http://www.furryfriendsrescue.org/
As an all-volunteer non-profit companion animal rescue organization, Furry Friends Rescue faces especially challenging hurdles because they work within such a heavily populated area. Focused on dogs and cats that are scheduled for euthanasia in the shelters of the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, these champions provide medical care, including spay/neuter surgery, and fostering until the animal is in a behavioral place where they are adoptable. Because many of these animals come from violent or neglected backgrounds, they may have aggressive or fearful personalities, and because so many shelters are inundated with pets that people surrender, these animals are often overlooked in favor of the more friendly, personable animals by adopters who may not have the patience to work with them.
Essentially, in a nutshell, what they give these animals is time, time that the shelters may not want to or have available to give. Since 1998, this has translated into new forever homes for approximately 1,000 animals--every year.
One of their biggest reasons for success has come from a skill that Bay Area residents excel at: networking! In addition to their own volunteers that foster and care for the animals, FFR works with other shelters, rescue organizations, private medical centers, trainers, sponsoring companies...essentially anyone with a love for these animals and a desire to see the region become, eventually, a euthanasia-as-mercy-only place to live.
Bay Area residents interested in joining the network can connect with them on Twitter (@FurryFriends) or on Facebook ("Furry Friends Rescue"). If you live outside the SF Bay Area but would like to help this very worthwhile organization as they strive to build a multi-acre animal sanctuary, please visit their Web site, noted above. There are animals, like the lovely Lady pictured above, who could really use your helping paws.
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