Sunny Weber has over 30 years in animal welfare advocacy. She has experience in rescue, fostering, medical care, service and therapy dog evaluation and training, shelter and sanctuary work and specializes in the rehabilitation of fearful animals. Sunny has rehabilitated then re-homed hundreds of dogs, cats and horses.
A professional humane educator, Sunny consults with animal welfare professionals as well as adopters and has developed educational programs that address all ages regarding the need for compassion and care of domestic and wild animals. She advocates for the education of children to avoid "The LINK"--animal abuse that escalates to violence against people.
Sunny's Pups & Purrs Children's Book Series addresses the importance of teaching humane education through storytelling. Each dog protagonist narrates in "first-paw" (person), to instill empathy in young people, and to help them see the world through their pets' eyes. The series utilizes complex story structures with engaging characters, who go through what children do--bullying, ridicule, search for identity, and positive decision making.
Sunny also utilizes her business and humane education backgrounds as the first President of the Board of Directors of Colorado Animal Protectors (CAP), a new nonprofit educational organization that reaches out to the Colorado public, law enforcement, judiciary, and other educational professionals to make animal welfare concerns known. Education can bring action on behalf of needed social changes to help make the world a more humane place for all animals. Sunny is currently working on establishing the infrastructure for CAP to build a viable advocacy organization that will last in perpetuity.
Sunny is also politically active on behalf of animal welfare legislation as a board member of Colorado Voters for Animals (CVA). CVA hosts the CLAW Caucus (Colorado Legislators for Animal Welfare) and brings together lawmakers and agencies from around the state in a powerful lobby for wild and domestic animals.
Sunny lives with dogs and cats. Their yard is a Certified Backyard Habitat for birds, squirrels, rabbits, pollinators, and any other creature with fur or feathers who wanders in.
