Salt Lake City

We are a small rescue that focuses on dachshunds and dachshund mixes. The original founders of RMDR all have dachshunds of our own and love the breed. Dachshunds have special needs and we do our best to do whatever it takes to meet the needs.

Whiskers is a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit cat rescue. We cater to animals in the municipal shelters in Davis, Weber, and Salt Lake counties. We take animals from surrounding areas as resources & space allows. In 2019, our volunteers collectively rescued over 200 felines and placed into permanent homes over 158, at-risk pets by year-end! Whiskers’ focus is on those most at risk in our shelters due to age, special needs, or medical cases. In 2020, amidst the pandemic Whiskers was still able to rescue over 132 animals. We found amazing homes for 113 special cat friends. For 2021 we rescued 128 animals and adopted out 118. Whiskers cater to seniors who are often overlooked due to age and needed vet care. Our focus is on quality over quantity, some of our cats need time to heal, receive multiple or lengthy medical treatments, the results are nothing short of incredible. We end up rescuing kittens each year; we call them future seniors! Often our kittens are saved from dire circumstances as well. Whiskers is rescuing those truly in need! Whiskers is a foster-based program, meaning we do not have a brick & mortar facility. We are always looking for foster homes! No one appreciates the love and comfort of a home the way a shelter animal does. Whiskers cats are available to adopt through appointment or one of our events at the Petco in Bountiful Or Farmington, Utah. We have cats available in the habitats at these locations; We are proudly a Petco partner! Together We Save Them! Mission Statement: Our goal is to minimize the euthanasia of high-risk pets in Utah. Three actions we focus on helping us achieve this goal are as follows. Rescuing high-risk pets from Utah shelter partners. We cater to seniors, medical cases, and special needs animals. Keeping pets in homes by providing education, resources and promoting spay & neuter programs. Providing veterinarian care to animals initially not considered “highly” adoptable and bringing them back to health for adoption. As a member of the Best Friends Animal Society™, NKUT™ (No-Kill Utah) coalition we are working hard to bring about an end to homeless pets in Utah. We invite you to explore our programs, get involved and help us save lives! We do what we do because this population of cats is extremely underserved, they need advocates, they need time to heal both physically and emotionally. We help them get heal, trust again and find a home that is truly the best fir for them as individuals.

Mission is No More Homeless Pets

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Salt Lake County Animal Services is the premier animal service agency in Utah: We are the largest no-kill shelter in the State of Utah We have a full-service, full-time veterinary clinic We have a 24/7, 365 days-per-year field operation We host over 175 community outreach events annually We are recognized nationally for our cutting-edge programming Dedicated volunteers log tens of thousands of hours annually Microchips & vaccinations are free to our jurisdictions via our voucher program We have been named “Best of State” five out of the last six years We serve the citizens and pets within the unincorporated area of Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, Holladay City, Herriman City, Midvale City, and Riverton City. We have had a commitment to operating a “no-kill” facility for six years, and our live release rate surpassed 91 percent in 2013 and 92 percent in 2014. We are the largest shelter in Utah to achieve this status. We offer pet adoptions, provide pet licensing, enforce animal-related city and county ordinances, provide shelter for all types of lost and abandoned pets, investigate complaints of animal cruelty, abuse and neglect, provide humane euthanasia for pets in our areas at the request of pet owners (fee for service), respond to emergencies involving injured or aggressive animals, offer free in-class humane education programs for schools in our serviced areas