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We focus on adoptable dogs that are running out of time at our local County/open admission shelter. The dogs we pull are fostered at our property and get daily exercise & socialization to make their transition into a forever home as easy as possible. We work with the adoptive family if there are any issues in this transition.

Big Dog Ranch Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization devoted to saving the lives of unwanted pets. We provide great care for dogs, of all breeds, until they are adopted to the right homes. Big Dog Ranch Rescue is associated with the Weimaraner Rescue Ranch of Florida.

1. Care for the animals in residence: We have purchased 13 acres in Callahan and made it our headquarters and forever home along with being a safe haven for the animals that pass through the RAIN organization. From this location, which is centrally located in Nassau County, we are able to service the entire county with ease. 2. Educational Program: RAIN experienced its third year of speaking to over 1100 fifth graders, with approval from the Nassau County School Board and several private area schools. This program includes basic pet care, hurricane procedures, wildlife, vet visits, adoption, Rabies protocol, and volunteerism. RAIN was joined this year with special guest speakers Nassau County Commissioner Mike Boyle and Dr. Jennifer Farrin from Fernandina Beach Animal Clinic. We will be expanding this program to other grades as funding becomes available. 3. RAIN Train Transport/Rescue Program: Transporting animals from Nassau County Animal Services (county animal control) along with many of the strays in our area, onto humane societies and SPCAs in the Southern United States that are in need of adoptable animals. Many of these receiving rescues are located in areas where strict spay/neuter laws and low-cost spay/neuter clinics exist. The current total of animals that has been passengers on the train for May 2009/April 2010 is 743. May 2010-present is 233 4. RAIN Food Chain Program: RAIN has teamed up with the Gleaners Food Distribution out of Jacksonville Florida, to help assist county residents through these tough economical times. Every Wednesday evening the Gleaners provide a hot meal to the community of Nassau from the Fairgrounds, and RAIN has committed to attending one Wednesday a month and pass out pet food to pet owners. This program reaches over 250 families in our area. 5. Operation RAINDROP: Assist in DROPPING the intake of unwanted animals and euthanasia in our community, through sterilization. RAIN utilizes the new First Coast No More Homeless Pets spay/neuter clinic located in Jacksonville, Florida. RAIN advertises/promotes the service, arranges appointments and transport animals to and from the clinic, for the residents of Nassau County, along with Camden and Glynn Counties of Georgia. RAIN also offers additional 24-48 hours of recovery at the RAIN recovery unit in Callahan at no cost. 347 animals have been sterilized since the program first launched in Aug. 2009. 6. Houses 4 Hounds: Providing dog houses to pets that have no shelter. RAIN has teamed up with the students of the Nassau County High School wood shops and Habitat for Humanity to build dog houses with the supplies RAIN will provide. Through this team effort, pets all over our county who live outdoors 24/7, will receive shelter from the elements and a place to call home. 7. RAIN has joined the team of Pedigree, Winn Dixie, and Tampa Bay Humane Society to help our troops in their time of need. Together with these two great companies, and one of our sister rescues, RAIN assist military people, who are being deployed out of the country for active duty, help find a foster parent for their pet. The RAIN Foster Coordinator is located in Nassau County, but has enlisted foster parents and applicants for the program throughout the entire United States. RAIN successfully matches pets with fosters until our service men and women return home to them safely. RAIN is proud and honored to have been bestowed this task in helping our country and the people who serve it. To become a foster parent, please go to fostermilitarypets.com or e-mail nassaurain@gmail.com We do it this job of animal rescue to help improve and save the lives of innocent animals. Our motto that we live by is that, saving one animal will not change the world, but surely, for that one animal, the world will change forever...

Escarosa Greyhound and All-Pet Adoptions originally began as Escarosa Greyhound Adoptions, and was started by Mike Massaro in 2001. Mike was well-known in the Florida Panhandle for his extensive work with the Pensacola Humane Society and other animal rescue organizations. But his passion later in life was placing retired racing Greyhounds, and he established Escarosa to do just that. We joined Mike as volunteers in late 2007, and eventually assumed the day-to-day rescue operations as his health declined. Although Mike passed away in May, 2009, we have devoted ourselves to continuing his mission to rescue greyhounds and other pets. Escarosa Greyhound and All-Pet Adoptions is a shelter dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of greyhounds, other dog breeds (including mixed-breeds), cats, and assorted small pets as space allows. Our organization is run entirely by volunteers, and is funded strictly by donations and small fund-raisers. Although many of our adoptive pets are located at one site, we do utilize foster homes. All of our pets get good food, daily enrichment and lots of exercise; they also get lots of love!

LLAR rescues abandoned, stray, neglected dogs or cats and finds them a forever home. All animals are vet checked, spayed/neutered, UTD, parasite free - healthy.

Froggy's Cat Rescue is a local volunteer organization. We are in the process of getting incorporated but do not have our 501c3 status yet. We help cats in shelters, strays and feral cats, people who need to surrender a pet or people who have found an animal they wish to help. We are all volunteers and are not funded by anyone other than our adoption fees.

We are a small cat rescue organization focused on TNR for ferals and strays, and other programs that contribute to ending euthanasia for cat population control.

Paws 4 You Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer, donor-supported animal rescue organization based in Miami, Florida. Our top priority is to save animals from euthanasia at Miami-Dade Animal Services. On average 100 animals are euthanized every day at this county shelter! Rescued animals vary from being sick, injured, homeless and surrendered to simply lost. We give these animals a safe environment, professional medical care, hope and lots of love. Our animals are spayed/neutered, vaccinated and ID micro-chipped. Some require major surgery from a specialist to repair broken limbs while others may need additional rehabilitation time and specific medical care - ranging from bordetella (kennel cough) and skin infections to cherry eye and heartworm treatments. All benefit physically and emotionally from a new loving family to call his or her own. Once Paws 4 You Rescue commits to helping an animal, we seek the best quality treatment available - taking no shortcuts. Our dogs stay at veterinary clinics, boarding facilities and foster homes until they find their forever homes. We spend time taking our new friends to different events across South Florida to find suitable homes. Our team is compassionate and passionate in reaching these goals. We are a group of professional people with various backgrounds, who together have decided to commit to saving as many of these animals as possible. Additionally, we believe in the value of education pertaining to the importance of spaying and neutering. Pet overpopulation is a serious problem in our county and by sterilizing your pet, you help to relieve the strain on Miami-Dade Animal Services and our community.