April 24th is World Day for Animals in Laboratories. It is a day to remind the world of behind the scene atrocities of luxurious consumerism.

Statistics show that annually over one hundred million animals undergo painful tests in laboratories around the world. They are left to die after exposure...

 Is there a more beautiful holiday season than Nowruz?
Aside from the perfect timing and traditions of it, think of its name. "Nowruz", or "the new day", can present itself in so many ways; in Nature or in new clothes and households, and even in renewal of relationships. And yet, not many...

Artwork by Shirin Mansouri

Let's celebrate Love!

Let's not admit impediments on the path of Love.

Let us embrace the warmth and splendor of kindness which grows within all walks of life.

Let's celebrate St. Valentine's Day!

 

 

Dear Friends,

All of you have shined in the past by fulfilling the needs at Vafa - great and small - especially when the animals in our care needed it the most. The highlight of these contributions was the thoughtful gift of an extended cab truck by Mr. Kamran Vakil so Vafa's staff could...

Image from Mr.Tan Do from Vietnam. We appreciate his beautiful artwork and wish him a happy new year too.

Dear Friends & Supporters:
Our world is filled with a beautiful variety of animal life -- large and small, exotic and familiar, wild and domestic. It is time that each of us, regardless...