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About DonateToDogs.orgThe Donate to Dogs website is a non profit project, created and maintained by Zoltan Wagner (me). I was born in Hungary in 1980 and moved to Ontario, Canada in 2000.When I first learned about puppy mills I couldn't believe all the horrible things I heard and read. I spent many hours on the Internet finding out more and more about these cruel dog factories. During my research I came across a news article on the Toronto Humane Society's website that told the story of a young girl who asked her parents and friends to donate to animal shelters instead of buying her gifts. So I thought: If a little girl can give up christmas gifts to help animals others can surely make a difference too. My full time job involves creating and maintaining websites so it made perfect sense to combine my web skills with my passion for animals to create a web site that provides information about how to help pets in need. The site at first only contained a list of charitable organizations and was hosted on a domain called donatefordogs.com. Later I added a message board, did some more research and created the site as you currently see it. When the site was re-launched I sent out a press release and many emails to friends and family and asked everyone I know to help me with my project by donating to the US Humane Society for Christmas. So my friends donated on behalf of me to help animals and I donated on behalf of them. The best Christmas I've ever had! I fund all this from my own pockets. The press release alone cost over $400 and last year I spent $500 in donations. I am not rich and have a hard time affording all this but if there is one thing I don't mind spending money on is helping animals. I currently own a gentle Golden Retriever and a hyperactive Black Lab cross. The latter was rescued from Louisiana after the devastatation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Thank you all of you for caring about animals. Zoltan Wagner |
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