Adoptions

Paws News England has two missions: Rescue abandoned, neglected, and abused dogs from high-kill shelters and desperate situations, provide them with veterinary care and much needed TLC, and bring them to New England where we place them in safe, loving homes. Reduce and eventually end the 90% euthanization rate at the Tipton County Animal Shelter in Millington, Tennessee through community education on spay and neutering of pets. In the Beginning Eight years ago, Traci Wood, one of the co-founders of Paws New England, walked into the Tipton County Animal in search of Snowflake, a friend’s lost dog. Snowflake was not at the shelter (she was found alive and well later that day), but what Traci saw shocked and saddened her. The pitiful dogs and cats that she saw there that morning—some injured, many sick, cold and wet, and the absolute hopeless expressions on their little faces—made her heart sink. Traci started going to the shelter several times a week, taking photos of the dogs, posting them on Petfinder, and seeking the help of various rescue groups around the country. One-by-one, Traci started pulling dogs out of Tipton County and placing them in loving homes. Later that summer, a woman from Boston named Kelly Parker noticed all of the dogs Traci was posting and asked, “How can I help?” Their paths crossed with Jo-Anne Hutchinson who, while working with another rescue, met one of Traci’s dogs at a transport. She had been abandoned by the person who was to pick her up and was going to have to return to Tennessee. Jo-Anne took Daisy home and PAWS New England was born. PAWS Grows Approximately one year after its inception, PAWS New England was introduced to Julie Adams, a lone woman rescuer in Missouri. Julie was a selfless soul who took in abandoned and injured animal in her town of Oran, Missouri, where no shelter was in place. She was known as the dog lady, and people would simply leave their animals on her property in storage bins, tied to her mailbox or just put into her yard when she was not home. Julie cared for these animals, incurring all their veterinary and day to day expenses. She contacted PAWS New England and asked if we would be willing to list some of her dogs for adoption and find them homes to make room for more dogs in her area who were in desperate situations. PAWS Today Eight years later, PAWS now has over 75 volunteers, and a wonderful network of foster homes and rescue partners, including New England shelters, veterinarians and trainers. Based out of Barrington, Rhode Island, Paws New England has become one of the most recognized rescues in the area. Paws New England started with a simple mission: save lives, one dog at a time. Over the last eight years, more than 7000 dogs from Tennessee, Missouri, our local communities, and various other shelters throughout the country have been put into loving homes.

To act as a shepherd for Saint Bernard dogs and puppies that are without suitable caretakers and are in need of help; to shelter the homeless; to care for and find homes for the unwanted, abandoned, neglected and abused; to feed the hungry; to provide medical services to the sick, injured and lame; to assist in the rescue of those subjected to conditions hazardous to their well-being or to confinement in government or private shelter, who without intervention would be needlessly Euthanize; to provide for the humane disposition of those not sound in mind, body or temperament; to educate the public as to the characteristics of, and proper care for, the breed so as to promote compatible, loving, lasting home/family placements; to educate the public as to responsible pet ownership so as to prevent accidental litters and to prevent inhumane trafficking in puppies and dogs, and so as to promote the most humane manner of disposition of pets at journey's end; to encourage, promote and support research respecting the breed that explores or improves relations between the breed and owners or sheds light on the causes of abandonment, neglect or abuse, or promotes the public's understanding of the special characteristics and attributes of the breed or that is designed to improve the welfare of the breed in any manner. Though the Foundation is established to provide services primarily to the Saint Bernard, the foundation will not refuse services to any dog in need of immediate and caring attention.

We advocate for pediatric spay/neuter. We believe that you cannot adopt yourself out of an overpopulation problem, that if the focus is not on spay/neuter, we will never solve the pet overpopulation problem. We rescue dogs and puppies from Puerto Rico, where the kill rate in shelters is 91%. Our rescue partners make sure that the mother dogs of our pups are spayed, or we receive both the mother and her pups for adoption. We prefer Satos because they have excellent temperaments and our adoptive families love them forever.

Established in 1949, the Inland Valley Humane Society & S.P.C.A. is a private, non-profit, full-access animal shelter dedicated to providing a safe refuge for animals in our community (s). Our mission to care for all animals is made possible by friends like you. Every day our dedicated staff ensures that every animal receives food, veterinary care and the attention they need until they can find a forever home.

Our mission is to make a difference in the pet overpopulation problem by rescuing and re-homing abandoned animals in the Simi Valley Community as well as the greater Ventura and Los Angeles County areas. In working with local animal shelters, veterinarians, and other rescue groups, we locate animals most in need of care. While in our foster care, we ensure animals are properly fed and exercised, spay/neutered, microchipped and have high quality medical attention. Animal Rescue Volunteers (ARV), Inc. is a non-profit organization that began in 1994. We are volunteers who love animals and wish to make a difference. ARV is a well respected, long-standing organization that provides this service to the Simi Valley Community as well as the larger Ventura and Los Angeles County areas. ARV has been instrumental in the adoption of over 5,000 animals since 1994. We continually provide veterinary care for rescued animals such as assistance for broken jaws, hip and leg fractures, and upper respiratory illnesses, cancer treatments, mange, vision impairment, infections, and heart problems while they are awaiting adoption. We even bought a pacemaker for ARV's mascot, who is no longer with us. We provide animal "well-care" such as shots and grooming. To date we have provided over $250,000 for this care.

We are a small home based hermit crab rescue out of SE Michigan and nearby area's providing shelter and new forever homes to many hermits in need. We carefully screen each person that wishes to adopt to make sure the crab(s) will be placed in the best homes possible with the correct crabitat conditions. We accept donations but are a small not for profit rescue and all of the costs to operate this rescue comes out of our own pockets. We charge a small adoption fee and include information, food and 24/7 help to those who adopt from us. All of our rescued crabs are healthy, active and transitioned into captivity and have natural shells. All crabs have molted 1-2 times before they are adopted.

Our mission is to rescue abandoned or surrendered miniature schnauzers and find loving homes after they have been completely vetted.

We are a new rescue and humane education organization. While we will be obtaining animals from local shelters and adopting them, we will also work to keep animals in their current homes through training, behavior modification, one-time financial assistance, spay and neuter services; and provide education to pet owners, the general public, and most importantly, the next generation of animal advocates.

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Chuck Schmidt started rescuing animals years ago when he had to retire because of health problems. He will not turn down any animal. He specializes in dogs that need rehabilitation. He was a dog trainer in the Army so he has the experience and knowledge. Chuck will take back any animal that the new family wants to return. He is interested in only finding them good homes for the animals.