Rescues, Shelters, & Fosters near you

Living The Dream Rescue is a non-profit rescue that rescues animals in dire need from euthanasia from high kill shelters and assists the public with an alternative to the high kill shelters. Maricopa County has the highest euthanasia rate in Arizona.

Wright-Way Rescue is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Its mission is to reduce the number of homeless pets euthanized in the Midwest each year through an adoption program, community education, promotion of spaying and neutering, and a veterinary medicine program. It continues to save pets from rural animal control facilities where they are at a high risk of euthanasia, and instead offer them a second chance at a loving home in the Chicagoland area.

For the past fourteen years volunteers of They Deserve Better Dog Rescue have dedicated their time and money to saving and bettering the lives of mistreated and neglected and/or unwanted dogs. To date, They Deserve Better have rescued and rehomed over 2800 dogs. Referrals come from various sources and there are sometimes fees involved in order to remove the dog from potentially harmful environments. Private vehicles are used to transport these dogs from puppy mills, kill shelters, and unsafe environments, to private homes where they are housed and nurtured until they can be matched with the human that will provide them their furever home.

The mission of Purr Partners is to help homeless felines find loving, permanent homes through adoption and placement. We believe that all cats have value and deserve a chance to live their lives in a safe and caring home. We further believe that it is only through education and advocacy that there will come a time when there are no more homeless cats and all individuals and communities will extend kindness and hope to all cats whether companion animals, strays, or ferals. We support the belief that cats have an intrinsic value beyond their value to humans, and we will be advocates for cats everywhere through whatever means we have available.

We are a municipal shelter to house the lost and stray animals in our community. If the animals are not claimed by an owner, we then adopt the animals directly from our shelter.

The Hancock County Humane Society is a no-kill*, non-profit animal shelter registered as a 501(c)3 organization. (We are not affiliated with, nor do we receive financial support from, the Humane Society of the United States.) This shelter has been in existence since 1977 and has always been staffed entirely by volunteers and funded entirely on donations from the local community. We strive to find permanent safe and loving adoptive homes for the pets in our care. We average 30-40 cats in our shelter and with foster volunteers. Our average intake of cats in a year, and adoptions of pets, is approximately 150. With the recent addition of a medical isolation suite to our facility, our volunteers in cooperation with local veterinarians are able to provide the daily care necessary to help more sick animals become healthy, adoptable pets. We work with other local shelters and last year rescued over 75 cats from facilities who are sometimes forced to euthanize animals due to illness or space limitations. We also work to provide our community with resources for necessary animal care services so more residents can keep their pets and avoid surrendering them to a shelter. Our pet food pantry is nearing its first completed year in service. We host annual low-cost vaccination clinics with local veterinarians to provide pet owners with affordable vaccines. We provide resources to help reunite lost pets and their owners. (And our pets are adopted with microchips that can be transferred to their new forever family.) We help scouting groups with pet-related education and service projects, and connect pet owners with spay/neuter resources to help reduce the population of unwanted animals. Our motto: "Kindness to Animals, Inevitably Leads to Kindness to People."

We are a nonprofit helping animals in the south.

REACH Rescue Inc. rescues dogs and cats that are stray, abandoned, relinquished, abused, neglected, or have run out of time at public shelters and scheduled to be euthanized as a result of overpopulation. REACH attempts at all times to bring animals and their people together. The Organization is committed to promoting the rescue, adoption, and public education necessary to ensure that all animals passing through our care REACH a stable, healthy and happy life.

ABMR is a dedicated group of volunteers committed to saving and finding good, loving homes for Belgian Malinois in need. This breed is often surrendered to shelters due to their high energy levels and are becoming popular with backyard breeders due to their large litters. Our dogs are required to be spayed or neutered before available for adoption.

I have volunteered with Trinity Gap Rescue for many years as a foster home. Some friends and I wanted to start our own rescue to try and service some needs outside of our local Euless shelter. In addition, we will be offering scholarships to local students going into animal science studies.

BTBPR members are dedicated to rescuing abused, neglected and abandoned animals. We strive to find them forever homes and reduce euthanasia. BTBPR also assists Arizona’s retired public safety K-9’s with medical needs.

We are a volunteer, foster home based, certified 501(c)(3) dog rescue organization based in the midlands of South Carolina. We operate primarily through our foster homes, partnerships with other humane no kill organizations, online databases and at adoption events/expos. The majority of our animals come from animal control groups and open admission shelters throughout South Carolina, or the Southeast, where overcrowding and overpopulation lead to the euthanasia of thousands of healthy, friendly pets every year. We are committed to providing the dogs that come into Fostering Foster Animal Rescue with the best possible care while they wait for their forever homes by acclimating them to life outside of a shelter and providing the appropriate veterinary care needed. .We primarily collaborate with northern rescues, shelters and animal leagues to save as many lives as possible. We believe that all dogs have tales to tell and we believe in giving them the chance to wag their tails. All dogs deserve to be loved and cherished and to enrich the lives of their humans. Through community involvement and social awareness we know that one day every dog will have a home.

We are a small group of like minded people trying to make a difference in the lives of homeless shelter dogs and strays.

The Cat Network is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit, 501(c)3, no-kill and life-enhancing cat rescue group. Since 1991, we have rescued and placed thousands of abandoned, abused, stray and shelter cats and kittens in St. Louis, Missouri and surrounding areas. After their rescue, the cats and kittens are provided medical care, tested for Feline Leukemia and FIV, micro-chipped and spayed or neutered. Cats and kittens are kept in foster care and then placed in loving permanent homes whenever possible.

FCPGA is a big proponent of Spay/Neuter and we help out the community cats by doing TNR. We also help out our neighboring shelters in North Georgia by taking cats from them and adopting them out through our program thus cutting down on the euthanasia rate in these shelters.

Midwest Canine Connection is a no-kill, volunteer run, foster based, rescue group located in Chicago. We are 100% funded by donations.

Quincy's Hope was founded with the belief that every dog's life has value. We exist solely to make sure that unwanted, neglected, abused and homeless dogs find their place in the world. Our job is to ensure that they find a loving forever home. We do that by taking all of the steps necessary to provide health care, training for all of our dogs and proper home checks to potential adoptive families interested in adoption to hopefully prevent our pups from ending up in a shelter. We work closely with our local Animal Control in an effort to reduce the euthanasia rate here in Bay County. We also provide spay/neuter, food assistance and other services to those less fortunate in order to keep pets with their families. Education is of utmost importance to our rescue and we have programs in place to provide education to our local community regarding the importance of spaying, neutering, vaccinations and overbreeding of dogs. We are a foster-based network of volunteers and we are always looking for approved foster families to help us in our quest to place homeless dogs in loving families.