How we Help
Our mission is to raise awareness and provide resources
to ensure that all animals have safe, loving and caring
environments in which to live their lives.
If you are looking to adopt a dog or cat the Underdog Foundation can help. Whether you are here to look for a wonderful companion animal that the UDF has for adoption, need help locating one in your area or learn more about adopting a pet, you’ve come to the right place, we are here to help. To start the process fill please fill out the Adoption Application either online or download the PDF version and fax the completed forms and proper identification to the UDF. Once we have received and reviewed your information we will contact you to begin the adoption process.
Animal rights, also referred to as animal liberation, are the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings. Advocates approach the issue from different philosophical positions, but agree that animals should be viewed as non-human persons and members of the moral community, and should not be used as food, clothing, research subjects, or entertainment. They argue that human beings should stop seeing other sentient beings as property—not even as property to be treated kindly.
Critics argue that animals are unable to enter into a social contract or make moral choices, and for that reason cannot be regarded as possessors of rights, a position summed up by the philosopher Roger Scruton, who writes that only humans have duties and therefore only humans have rights. A parallel argument is that there is nothing inherently wrong with using animals as resources so long there is no unnecessary suffering, a view known as the animal welfare position. There has also been criticism, including from within the animal rights movement itself, of certain forms of animal rights activism, in particular the destruction of fur farms and animal laboratories by the Animal Liberation Front.
The Underdog Foundation believes that all animals have rights and we are here to provide guidance, aid and effort in supporting those rights.
Community Outreach focuses on providing positive outcomes for animals at risk, and includes our own shelter services in New York City. Community Outreach team members include seasoned animal welfare professionals, veterinarians, animal behaviorists, dog trainers, animal care technicians, adoption specialists and humane educators.
Neutering, from the latin neuter (of neither sex), is the removal of an animal's reproductive organs, either all of it or a considerably large part. It is the most drastic surgical procedure with sterilizing purposes. The process is often used in reference to males whereas spaying is often reserved for females. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing. While technically called castration for males, in male horses, the process is referred to as gelding.
Neutering is the most common sterilizing method in animals. In the United States, most humane societies, animal shelters and rescue groups (not to mention numerous commercial entities) urge pet owners to have their pets spayed or neutered to prevent the births of unwanted litters, contributing to the overpopulation of animals.
The Underdog Foundation believes that Spay and Neuter of animals plays a significant role in animal over population and intern homelessness in animals. We help animal rescue groups and shelters by providing education, resources and funding to support their spay and neuter efforts.
If you should already have a pet that you are looking to have spayed or neutered and are not familiar with either the process or do not have the funds, please contact us for additional information on how we can help.