Archives: Shelter

Jesse Adams and Brielle Turpin founded RainCoast Dog Rescue Society in British Columbia, Canada, a non-profit organization that is based on rescuing and rehabilitating dogs from high kill shelters and/or abusive homes.

RainCoast Dog Rescue Society focuses on giving misplaced, neglected, and abandoned dogs a real chance at life by working with each dog on an individual basis. Many of the dogs that come into their care are from high kill shelters in California, Mexico and some are local surrenders from Vancouver Island. They believe that dogs are family and are to be treated as so and will do everything in their power to build up their confidence and trust so that they can be adopted out into responsible loving homes.

While RainCoast relies heavily on an extensive foster network comprised of volunteers, they have also recently acquired a large piece of land with a farm to care for their rescue dogs.

In addition to their amazing rescue work the RainCoast team also has anti abuse programs, anti abuse events, petitions and public interactions to shed light on animal abuse locally and globally.

SPCA International is proud to support RainCoast Dog Rescue Society and their continued efforts to provide dogs with the homes they rightly deserve.

http://www.raincoastdogrescue.com/

The Have a Heart Foundation was founded by a group of individuals who sought to bring education and essential veterinary services to the low-income community in and around Outjo in Namibia.

The stray animal population has become a health hazard not only for the people of Outjo but for the animals as well. By providing vaccinations and spay and neuter services, Have a Heart Foundation, is improving the quality of life for these community animals and humanely decreasing the stray population. Additionally by providing animal education services to the people of Outjo, Have a Heart Foundation has eliminated the need of euthanasia to control the stray population.

SPCA International is proud to support Have a Heart Foundation in their continued efforts to promote responsible pet-ownership and provide care and protection to the animals of Outjo. 

http://www.have-a-heartspayandneuterproject.com

Carol Buckley founded Elephant Aid International in 2011. With more than 30 years of experience working with elephants in captivity, having coordinated the rescue of the first elephant confiscated by the USDA and working with countless zoos on the proper management of elephants, Buckley has dedicated her life to the welfare of these beautiful creatures.

Elephant Aid International provides proper foot care, veterinary services, improves stable sanitation and chain-free enclosures. Additionally they work with local governments, NGOs and mahouts (elephant trainers) to create permanent facilities and training on the proper care of elephants. Not only do these programs provide a better quality of life for the elephants but it also helps improve the economy and tribal life of the cultures they are tightly connected with.

SPCA International is thrilled to support Elephant Aid International and their many ongoing programs, especially the provision of a chain-free enclosure for a bull elephant living in Nepal. Living in a chained enclosure means diseased and painful feet for elephants; Elephant Aid International provides solar powered enclosures to allow resident elephants the ability to roam bathe and play. Thanks to Elephant Aid International many elephants in Asia no longer have joint pain and better lives for them and their mahouts.

http://www.elephantaidinternational.org/

Founded in 1989, the Brightside Animal Center in Redmond, Oregon identifies as a “high-save” shelter. Working with dedicated shelter volunteers, foster homes and foster hospice homes, Brightside aims to prepare all of their animals for a successful match with their potential new families.

Every cat and dog that enters Brightside is vetted and given all of the care and preparation they need until they are ready for a new home. Their patience and tireless work has allowed Brightside to find homes for 96% of the cats and 98% of the dogs that came to them in the last year. Additionally Brightside offers rabies vaccine clinics, low-cost dog training, micro-chipping and low-cost spay/neuter services to the community.

SPCA International is proud to support Brightside Animal Center’s initiative and their current plans for a feline isolation ward.

http://www.brightsideanimals.org

Founded in April 2014, Association Comme Chiens et Chats rescues and protects the abandoned and abused animals of France and Morocco. With only 10 volunteers the Association provided care to 200 animals in 2015 alone.

Although they have a small staff of volunteers and an annual budget under 40,000 USD the Association provides vaccinations, sterilization and emergency veterinary care to all of it’s animals before placing them in Foster homes where they can stay until they are adopted. While they mainly rescue cats and dogs the Association has also rescued donkeys, horses and monkeys.

SPCA International is proud to support the amazing work Association Comme Chiens et Chats is already accomplishing as well as helping fund a substantial vaccination, sterilization and education campaign.

http://assocommechiensetchats.org/

https://www.facebook.com/association3c/

Lucie Cerny founded the Rescue and Sanctuary for Threatened Animals (RASTA) in 2001. Formerly located just south of Calgary, Alberta in Canada, Lucie has recently taken on the monumental task of relocating the RASTA Sanctuary and all the animals to Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada for a better quality of life for the animals as well as to fill a need for farm animal refuge in an area that currently lacks this. RASTA provides a no-kill and cage-free permanent home to some cats and dogs but their main focus is farm animal rescue and advocacy.

In 2013 RASTA founded the Potbelly Pig & Farm Animal Rehoming Network and in 2014 the Farm Animal Rescue & Rehoming Movement (FARRM) was also born from RASTA’s inspiration. Both organizations continue to operate in Alberta today, along with a few other farm animal sanctuaries that have since come into existence.

Inspired by her dog, the late Rasta, Lucie addressed a need in the animal welfare community by providing advocacy and shelter to abused and neglected farm animals. Offering an interactive experience to the public at the sanctuary, Lucie and the RASTA volunteers aim to educate and promote compassion for all creatures great and small with no distinction between breeds or species.

SPCA International is proud to support RASTA though the Shelter Support Fund Program in order to aid with the construction of a proper drainage system and new barn.

http://rastarescue.org/

Chevaux sans abri (C.S.A.) is an equine-based organization located in the Wattrelos, France. Founded in 2012, CSA has worked to protect the neglected and poorly treated horses, donkeys and ponies in their area.

C.S.A. has worked with local authorities to build a platform that allows and encourages the public to report abuse. With their 4 volunteers C.S.A. addresses emergency situations and provides any necessary medical treatment. Since it’s inception CSA has rescued more than 20 horses.

SPCA International is pleased to assist Chevaux sans abri in the purchase of a second vehicle so that they can expand their amazing outreach.

www.csafrance-org.webs.com

Founded over 20 years ago in Buenos Aires, Argentina, El Paraiso de los Animales has provided shelter, food, veterinary care and spay/neuter services to the abused and abandoned animals of Argentina.

El Paraiso de los Animales is the largest sanctuary in Argentina, providing shelter for over 700 animals including many farm animals and 400 dogs. Unlike most shelters the animals are allowed to roam freely on the property without the restriction of cages. With only 6 volunteers the work that they have been able to accomplish is staggering, no animal is turned away, but it costs thousands of dollars to feed and care for all the animals and keep the sanctuary in proper shape.

SPCA International is proud to support El Paraiso de los Animales through our Shelter Support Fund program to help them continue to care for the each and every deserving soul that is lucky to get this new chance at life.

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The Astrakhan Regional Public Organization of Homeless Animals, “True Friend” is located in the Astrakhanskaya Oblast region of Russia.  Founded in 2011 by Svetlana Marchenko, True Friend aims to rescue abandoned and sick animals, educate and cultivate kindness towards animals and regulate the stray animal population through sterilization.

True Friend is one of the few shelters in Russia and the only one in its region. SPCA International was alerted about True Friend and their initiative by a volunteer who informed us of the amazing rescue and care of Tyapa, a young dog who brutally had two paws cut off by horrible individual.

Having helped over 600 dogs, 35 cats, 1 hen, cow, dove and osprey; no animal is turned away no matter the species or severity of their condition. SPCA International is eager to support True Friend in the construction of some much-needed improvements to their existing structure.

http://priutvd.ru
http://priutvd.ru/en/

It is almost difficult to inconceivable that in a time of one of the most heinous civil wars and extreme violence, where thousands of people are dying and fleeing the country of Syria, that a team of animal lovers from Damascus City is actively rescuing, feeding and treating the strays left behind.

Thousands of animals are currently being poisoned, abused and/or are starving to death because of the unfathomable atrocities inflicted upon them by this war. It may be easier for most to look away when they see the horrifying images of people and animals suffering and dying, but the all-volunteer team at SARA will not look away.

SARA (Syrian Association for Rescuing Animals) is the only known animal welfare society still left in the country. They do not have a shelter because resources are depleted, and the funding is tough to come by. SPCA International is honored to assist their unmatched efforts with a Shelter Support Fund Grant.  Please consider supporting their efforts by visiting their page below.