What is Animals Life NET?

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Animals Life NET is a shelter support project built around live webcam streams of dogs and cats. Its purpose is to give animal welfare organizations, rescues and sanctuaries visibility, and to let visitors watch shelter life in real time and then act on what they see — most directly by feeding the animals through the site's "Watch and feed" feature. It is aimed at people who want to support shelters but cannot visit in person, and at shelters that need ongoing exposure and donations.

What you can actually do on the site

The site is organised around a few concrete activities rather than general animal content:

  • Watch live streams. Each participating shelter has one or more webcams. The homepage lists shelters by country with the number of streams available — for example, Lithuania ("Beglobis" Shelter, x1), Latvia ("Labās mājas" Shelter, x1), Russia (Animal Rehabilitation Center "Dobrij Dom", x1), Norway (Norwegian Society for Protection of Animals "Sør-Trøndelag", x1), Croatia ("Stari Maček" Cat Shelter, x4) and Estonia ("Pesaleidja" shelter, x2).
  • Feed the animals. A "Feed" action sits alongside the streams, so a viewer can turn watching into a direct contribution to a shelter's food supply.
  • Browse the shelters map. A "Map of project participants" shows where the participating organisations are located.
  • Read shelter news. The News section reports deliveries and updates — for instance, posts about new food deliveries arriving at "Tamaz" shelter and at Tamaz Elizbarishvili's dog shelter.
  • Follow the project blog and videos. Separate Blog and Videos sections carry project updates and footage.
  • Get involved as an organisation. Shelters and rescues can use "Join the Project", and there is a "Sponsor packet" for potential sponsors.

How the model works

The mechanism is straightforward: a shelter joins the project, gets one or more live cameras installed, and its stream appears on Animals Life NET next to a feed option. Viewers see the actual conditions and animals, and can contribute food without travelling there.

The site's own testimonials describe why shelters value this. "Dog Rescue Romania" said the project "allows new permanent control of the dogs in the shelter" — donors can see what is happening, and staff can spot conflicts between dogs in time. The same shelter noted it hopes viewers will understand the need to care for and feed over 300 animals. "SOS Animaux" in Tunisia, which relies on a few adoptions abroad each year, described the portal as offering visibility it otherwise would not have.

Who it is for

If you are… What the site offers
A viewer who wants to help without donating blindly Live streams plus a direct feed action, so you can see where support goes
A shelter, rescue or sanctuary A route to visibility and food support via "Join the Project"
A sponsor or business A "Sponsor packet" describing how to back the project
Someone curious about shelter conditions Country-by-country streams and a participants map

Practical notes before you use it

The site is available in many languages, including English, Estonian, Russian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Romanian, Macedonian, Serbian, Spanish, Georgian, Hungarian, Croatian, Vietnamese, Finnish, German, Italian and Portuguese — so you can switch the interface if English is not your first language.

The homepage shows a "Log in/Sign in" option, which suggests some actions may be tied to an account. The available material does not state prices, fees or whether feeding requires payment, so check the relevant page directly before assuming anything about cost. The testimonials quoted on the site date from 2017, so treat them as historical feedback rather than a current assessment of the project's scale.

If your goal is to support a shelter in a specific country, start from the homepage list or the participants map, open that shelter's stream, and use the feed option next to it. If your goal is to get your own shelter listed, use "Join the Project" instead.