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We are the area's nonprofit advocate, sanctuary and source for companion animals since 1887.

The mission of the Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach is to find safe and permanent homes for abandoned animals, strive to reduce the overpopulation of dogs and cats and to help educate the community about pet responsibility. Core values:  To help ALL animals- Great and Small  To feed the starving, and give shelter to the homeless  To minister to the sick and ease the main of the injured ones  To tend to the weak and helpless, and make each one as safe and comfortable as possible for as long as they may be in our care  We will give them our time and loving attention and try to take the sadness and pain away from their frightened eyes  We will socialize them with other animals and help them to trust and interact with human beings  We will dedicate ourselves to finding loving and permanent homes for all in our care  We will sterilize every animal adopted from our shelter in an effort to decrease the overpopulation of unwanted animals  We will respect our furry friends and the community in which we serve and serve each one humanely and professionally.

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.

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.

We provide shelter for animals who are lost, abandoned or are given up by families no longer able to care for them. We offer a second chance to adoptable animals and place them in loving, permanent homes.

Founded on the belief that every cat matters, Purrfect Pals is working to end cat homelessness in Puget Sound communities through placement and prevention. There just aren’t enough homes for cats in our area, and we are helping change that.

We are network of concerned and proactive community members of the Houston, TX area, who foster homeless animals in our local community. We are not a shelter, we facilitate adoptions at local adoption events for animals. We volunteer at area shelters and our focus is mainly shelter animals who are at immediate risk of being euthanized. Most of the animals we help come from local area shelters and are housed in private foster homes with families or boarding facilities until placed in loving and qualified permanent adoptive homes. All animals are fully vetted prior to being placed in homes (vaccinated, spayed/neutered. We are self-funded and 100% volunteer supported.

Shelter Friends is a nonprofit organization established to promote the health and welfare of homeless animals in St. Charles, MO. We are not a rescue group; we are a shelter assistance and networking group whose purpose is to help homeless animals located in animal control to escape euthanasia by finding rescue or adoption. We help care for the animals at the shelter, take them to and from vet appointments, assist with funds for vetting, and network the animals through email and social media to help find homes or rescue.

The Ponca City Humane Society (PCHuS) began its humble roots in 1958 as a one woman Humane Society. Anne Deton, animal advocate, took over in 1968 and by 1975 PCHuS was incorporated as a non-profit. Our shelter was built in 1992. We continue to be dedicated to improve the lives of companion animals in our community and finding permanent and loving adoptive homes for the cats and dogs in our care. We provide a safe haven for animals in transition, serve as advocates for animals and their people, work to end animal overpopulation and educate the public about compassion and responsibility towards all animals. Our shelter is a No-Kill facility where all incoming animals are evaluated, medically treated and rehabilitated when needed and then placed up for adoption. I became the Executive Director in March of 2012. I bring with me 4 degrees including a Masters. I have worked at multiple day veterinary practices, worked at the Kansas Humane Society, and still currently employed PRN at the Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Hospital in Wichita, KS. I accepted this position as a way to help a larger amount of animals in need. Since March 2012 I have increased adoptions from 189 annually to 374 in 2012. This year we are projected to save 400 animals. I logged 25,000 miles on my vehicle with transports (moving animals to other rescues in other states). I have collaborations with rescues in MN, KS, CO, and IL. I network other animals in need as well. I do outreach programs to church groups, schools and clubs and I am a foster parent. Why I do what I do is wonderful question to ask. I do this because it is what I was put here to do. It is my calling, it is what I am passionate about. I can not imagine doing anything else. I have a story I always like to tell when I explain what I do what I do. Seven years ago, 2007, I was working at a day practice where a litter of kittens were dropped off. All were adopted except one lone black kitten. I decided that instead of this kitten spending the weekend alone, I would take it home with me for the weekend. I can not express the life changing experience that happened that Saturday. I fell in love with this kitten. Don't get me wrong, I have cared for animals since I was a child but something happened that evening that changed the course of what will ultimately be my life's mission. This kitten, named Tecate, became my first foster failure. I discovered that following morning that he was born only 3 blocks from where I lived. He was surrendered to a practice that was outside of the city I lived in. I call this fate. Destiny brought me this cat, destiny told me to take this kitten home, and destiny showed me in this kitten what I was to do with the life, rescue. Since that faithful weekend, I have rescued almost 500 animals on my own. I do not own a home, I do not have many earthly possessions, I just bought a new car last year for transporting purposes but I had a vehicle that I called "Old Faithful". That beauty had over 200,000 miles but it was paid for and still ran decent. I have spend thousands of dollars on animals that were never going to be mine but I would spend every cent again if that meant that animals found that forever home. This year alone, I adopted a dying Rottweiler that I rescued off the highway. What I mean by adopted is that he was in our program but sadly had become infected with Canine Influenza while fighting for his life in a rural OK highway for weeks. We are a small organization with limited funding but when he was dying at the local vet, I adopted him and took him to Wichita to the Veterinary Specialty Hospital to try to save him. Sadly after a week of endoscopies to clear out his lungs, spending the entire time in an oxygen chamber, he deteriorated. That Friday when I went to KS to see how he was doing, he looked me in the eyes and told me to let him go. I did. I gave him that peace that he needed. Even though he did not survive, I feel he felt the love and compassion I gave him. He didn't die alone on the streets, he went peacefully with someone who cared for him. The money I spent, the whole $2000, was worth it. I gave him that chance and I showed him that there are good people out there. My family, my friends, my colleagues know that I wouldn't be me if I didn't have a kitten at home that I was fostering, or networking 'til 2am to save a dog. So back to the question: Why you do it? Because it is what I was put on this Earth to do.

Grew out of a primarily TNR group into fostering kittens found during that activity, expanded to taking cats/kittens from kill shelters and found abandoned, provide spay/neuter vouchers to public. We seek to reduce the incidence of death and suffering due to overpopulation by promoting spay/neuter and saving those cats we can.