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Founded in 1902, the mission of the SPCA of Tompkins County is to protect companion animals. We are the first open-admission, no-kill shelter in the country dedicated to preventing animal cruelty and overpopulation. not only do we steward animals, but the environment as well. our “green” shelter, known as the Dorothy and Roy Park Pet Adoption Center, was LEED- Certified Silver in 2004—the first shelter to achieve this status in the united States. our best practices in shelter operations and programs serve as effective examples for other shelters across the country striving to achieve no-kill status. We strive to foster a community in which the need for sheltering abandoned, neglected and homeless and abused animals is diminished; and we work ceaselessly to place medically and behaviorally healthy, treatable or manageable animals in loving homes. We provide leadership in cruelty investigation initiatives, educational outreach, and pet population control. We promote responsible pet stewardship by providing behavioral issues-counseling as needed for adopted animals and their owners, as well as behavior training for shelter dogs to increase adoption rates and ultimately nurture and enhance the human-animal bond.

Since 2006, The Dog Alliance has been improving the lives of families and individuals through therapeutic programs which incorporate the powerful connection between dogs and humans. Key programs include: Hounds for Heroes is the service dog program of Austin Dog Alliance. In addition to being trained to be unobtrusive in public, our service dogs are trained to mitigate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS), anxiety and or depression. Each dogs performs a minimum of three tasks that enable their partner to lead a more "normal" life. The tasks are selected after extensive conversations with the adopter. S+CORE! (Students + Canines = Opportunities for Rewarding Employment) capitalizes on the relationship between canines and adults to build job skills to provide life-long employment options for adults with disabilities. Students who complete the 86-hour program are provided job placement and coaching as they transition to paid employment. The Bow Wow Reading Dogs program teaches reading skills to at-risk readers by providing highly trained dogs and their handlers to local elementary schools, every week of the school year. Pet therapy visits in nursing homes and hospitals. Over 145 pet therapy dog handlers and their dog partners visit more than 50 hospitals, nursing homes and hospices in the Austin area. In 2015, they provided more than 6,000 hours of volunteer service visiting the elderly and sick in our community.

The goal of the Wild Cat Education and Conservation Fund is to educate the public about the decreasing population of wild cat species around the world, provide funding for worldwide wild cat conservation projects, and offer safe refuge for captive wild cats.

Connecting families with global sanctuaries to create a loving, compassionate future, while building a supportive community for animal welfare nonprofits, and utilizing technology to amplify their impact

Friends of Berkeley County Animal Center is a 501(c)(3) created by volunteers to support the Berkeley Animal Center. The employees and volunteers of the Berkeley Animal Center are passionate about the care and well-being of animals and we are passionate about helping them to provide it. Only by bringing together hardworking volunteers, a caring community, and generous donors are we able to accomplish our goals. We work hard to raise funds, organize events, grow volunteerism, promote public education, and encourage community and business involvement for the benefit of the growing homeless animal population Berkeley County, S.C.

AjK Family Rescue is an Austin Dog Rescue that rescues, fosters, and adopts dogs and cats around the Austin area. We are a non-profit foster based rescue, dedicated to rescuing pets, primarily dogs, left homeless in public shelters where they are at high risk of euthanasia due to pet overpopulation, that are owner surrendered due to unforeseen or difficult circumstances, and those in danger of abuse or neglect. We are a small rescue group made up of all volunteers, our family, friends, and neighbors, united by the love for animals that aim to make a difference in our homeless pet population by working together to provide temporary loving foster homes, veterinary care and eventual forever homes for hundreds of rescued animals each year.

Since 1960, the Humane Society of Utah (HSU) has been dedicated to the elimination of pain, fear and suffering in all animals. HSU shelters abandoned animals, fights cruelty and neglect, and creates an environment of respect, responsibility, and compassion for all animals. HSU is an open-admissions shelter, meaning that our doors are always open for any animal that we can legally accept. We work hard to ensure that every healthy and treatable pet that enters our facility will be placed into a loving home. HSU achieved and has maintained "no-kill" standards (a 90% placement rate for dogs and cats) since 2015, and we save the lives of over 11,000 animals every year. Our in-house Clinic is also committed to controlling the pet population by spay/neutering 11,000+ dogs and cats each year.