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​The World Animal Awareness Society; an independent-thinking, award-winning, innovative 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to Exploring and Inspiring the animal welfare community. We serve by translating emotional commitment into tangible, measurable progress. Our purpose is an unwavering focus on the animals people save and the people saving them - through consultation, program creation and curation, and sustained volunteer service.
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Our driving philosophy: Community Cooperation Converting Caring Into Change! We explore how to strategically activate and empower communities to build effective, sustainable solutions for animal welfare challenges, globally.

​Be the Solution: Make the San Antonio Pet Promise!

"I promise to keep them safe. I promise to keep them healthy. I promise to love them for life.  I Promise!"
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Unleashed: Dogs of San Antonio Project
A city at a crossroads. A crisis without an owner.

In a city plagued by a decades-long stray and loose dog crisis, an investigative filmmaker documents a historic multi-million dollar gamble to discover if a new leader and a record budget can finally solve the deadly divide between a community and its animals.  Unleashed: Dogs of San Antonio.

Unleashed: Dogs of San Antonio is a definitive, decade-spanning investigation into one of America’s most persistent municipal crises. Building on groundbreaking survey data first captured in 2015 by the World Animal Awareness Society, filmmaker Tom McPhee returns to the streets of San Antonio at a volatile turning point for the city.

With a record-breaking budget expansion and the high-stakes appointment of a new Director for Animal Care Services in late 2024, the city has entered a two-year window of total systemic transformation. Through raw, cinematic storytelling and unprecedented access to both the halls of government and the most affected neighborhoods on the East, South and West Side, the film explores a provocative central question: Is this crisis the result of a failure in leadership, a failure of citizenship, or a lethal combination of both? Unleashed is more than a rescue story; it is a clinical study of a city attempting to outrun its past and mend a broken bond.
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Submissions to Animalis Fabula Film Festival 26 Are Open!

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​​Community Cooperation Converting Caring Into Change!

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Elementary School Lesson Plans
​​PotenDogs Animated Series​
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American Strays Canine Survey
​​​​​​​Charity Outdoor Cinema​​
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Animalis Fabula Film Festival
​​Stray Dog Viral YouTube Stories
The easiest way to describe what the World Animal Awareness Society & WA2S Films does:
​We take ​​Community Cooperation & Convert Caring Into Change!  ​Explore how we can activate your community!
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The World Animal Rescue Network partners with many animal rescues around the world.
World Animal Rescue Network partners in Texas have their own series; Big League Texas Rescue San Antonio - part of the Unleashed series.
Dog Rescue TV, our second YouTube channel, and Animal Rescue TV our third are managed by WA2S Films with a focus of delivering new and updated animal rescue stories featuring World Animal Rescue Partners to you. And PotenDogs TV too!
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#6 Best Animal Rescue YouTube Channel On The Planet: 2017 - 2025

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World Animal Awareness Society & WA2S Films - An Award-Winning Google Non Profit Partner
World Animal Awareness Society & WA2S Films & World Animal Rescue Network - From animal rescue following disaster to addressing the world's most important animal related issues, the all volunteer WA2S is an award-winning ​global non profit focused on contemporary human animal interaction.
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  • ENGAGE
    • About WA2S
    • Board of Directors
    • Executive Director
    • Press Room
    • Volunteer
    • Contact
  • PROGRAMS
    • Unleashed Dogs of San Antonio
    • Pet Promise San Antonio
    • Animalis Fabula Film Festival
    • Viktor Larkhill Extreme Rescue
    • money-for-rescue-videos
    • RUFF-LIFE >
      • RUFF LIFE Screenings
    • Texas Animal Rescue Tours
    • Abandoned Animal Rescue
    • AMERICAN STRAYS >
      • GOOD PET GUARDIAN LESSON PLANS
      • American Strays the Series
      • American Strays Canine Survey >
        • American Strays Project 1st Year & Phase 2
        • Community Animal Welfare Partners
    • DETROIT DOG SAVIORS
    • LAST CHANCE RESCUE
    • OPERATION HOUSTON
    • OPERATION PUNTA CANA
    • RESCUING ROGUE
    • THE DOG SAVIORS
    • THE RESCUERS DNA
    • VET RESCUE
    • Dog Rescue TV
  • WA2S FILMS
    • Charity Cinema
    • FILM & TV
  • Donate
    • Donate to American Strays 2030 Project
    • Donate to Hope For Paws Fund