ANIMAL RESCUE and REHABILITATION RESOURCES
These are Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Resources
Please also see:
Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence || Animal Abuse: Diagnostic Indicators
Animal Companionship || Animals for Comfort, Therapy, and Court Escorts
Assistance/Therapy Animals Training || Animal Welfare
ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
(click here for Organizations/Agencies)
Pets Bridging the Digital Divide
An article from the Director of MetroPets Online regarding the ways animal shelters and rescue groups can use the internet; some explanation about net software and technology; program matching shelters/rescue groups with web pros, tutors, and training seminars to assist them with designing and maintaining their sites.
Save Wolftown!
Article written by Cameron Lefler, about Wolftown, a non-profit wolf and horse sanctuary in Burton, Washington.
Troubled kids help abused dogs and learn about love
New York Daily News, May 23, 2009
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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Abandoned Pets Rescue
P.O. Box 11666
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33339
Phone: (954) 728-9010
www.abandoned-pet-rescue.com
Non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing and fostering abandoned pets and placing them in loving homes. Founded in 1996, Abandoned Pet Rescue gives medical attention to injured and sick animals, educates the public about responsible pet ownership and reduces the feral cat population through a rescue/neuter/adoption program.
Angel's Gate Animal Hospice & Rehab Shelter
18 Josephine Lane
Fort Salonga, NY 11768
Phone: (631) 269-7641
www.angelsgate.org
Angel's Gate is a non-profit hospice, and rehabilitation center for critically-ill and physically-disabled animals, which also serves as a wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary.
Animal Friends
2643 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: (412) 566-2103
www.animal-friends.org
Pittsburgh's only no-kill shelter for over 50 years, services include rescue, adoptions, therapy animal program, assistance animal information, pet care and training information, shelter directory.
Animal Lifeline of Iowa
P.O. Box 12
Carlisle, IA 50847
Phone: (515) 989-3473
www.animal-lifeline.com/
No-kill special-needs shelter for injured, sick, disabled, pregnant or nursing, abused or abandoned dogs and cats. Temporary housing and care for the pets of domestic violence victims, pet therapy visitation program for hospitals and nursing homes.
Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pit bulls (BAD RAP)
P.O. Box 320776
San Francisco, CA 94132-0776
www.badrap.org
Network of owners, rescuers, and supporters of APBTs. Site offers rescue, education and support resources for owners of and those thinking of owning/rescuing an American Pit Bull Terrier.
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
5001 Angel Canyon Road
Kanab, UT 84741-5001
Phone: (435) 644-2001
www.bestfriends.org
Nation's largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned domestic and companion animals. Animals accepted from all states. Provides rehab and adoption programs; no-kill policy for unadoptable animals. Website has sections for dogs, cats, feral cats, birds, rabbits, and horses.
Dog-Sweater Project
When winter hits cold-weather communities, shelter dogs have no one to buy them gear for the harsh conditions. One woman has taken on this chellenge. You can help her by send your old sweaters, which she converts into dog sweaters. Read about it here: http://bignutshell.com/blogs/dogproject
Friends of Cats
15587 Olde Highway 80
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: (619) 561-0361
Shelter and medical care for homeless cats. No-kill policy. Feline rehabilitation and adoption services in addition to rescue work.
Greyhound Pets of America (GPA)
Toll-free: 1-800-366-1472
www.greyhoundpets.org
National organization for the rescue and placement of retired racing greyhounds. List of GPA chapters throughout the U.S.
Humane Animal Rescue Team
P.O. Box 153293
Irving,TX 75015-3293
Phone: (214) 332-9535
www.hartrescue.org/
Non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing adoptable companion animals from local animal control agencies in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
IL-MO Rescue
2 Garnette Drive
Belleville, IL 62220-3332
Phone: (618) 235-5684
www.ilmorescue.org
IL-MO Rescue is an all-breed rescue group in Illinois, specializing in puppy-mill rescues as well as rescue, rehab, and placement of all breeds of dog.
Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation
10061 Riverside Dr. #1003
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
www.lindablairworldheart.com
Mission includes teaching and disseminating educational material related to safe and loving animal adoption, animal care, animal welfare, and the relation of these topics to individuals' personal welfare.
MetroPets Online
43 Randolph Road, #109
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Phone: (301) 873-0846
www.metropets.org
MetroPets Online promotes the adoption of homeless animals and the well-being of all animals in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
National No-Kill Shelter Search
www.sheltersearch.net/
Free locator of no-kill shelters and animal sanctuaries: search by state.
National Service Dog Center
Delta Society
580 Naches Avenue SW, Suite 101
Renton, WA 98055-2297
Phone: (425) 226-7357
deltasociety.org/dsb000.htm
Delta Society provides info about the NSDC: A comprehensive education system for service dogs, trainers, and handlers that will produce remarkable social and economic benefits for people with disabilities and provide futures for thousands of unwanted dogs.
North East Rottweiler Rescue and Referral
P.O. Box 917
Westford, MA 01886
Toll-free: 1-866-392 0102
www.rottrescue.org
Rescue, adoption, fostering of homeless Rottweilers. Info on the breed, health care, training and socialization tips available online.
Out of the Pits
P.O. Box 7238
Albany, NY 12224-0238
www.outofthepits.org
Non-profit Pit Bull rescue organization with a focus on public education and outreach.
Pets 911 Resource Locator
www.1888pets911.org
Community-specific resources by zip code: lost and found pets, rescue services and shelters, volunteer opportunities, trainers, emergency vets, general pet-care info.
Petfinder
www.petfinder.org
Online, searchable database of animals that need homes. It is also a directory of almost 2,000 animal shelters and adoption organizations across the USA and Canada. Organizations maintain their own home pages and available pet database.
PetShelter Network
P.O. Box 17477
Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: (206) 297-9055
www.petshelter.org
Online network of animal shelters and rescue organizations nationwide dedicated to helping homeless companion animals find new homes.
Pit Prints
P.O. Box 5776
Canton, GA. 30114
Phone: (678) 207-7089
www.pitprintsrescue.com
Pit Prints Pit Bull Rescue/Rehabilitation is located in north metro Atlanta , in Cherokee County (about 30 minutes north of Atlanta ). We are a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Shelter licensed with the Georgia Department of Agriculture that specializes in the rescue and rehabilitation of the "Bully Breeds", such as APBT (American Pit Bull Terrier), American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and Bull Terrier, as well as the Rottweiler, Presa Canario, Neapolitan Mastiff, Cane Corso and Tosa-Inu.
Second Chance Animal Sanctuary
P.O. Box 1266
Norman, OK 73070
Phone: (405) 321-1915
secondchance.norman.ok.us
Non-profit organization providing temporary safe shelter and proper veterinary care for homeless and abandoned dogs and cats.
Starting A Breed Rescue Program
www.cosr.org/start.html
From the Central Ohio Samoyed Rescue: legal matters, sample contracts and forms, information on establishing policies, finding homes and volunteers, insurance and medical matters, risk minimization suggestions, retraining and rehabilitation info.
U.S. Neapolitan Mastiff Rescue
P.O. Box 192
Jefferson, MD 21755
www.neorescue.net
The USNMC Rescue Program exists to place stray or abandoned Neapolitan Mastiffs in adoptive homes which will provide a high level of care and where the spirit of the USNMC Code of Ethics is observed. The USNMC Rescue Program may assist Neapolitan Mastiff owners, who for any reason can no longer provide a home for their Mastiff.
Wolftown
P.O. Box 13115
Burton, WA 98013
Phone: (206) 463-9113
www.wolftown.org
Wolftown is a USDA licensed 501(c)(3) non-profit wolf and horse sanctuary, whose mission is the preservation of wilderness and to teach compassion and understanding through mentorship.
