Foster Care

Alaska Bully Rescue is the only rescue in the state of Alaska tailored to bully breed dogs. We work with the community to rescue homeless and neglected dogs. We also assist the community with unexpected medical expenses, vaccinations, and spay/neuter services. Our board is comprised of four women who love the bully breeds and have a passion for helping not only bullies but all dogs. We frequently take dogs from remote villages where they are not cared for properly and get then up to date on shots, spayed/neutered, and adopted into loving forever homes.

Big Paws of the Ozarks is a foster based dog rescue at this time. We rescue dogs from local animal shelters, strays, and owner intakes. We then search for a forever home. Arkansas has a overpopulation of stray dogs, not spayed or neutered. We are trying to decrease the numbers of unwanted animals.

Cat Care Society (CCS) was founded in 1981 by Linda East, DVM and Lynn Rowe. CCS is a nonprofit organization and was established in order to improve the quality of life for homeless, injured and abused cats in the Denver metropolitan area. The Society's goals are: To sponsor educational programs that promote responsible pet ownership, humane treatment of all animals, and the elimination of pet overpopulation; To shelter cats in a healthy, cage free environment and to find compatible and responsible families for every cat; To provide community outreach programs that improve the quality of life for cats and people; To be a friend to all cats. The shelter provides a temporary refuge for more than 50 cats until an appropriate and permanent home can be found for each. Veterinary care, premium diet and human interaction are lovingly provided. The large number of phone calls received each day from people who have found abandoned, abused or injured cats needing good homes indicates a strong community need for our services. We receive an average of 70 phone calls for assistance daily. Sadly, more than half of these are from owners needing to give up their cats. For these cats, we provide Information about placing the cat and referrals to other area shelters. We also provide this same information to people who have found a cat when we are at or over our capacity and cannot take the cat. Many calls involve behavioral problems or are questions about feral (wild) cats. Behavior counseling and printed articles on a wide variety of topics are available at the shelter. Cat Care Society is supported by a number of loyal members and contributors, without whom we could not operate. We receive no government funding. In addition, our volunteers assist with many fundraising activities each year such as our Tails of the Painted Cats Gala Dinner & Auction, Meow Mart, Paws On The Green Charity Golf Tournament, Santa Paws Festival, Colorado Gives Day, and much more. We offer these these programs for our donors: Nine Lives Legacy Society Nine Lives Cat Guardianship Program Nine Lives Partners Giving Club CCS respects the privacy of our donors. We do not sell or exchange our mailing list to anyone.

Looking Glass Animal Rescue (LGAR) is a non-profit, volunteer-based animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing animals from high-kill shelters, hoarding situations, puppy mills, animal fighting rings and more. While we welcome all animals in need, we specifically focus on animals that are often overlooked due to age, breed, special need or an illness or injury requiring immediate, often costly medical attention that shelters are unable to provide. Without a rescue outlet, these animals would otherwise be euthanized due to their issues. Hundreds of animals are euthanized every year due to overpopulation, irresponsibility and sadly, cost. This is particularly true with animals who suffer medical ailments, many of which are treatable yet they are often deemed œ"unadoptable" and withheld from public view. These animals in particular suffer the worst fate because they sit in pain and fear with no hope of ever being given a second chance at life. Because of this, we have developed a special focus within our rescue to save as many of these animals as we can. Veterinary expenses alone can range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars depending on the severity of the condition, which is often unknown at the time of pull. Yet, in spite of these costs, our mission for every animal we pull into our rescue is to provide the most advanced medical and pain management treatments possible in an effort to ensure the best possible outcomes for these previously neglected and broken animals. In addition to treating their acute medical needs, every animal rescued will be spayed/neutered, if they are not already, and vaccinated and microchipped as soon as possible in an effort to give them the best opportunity for a healthy, happy life. When people do decide to foster an animal or adopt from us, they should expect the animal will remain well and not pass disease to their resident pets. Lastly, for each animal that we place, we provide extensive education on how to transition the animal into their new life. Basics like crate training, housetraining, obedience training, and the best ways to introduce resident pets are integral for the success of the relationship. When necessary we will also engage professional trainers for those animals that need specific behavior modification in an effort to help our animals and their new family position themselves for success. Mental health is as important as physical health and we believe that every animal should be given the chance to lead a life free of fear and anxiety. Like psychologists, professional trainers are often the only ones equipped to transition an abused animal from the life that once "was" to the life that "could be". Our goal is to ensure that all of our animals become a cherished and welcomed member of their new family for the remainder of their lives. By working with a network of volunteer advocates, foster caregivers called Adoption Ambassadors, local veterinarians, trainers and shelters, LGAR is hoping to be able to rescue hundreds of animals every year. We also serve as a resource to our community by providing information on pet ownership, including resources for spay/neuter, positive behavior training, nutrition and veterinary care. We believe that no animal should be mistreated and are working toward the day when no companion animal is euthanized for lack of a home.

We are a non-profit 100% Volunteer based rescue. Each and every one of our volunteers loves animals and has a passion for rescue. We find animals in shelters, ads, owner surrenders and Craigs List that need to find their furever homes. We place them in foster homes where they can feel safe and loved. Our fosters help them mend both physically and emotionally and when they are ready (no matter how long that takes) we find them their furever homes. Each volunteer has committed to this.

Every day, dogs and cats in good health with wonderful personalities are euthanized because of overcrowding. Many of these animals end up at the shelter through no fault of their own. Animals lose their homes when their guardians have died or moved or simply can no longer care for them. If we had our way, no dog or cat would spend its days in a cold, dark shelter. There is so much love and joy in these dogs and cats! Bringing these special animals into a home is not only good for the dogs and cats, these loving animals also transform the quality of life for the people who adopt or foster them. Created in 2012, WAAAG is a Veteran Founded, all volunteer nonprofit animal rescue organization. We help all types of dogs and cats; find safe and loving homes for those animals that are adoptable; and offer end of life care for those that are not. WAAAG's mission is to change the way the world things about and treats animals and to create better lives for them through rescue, foster, adoption and hospice. http://www.waaag.org/AboutUs/

We support the City of Laramie Animal Shelter by paying for medical care for all the surrendered animals and paying for all of their adoptions to be spayed/neutered. We also provide fosters for special needs animals and bottle fed kittens in the City Shelter Provide a spay/neuter coupon to community members. Offer a feral cat TNR program in Albany county and have a kitten foster/socialize/adopt program. We also do some compassionate fostering for community members that unexpectedly cannot provide short term care for their animals. We also provide low cost microchipping.

I work full time as an endangered species biologist for a private consulting firm, but my husband and I operate the Rescue out of our home. Several years ago, my professional life put me in touch with the herpetologist for our state natural resource regulatory agency, and we began discussing how rehabbers, zoos and rescues were overrun with tortoises and there was more need than could be addressed. I began CTTR from that conversation, and in just 18 months 18 months we have assisted over 100 animals, launched successful fundraising campaigns, and been awarded two facility improvement/disaster prevention/expansion grants.

To Advocate, Inform and Rescue America's most misjudged breeds - The Pit Bull and The Rottweiler!

We were started about three years ago. We are strictly foster/adoption because do not have a building. About 2 years ago we started a TNR program. We work closely with the local vet clinic where our animals are checked and medical needs taken care of. We also house our animals there if a foster cannot be found. Why do we do it? Because we love animals.