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The Peterborough Humane Society, a registered charitable organization dependent on public donations, was established in 1941. As an Affiliated Society of the OSPCA, with the mandate to facilitate and provide for the prevention of cruelty to animals and their relief therefrom, our Humane Society offers a wide range of vital services to the community. Working in cooperation with many agencies and departments we continue promoting responsible pet ownership concepts through community outreach, one-on-one encounters with residents and the use of legal action as the last resort. Approximately 1,500 animals are received at the shelter each year, many of which are lost, injured or abandoned. While in our care they are provided with food, care, shelter and lots of love and attention. We speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. The Peterborough Humane Society is grateful to our supporters, staff, and volunteers for their wonderful support and dedication.

Adopt a Golden Knoxville is a volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to finding warm, loving permanent homes for Golden Retrievers in order to prevent them from becoming strays or adding to the shelter overpopulation. Our focus is on assisting owners that can no longer care for their Golden due to unfortunate financial or other personal circumstances. Golden Retrievers, regardless of medical needs or age, will receive comprehensive evaluation, spay/neutering services, veterinary care, behavioral training if required, and safe passage into a permanent loving home. In addition to providing those services, Adopt a Golden Knoxville is intent on educating and assisting the metropolitan Knoxville and East Tennessee general public, and dog owners specifically, regarding issues such as responsible pet ownership, spay/neutering, obedience training, and veterinary/specialists referrals. Our goal is to reduce the number of Golden Retrievers sent to shelters.

Fur Fun Rescue is an all-volunteer, foster-based rescue. We save dogs from high-kill shelters, and seek neglected dogs with medical needs when shelters or owners won’t or can’t pay for their care. Our goal is to match dogs in need, fosters who care, and homes looking for that perfect addition. Medical needs of our dogs are addressed. They are vaccinated, spay/neutered, microchipped, treated if needed for heartworm, and given heartworm/flea preventatives. Fosters teach dogs basic obedience, and correct behavioral issues. We then match dogs with carefully screened adopters via phone, meet-and-greet, & home visits. After adoption, we’re here to answer questions and offer training tips, and if for any reason, an owner cannot keep their dog, we commit in our adoption contracts to take it back.

We are an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit rescue/foster group in Tuba City, AZ, serving both the western Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe. Our mission is to end animal homelessness, suffering and overpopulation and to provide resources towards those goals. We provide a grant-funded low-cost spay & neuter program for dogs and cats, share resources for vaccinations, spay/neuter, tick disease prevention, and responsible pet care, and rescue animals in need, as much as we can. We do not have an animal shelter. We are always looking for more foster homes and transport help, and we depend upon donations to help pay for veterinary care for rescued animals. Everything we do relies upon the support and donations we receive and our small hand full of foster homes, and rescue partnerships.

SPCA Westchester is a no-kill, 501(c)3 not-for-profit animal welfare organization dedicated to saving homeless, abused and abandoned animals and to protecting animals from cruelty and neglect through education and enforcement of humane laws. OUR HISTORY: SPCA Westchester is one of the oldest humane societies in the United States. We were founded in 1883 by Ossining resident Mary Dusenberry after she observed horses being abused as they delivered heavy loads of coal. Together with caring friends, Mrs. Dusenberry obtained land on which to build the Society’s first home and established a fund to be used to prevent cruelty to animals. The SPCA is still located on the same property, making it one of the oldest landholders in Briarcliff Manor. Originally affiliated with the ASPCA, the SPCA became an independent organization in the 1920’s and does NOT receive funding from the ASPCA or any national animal welfare organizations.

Good Karma Dog Rescue (GKDR) is a volunteer based, registered 501(c)3 non-profit rescue organization in New Jersey (EIN#: 47-5080441). The animals brought into GKDR's care have a variety of backgrounds. Some of the animals are surrendered by their owners due to difficult family situations, others have been severely neglected or make their way to GKDR via high kill shelters. Regardless of their past, all the animals that are taken under GKDR's care have one thing in common, a second chance! We are focused on providing high quality homes to animals in need - we will do everything we can to prepare our rescues for their new forever families. We fight against stereotypes of the pit bull breed, educate the public on prevention of animal cruelty, animal behavior and training, and the importance of spaying/neutering.

SINCE MARCH OF 2011 OUR TEAM HAS RESCUED OVER 3,000 DOGS FROM HIGH-KILL, RURAL SHELTERS IN AL, FL, GA, LA, NC, SC, TX, KY AND WV AND FOUND THEM GREAT FOREVER HOMES.Badass Animal Rescue is an all-breed dog rescue based in Brooklyn, NY. We are a 501(c)3 volunteer-run nonprofit of rescuers, fosters, and volunteers who work together to rescue, rehabilitate, and find homes for sweet, loving, adoptable dogs from high-kill pounds in the rural south.Upon rescue, we spay/neuter, vaccinate, test for heartworm, provide flea and heartworm preventatives, and deworm. We also treat illnesses, such as heartworm and necessary surgeries for dogs with serious injuries. Badass has no shelter space and relies on our dedicated foster families to house, care for, and train our dogs before adoption.

The Windsor/Essex County Humane Society was founded in 1926 and since its humble beginnings in a citizen’s backyard, has been promoting responsible pet ownership, compassion for all living things and a commitment to be involved and make a difference. The Humane Society is not a government organization. It is a registered not for profit charity devoted to the prevention of cruelty to animals. We rely on public and corporate donations and fundraising campaigns to support our humane operations. The generosity of the community we serve helps us support the animals in our care and allows us to offer a wide range of programs and services. These services include, cruelty investigations, humane education, assisting distressed and abused animals, and our spay and neuter program. In 2012 more than 9,000 animals came through our doors in addition to the more than 4,000 who received surgery at our spay/neuter clinic. We can't help them without your support.

Wildlife Rehabilitation CCWR is working towards a Wildlife Custodian Authorization, to be issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources. We are applying for the funding needed to build our intake clinic and animal enclosures in the hope of taking in injured and orphaned fawns and raccoons starting in spring 2010. Public Education Some harm to wildlife can be prevented through public education. CCWR will develop an extensive campaign to inform the public on the role people can play in minimizing the impact humans have on wildlife. Advocacy CCWR believes that we need to respect nature and that all life should have value and meaning. When human industry interferes with the balance of nature, we need to take a responsible approach. CCWR will work with city officials and developers, speaking on behalf of wildlife when its well-being is threatened by land development. Sanctuary Our sanctuary animals continue to receive excellent care for the rest of their lives.

CatNap is a volunteer non-profit registered society that has been helping abandoned and homeless cats in Nanaimo, BC since 1998. Every year, our group gives a second chance in life to over 200 domestic and feral cats. Our mandate is to rescue abandoned cats/kittens, have them spayed or neutered, provide medical attention, and find them good loving homes. This helps prevent unwanted litters and reduce further suffering for these animals. After spaying or neutering, feral (wild) cats are released back to their original location if shelter, food, and water can be provided daily. We rely solely on financial donations and fundraising events. With no administrative overhead, all money raised is used for spaying/neutering, food/litter, obtaining medical attention and caring for these cats. Please visit us at www.catnapsociety.com or CatNap Society on Facebook for more information about us.

FRFA is a registered charity dedicated to bettering the lives of the street cats and kittens that have no place to call home. We provide rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing for stray, feral, lost, abandoned and abused felines. All rescued cats and kittens are vetted, spayed/neutered, vaccinated and ID tattooed prior to adoption. The ill, injured and abused receive the necessary veterinary care to restore their health and the compassionate care needed to restore their trust in people. We are a No-Kill foundation that believes in prevention as the most humane and cost effective means of reducing critical cat overpopulation and the subsequent misery. FRFA provides spay/neuter assistance to low income cat owners (please see our Pay What You Can Spay/Neuter Fund). The majority of problems that plague the cat population are due to critical overpopulation. In a 7 year span the exponential growth resulting from of 1 breeding pair of cats will be an additional 450,000 kittens born.

VAST workshops and clinics are offered to communities that rarely see veterinary or animal husbandry services. We train local animal health workers in food animal care, disease prevention and treatment, and biosecurity. The goal is to recognise key diseases in livestock before they become fatal, as well as give locals the opportunity to have their animals health checked. A secondary goal is to deliver needed veterinary medicines and supplies to communities. Our next visit is to Haiti. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, with some of the highest infant mortality, illiteracy and infectious disease rates found globally. Since the earthquake in 2010, a cholera epidemic has also impacted the population, compromising their ability to rebuild. As more than 80% of the population survives on less than $2 US/day, farmers are unable to pay for proper animal care. Unfortunately for most rural Haitians, their family's wealth and security are tied up in the few animals they own.