It's no secret that Dawn dishwashing liquid is used for wildlife rehabilitation - the gentle soap helps remove oil and grease from contaminated birds but will not harm feathers. In the past 30 years, more than 75,000 animals have been saved through the use of Dawn in cleanup and rescue efforts.Now, anyone can help rescued birds by using Dawn and making a free online donation to the International Bird Rescue Research Center and the Marine Mammal Center. Simply purchase a bottle of specially marked Dawn and visit DawnSavesWildlife.com to activate your donation code - it only takes seconds. For every activated code, Dawn will donate $1 to help clean up and conserve wildlife, up to a total of $500,000.
More than $317,000 has already been donated, and the program continues through September 30, 2010. For more information, including how to activate your donation and state-by-state tallies of donations, visit DawnSavesWildlife.com.
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Comments
It’s really a bit of a confusing situation. I want to support Dawn, but since they use plenty of non-biodegradeable chemicals AND do animal testing, I think I can probably help more birds by using natural soaps like Ecover or 7th Generation.
I just found this site while doing research: http://animalrights.about.com/b/2009/07/19/dawn-kills-animals.htm