Georgia

We strive to enhance the quality of life for all living creatures with the emphasis being on cats, dogs and horses. We have been doing this for 20 years and our services are needed more than ever.

Municipal Shelter that offers Animal Control and low cost services to the public.

We began several years ago as a Mom and Pop organization and foster agent for area rescues. We are now a small but mighty, all volunteer, non-profit rescue and adoption agency located in Atlanta metro area. We assist Atlanta-area shelters with re-homing abused, abandoned, neglected, unwanted or homeless Jack Russells and Jack Russell mixes, helping to place them in homes where they can live as the breed they are meant to be. We provide temporary medical and shelter for the well-being of Jack Russell Terriers who enter into the rescue system, via owner surrenders to rescues who can no longer care for their Terriers, or from animal control. We help protect the Jack Russell Terrier by educating pet owners and breeders of the special needs of this breed, preventing displaced terriers.

A group of volunteers, no one is paid. We save dogs from shelters, some owner surrenders. The dogs are fully vetted before being offered for adoption. We love dogs!

Paw Project was founded by 7 strong women who have over 110 years of rescue experience between us. Our mission is to make animal care accessible to all members of our community by offering diverse supportive programs for healthcare and placement of animals in need. We love working in rescue and helping animals, and have wanted to start our own place focusing on adoptions, TNR and working cats, while helping people who do not have the funds for a full service vet be able to get vaccines and minor sick treatments for their pets.

BarkVille Dog Rescue, formerly known as BarkTown Dog Rescue & Sanctuary, is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization committed to saving dogs of all breeds, sizes and ages. We are a non-breed specific rescue, and we do not exclude dogs due to extensive medical needs. Our goal is to save dogs in the most need of rescue assistance, including older dogs, medically challenged dogs, and PitBull Terrier type dogs. We work with our friends and donors to raise the funds necessary to provide life-saving treatments for the dogs we rescue and to identify the best foster situations for the dogs in our care. Dogs in our care are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and receive all appropriate veterinary care and treatment needed prior to adoption. Our dogs are then placed in a nurturing foster home while they await placement into their permanent home. Our group remains interested in and committed to the welfare of our dogs beyond the adoption process.   Our goal is to help dogs in distress without regard to age, breed, size, or ease of placement. To the extent our finances allow, dogs in the greatest need take priority. Our cost to provide basic veterinary care to a dog is about $300 and covers all necessary vaccines, spay/neuter and microchip. If the dog tests positive for Heartworm disease (as many of our GA stray dogs do), the additional cost to treat heartworms is approximately $500-$600. For dogs with injuries requiring specialized treatment and/or surgery, costs can easily increase into the thousands.   When BarkVille becomes aware of a dog in need, we immediately get to work posting the dog on our social media platforms and networking with our internet friends & partners to make people aware of the dog’s situation. We raise funds and solicit for fosters, and once we have both, we transport the dog to one our partner vets as quickly as possible. We strive to work with area shelters and other rescue groups to develop a network of supporters and volunteers to create a better world for homeless dogs.

Forgotten Paws has been in operation for almost 25 yrs. Our main focus is on dogs with social, behavioral, medical and senior issues. We have plenty of dogs without these issues but that is what we get called upon to help most of all bc other rescues won’t take those animals. We work with a local cat trapping group to help with kittens in the area and spaying feral colonies. We are a very small organization, with a handful of volunteers, that are far outnumbered by the animal in our organization. We have a kennel house but try to place most of the animals into foster homes. The kennel house is mainly for the socially dysfunctional, bite dogs and seniors.

Pippi’s Place Pet Rescue is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to reducing the number of unwanted cats and kittens through the support of local Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs as well as placement of available felines in permanent homes. We will rescue animals who are homeless due to owner surrender, endangered due to abandonment/neglect/abuse, and those at risk of being euthanized at area shelters. We will place feline companions in loving homes following a comprehensive screening process which includes ensuring a good match between the animal and prospective adopter as well as educating potential adopters about the responsibilities associated with bringing a cat into their home. All cats and kittens will be spayed or neutered, receive appropriate veterinary care including any necessary treatment, and will be placed in caring foster homes until the time of adoption. We will work closely with local shelters and other rescue organizations to promote the importance of spaying/neutering companion animals. We will work with these agencies to develop a network of supporters and volunteers so that we may create a better world for homeless animals.

Paw Angels Rescue is in the business of changing and improving dogs' lives. The work we do at our Non-Profit Organization is aimed at providing healthy, happy homes to dogs who have found themselves without. We conduct periodic adoption events, at which we present multiple dogs who are available for adoption. We also hold other fundraising events such as bake sales and yard sales in our community of Calhoun, GA, in an effort to raise funds for the veterinary and daily living care necessary for the dogs.

I am one of the non-profit's founders (received 501c3 status in 2007) and the original mission was to TNR and care for the community cats on the University of Georgia property and remove any tame cats and kittens for adoption. As the only TNR group in the area we soon were asked to help beyond campus and our mission is now summed up as: "Cat Zip Alliance/Campus Cats is an all-volunteer group with no paid employees, so you know your donations go directly to covering vet care, food, and supplies. Our broad mission is to promote humane and effective community cat management through our Trap-Neuter-Return-Monitor (TNR), barn cat, and adoption programs in order to keep community cats out of animal control facilities. On a smaller scale, we care for the community cats that live on and adjacent to University of Georgia property every day. On a larger scale, we loan out traps, conduct TNR workshops & trapping training sessions, and provide the resources someone might need in order to manage community cats in their own backyards or place of business, serving Athens Clarke County and surrounding counties in mid- and NE Georgia." My personal interest in this endeavor is as a professional wildlife biologist/ornithologist with many years of inventory and monitoring experience. I am a strong advocate for the humane and proven technique of TNR as the best solution we currently have for reducing community cat populations and subsequently reducing conflicts with wildlife but, believe just as strongly that there needs to be standard protocols established for TNR.