Our Coalition
The Nurture Nature Campaign is supported by a coalition of 13 local and regional NGOs on issues related to animal welfare, biodiversity conservation, and public health management.
Animal Welfare Network (AWN) is an animal welfare advocacy group and service provider operating in both Trinidad and Tobago. They partner with the TTSPCA to promote rescue animal adoption, primary school education, and low cost spaying and neutering of dogs and cats with more than 30 participating veterinarians across Trinidad and Tobago. They also engage in social marketing to improve animal care and promote legal reform. They have a large network of individual donors, over 22,000 Facebook followers, and are issue leaders on legal reform for animal welfare.
Animals 360 Foundation is an important animal welfare facilitator whose work focuses on three main pillars of action: humane and responsible dog and cat population control through spay and neuter assistance to lower-income homes, advocacy for responsible and evidence-based animal welfare legislation, and education and awareness on animal welfare and responsible pet ownership. The foundation also provides technical and financial support for the sustainability of shelter operations.
Animals Alive is a “no-kill” animal shelter in south Trinidad, and the largest of its kind in the Caribbean, housing over 500 dogs and cats. The organization contributes to legal reform of animal welfare and offers animal rescue, care and rehabilitation, pet adoption and mentorship opportunities, and subsidized spay and neutering programs. Animals Alive has a large volunteer and small donor network, over 13,000 Facebook followers, and a seasoned understanding of animal welfare issues in Trinidad.
Centre for the Rescue of Endangered Species of Trinidad and Tobago (CRESTT) was established in 1993. This NGO specializes in community-based education and conservation of Trinidad and Tobago’s threatened and endangered species. Its best-known project reintroduced the Blue and Gold Macaw in Nariva Swamp as the original population of this bird species was removed by habitat loss and poaching for the pet trade. CRESTT collaborates with local and international organizations in carrying out its mission.
Corbin Local Wildlife Park is a wildlife education, rehabilitation, and propagation center based in Tobago. It was created in 2015 as a partnership between former hunter, Roy Corbin, and conservationist, Ian Wright. They offer regular tours of wildlife and periodically release rehabilitated and captive-bred, locally-endangered animals back into the wild. They are a small but rapidly growing organization and are the sole provider of wildlife education and rehabilitation in Tobago.
El Socorro Centre for Wildlife Conservation is a wildlife education and rehabilitation centre based in Trinidad. For the past 16 years, El Socorro has offered education and rehabilitation programs implemented by a large volunteer network. The centre also offers oiled wildlife volunteer training, tours of rescued wildlife, and school visits with animal ambassadors, and aims to soon open the first wildlife hospital in the Caribbean.
Environment Tobago (ET) has been operating since 1996 and is the most influential conservation advocacy group in Tobago. They are a service provider to initiatives concerned with conserving and improving local and regional ecosystems, including meeting Trinidad and Tobago's Sustainable Development Goals. They manage projects across the entire twin-island country and a variety of school-based education programs.
Sustainable Innovation Initiatives (SII) a conservation NGO that enables scientific and cultural collaborations for ecologically regenerative tropical forest economies. Its current projects include ecological research in the southeast Caribbean region, and creating parallel educational programming in biology and geosciences. In Trinidad, recent outputs include the Trinidad Ocelot Project and the inaugural Latin America & Caribbean Congress for Conservation Biology.
Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club (TTFNC) is a highly-influential conservation organization in Trinidad and Tobago, with over 100 years of operation and an active role in discovering many new species. The organization engages in intensive ecological surveys, offers naturalist hikes, provides public lectures, and publishes many respected field guides.
Trinidad and Tobago Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (TTSPCA) is a widely-respected shelter for dogs and cats in north Trinidad and in Tobago. The organization offers animal care and rehabilitation, pet adoption opportunities, and subsidized spay and neutering programs. TTSPCA has a large volunteer and small donor network, over 39,000 Facebook followers, and a seasoned understanding of animal welfare issues in Trinidad.
Trinidad and Tobago Veterinary Association (TTVA) represents the interests of veterinarians and aims to advance the standards of animal care in Trinidad and Tobago. Their mission advocates a multifaceted approach including relationships to agriculture, public health, conservation, the environment, and the biological sciences. The organization offers professional training, networking events, and public education events.
Venus Doggess of Love is a Tobago-based animal welfare organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals and the establishment of higher local standards for animal welfare. Their activities include rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming of dogs, cats (and sometimes wild animals), spay and neuter programs, and public education.
Veterinary Students' Association of Trinidad and Tobago (VSATT) is the student association for registered veterinary students at the University of the West Indies. Their goal is to provide a holistic experience of veterinary education to their members which will produce competent, well rounded veterinarians in Trinidad and Tobago. They provide student support as well as networking, professional, and training opportunities, and assistance to animal shelters.