The Protego Foundation

We are a group of fandom activists empowering all persons to get active and help animals since 2015 through donating to animal rights organizations and sanctuaries, signing change-making petitions, and pledging to adopt or rescue animal companions. Our goal is to create a wizarding fandom that is more considerate of the rights, feelings, and treatment of all creatures regardless of species, size, or magical ability. Animals like cats, dogs, pigs, cows, and snakes are no different than the magical Pygmy Puffs, Nifflers, and House-Elves we have grown to love so dearly. Just as Hermione fought the enslavement of House-Elves, we fight for creatures in the muggle world to be able to live a life free of abuse and exploitation.

We encourage people to participate by visiting us at http://www.protegofoundation.org/ and signing up to be a member or volunteer. We send out information about ways to help animals to our members and volunteers through social media and email as new campaigns are developed. Most of our campaign strategies involve signing petitions, raising funds for animal sanctuaries or rescue organizations through merchandise sales or partnerships, or both.

We have a staff of 9 specialized, vegan individuals who not only bring their love for the Wizarding World to our work, but who also are highly knowledgeable in their respective positions. Most of our activism work is done online, so we take advantage of the fact that all of our resources to connect with the public are right at our fingertips. In particular, our organization is adept at the use of social media, podcasting, and content creation to engage other fandom activists in our mission. We also have many connections through our co-founders and members with important persons in the Wizarding World films, parks, and fandom, which enables us to garner high-level support and press for our initiatives.

Over 1000 individual fans to date have signed our pledge to adopt rather than shop for animal companions. 450 people signed our petition which was sent to The Environment Minister of South Africa, Edna Molewa, to ask her to protect South African Rhinos from poaching by introducing proper legislation. In that same campaign, we raised $700 to send the rhino sanctuary "Saving the Survivors." And, through a partnership with Accio Box, we raised and donated $1000 to send to "Save the Chimps," a chimpanzee rescue in Florida. Most recently, our Vegan Butterbeer campaign saw some success when a bottled version of the beverage was introduced in the UK after our groundbreaking petition gained over 7000 signatures. We have even more campaigns in the works that will use the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series to shed light on the mistreatment of animals and encourage fans to find ways to help these animals.