Animal Rescue of Tidewater lobbies to alter our laws to better the lives of companion animals. Sign up for Political Action Alerts that will notify you of how you can influence bills being passed in our government.

Become an advocate for issues that affect animals in Virginia:
Virginia Federation of Humane Societies

Chaining is cruel. Learn how you can help at:
DogsDeserveBetter.com

ART is an advocate of the No-Kill Movement:
It is our vision that our communities will become ‘No-Kill’ meaning that no adoptable animal will be killed for lack of a home.  Please review this website created by Nathan Winograd who is successfully working to create No-Kill localities all over the United States:
www.nokilladvocacycenter.org

Find your local, state and national representative:
http://takeaction.lwv.org/lwv/dbq/officials/
To find your representatives, put in your zip code.  If you want to find the last 4 digits of your zip code go to usps.com and put in your address.  It will give you your 9 digit zip code.