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We place dogs with veterans and first responders. Our focus is on training dogs to help alleviate symptoms of post traumatic stress and service connected challenges. We use rescues dogs whenever possible to help 2 lives at a time.

Saving ONE senior dog at a time and educating MANY young minds to create a legacy of compassion and advocacy!

Assistance Dogs International (ADI) is a coalition of not for profit assistance dog organizations. The purpose of ADI is to: - Improve the training, placement, and utilization of assistance dogs - Educate the public about assistance dogs - Develop and uphold the highest standards in the assistance dog industry

Puppies Behind Bars trains prison inmates to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and for first responders, as well as explosive-detection canines for law enforcement. Puppies enter prison at eight weeks and live with their inmate puppy raisers for approximately 24 months. As the puppies mature into well-loved, well-behaved dogs, their raisers learn what it means to give back to society rather than take from it.

Through hands-on experience in a safe and peaceful environment, rescued horses and children facing conflicts or challenges come together to help each other learn to love and trust again.

Toka's Friends is a non-profit, volunteer run organization that trains service dogs for military veterans suffering from PTSD, TBI and other difficulties. These service dogs are provided at no cost to the veteran.

The chapter is an all‑volunteer 501(c)(3) that rescues, medically cares for, spays/neuters, and rehomes domestic rabbits while educating the public about proper rabbit care and rabbit welfare. It runs a shelter/foster program, provides veterinary care for incoming rabbits, and conducts outreach to reduce unwanted rabbits.

Animal Compassion Team of California works to rescue, rehabilitate, shelter and place domestic animals while promoting humane treatment and responsible pet ownership; they run adoption and foster programs and provide community education with a focus on spay/neuter and collaborative, no‑kill solutions.

Rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing injured and orphaned wildlife while advancing public awareness and understanding of the critical role of wildlife within the ecosystems we share.

To create a better future for pit bulls by promoting their positive image as loving family companions through education, public advocacy, adoptions, and owner support.

The organization operates as an animal shelter and rescue that provides temporary refuge, medical care, rehabilitation, and rehoming services for sick, injured, lost, neglected, or unwanted animals in Orange County. They focus on finding permanent homes for animals and offering community resources such as low-cost veterinary services and lost-and-found support.

A Cat's Life Rescue exists to provide a trap-neuter-release (TNR) program, adoptions, and medical care for cats, as well as education and therapeutic programs to the public.