Together with community members and with the support of the chief and council, sponsors and volunteers, Friends of Animush was established to promote awareness of pet care.
In 2004 a committee was created with a mandate to protect domestic animals in northern isolated communities by initiating a veterinary neuter/ spay/ immunization / parasite control program, community education, basic dog obedience training, rescue and adoption.
A well documented behavioural link between animal abusers and human abusers has made the ultimate goal of the committee to create a bond of trust and understanding between pet and owner which hopefully will lead to better human to human relationships.