California

Our goal is to rescue Bichons, Bichon mixes and other small dogs who can no longer live with their original guardian or guardians. Bichon FurKids is strongly committed to making a difference in the lives of the FurKids we rescue and re-home. Our volunteers reflect this commitment through their willingness to foster, transport, groom and assist in the many activities that are involved in rescuing these precious FurKids. We had our 2000th FurKid adoption in May, 2013 we recognize the contributions of the volunteers that have enabled us to reach this milestone. And we are not stopping there! Another part of our mission is to educate the community regarding puppy mills and pet stores, the importance of spaying and neutering our pets, the medical treatment and homeopathic approaches that enable our FurKids to lead happier and healthier lives and what all of us can do to be responsible pet guardians.

The members of this organization have been involved in animal rescue for about 15 years. Originally, volunteering for local animal shelters which grew into fostering 1 dog at a time. We have slowly grown to be what we are now. Still a very small organization, bringing into our home and caring for rescue dogs either from animal shelters or from families that no longer can care for them. We keep them until their new home is found.

Domino Effect Animal Rescue is a 501c3 non profit, no kill animal rescue located in Temecula Valley, California. We give animals a second chance at finding a forever home. We educate people on the plight of animals in public shelters to encourage adoption as the primary choice when finding a new pet. We also rescue animals directly from public animal shelters and take in owner relinquished pets. We provide care for all animals in our possession until loving families are found to adopt them. For every animal we rescue, we free up space in city shelters which creates a domino effect that allows other animals in city shelters increased time to get adopted, ultimately saving more lives!

Overview Contact Greg Mcintosh Animal Control Supervisor Email 3025 Ashby Shasta Lake, CA 96019 Ph: (530) 275-7480 Fx: (530) 275-7483 Hours of Operation: Shelter Hours: M-F: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, S+S: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Other: By Appointment Officer On-Duty: M-F; 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, S+S: 7:00 am to 1:00 pm On-Call Hours: M-F: 3:30 pm to 7:00 am, S+S: 1:00 pm to 7:00 am, Holidays The mission of the City of Shasta Lake Animal Control is to provide the citizens of Shasta Lake with effective and cost efficient Animal Control Services by active enforcement of state and local laws, the humane sheltering and disposal of stray and unwanted animals, and the promotion of responsible pet ownership and animal welfare. The primary objective of Animal Control Employees is to provide quality service to the citizens, while dedicating themselves to improving the co-existence of animals and humans.

We are Whis-Purr Rescue, Inc., a new 501c3 not-for-profit corporation dedicated to helping our feline friends. There are hundreds of strays, ferals and abandoned cats in neighborhoods in the community. Whis-Purr Rescue will work with these families, helping them find a lost cat’s home, trapping a feral, neutering and releasing back into the neighborhood where they can live and be fed daily or taken in to Whis-Purr Rescue for warmth and tender loving care until they can find their very own home.

We are a small dedicated group of volunteers that get the dogs out of shelters on the PTS list. They go into foster homes where they are cleaned up, given love and attention until the perfect home is found. Dogs stay in the program until adopted. All dogs go to their new home with services complete.

Tri-Valley Animal Rescue (TVAR) was founded in 1992 and is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization serving the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area). We primarily support the East County Animal Shelter (ECAS) in Dublin, CA to help owners locate their missing pets and to assist people selecting a pet to adopt. Tri-Valley Animal Rescue also places animals from ECAS and other area shelters in foster care in the homes of TVAR volunteers while trying to find them perrmanent homes. Although we do not have a facility of our own, we help over 1000 animals find forever homes yearly through the hard work and dedication of our volunteers. We have a variety of volunteer programs including a shelter program and four foster programs. We are always looking for more volunteers - especially fosters. If you are interested in volunteering with us, please check out our volunteer page (http://www.tvar.org/RP_WebDoc.asp?ttid=171) for information.

Cat Town was formed by long term volunteers of Oakland Animal Services, Oakland's municipal shelter. We started Cat Town to save the cats most likely to be euthanized because they can't handle the stress of the shelter or are considered "unadoptable" - cats who are shy, stressed, sick or older. We get them into foster homes where they can relax and show their true personalities and get them adopted from there.

Our rescue is NikaPower, Inc. We used to hold our adoption events at pet stores, through private showings and public events. However, this proved to be extremely stressful for our dogs (all but the private showings). We started searching for a physical store front and found the perfect spot by our home. This was the birth of The Rescued Pup Boutique. We had to increase our adoption fees to cover our expenses, but so far it has been working out great. We have placed over 60 dogs since February of this year. we chose to name our adoption center something different than the name of our rescue, to help with marketing and to make it clearer what we were doing. At our location we also have boutique items for sale and all of the proceeds go to help our rescue efforts. We are all volunteers that work for free at the shop. We feel it is a great opportunity to get the public involved in volunteering to help animals, we also work to educate about the importance of shots and fixing pets in addition to microchip. Our location is in a more rural part of San Diego, but we are attracting visitors from all over. Our dogs come to the shop everyday and go home at night with their fosters. None of our dogs are kept in shelter type of accommodations. When visitors come to our shop they are welcome to play with, walk, cuddle, brush or just hang out with the dogs. We have a couch that the dogs are allowed on so the humans can visit. We have a solid following of frequent flyers that come solely to play with the dogs. We encourage this because it helps our dogs to be socialized and the dogs are offering their services back to the community. Nothing like stopping by after a long day of work to de-stress with a dog!