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We at the Affinity Foundation have been working for 35 years to improve the lives of dogs, cats and people. Join us and help us continue raising awareness.

Some of our successes

We are pioneers in the fight against abandonment with our legendary campaign “He wouldn’t do it to you. Don’t abandon him.” and a study that has been releasing statistics about dog and cat abandonment and adoption in Spain for 28 years.

We were the first to introduce Animal-Assisted Therapies to Spain, which have now helped over 100,000 people.

In 2011, we sponsored the formation of UAB’s Animals and Health Affinity Foundation Research Group, the first such organisation in Spain to study and disseminate the benefits of the human-animal bond.

We are a recognised source for the media on topics such as abandonment, therapies and the human-animal bond.

We have achieved so much over the years. But we want to do even more.

The world has changed and we have changed with it. Now we are facing new challenges, such as normalising the presence of dogs and cats in public places.

We know that raising awareness is a powerful tool to promote reflection. We want to change the world. Will you help us?

References in the media

to issues of responsible cohabitation, abandonment and the human-animal bond.

Annual abandonment study

since 1995.

Over 100,000 beneficiaries

of our animal-assisted therapy programmes since 1992.

Affinity Foundation spokespeople

Isabel Buil

Affinity Foundation Director

Isabel addresses the Affinity Foundation’s strategic and institutional vision, as well as tackling the key issues that we are working on in each of our areas of operation: social action, research and awareness-raising.

Laura Rodríguez

Awareness-Raising Lead

Laura addresses our awareness-raising vision on all issues and campaigns that have a major awareness-raising component, such as abandonment, the benefits of the bond, accessibility, responsibility before and during cohabitation with dogs and cats, etc.

Jaume Fatjó

UAB Affinity Foundation Animals and Health Research Group Director

Jaume focuses on research and dissemination on the human-animal bond, how it is formed, why it occurs, what its benefits are and why it is sometimes broken, backed up by studies and data.

Maribel Vila

Foundation Lead on Therapy Programmes

Maribel focuses on therapies, explaining what programmes we run and providing information about them, our technical team, our therapy dogs and how we ensure their wellbeing. She also advises on the groups we run and their objectives, how we measure the impact of our programmes and what results we see in participants.

Other downloadable press resources

Memoria de Actividades 2023

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