- Sponsor a “Stop Puppy Mills” billboard in your community
- Encourage local pet stores that sell puppies to stop
- Use Tupperware instead of plastic bags
- Give reusable bottles as gifts so everyone can stop buying plastic or bottled water
- Send e-cards instead of using paper cards
- Join an Environmental group
- Adopt a highway with your family or club and do regular litter pickups there
- After your picnics in the park, make sure to clean up after yourself
- Don’t leave the TV on when nobody is watching it
- Read a book about Rachel Carson or Jane Goodall
- Collect Rainwater and use it to water plants
- Don’t dump your trash into a body of water
- Seal your trash cans tightly
- Never buy, sell, or own anything made from ivory
- Don’t buy tortoiseshell products
- Never tug on a dog’s neck
- Get a custom license plate with a message about animals
- Don't buy eggs or meat from grocery stores
- If you have a skateboard, decorate it with animal slogans
- Look for scheduled animal hunts in your area and try to stop them
- Instead of going fishing, go hiking, bird-watching, canoeing, or other activities that don’t harm animals
- Build doghouses for chained yard dogs in your community
- Fence your yard so your pets don’t get lost
- Don’t stay at hotels that use caged birds as “decorations”
- Keep the receipts from companies that don’t test on animals, and send them to companies that do test on animals with a message like “If you didn’t test on animals, you’d be getting this business”
- If your local hardware store sells steel-leg traps, meet with the owner and tell him or her why you would like them to be take off the shelves
- Call or email television producers and tell them that if a character in a show must wear fur, it must be an obvious fake fur and must be announced in the credits that it is fake
- Refuse to dissect animals at school
- Complain to stores that sell glue traps, and tell them how cruel these traps are
- Clean up antifreeze spills
- Boycott bullfights
- Adopt a “retired” greyhound
- Support companies that don’t use animals in their advertisements
- Don't attend hog-dog fights
- Buy I love or lush cosmetics because they don't test on animals
- Reuse everything you can
- If you have any pet goldfish, please don't force them to live in a small bowl, get them a bigger tank
- Don't get a pet on impulse, think it through
- Write a letter to companies that test on animals telling them the benifits of being cruelty-free
- Sponsor a pet in a shelter, and provide them everything they need to be happy and healthy
- Protest against one outdated, inhumane way of euthanasia, gas chambers
- Don't keep pet rabbits outside, they are not like outside rabbits and can get attacked by other animals
- Save up for a cause
- Pick up litter around your street
- Don't buy or accept anything made of ivory
- Protest planned balloon lanches, the balloons can fall into the ocean and whales and other sea animals can die because they mistake them for food
- Make a journal of any companion animals you have at home, and note their favorite treats, activities, foods they like and foods they hate, their favorite places, and other things about them
- Make a list of emergency numbers you can call if you see an injured or orphan animal on the side of the road or another place
- If you see little kids running after pigeons or other birds, talk to them gently about why it's wrong to disturb the birds
- Tell others that baby chicks should not be given as Easter gifts
- Put some twigs in birdbaths or puddles, so that insects who would drown otherwise have a chance to get out
- Never throw an insect into the toilet
- Make a mini-nature reserve in your yard
- Start a recycling program
- Post social media about animals
- Speak up for animals that some people think are "ugly", "gross", or "scary", such as wolves, bats, and spiders
- Don't let people say to you, "You eat like a pig", because pigs are actually very smart, clean animals
- Plan a raffle to help animals
- Buy bamboo, it is a renewable resource
- Use less shampoo, after all, it is a detergent, there are other methods of cleaning hair
- Buy organic, local, produce
- Watch pets when they are outside, it only takes a couple seconds for a theif to steal pets
- Reuse gift bags and wrapping paper
- For your next gift, give an animal organization a donation in someone's name
- Don't buy eggs from the grocery store
- Unplug your alarm clock when you are not using it
- Use simpler screensavers, they waste less energy
- Tell everyone you know not to attend greyhound races
- Spread awareness about micro-chipping dogs and cats
- Make sure your pet's collar fits, especially if they are still growing, or your pet could be silently choking
- Organize a poetry slam to help animals
- Make old clothes into blankets for pet shelters
- Don't make your pet wear costumes that limit his or her ability to do natural things( walk comfortably, turn around, sit down, etc.)
- Make a button about helping animals
- Supply bookstores and libraries with animal bookmarks
- Mark animal shelter events on your calendar
- While in a public place, talk with a friend about an issue that has an impact on animals, chances are, other people will hear you and be inspired to help as well
- If there is a 'Forgotten Fido' chained in your neighbor's backyard, offer to play with their dog and walk him
- Ask any local contests to please not give away fur items as prizes, and praise them if they have made the compassionate choice of choosing to stop giving away fur
- Ask if you can arrange a local meeting at your community house or recreation center, and talk about how people in your community can help animals
- Write literature about protecting animals
- Use your career or profession to help animals
- Do radio and talk show interviews
- Try to use fewer products with animal parts in them
- Show your hairdresser some of the wonderful beauty products that aren't tested on animals