Animal Victory’s work is carried out through several projects that work together to help animals in crisis and strengthen long-term protections for animals.
Animal Victory Disaster & Abuse Fund is powered by a small but dedicated team of advocates, advisors, and supporters working together to protect animals in crisis and strengthen animal protection efforts.

Animals don’t understand cruelty. They only understand pain. The rest of us have to decide what to do about it. And little by little, we are.
Founder & Executive Director
Janelle is the visionary leader behind Animal Victory Disaster and Abuse Fund and oversees all strategic...
initiatives, advocacy programs and partnerships. In 2026, she will co-host The Animal Court Podcast, alongside Paul Mueller, to raise awareness of animal welfare, justice, and rescue efforts worldwide. Her media efforts working with Animal Victory reach over 250,000 users via email.
Advisory Support
Provides a thoughtful ear for new ideas and campaign concepts, offering insight and perspective...
to support Animal Victory Disaster and Abuse Fund’s ongoing mission.
We are the people who articulate our organization’s goals and means. We determine which projects are consistent with the organization’s mission and monitor their effectiveness.
In addition to adherence to legal standards and ethical norms, we help secure adequate resources for the organization to fulfill its mission.
Founder & Executive Director
Janelle is the visionary leader behind Animal Victory Disaster and Abuse Fund and oversees all strategic...
initiatives, advocacy programs and partnerships. In 2026, she will co-host The Animal Court Podcast, alongside Paul Mueller, to raise awareness of animal welfare, justice, and rescue efforts worldwide. Her media efforts working with Animal Victory reach over 250,000 users via email.
Advisory Support
Provides a thoughtful ear for new ideas and campaign concepts, offering insight and perspective...
to support Animal Victory Disaster and Abuse Fund’s ongoing mission.
Host For The Animal Court Podcast
Paul Mueller serves as Host of The Animal Court Podcast, focusing on media production and advising on the show.
Through the podcast, he helps bring stories of animal cruelty, rescue, and justice to a worldwide audience.
Secretary and Treasurer
Charles Babington brings a background in law, equity, and real estate investments to the Animal Victory...
Disaster and Abuse Fund Board. After practicing law, Charles became one of four managing partners at Babington Management, LLC, a firm that oversees a diverse portfolio of equity holdings and commercial real estate projects across the United States.
THE PROBLEM: THE SOLUTION: How We Plan To Solve The Problem
Creating a world where animals are treated with respect.
Animal Victory’s program is dedicated to providing relief to animals affected by natural disasters or other crises, while also combating overpopulation and advocating for animal rights through various projects or initiatives.
The Problem:
When disasters strike from hurricanes to wildfires to war zones, animals are often forgotten, left starving, injured, or displaced. Rescue groups on the ground are overwhelmed and lack funds, transport, and emergency supplies.
Our Solution:
AVDAF provides emergency relief funding, supplies, and support to partners working inside disaster zones. Since 2021, this project has collaborated with over 36 organizations and helped rescue or feed more than 4,000 animals.
By acting quickly and strategically, we ensure that aid reaches animals when they need it most.
The Problem
Animal cruelty cases frequently fail to result in meaningful accountability due to gaps in investigation, prosecution, and sentencing. Public understanding of how these failures occur remains limited, reducing pressure for reform and allowing abuse to persist.
Our Solution
Hosted by Paul Mueller and Janelle Babington, The Animal Court Podcast educates the public by analyzing real cruelty cases, highlighting systemic failures, and amplifying the voices of experts and advocates. The podcast converts awareness into action by driving petitions, encouraging public engagement, and providing direct financial support to small, credible rescues, with 65% of donations funding frontline animal protection efforts.
The Problem:
Overpopulation is one of the leading causes of animal abuse. Stray cats and dogs suffer starvation, disease, and cruelty, while small rescues struggle to afford spay-and-neuter services that could prevent further suffering.
Our Solution:
AVDAF funds low-cost and emergency spay-and-neuter initiatives for small, sustainable groups that work to control the population of homeless animals. This project prevents thousands of unwanted births, reduces abuse and neglect, and relieves overcrowded shelters, breaking the cycle of suffering at its source.
The Problem:
Companion animals belonging to individuals experiencing homelessness often lack access to spay and neuter services, food, and basic veterinary care. These loyal companions face illness and produce more unwanted litters.
Our Solution:
Through Home Street Home, we provide spay and neuter services, food, supplies, and veterinary care for pets living on the streets with their guardians. The project operates during the holiday season and expands year-round when funding allows. It strengthens the bond between people and their pets, ensures both receive compassion and dignity, and reduces the number of animals living on the streets.
Through Home Street Home, we provide spay and neuter services, food, supplies, and veterinary care for pets living on the streets with their guardians. The Home Street Home serves dogs and cats belonging to individuals experiencing homelessness. This program is an organized annual effort, particularly active during the November and December holidays, aimed at providing food, supplies, and veterinary care for these pets. Provided there are sufficient funds, we work on this program year-round with plans to expand to more locations. Distributed 640 Holiday Love Bags in CA & WA with our affiliates – Taking it to the Streets and Adams County Pet Rescue. Since the inception of this project in 2020, we distributed the equivalent of 2463 Love Bags.
The Problem
Animal abuse often happens behind closed doors, and the people responsible can move from place to place without their history being easily known. Without a centralized system to track documented offenders, shelters, rescues, and communities may have no way to identify repeat animal abusers before another animal is harmed.
The Solution
The Animal Abuse Registry, operated by North Shore Animal League America, helps address this gap by documenting confirmed animal abusers in a centralized database. Our role is to promote the registry and help identify and submit documented abuse cases so the database continues to grow and serve as a resource for shelters, rescues, and communities working to protect animals.
For more information about the registry, visit
https://www.animalleague.org/abuse-registry/
Animals have very few legal rights, and cruelty cases are often treated as low priority. At the same time, severe overpopulation leaves shelters overwhelmed and animals easily replaced, making it easier for abuse cases to be dismissed or ignored in court. Without public pressure, many offenders face little or no real accountability.
Animal Victory Petitions brings national attention to cruelty cases by mobilizing hundreds of thousands of supporters to demand action. Through public campaigns and petitions, we gather signatures that pressure officials, law enforcement, and prosecutors to investigate abuse and pursue meaningful consequences. When large numbers of people speak up, authorities are far more likely to act.
The Animal Victory Disaster & Abuse Fund (AVDAF) is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that collaborates with Animal Victory (AnimalVictory.org), a separate, mission-driven for-profit advocacy organization that publishes petitions, raises public awareness, and mobilizes public action on behalf of animals.
AVDAF and Animal Victory may share certain marketing, administrative, and operational resources to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Any shared services or expenses are allocated based on actual use, are reasonable and documented, and are structured to ensure compliance with nonprofit regulations and private benefit rules.
Donations made to AVDAF support AVDAF’s nonprofit charitable programs, including disaster relief, emergency aid, and crisis response for animals.
AVDAF may pay its proportionate share of shared overhead expenses (such as staffing, marketing tools, or technical services).
Donations to AVDAF do not fund for-profit revenue or profit-generating activities.
Donations made to Animal Victory (for-profit) are not tax-deductible.
Donations made to AVDAF (nonprofit) are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
For supporters who wish to advance animal advocacy, public awareness, and petition-driven change through a tax-deductible contribution, donating to AVDAF offers a compliant way to strengthen the shared mission and support charitable animal welfare programs.
Animal Victory focuses on advocacy, outreach, petition publishing, and public engagement.
AVDAF directs tax-deductible donations to charitable programs that provide direct aid and protection for animals.
This structure ensures clarity, compliance, and transparency, while allowing each organization to operate within its respective legal framework and maximize impact for animals.
Animal Victory Disaster & Abuse Fund is not just responding to crises. We are helping connect the tens of thousands of people already working in animal rescue so they can share resources and strengthen one another.
Through our funding, partnerships, and advocacy platforms, we connect small rescues, shelters, advocates, and volunteers into a growing national network of compassion. Together, they exchange knowledge, expand their reach, and multiply their effectiveness.
Every donation to AVDAF fuels this collaborative movement, a united force for rescue, relief, and reform that saves more animals, supports more rescues, and amplifies the voice of justice for all.
Our efforts to combat overpopulation and advance animal rights are essential to creating a sustainable, humane world for future generations. By investing in these projects, we aim to create a better world for all living beings, both physically and emotionally, fostering positive and sensible change in society.
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Animal Victory Disaster & Abuse Fund is a registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Donations for these projects are tax-deductible as authorized by law.
EIN# 88-3617975
The primary mission of Animal Victory Disaster & Abuse Fund is to support and protect animals affected by cruelty, neglect, natural disasters, and emergency situations through rescue support, public education, and crisis response initiatives.