Founded by Louisiana Husky Rescue · built for every petYou saw it. Now put it on the record.
A dog chained with no shade. A cat left behind in an empty apartment. A horse you can count the ribs on. Birds, rabbits, reptiles — if it’s somebody’s animal and it’s being hurt, report it here.
Anonymous by default·Contact details sealed, subpoena-only·small filing contribution
Observe. Do not intervene.
You do not have to confront anyone, and you should not try. Write down what you already saw — that is enough to start a record.
If you’re not sure it counts, report it.
Staff read every submission. An uncertain report costs you four minutes; an unreported one costs an animal a great deal more.
No food, water or shelter
An animal with no shade in summer heat, no clean water, or no shelter from cold or storms.
Untreated injury or illness
Visible wounds, severe limping, open sores, untreated infection, or an animal left to suffer without care.
Confinement and tethering
Permanent chaining, a cage too small to stand or turn in, or a bird or reptile kept in conditions it cannot survive.
Abandonment
An animal left behind in an empty home, dumped at a roadside, or turned loose to fend for itself.
Deliberate violence
Striking, burning, poisoning, or any intentional harm — including harm used to threaten a person in the household.
Hoarding and organized abuse
Far more animals than can be cared for, unsanitary breeding operations, or fighting rings.
Four steps. About four minutes.
You will never be asked to create an account, and you never have to give your name.
The incident
What you saw and when. A street name, city, state or ZIP is all we want — never a full address — and we round it again before it reaches the map. Filing includes a contribution at the end; what it is and why is set out before you start.
Who and which animal
Who was responsible, if you know, and the species and condition of the animal involved.
Your evidence
Up to five photos and two documents. Screenshots, vet notes and prior complaints all help.
File it
Choose anonymous or sealed contact, give the filing contribution through Givebutter, and keep your report ID.
It opens right here — you will not lose this page.
Animal cruelty is a felony in all fifty states.
Since 2016 the FBI has counted animal cruelty as its own offense in the National Incident-Based Reporting System — the national database where law-enforcement agencies report the crimes they investigate. It is recorded as a crime against society, and for the first time it made animal abuse countable at a national scale.
These four categories account for 20,252 of the 22,418 incidents. The remainder were reported without a usable offense subtype.
Agency participation in NIBRS grows every year, so an increase from one year to the next may reflect more agencies reporting rather than more cruelty. These are only the cases reported by participating agencies, so the real number is higher — but the trend should be read with caution. Every report you file makes the record a little more complete.
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (NIBRS, 2023 data year), compiled by the Animal Welfare Institute — Center for the Study of NIBRS Animal Cruelty Data. Figures reflect agencies participating in NIBRS and therefore undercount the true total.
See what’s been reported near you.
Locations are rounded and no names appear. You get the shape of the problem in your parish — the details are restricted to organizations we verify in person.
Open the full mapLost a pet? Put it on the board.
Any species, no account, small contribution to post — sightings are relayed to you without exposing your details.
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Small contribution to submit a report. Screening costs a salary.
A person reads every report before it becomes a record — checking it, weighing it, and deciding whether it belongs on the map at all. That reading is the whole product, and it is what your giving pays for.