K-Up 

 

Dogs, Cats & BIG Kids

Produced by Donald Manelli & Associates, Inc.

25 minutes

  • From the creator and producer of Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom comes an award-winning film for children on the how tos of proper pet handling, reading animal body-language, dealing with unknown/stray animals, and more!
  • Excellent film featuring children at the center of the learning
  • Appropriate for 4 – 8 grades
  • Loan on VHS

Dogs, Cats & Kids

Produced by Donald Manelli & Associates, Inc.

25 minutes

  • From the creator and producer of Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom comes an award-winning film for children on the how tos of proper pet handling, reading animal body-language, dealing with unknown/stray animals, and more!
  • Excellent film featuring children at the center of the learning and the famously upbeat Wayne Hunthausen, DVM
  • Appropriate for K – 4 grades
  • Loan on VHS
  • Purchase on DVD $20

Friends Don't Leave Friends Behind

Produced by Esther Mechler and the Pet Savers Foundation

3 + minutes total

  • Three public service announcements of various lengths reminding pet-owners not to leave their pets behind during disaster evacuations
  • Add your organizations contact information to the end of the PSAs!
  • May freely broadcast on public television
  • Loan on VHS or DVD
  • Purchase on VHS or DVD $10

New Leash on Life

Produced by Humane Society of the United

15 minutes

  • Follows the adoption process of a stray dog rescued from the streets
  • Loan on VHS or DVD
  • Purchase on VHS or DVD $10

Too Many Pets: A Real World Problem

Produced by Emily Putnam and Jeff Mason

9 minutes

  • Written and filmed by two fourth grade students, this film may be a wee bit older, but it demonstrates that one can make a difference at any age!
  • In silent, slideshow format; includes an interactive script and follow-up activities
  • Loan on VHS or DVD
  • Purchase on VHS or DVD $10

Teens-Up

 

Feline Neonatal Care

Produced by Loudoun SPCA

30 minutes

  • Hands-on, comprehensive guide to caring for new-born kittens be they domestic or born of a feral mom
  • Loan on DVD
  • Purchase on VHS $10

New Humane Movement: Saving One Life at a Time

Produced by Cleverkitty Creative and Kim Cady

35 minutes

  • An uplifting film that features the No Kill Movement for companion animals, and some the movements top animal welfare leaders today
  • Discusses its successes to date, and the steps necessary to continue lessening the number of pets killed each year in animal shelters nationwide
  • Loan on DVD

Promoting Pet Health and the Human-Animal Bond Through Effective Spay/Neuter Counseling

Produced by Dr. Brenda Griffin and the Scott-Ritchey Research Center College of Veterinary Medicine at Auburn University, AL

30 + minutes

  • Calling all veterinary students, newly practicing veterinarians, and spay/neuter focused programs.  We have a limited supply of this great film available for free distribution!
  • Designed for veterinarians to provide myth-busting spay/neuter information to cliental in a non-judgmental manner, and excellent for anyone striving to promote spay/neuter efforts
  • Email eduassist@nhes.org to inquire about receiving a free copy 

Rescue Me: a dogumentary

Produced by Innerstace Productions/Storie Productions/Stacy Schoolfield

30 + minutes

  • Follows the staff, volunteers, and animals of an Austin , TX , animal shelter where over 20,000 cats and dogs were surrendered in 2005 and only 9% find homes
  • Heartbreaking and Heart-warming personal stories of from those whom work tirelessly to help save animals from suffering and euthanasia
  • Loan on DVD

S.T.R.A.Y.

Produced by Save the Animals/Save the Earth and United Action for Animals

20 + minutes

  • Documents the bleak realities of life for stray cats and dogs in the urban environment and discusses human behaviors that contribute to stray populations
  • May freely broadcast on public television
  • Loan on VHS

Throwaways

Produced by Esther Mechler and Focus on Animals

19 minutes

  • Discusses the throwaway attitude of our culture that contributes to the euthanasia of millions of our nations  cats and dogs
  • Divided into several sections, the film includes an abandonment re-enactment, and a math problem featuring pet overpopulation
  • May freely broadcast on public television
  • Loan on VHS or DVD
  • Purchase on VHS or DVD $10
  • Available in Spanish!

Young Adults-Up

 

Early-Age Neutering: A Practical Guide for Veterinarians

Produced by Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights and University of California, Davis, School of Veterinarian Medicine

19 minutes

  • Provides the ethical, scientific, and professional grounds for veterinarians to actively participate in spay/neuter efforts by local animal shelters and rescues
  • Demonstrates the actual early-age sterilizations surgeries for both male and female animals (cats and dogs), and provides veterinarian-based explanations of the safety and effectiveness of the procedure
  • Loan on VHS or DVD
  • Available in Spanish!

Earthlings

Produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

95 minutes

  • Narrated by actor Joaquin Phoenix and divided by what animals are raised for/how they are used: Pets, Food, Clothing, Entertainment, and Research.
  • “Earthings is by far the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the correlation between nature, animals, and human economic interests”
  • Includes philosophical discussion of how human view of animals—a very poignant and compelling film!
  • Loan on DVD

Left-lateral Flank Spay

Produced by Esther Mechler and Focus on Animals

12 minutes

  • Designed to encourage veterinarian participation in low-cost spay/neuter efforts
  • Provides a demo of a humane, but quicker spay technique for practicing veterinarians and vet students
  • Loan on VHS or DVD
  • Purchase on VHS or DVD $10