U.S.
Dogs & Cats Dogs and cats are among the most popular companion
animals living with humans today. IDA works to rid the nation of
gas chambers and help reduce the feral cat population. Every
year in the U.S., about 10 billion land animals and 15 to 20
billion sea creatures are killed for food. The vast majority of
pigs, cows, chickens, and turkeys sold in the U.S. are raised on
factory farms The Guardian Campaign was created in 1999 as a
nationwide platfo