501(c)3 Non-Profit · Est. 2002

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Rational Animal

To engage people with media and community projects that bring awareness and help at-risk animals.

Rational Animal is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and donations are tax-deductible.

Cliff Swallow in mud nest — Critter Chat wildlife storytelling
Award-Winning Radio Program

Critter Chat

Storytellers of Sierra Nevada Wildlife

Winner — KVMR Jody Fenimore Excellence in Public Affairs and Community Programming

"Cliff Swallows"

Season 3: Episode 28 — Premiere broadcast Wednesday, July 1, 6:30–7pm Pacific on KVMR 89.5 FM and streaming at kvmr.org. Cliff Swallows were the first birds documented as living in the Americas in our natural history records in 1776. With so many changes to cliff and riparian landscapes, they have adapted to survive on manmade structures.

Community Initiative · Since 2009

Mothers
Comfort
Project

An initiative of Rational Animal, launched by our founder's mother Rheda S. Brandt in 2009, Mothers Comfort Project brings volunteers together along with makers spaces, instructors, sewing machines, fabrics and notions to sew comforting beds and toys for shelter animals, and animals in foster homes in shelters, so all animals in rescue facilities will have cozy beds and comforters to sleep in.

Sewing machine with cat memorial plaque — Mothers Comfort Project

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