Rescues, Shelters, & Fosters near you

No-Kill Cat and Kitten Rescue, run by personal funds and donations, foster based animals, attend local events, publish cats webpages currently thru petfinder.com. Mission is to resuce, rehabilitate and rehome cats and kittens.

Paws & Co. Adoptions is a foster-based, volunteer-run rescue that rescues animals from Colorado shelters, places them in loving foster homes and works to find a quality adoptive home for each animal. The rescue strives to save lives by creating a seamless, well-supported rescue and outreach process. This includes providing exceptional support to families fostering animals through the rescue, collaborating with other rescues and shelters for the benefit of animals, and educating and working with the public in a respectful and efficient manner to place and retain animals in their homes.

Gadsden Co. is the second poorest county in the state of FL. Demographics indicate low education and economic levels leading to high incidence of animal abuse, neglect, abandonment, dog fighting, etc. Prior to our organization becoming active about 1500 dogs/cats were euthanized each year. Since inception in 2011, we have been able to curtail the number of animals euthanized in 1/2. Last year, 750 animals were put to sleep. The community has responded well to our approach of offering LOW COST s/n vouchers which is now a self-promoting process.

We're an all-breed dog rescue based in the SF Bay Area. We rescue from high kill shelters through out California

To date, Animal Aid for Vermilion Area, a non profit 501(c)3 animal rescue organization established in 1995, located in South Louisiana, has helped rescue thousands of animals. AAVA has worked through 5 natural disasters, including hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In the aftermath of Katrina, they helped unite people with their pets and saved cattle from drowning and starving. AAVA also helped pass the Pet Evacuation Bill that keeps service animals and pets from being left behind during a disaster. AAVA has been helping animals and their owners for over 25 years, and one of their goals is to rescue and rehome as many animals as possible from the local Animal Control facility, a high kill pound with no adoption program. While all pounds are always full of dogs and cats for adoption, we are facing a particular challenge: this is a high kill pound with no adoption program

Founded in 1957, the Potsdam Humane Society (PHS)* has been providing love and humane care for unwanted, abandoned and sick animals in Potsdam and surrounding areas for more than 50 years. With the support of the Potsdam community and 11 surrounding townships, PHS delivers services and protection to over 1,200 cats, dogs and other animals each year. The compassionate, humane care you help us provide also makes our community better, as the kindness we extend to animals will inevitably influence our lives in immeasurable ways. PHS aspires to find homes for all animals that find their way to our doorstep, and to ensure that none of them will ever lose their lives due to lack of space or the resources to care for them. We welcome your support and assistance in achieving these goals, and in continuing a 50-year tradition of humane and compassionate care for the animals with which we share our lives here in our own hometown area.

Central Virginia Horse Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)3 small rescue located in south central Virginia and dedicated to the care and rehabilitation of needy horses. Mission: Our mission is to save, protect, and rehabilitate equines in need. We rescue unwanted, abused, neglected, or abandoned equines; provide them with care and rehabilitation; and finally find them a compatible, loving home. We believe that education is the long-term solution to improving the lives of equines. Goals To rescue unwanted horses from auctions and feedlots. To educate horse-owners and the public about proper equine care, and the problems of neglect, abuse, and slaughter. To rescue equines from neglectful and abusive situations by educating owners, helping to place at-risk equines and ultimately working within the bounds of the law to remove equines from their owner’s care when deemed necessary. To provide gelding for unwanted stallions until they can be placed in an adoptive home. To rehabilitate sick, injured and underweight equines and restore them to a state of health To end the suffering of those equines which cannot be rehabilitated by means of humane euthanasia. To find all equines that come under the care of CVHR a compatible, loving home. To maintain a ‘haybank’ to provide feed for horses in emergency situations. CVHR is proud to have achieved Verified status by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. GFAS holds their sanctuaries to the highest possible standards of animal care. We are also proud to be a Top Rated Non Profit for 2012 AND 2013.

Formed in 2017, One Planet Rescue may be a new rescue organization, but founder Farah Ravon, is far from new to the rescue community. Farah’s extensive experience volunteering for local rescue organizations, as well as her latest work as the U.S. Representative, and Foreign Adoption Coordinator for Vafa Animal Shelter the last 6+ years, provided experience with rescuing animals from around the world. Here at One Planet Rescue, our work is focused on injured and special needs dogs and cats who require immediate care. Because many of these dogs and cats do come from abroad, we are diligent about fully vaccinating, and spay/neuter prior to our rescue transport. (Sole exceptions would be puppies or kittens). Although we would never turn down a local case, when rescuing abroad, we always open each case with the requirement of, foster to adopt. This protocol is set in place to confirm the rescue is the right fit for the family interested, and if they are not the right fit the rescue will be returned back to a One Planet Rescue foster. One Planet Rescue does not have a local facility, rather individual sponsorships makes it possible for us to rescue dogs and cats from all over the world. We also work solely with foster families, this frees up donation funds to go directly to the many costs pertaining to the pets welfare. Domestic transportation, vet bills, foster care, are just some of these examples.

Started in 2004 for ferals for trap/neuter/return (TNR), then added foster/adoption program for abandoned pets. Also do community outreach/education.

A Forever-Home Rescue Foundation is a non-profit dog rescue group that operates in the Northern Virginia / Washington Metropolitan area. We strive to make quality dogs available for adoption and do our best to match prospective adopters with the right animal! We are a group of experienced rescuers that can help you find just the right pet to fit your lifestyle – whether you”re a couch potato, an avid runner or anything in between. Visit us at one of our adoption events and see what difference experience can make!

Pet Rescue Alliance is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing dogs from rural high kill shelters in the state of Texas. Our alliance of volunteers, local veterinarians, trainers, and boarding facilities, in Texas and Virginia work together to identify dogs in urgent need, place them in foster homes for rehabilitation, carefully screen potential adopters for high quality forever homes, and strive to create a long lasting relationship between adopters and PRA. Our mission is to expand the model we have successfully developed in Texas, to other states where dogs are in need. Our hope is that every dog that comes through PRA will have their peanut butter wishes and dog bone dreams come true.

ARI is primarily an infrastructure and support group to serve other rescues. We often have a large population of hounds on hand and coordinate with a group close to the potential adopter to handle the details. We tend to work more with adoption groups than with individuals, but when we DO do adoptions, the fee is usually $150. All dogs are completely vetted and neutered before transfer from us.

An all volunteer 501(c)3 rescue group in Georgia, the mission of Friends to the Forlorn is to promote responsible Pit Bull ownership, provide breed education, combat pet overpopulation, fight unfair legislation, and find qualified homes for sound Pit Bull dogs in Georgia and around the country.

We are a group of volunteers whose mission is to rescue and re-home abandoned, stray and neglected dogs and cats throughout Southern Idaho and Northern Utah. We work with many shelters and pounds that often find themselves with no room to spare. Whenever possible we also assist dogs and cats who, because of extenuating circumstances, are unable to remain in their homes with their owners.

Our mission statement is to reduce the number of euthanized animals by rescuing from kill shelters. We are all volunteers and run our organization on donations and fundraisers. We also have a thrift store that people donate items to and we sell them to benefit our animals.

I have been rescuing animals since I could walk and was always bringing home strays. After several years of raising orphan kittens, our family decided to make it an official thing and commit our lives to saving the lives of those who were unable to care for themselves.

Faithful Companion Canine Rescue (FCCR), Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of homeless and abandoned dogs located in and around the surrounding Charlotte, NC area. By working with dedicated volunteers, FCCR is able to place these dogs in temporary foster homes until a permanent home is found. These dogs receive love, attention, training and medical care to restore them to their emotional and physical health. FCCR is committed to finding these dogs well matched homes that have been carefully screened through an adoption application process.