These are my favorite links:
H.O.P.E. Safehouse - HOPE takes in animals that have been abandoned, abused or injured, give them the medical attention they require, and re-home them through adoption. HOPE does not take animals in from the general public, but rather ones that meet the above criteria, or are on death row at the humane societies or animal shelters.
911BC K9 Search and Recovery - 911BC is a nonprofit, volunteer, forensic evidence recovery team based in Wisconsin. Our primary goal is to provide assistance to various government agencies by locating forensic evidence and human remains. Federal, state, and local authorities may call us to crime scenes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our trained, experienced human and canine team members will respond to missing persons searches, homicides, suicides, natural disasters, or other tragic events at no charge to the requesting agency.
Books by Janet Elaine Smith - During her lifetime she's been a missionary (who now writes romances), a wife (of one husband only), a mother (of three now-adult people, who refuse to be called "children"), a musician (of piano, organ and accordian), a Tupperware saleswoman (until the squirrels ate her sample kit), a teacher (of genealogy and creative writing), a translator (of Spanish, although she knows enough of a few other languages to get her in trouble), a social worker (in the strict sense of the word, not just being a "social creature"), a magazine writer (with over 2,000 published articles to her credit), a survivor (of the Great Flood of the Millennium in Grand Forks, ND in 1997), and that is just for starters.
Dreampreneur Traci Bogan - Author - Speaker - World Traveler. Your Dreams are Just a Plan Away! In 2001 Traci Bogan made an unconventional decision to abandon life as she knew it and walked away from her earthly possessions, consuming career, unfulling relationships, and loved ones. She strapped on a backpack and set off to discover the world and her role in it. Over the past ten years she blazed trails through 45 countries of her 100 country world tour. On her journey she cracked the Dream Code and discovered 6 key code principles for achieving your goals and dreams. Her mission is to empower millions of people to achieve their goals, live their dreams and live a life of purpose - so they can have, do and be more than what they believe is possible.
Marta Williams BlogInternational teacher and animal communicator, Marta Williams, author of several books on animal communication, shares her tips, knowledge, stories, and insights on the subject of intuitive connection with animals and nature.
First Response Team of America (Be sure to watch the CNN Hero video at that link.)
"When all hope seems lost, when confusion reigns, when the only thought on a survivor’s mind is, 'What now?'—that’s the moment the First Response Team arrives, bringing new light to communities in their darkest hours. We fill the gap between the onset of a disaster and the arrival of traditional relief agencies, when too many communities must fend for themselves because the resources necessary for rescue and recovery—equipment, tools and personnel—are damaged, inaccessible or unavailable."
