Our friends over at Ruff Club have teamed up with several LES restaurants to raise funds for Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue, a nonprofit organization that rehomes dogs pulled
from rural shelters in the South.
HART receives calls every day
from rural shelters in Virginia and West Virginia (and sometimes even farther away) asking if we can take one more.
When launched in 2009, Project Fetch, our transfer program, largely focused on relocating dogs
from rural shelters and tribal lands with limited resources and, in some cases, hoarding situations.
Sadie was rescued
from a rural shelter where, despite being a sweet and beautiful girl, her age worked against her and she ended up on the euthanasia list to make space for incoming animals.
She came
from a rural shelter in South Carolina and brings us laughter and adventure.
He was rescued as an adolescent
from a rural shelter that was being closed down, and all the dogs were at risk of being euthanized.
Baby was one of the dogs we rescued from that euthanasia list
from a rural shelter we often partner with and upon intake, it became clear that Baby was about to have babies of her own.
As we pulled into the facility, an animal control truck was offloading seven dogs transferred
from a rural shelter to make room for strays.
Bodie, whose owner had never even named him, was rescued
from a rural shelter on August 8, 2012.
He came to
us from a rural shelter, after having surgery from being hit by a car.
We fostered one dog
from a rural shelter in Kentucky who later went on to live with my in - laws.
Rescued
from a rural shelter, we thought it would be your «run of the mill» large dog adoption.
Not exact matches
It takes a couple of sophisticated city dwellers and plunks them down in the middle of a
sheltered rural America, so that it's almost like watching aliens
from Venus visiting Mars.
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father (Michael Shannon) living in
rural Ohio questions whether to
shelter his family
from a coming storm, or just
from himself and his delusions.
Disturbingly, Focus Oklahoma research revealed that an estimated less than one fifth of
rural shelters comply with the 1986 state law requiring sterilization of animals released
from shelters.
However,
rural areas with the least access to spay / neuter clinics and the least access to
sheltering are also the ones in which intact animals are most likely to be released
from the existing
shelters with no follow - up to ensure they were altered.
We have transported and adopted more than 7000 pets through this program since the hurricane,
from the New Orleans metro area and
from small
rural shelters.
Some of the dogs were strays... others no longer could live with their families and still more have been pulled
from rural animal
shelters where they were considered «too old» to be adoptable.
History: Roo is a handsome 4 month old black lab mix who needed help
from an overcrowded
rural shelter.
This imbalance is so real that urban non-profit
shelters have set up programs to â $ œcherry - pickâ $ adoptable pets (primarily small dogs and puppies)
from rural municipal
shelters, while continuing to euthanize the unwanted pets in their own communities.
I know
from my own experience while working at a
rural shelter that making changes to include later hours or holding adoptions at better locations is not always received well by the powers that manage the
shelter.
Financial assistance
from one or more of RADAR's funds, together with the participation of a rescue group, saves the lives of dogs who otherwise would most likely be put to sleep in
rural shelters: older dogs, black dogs, special - needs dogs and medical - needs dogs, regardless of breed.
FADR typically rescues
from small
rural kill
shelters and often houses 30 - 45 dogs at any given time.
Our mission is to provide education and financial support for spay and neuter efforts in
rural areas, foster and adopt dogs
from high - kill
shelters, provide resources to
shelters or humane societies who are caring for animals
from large - scale rescues, support Ohio legislation for companion animal protection, and provide temporary pet food assistance for families going through financial hardship.
Midwest Animal ResQ is a Kansas City based foster organization that specializes in rescuing at - risk dogs
from rural and city
shelters throughout the country.
Most of our adoptable pets come
from rural high kill
shelters.
The
rural shelters also suffer
from a lack of funding, which directly translates to a lack of hours for animal control officers to spend networking and a lack of adoption hours for the general public to view and choose the dog that they want to bring home.
The company donates a portion of sales to Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue, an all - breed rescue nonprofit that uses a network of fosters and volunteers to find new homes for adoptable dogs they rescue
from high - kill
rural shelters in the South.
We rescue desirable and healthy adult dogs and cats
from pounds and
shelters in mostly
rural areas.
Since March of 2011 our team has rescued over 2000 dogs
from very high kill,
rural shelters in AL, FL, GA, LA, NC, SC, KY and WV and found them all great forever homes.
It is our second largest event of the year and provides Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue with the support we need to continue the important work of rescuing dogs
from high kill
shelters in the mostly
rural South.
Sara Alize Cross founded the grassroots network of rescuers, fosters and volunteers in 2011 and has since found homes for some 900 dogs sprung
from shelters in the
rural south.
Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, all - breed dog rescue composed of a network of fosters and volunteers who work together to rescue sweet, loving, adoptable dogs
from high kill,
rural shelters in the southern U.S. states and get them adopted into wonderful forever homes.
I have done a lot of dog rescue, many
from the Devore
shelter in San Bernardino, and the last 2 years in
rural Kentucky (they're shockingly similar, heh).
Currently, 90 % of our pets are being rescued
from rural kill
shelters in Northern Nevada including Fallon, Winnemucca, Battle Mountain, and Hawthorne.
Since founder Sara Cross started Badass Brooklyn in 2011, 800 dogs have been rescued
from high - kill
rural shelters in the southern States.
Many of the animals in our care have come
from shelters in
rural areas outside of Oklahoma City.
Last Chance Animal Rescue is a volunteer - based not - for - profit organization located out of Southampton which rescues animals
from «kill» facilities — many of which are
rural shelters in southern states — and underwrites the costs of relocating them to «no - kill» facilities and foster homes with the goal of adopting them into a forever family.
This area is very
rural and suffered
from one of the highest
shelter kill rates in the state.
With grants
from the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, and generous donations
from private benefactors and small companies, students
from all three schools in the Cooper Union continue to work on a range of projects that address energy, water and
shelter in remote,
rural regions in the less industrialized world.
She says she was shocked by the contrast of women's lives in the Fairtrade cooperative Swallows in
rural Bangladesh where women can work in a healthy environment, while their children go to school nearby, and the lives of women in the city slums who live in tiny
shelters separated
from their children who live with their grandparents.
Inadequate and underfunded services to prevent violence and support survivors, and insufficient affordable housing and
shelters accessible to women fleeing abuse, particularly in
rural and northern communities, violate the rights of women and girls to live in safety and free
from violence.