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    Animals. Students. Teaching. Reaching Others. 
 Inspiring, educating and empowering communities  
to understand, love and protect our amazing animals and planet. 
Animal World USA brings Benji, 
once a MS shelter dog who later became 
a movie star, back home in style 
arriving a Memphis RiverKings 
hockey game.
Memphis City Officials and MAS Advisory Board Chairperson Michelle Buckalew at MAS 2010groundbreaking of new Memphis Animal Services facility!
GOD is LOVE

"Ask Me About My Dream" 
Love       Joy       Peace
TM

Love, Understand, Protect
 Freedom 
We love you Art of Conservation, Africa. 

Animal World USA
Animal World USA
 Educator of the Month Award. 
Treadwell Middle School 
Book Donations & Humane Ed
Memphis, Tennessee

Gimme Shelter Pet Adoption Festival 
 Shelby Farms, 4,500 acre park, Memphis, Tennessee.
2002 breakout event featuring the  Miami Animal Police (right), TN Task Force One, live music, blessing, elected officials and 50 animal welfare groups. 
Animal World USA Youth 
Youth Leadership Award 
Tisdale School 
Bridgeport, Connecticut
AW USA TN Week 
at Memphis Zoo with  adoptions,  
welfare groups, city officials,
'Blessing of the Animals' 
AWUSA & Best Friends Adoption 
Days at Petco 
Midtown Memphis, TN.

Africa Weeks for the Animals!
Animal World USA is  putting  "Unity in the Community!"
Animal World USA Adoption Days  at Petco 
Memphis, Tennessee

Visit our Weeks for the Animals websites on how to help animals and connect with others!

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

—Gilbert K. Chesterton
AWUSA Education Days 
Downtown Elementary  School
Memphis, Tennessee


Faith, Hope and Love.
Animal World USA 
 Helping Save Lives, Empowering Educators
and Strengthening Communities!
Animal World USA 
Youth Leadership Award  
Tennessee Week 
Girls Scouts of  Southern Appalacians 

Smoky Mountains Pets 
Adoption Day 
TN Week for the Animals
 Knoxville, TN!
AW USA & Best Friends 
Poplar Plaza Adoption Days
 Memphis, TN.
Animal World USA
AWUSA Humane Education
Snowden School
with Humane Society of Memphs


Five Freedoms Recognized by Animal Welfare Orgs
 Around the World.
International Homeless Animals Day with 25+ rescue and welfare groups,  community orgs, live music, blessing of the animals!  
Overton Park            Memphis, Tennessee
Animal World USA Poplar Plaza Petco Adoption Days
Memphis, Tennessee
                  Animal World USA Youth Leadership Award


 Brandon Wood 
from Florida for his joyful creativity saving chimps and building global relationships from Florida to Africa. Make A Chimp Smile was spotlighted during both Florida and Africa Weeks for the Animals. His military dad was the inspiration!
Protect our Nation's Freedom...Vote.
AWUSA Humane Education Days
Downtown Elementary School
Memphis, Tennessee
Animal World USA 's 
'Teddy' Bear Buck
at 2023 Memphis Grizzlies 
Poplar Plaza block party!
Animal World USA Adoption Days Petco with Memphis Animal Services and Mid South area welfare & rescue groups.
Animal World USA Valentine's Day Adoption Day w/ Memphis Animal Services 
& Mid South area rescues.
AW USA  "Merry Memphis Christmas "
Boys & Girls Clubs     Memphis, Tennessee  
 Helping Save Lives, Empowering Educators
and Strengthening Communities!
Wardrobe)
'Mystic' Aura 
Buckalew
1994-2010
"Fantasia' Buckalew
1979-1994
'Blue Boy' Buckalew
2000-2013
'Gunny Buck'
Buckalew
2009-2022
Adopt a Shelter Animal. Save a Life. 
Multiply Love. Become A Hero.
Juliette West 
from California for her activism advocating  for elephants and educating the public about the plight of the animals of our planet. She is emerging as an important voice for the animal world.
Encourage and love one another.
"For to be free is
 not merely to cast 
off one's chains... 
but to live in a way that respects 
and enhances 
the freedom of others.”


― Nelson Mandela 
apartheid activist, freedom fighter, Pres  South Africa
(1918-2013)
AWUSA Educator of the Month
Humane Education
Cordova Middle School
Memphis, Tennessee
“Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine your own tempo. You can choose your own course, think whatever you want. Nobody tells you 
what to do.”

-Nina Kuscik women’s running pioneer, 1st female champion 
Boston Marathon 


Leasure Elementary 
School Delaware 
Week for the Animals
 Newark, Delaware
Your voice matters​!


To report animal fighting crimes, contact your local law enforcement or the U.S. Dept of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General’s Hotline or 
800-424-9121.
Peace, Love and Unity Festival 
Shelby Farms, Memphis, Tennessee 
With over 25 animal welfare groups, TN Task Force One, faith based & community orgs, music, shelters. 

“God answered the prayers of animals.”

— Thomas Aquinas
See prayers and blessings for animals.

Belief.net
Protect wildlife and their habitat.
Take one action daily 
for the animals.


VOTE in 2024
For Democracy.
Your Country Needs You.
Animal World USA International
Weeks for the Animals
Animal World USA
Animal World USA Adoption Days
“Animal communication is like any other form of telepathic, intuitive conversation. The thoughts and feelings of people and animals carry energetic signatures, communicated through very primal, 
nonverbal channels.”

― Elizabeth Eiler
"Since visiting the abatoirs of South France,
 I have stopped eating meat."

~Vincent Van Gogh
(March 30, 1853-  July 29, 1890) 
 Research bills, laws, and sponsors.

Contact your legislators to bring/sponsor ordinances and laws for the animals to your community and state.


STEWARDSHIP
"To you it's a meal. To her its life itself."


~Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary,  Colorado-advocacy group

SERVICE
"You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one. "

~Jean-Jacques Rousseau 

Anima-, Anim- + 
(Latin: animal life, a living being, living; breath; soul; mind) having a spirit, living, “breath of air, air, soul, life”



One thing I know,
 the only ones among you who will be really happy...

are those who will have sought and 
found out how to serve."

~Albert Schweitzer
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, worn or consumed.

It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.  

~Denis E. Waitley      
IN THE SPIRIT
COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
“Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures.”

~Thomas de Quincey, English writer, essayist, and literary critic
"Animals have hearts that feel, eyes that see and families to care for...just like you and me."

— Anthony D. Williams, author
                      Black Beauty                           ~Anna Sewell, novelist     (  1820-1878 )
Think Global, Act Local
Emmylou Harris and Michelle Buckalew,
Keynote Speakers at the
 'Spay the Way' Conference  Nashville, Tennessee
Animal World USA 
Adoption Days  Poplar Plaza
MAS and Mid South animal rescue groups
Memphis, Tennessee

AWUSA Tennessee Week
Smoky Mountain Pet Fair
Adoption, live music, 
Knoxville, TN 

Thank you to our partners who are helping save lives. Please support them!
Save a Life Today!
Ban Horse Slaughter
"Do everything in love."
1 Corinthians 16:14
“People who care about animals tend to care about people. They don’t care about animals to the exclusion of people. Caring is not a finite resource and, even more than that, it’s like a muscle: the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.”

— Jonathan Foer


Save America’s Forgotten Equines 

 Bill that bans horse slaughter in USA and prohibits export of horses for slaughter.

(SAFE) Act (H.R. 3475 and S. 2037)

Call and/or contact your senators and representatives:
202-225-3121

Most animal  legislation happens at the state level. There are also federal animal protection laws. Some cities and counties pass ordinances to protect animals.  You can make it happen!
AW USA's 'Teddy' Bear, who is a therapy dog! 

Adopt, Advocate, Volunteer, Organize.
BRING a READ DOG
 Program To Your Community!
Be informed on animal laws. How does your state measure up? 
Strengthen the laws by using your voice.  Form coalitions.


Adopt Love
"Justice cannot exist without truth, and truth cannot exist without transparency."

-Alexi Navalny (1976-2024)
Browse pets from our 
network
 11,500 shelters & rescues.
The Wayne Hsiung Case and the Cost of Animal Rights Ignorance.
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In 2018 and 2019 activists from Direct Action Everywhere engaged in the mass rescue  animals from two California factory farms...
City Hall rally calls 
for L.A. city leaders to fix overcrowded animal shelters:

Emergency action to address crisis at city’s 6 animal shelters.

speak  up

Cyberattacks are Targeting US Water Systems, warns EPA and White House.
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In a letter sent to all US governors on Tuesday, the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited ongoing threats from hackers.

 "If   We Can Put A Man on the Moon (July 1969), we can take Man's Best Friend off 5 ft chains. "
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Work with legislators, rescue groups and form coalitions in your community to end dog chaining. Support rescue groups on the front lines." 

Working with governors, decision makers, leaders and advocates to strengthen  communities and democracies around
 the globe.  


Michelle Buckalew
founder, president






 Global forests are rapidly changing and repercussions are looming.

Economic development vs. environmental stewardship.
 Arbor Day Foundation.
Plant trees. 
73 COMMUNITY 
SERVICE PROJECT
 IDEASS

AWUSA 
Weeks for the Animals  
Summer 2024!

Celebrating  animals, people, communities in Africa & the UK. 
"The most irrevocable of nature's laws says that a species cannot occupy a niche that appropriates all resources--there has to be some sharing. Any species that ignores this law winds up destroying its community to support 
its' own expansion. "             
~Janine Benyus
Defend Democracy.
Freedom is at stake.
April 2024
Boys & Girls Clubs
Support Ukraine.    
               Call your Representatives.  (202) 224-3121
You Can start your own voter engagement drive?
Hear the Heart 
of Africa
Eglin Air Force K9s Florida Week for the Animals visit.
Eglin Elementary School!
AWUSA Humane Education Days
Downtown Elementary School
Memphis, Tennessee
AWUSA Woofstock
 Tennessee Week for the Animals
Overton Park, Rainbow Lake 
Memphis, TN
March 27, 2024
Organize, Educate, Volunteer, Advocate, Vote.

AWUSA Outreach
Bartlett Animal Shelter 
Bartlett, Tennessee


HELP the ANIMALS
 in your Community!
Vote.gov helps you register to vote, find voter deadlines.

Check your registration, vote.


Renewed Call to Pass House Federal Bill 

"SAFE Act" for the Horses.







  Int'l Day of Forests. You can help.

Reforestation efforts can significantly contribute to climate mitigation and enhance food security.
  June 7, 2024 
Apr 22, 2024
ALDF: See Federal Laws and Agencies Involved With Animal Testing
Animal World USA
Book donations, visits to your school!
Anima-, Anim- + 
(Latin: animal life, a living being, living; breath; soul; mind) having a spirit, living, “breath of air, air, soul, life”

Animal World USA & West TN Therapy Dogs 
Celebrating 
Earth Day & Arbor Day with
 Boys & Clubs Memphis!
AWUSA  
Petco Adoption Days
Memphis, TN
 Memphis, TN.
Animal World USA 
Weeks for the Animals.
Animal World USA 
Weeks for the Animals.
United Kingdom
June 29-July 7, 2024
UKanimals.org
Animal World USA Outreach
Bartlett  Community Day
Bartlett Animal Shelter
Memphis, Tennessee
“No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.” 
                                                    
 — Herman Melville
Aug1, 1819, NYC- Sept 28, 1891  NYC

Animal World USA
Start Planning for Earth Day April 22, 2024!
Bill Seeks To Ban Horse Slaughter and Exportation For Slaughter.

Advocates call for renewed attention to  passage of bill. 
To support the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act, 
you can take the following steps:

Contact Your Representatives: Reach out to your congressional representatives (both in the House
 of Representatives and the Senate) and express your support for the SAFE Act. You can call, write letters, or send emails urging them to co-sponsor the bill.   (202) 224-3121

Spread Awareness: Use social media platforms to raise awareness about the SAFE Act. Share information about the bill, its purpose, and the need to protect horses from slaughter. 
Encourage your friends, family, and followers to take action, as well.
AWUSA Tennessee Week
Young Williams Adoption Center
Furry Fall Festival
Knoxville, TN 
AWUSA Tennessee Week Metro Animal Care Adoptions 
Nashville, TN 
Animal World USA
St John's Episcopal Church Blessing of the Animals Tennessee Week
for the Animals
Memphis, TN