North Carolina

Our group was started by a couple of volunteers for Ruff Love Rescue (all dogs) that have a passion for felines too. We rescue homeless cats, have them vetted, and find loving homes. In addition we help trap, neuter, and release feral cats to help prevent future overpopulation.

I am a business owner in Wilmington, NC who has begun to work with organizations in the Turks & Caicos Islands to help save the homeless Potcake dogs that inhabit the islands. The Potcake Project is sponsored by SaveDog Project, Inc., a non-profit dog welfare organization I am founding in 2014. We LOVE Potcakes, so our mission is very simple – we strive to give homeless Potcake dogs the opportunity to live in the home of a lifetime. We view Potcakes as our clients, and we’ll do whatever it takes to exceed our client’s expectations, one wagging tail at a time. We intend to help support the efforts of other potcake rescue organizations, with a common goal of uniting adoptable potcakes with loving forever homes. We also intend to support intelligently implemented spay & neutering programs, the critical “other half of a solution” to the proliferation of homeless, unwanted Potcakes in the Turks & Caicos Islands and Bahamas.

H4S formed on January 2, 2004. Rutherford Co, NC does not have a shelter for adoptable pets. Only a 'high-kill' Animal Control. When I inquired as to the adoption/return to owner rate, at that time, it was a mere 3%. In the summer months, I had volunteered at a shelter in Yancey Co, NC for 10 yrs, establishing their rescue effort and building a 'state-of-the art' shelter, there. In the winter months, I felt lost and useless, and bored, so decided that I needed to step up to help rescue as many of the dogs I could, in Rutherford Co, NC where we lived during the winter months. In 2007, we decided to sell our summer place, since Yancey had everything it needed now, with a sweet shelter doing amazing things for the animals in need there. Since, Jan. 2004, H4S has rescued over 7,700 dogs and puppies. We trabsport as many as we can get into other no-kill rescues in NY and NJ, and also adopt out as many as we can handle, each month. We average a population of 35 adoptables each month, as well as 35 permanent 'sanctuary residents', mostly older beagles and hounds. It has become my life's work, and I LOVE what I do. I just WISH ALL counties everywhere had a FREE spay/neuter clinic, so 'rescue' wouldn't be a necessity.

SRC begain in June, 2003 when after being bedridden for more than 4 years with Lupus (SLE) I went into remission. Being able to function again yet not work outside the home, I wanted to give back as I had always been in public service so I started SRC to repay my precious Mini Schnauzer (Chewie) for being such a faithful companion during my time of being bedridden. He had even laid on my head during blinding migraines! Since that time SRC has flourished and we have been blessed to have placed more than 2500 Schnauzers and Honorary Schnauzers in loving adoptive homes! Each one stays in a loving foster home and comes from trauma of horrible conditions! They are so glad to be rescued from the horror of puppy mills and kill facilities and with time and understanding become fantastic pets! SRC also publicly promotes spay/neuter for all animals and works to educate the public on the desperate need for this policy. We work to do micro-chip clinics to help the elderly be able to keep their dogs healthy despite their lack of income. We also work to place adult dogs with senior adoptive parents. I believe this is my calling and plan to spend the remainder of my lifetime in service to this worthy mission.

Lost Dogs Run was formed to promote fostering by individuals who find or have unwanted animals while they are being adopted. Depending upon funding, we provide food and medical assistance during the foster period which can last up to a year.

Faithful Companion Canine Rescue (FCCR), Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of homeless and abandoned dogs located in and around the surrounding Charlotte, NC area. By working with dedicated volunteers, FCCR is able to place these dogs in temporary foster homes until a permanent home is found. These dogs receive love, attention, training and medical care to restore them to their emotional and physical health. FCCR is committed to finding these dogs well matched homes that have been carefully screened through an adoption application process.

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. Our agency has over 50 years of combined experience volunteering with rescues and shelters and we have excellent resources for helping dogs to find their best home yet and their last home -- forever! There is no better reward than a dog meeting his new family for the first time and knowing he has at last found a real home. When we receive pictures of him months later with a relaxed face or having fun...that's motivation to keep doing what we love...we're selfish that way!

Cat Angels Pet Adoptions is a cat and kitten rescue and adoption organization in the Triangle Area of NC. We are a no-kill shelter. Our goal is to help homeless, abandoned and abused cats and kittens find safe, loving, permanent homes. Every cat and kitten available for adoption has been spayed or neutered, is completely vaccinated, tested for Feline Leukemia or FIV, microchipped with a Home Again microchip and has been dewormed. We have a Lifetime Return Policy for all of our cats and kittens. For whatever reason, we will gladly accept any of our cats and kittens back into our program. Additionally, we have a TNR program to help homeless cats. We take in as many kittens as we can and socialize them to become adoptable pets.

Animal Life Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of adoptable animals that would be put to sleep for lack of room at local shelters

Hope Animal Rescue was founded in February of 2013, as a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending the unnecessary killing of North Carolina's adoptable dogs and cats. We are a foster based rescue founded by a mother-daughter duo who wanted to make a difference in the lives of shelter pets. As of August 30, 2013, Hope Animal Rescue is recognized by the IRS as a 501c3 tax exempt rescue organization. We hope to end the killing of homeless pets in North Carolina and stop the use of gas chamber euthanasia, while rescuing those at immediate risk of euthanasia. We seek alternative methods to the killing of adoptable animals in our shelters, with the ultimate goal of having every shelter in North Carolina become No-Kill. This can be done, but it takes a community to make change happen!