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dreamrescue.org DREAM stands for DACHSHUND RESCUE, EDUCATION, AWARENESS, and MENTORING We are an all-volunteer organization that rescues dachshund and dachshund mixes. We provide foster homes for abandoned, abused, or unwanted dachshunds and help them on their way to finding a permanent and loving home. VISION & MISSION We envision a time when every dachshund in Georgia has a loving home for its entire life. We believe that the welfare of our companion animals is an indication of the health of our society. We see the current welfare of our companion animals as a disease. To treat the symptoms of this disease, we rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome dachshunds in need. To treat the causes of this disease, we educate the public on compassionate dog guardianship of any breed. We want to have a deep, direct impact in a limited geographic area, rather than a small impact in a large geographical area.

Abandoned Angels Cocker Spaniel Rescue, Inc. (AACSR) dba NY Abandoned Angels Rescue (NYAAR) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the rescue and re-homing of Cocker Spaniels and other dog breeds in need of loving forever homes. AACSR will not reject any dog due to age or health reasons and often accepts dogs with temperament and/or medical issues. AACSR relies solely on donations whether through adoptions or the generosity of the public to help pay for the veterinary care of sick, physically disabled, and behaviorally challenged dogs. To date, NY Abandoned Angels Rescue has saved over 3,500 dogs, including 200 dogs in 2012, 140 dogs in 2013, 185 in 2014, 175 in 2015, and 125 dogs in 2016. AACSR is a proud member of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals.

We at the Humane Society of Chittenden County believe that supporting, strengthening and sustaining the bonds between people and pets improves the well-being of individuals, families and communities. Our mission is to ensure that every pet has a loving home and that every pet owner has access to the resources they need to give those pets happy, healthy lives. Our mission is to: Provide for the health and well-being of companion animals that are in need and find each a loving home Reduce the number of unwanted animals through spay/neuter programs Offer affordable health and wellness services and resources to pet owners in need, targeting the underserved population Promote the animal-human bond through outreach, humane education, and therapeutic programming Advocate on behalf of animals in crisis and as an enforcer of their rights and protection through education, investigation, and legislative efforts. HSCC is an independent, 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that receives no city, state or federal funding. We are not affiliated with any national organizations, such as the Humane Society of the United States. We rely solely on the limited revenue generated by our programs and fees, and on the tremendous generosity of our community. In fact, the majority of our annual revenue comes from charitable giving! We serve Vermont’s most populated county, Chittenden, as well as Grand Isle County. Founded in 1901, HSCC has been serving both animals and people for well over 100 years. The original facility was built by June & Herb Davis, considered the modern-day founders of HSCC, but was outgrown by the late 1990’s. Our current facility was completed in October of 2002 and boasts nearly 12,000 square feet of animal care and adoption space, where we take in over 1,400 animals each year and welcome as many as 20,000 visitors annually. The majority of the animals at HSCC are cats and dogs, but we also provide care and services for small animals such as rabbits, ferrets, and guinea pigs.

Nestled on 30 park-like acres in north Florida, Rooterville is home to over 400 rescued farm animals, primarily pigs of all types. Encouraging compassion, inspiring change is our mission at Rooterville and we've been faithfully executing on that mission for over 15 years. We share our beautiful sanctuary and our precious animal ambassadors with thousands of visitors every year. We tell their stories of abuse or neglect and encourage our guests to make kinder choices. Our hope is that guests who come through our gates will have an unforgettable experience that will help move them to transition to a compassionate, sustainable and health-promoting plant-based diet.  At Rooterville, we believe that by helping people understand that the simple choices they make every day have a profound impact on their own health, the environment, and the animals who live in misery until the time they are killed for food encourages them to make better choices in their daily lives, choices that better reflect who they are as caring individuals. Meeting the animal ambassadors at the sanctuary creates memories that will last a lifetime and encourages critical thinking about dietary choices. We want to GROW, we have created a magical place like no other and we want to share it with more people. That is why we are working hard to raise the funding to buy property near Orlando. This will allow many more thousands of guests the opportunity to visit and experience Rooterville and in so doing, help us generate more revenue from donations, sales of food, overnight stays and events, and on site and online gift shop sales to make our organization self sustaining. If there is one thing we would love to do at Rooterville, it is MORE. We don't have much time to turn things around for our beautiful planet and the wild creatures that are left on it. We need your help to be the change in this world! Rooterville is an organization your brand would be proud to associate with!

DOG RESCUEWith years of animal rescue and fostering experience between them, a group of friends recognized the need for a canine only rescue group in the Triad area. Consolidating their shared goal to help dogs of all breeds find the best possible home, while also matching adopters with their ideal companion, they joined forces to create a new rescue group. Stepping Stones Canine Rescue is a charitable and educational non-profit corporation, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Our volunteers share an enthusiasm for dogs and support a mission to rescue, protect, provide sanctuary and ultimately find adoptive families for abandoned, stray and neglected dogs. All of our dogs are housed in foster homes where they are provided with an enormous amount of love and any medical attention needed to insure their best health before adoption. All dogs are evaluated for temperament and personality, helping us to place them in homes that are well suited to their needs and to the needs of their future family.

Rescue Animal Mp3 Project, founded by North Canton, Ohio veterinarian Pamela Fisher, DVM, is a unique program designed to enrich the lives of abandoned animals in Stark County shelters and across the US. Thirty hours of pet calming music is loaded onto Mp3 players and donated free-of-charge to shelters and rescue organizations. Playing soothing pet music promotes relaxation by creating a calming environment. Animals are better able to cope with the stress of shelter environments, and in turn, this improves their quality of life. Dogs and cats that are calm and well-behaved are much more desirable to adopt. This outcome is accomplished through educating rescue and shelter workers about the benefits of calming music and how it will help the health and well-being of the animals in their facilities. The evaluation feedback has shown that the music also has a calming effect on humans who work at the shelters and visit to adopt, cultivating calm treatment of the animals.

The Friends of the Burlington County Animal Shelter, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The all-volunteer group cooperates with the county animal shelter to care for shelter pets and place them into adoptive homes. The group was founded in November 2010 and incorporated in February 2012. We enhance the lives of shelter animals and help them find homes. Our two main goals are: •helping the animals be happy and healthy in the shelter. We interact with the animals by walking the dogs and playing with the cats, which helps them release stress and pent-up energy, as well as improving their overall health and adoptability. •helping the animals move from the shelter into forever homes, foster homes, and no-kill animal rescues. We promote the animals in a variety of ways, including helping post information to adoption websites, such as petfinder, and acting as a liaison for the shelter with foster homes and no-kill rescues. We are also proud to be a bronze level member of Guidestar, an organization that ranks non-profits on their financial transparency.

Arkansas Paws in Prison is committed to rehabilitating inmates and giving rescue dogs a second chance at life by preparing them to be loving, obedient, adoptable pets. The Paws in Prison program pairs inmate trainers with rescue dogs for eight to ten weeks of obedience training and socialization in preparation for adoption. Prior to graduating from the program, each dog must pass the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen Ready test. Because the dogs are properly socialized and trained, their chances of adoption improve drastically, and the risk of being returned to a shelter for unruly behavior decreases significantly. Many of our program’s “graduates” have gone on to become therapy animals and service dogs, including the first water leak detection dog in North America. Paws in Prison collaborates with animal shelters and rescues throughout the state to advance its goal to reduce the number of dogs languishing in shelters and reduce the number of dogs euthanized each year in Arkansas. Since the program began in 2011, more than 2,400 dogs have been rescued, trained, and adopted by loving forever families. Additionally, Arkansas Paws in Prison strives to decrease recidivism rates by providing incarcerated individuals with the opportunity to give back to the community and acquire skills that support successful rehabilitation and re-entry into society. Over the years, Paws in Prison has continued to expand its capacity to fulfill the need for vocational training and rehabilitation programs for offenders. Male and female inmates at seven prison facilities throughout the state now have the opportunity to learn the vocational skill of dog training. Inmate trainers attend weekly professional training classes and maintain a daily journal of their dog’s progress, which improves their literacy and communication skills. In addition to employment skills, participants also gain interpersonal skills. The program teaches them responsibility, compassion, and to care for others. Many of the trainers are hired for animal-related jobs after parole. A number of released participants have dedicated their lives to saving animals and work for Paws in Prison’s partner rescues and shelters, and several have established successful careers as service dog trainers. One former inmate trainer now works in the prisons as a professional dog training instructor, teaching inmates in the program and serving as an example of what can be accomplished with hard work and dedication after incarceration. Arkansas Paws in Prison Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The program is supported by donations and the sale of recyclables. You can make a tax-deductible donation online or by mailing your donation to Arkansas Paws in Prison Foundation at 1302 Pike Avenue – North Little Rock, AR 72114.

Provide rescue, care, shelter for injured, stray, impounded or unwanted animals -to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; -to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; -to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; -to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; -to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; -to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; -to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; -to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational non-profit animal rescue organization.

Founded in 2001, Second Chance Pet Adoptions is a non-profit 501(c)(3) No-Kill animal rescue dedicated to the memory of all animals who were caged, hunted, beaten, tortured, starved, chained, exploited, abandoned or simply ignored. Our mission is to find a permanent, loving home for each cat and kitten in our care, and to reduce the overpopulation of cats in the community, through an aggressive trap-neuter-return program. Second Chance Pet Adoptions educates the public as to the proper care and needs of their pets, provides information on existing animal cruelty and abandonment laws, and informs the public of the importance of spaying and neutering their pets. We also provide a service to the community by providing pet adoptions designed to benefit both the animal and the adopting party. We ensure the animals under our protection are taken care of in the best way possible. Our adoption process includes a veterinary health check for the animal and screening of the prospective owner, to help ensure that the pet and its new owner will be compatible. If for any reason they are not compatible, we take back the pet, who will again be offered for adoption. Second Chance Pet Adoptions is a 100% volunteer organization. We do not receive any government assistance and rely solely on donations to provide services for the animals in our care.

The Humane Farming Association (HFA) - now over 200,000 members strong - is the nation's largest and most effective organization dedicated to the protection of farm animals. Founded in 1985, HFA has gained national recognition and respect through its hard work and its highly-visible, highly-successful campaigns.HFA's goals are: 1) to protect farm animals from cruelty; 2) to protect the public from the dangerous misuse of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals used on factory farms; 3) to protect the environment from the impacts of industrialized animal factories.HFA's comprehensive programs include: anti-cruelty investigations and exposs, national media and ad campaigns, direct hands-on emergency care and refuge for abused farm animals, consumer boycotts, legislation, and youth humane education. HFA's National Veal Boycott continues to be the single most successful campaign ever conducted against factory farming. Achieving an unprecedented drop of nearly 70% in the sale of drugged, anemic, and tortured baby calves, HFA's groundbreaking investigations have just resulted in the first-ever felony convictions of veal industry leaders. HFA's efforts against Bovine Growth Hormones have been pivotal in mobilizing the public against this cruel and dangerous dairy hormone. And HFA's campaigns to stop the abuse of millions of pigs, chickens, and other victims of factory farming continue to turn the tide against the abusive factory farm industry. The outstanding work of the Humane Farming Association is regularly featured on network television and nationally-broadcast radio programs such as ABC's PrimeTIME Live, Good Morning America, World News This Morning and CBS' 60 Minutes. HFA's hard-hitting expos?s have appeared in Time, Newsweek, People, U.S. News and World Report, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other major publications across the country.As HFA makes headlines for its landmark victories and hard-hitting anti-cruelty campaigns, there is another equally meaningful aspect to our work - and that is HFA's Farm Animal Refuge. HFA's Farm Animal Refuge is the largest farm animal rescue facility in the world. Over seven square miles, HFA's Refuge offers hands-on emergency care, rehabilitation, and refuge for abused farm animals. HFA is the only national farm animal protection organization with a shelter that has never turned away farm animals seized as a result of a cruelty case.In 1991, HFA established its political and legislative arm - the Humane Farming Action Fund (HFAF). HFAF is the nation's only political lobbying organization founded exclusively to protect animals raised on farms. HFAF enacts strong and enforceable legislation to outlaw animal abuse and works to ensure that existing anti-cruelty laws are not undermined or weakened by inhumane and unethical meat industry-backed legislation. All combined, HFA's programs and activities represent the greatest hopes of those seeking to create a better world for all of earth's creatures.

Saddlebred Rescue (SBR) AKA American HorseAdoption is a truly unique rescue that incorporates the thinking and practicesof a professional show stable with the realities of the plight of unwantedhorses today. SBR buys all horses in our program mostly fromauctions and sales where they were slaughter bound. We have our ownprofessional trainer who works with each horse to evaluate and design aschooling program to help the horse be as adoptable as possible. All horses in our program are evaluated by twoprofessional horse trainers before they are placed.Each horse’s overall health condition isassessed by our staff, and veterinarian, if necessary, and immediately-neededhealth issues are treated. Chronic conditions are recorded as such. All SBR horses are in a lifetime program andwill always have the option of being returned to SBR if the adopter’scircumstances change. SBR encourages every potential adopter to visitour facility and try out any of our treasures that may be a potential match. While we encourage visits, we understand it isnot always possible to visit us on-site. In these cases, our trainers work withyou to understand your needs and to pick out a horse that is perfect for you.Our placement rate is very high and returns to SBR for incompatibility arealmost nonexistent.Every day our professionals work to improve thecare, training and placement of our treasures. Proud to be a verified member of GlobalFederation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS).