Animal Adoption & Rescue Organizations

Alabama

• Alabama Animal Rescue

• Alabama Animal Shelters via Animal Shelters.org

• West Alabama Animal Rescue, Brookwood, AL -- WAAR is a non-profit tax-exempt that works with the Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter to help foster animals that are sick or need behavior modification so that the shelter can adopt out and we also take out animals that would otherwise be destroyed due to heartworms, illness, or space. We then work with other groups to get them up north to find homes. We are sorry but we cannot take animals from the public . . what funds we have must be spent on the many homeless animals rescued from our local shelter. We receive no local, state or federal funding. Donations from our many friends and our own efforts, through fundraising, are our only source of income. Medical expenses for the animals we rescue represent 100% of every donated dollar. All of our dogs are located at different foster homes all over Tuscaloosa and Birmingham; they are not in one location. Our adoption application is available on-line and will be sent to you, routinely, with our answer to your initial inquiry. We make every effort to prequalify applicants so the waiting period between rescue and placement is shortened. Anyone wishing to adopt should complete the application so the approval process is initiated. The adoption fee is $125 for dogs and $85 for cats. All animals will be spayed/neutered before adoption. Location and contact: West Alabama Animal Rescue, PO BOX 587, BROOKWOOD, AL 35444. Phone: 205-462-0353 Email: waaradoptions@aol.com. Please view our Adoptable Pets List.

• German Shepherd Rescue of Central Alabama, Montgomery, AL -- This group maintains a very high standard and is doing everything right in an effort to find forever homes for German Shepherds. German Shepherd Rescue of Central Alabama is an all volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit, 'No Kill' rescue organization. We rescue German Shepherds out of shelters and from abusive situations. We take in abandoned and stray dogs, and we take owner surrenders as space allows. All dogs are neutered or spayed, current on shots and have tested negative for heartworms before they are placed in their forever home. These dogs are kept in private homes and will be shown by appointment only to APPROVED applicants. We do our best to help out any German Shepherd dog in need (primarily in the state of Alabama); unfortunately, we have limited space and finances. It takes time and money to get most of our rescue babies up to good health and full adoption status. We also help people who are having problems with their German Shepherds. We would like to help owners work through the problems rather than have to give their dog up. Location and contact: German Shepherd Rescue of Central Alabama, PO Box 640561, Pike Road, AL 36064. Phone: (334) 322-1811 Email: gsrca_cw@yahoo.com. Please view our Adoptable Pet List.

• Montgomery Humane Society, Montgomery, AL -- The Montgomery Humane Society prevents cruelty to animals by operating an animal shelter for homeless, abandoned, and unwanted animals; by operating an adoption center for healthy animals; by investigating cruelty and abuse cases; and by educating the public in animal owner responsibility. Location and contact: 1150 John Overton Drive, Montgomery, AL 36110. Phone: (334) 409-0622 Fax: (334) 409-0624 Please view our Adoptable Pet List.

• The Emergency Animal Rescue Service (TEARS), Birmingham, AL -- TEARS, The Emergency Animal Rescue Service, is a not-for-profit Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals dedicated to the rescue of injured animals, the investigation of cruelty and the prosecution thereof. We are one of the few organizations in Central Alabama operating on a 24 hour a day, seven day a week basis. We are also one of the only organizations which extends help to ALL animals, including wildlife, reptiles and livestock and specializing in horses. Our incorporation allows us to function through out the state of Alabama. Location: TEARS, 226 Glasgow Road, Birmingham, AL 35224. Directions: From Birmingham : 1. Take I-20 W/I-59 S toward Tuscaloosa 2. Take Allison Bonnet Memorial Exit, turn right 3. Go 1/2 mile to Pleasant Grove Road (Raceway Service Station) Turn Right 4. Continue 4-1/2 miles (travel pass Water Tower on left) 5. Take 1st Left turn after Water tower onto Glasgow Road. Contact: Temporarily we have no phone service. Please email Terra Cotromano, Director. We will respond as quickly as we can. If you have an animal emergency please call the pager! Emergency Pager: Our adoption fee is $105.00 for our rescues. The adoption fee helps us defray some of the cost of medical treatment the animals have already received. Please view our Adoptable Dogs List; Adoptable Cats List (205) 619-1020.

• Greater Birmingham Humane Society, Birmingham, AL -- "The Greater Birmingham Humane Society is dedicated to promoting respect for life through education and prevention of cruelty to animals and people." The Greater Birmingham Humane Society (GBHS) strives to place our adoptable animals into responsible and loving homes through our Adoptions Program. We are also busy educating the public both in the schools and through our daily interactions with the public. The GBHS has an Education Program where we are able to go into the schools and help encourage the youth of our community to care for all living things. Our Volunteer program allows caring and dedicated volunteers to help care for the animals and find them loving homes. The GBHS also has a full-time Animal Cruelty Investigator who works with the local law enforcement agencies to help stop the cruelty to animals in our city and county. For more information about any of these services please visit our website at www.gbhs.org. Please view our Adoptable Pet List. Location and contact: Greater Birmingham Humane Society, 300 Snow Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209. Phone: 205-942-1211 Email: info@gbhs.org.

• Alabama Animal Adoption Society, Homewood, AL -- The Alabama Animal Adoption Society is a not for profit organization supported entirely by private donations and volunteer effort. Our mission is to help strays and unwanted family pets find loving and responsible homes and to educate the public regarding the problem of pet overpopulation and the importance of spaying/neutering their pets. We are not a shelter and cannot take in animals. All of our available pets are kept in foster homes and brought to the center on the weekend to be shown to the public. You can find out all about us at our website at http://www.animaladoption.org. Location and contact: Alabama Animal Adoption Society, 2808 Crescent Avenue, Homewood AL 35209. Phone: 205-871-6351 Email: aaas2808@yahoo.com. Please see our Adoptable Pet List.

• Two by Two Animal Rescue, Helena, AL -- Our goal is to help distressed animals in need until they find their forever homes. We have very limited space. We are always looking for FOSTER HOMES so that we can save more animals. We pay for all the vet expenses and you provide the love. If interested in fostering an animal, email itssonya@charter.net. Come Visit Us! We are at Pet Smart in Hoover (Lorna Road & Hwy. 31) and Petco on Hwy. 280 from 12 until 4:00 on Saturdays unless it is a major holiday.

• New Orleans German Shepherd Rescue, New Orleans, LA -- New Orleans GSD Rescue is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Caring for a German shepherd is a big responsibility, and one that we do not take lightly. We have invested a lot of time, money and love in these dogs and want to make sure they go to the best home. If you are interested in one of our dogs, you must fill out an Adoption Application. Our adoption fee is $200 for an adult dog $225 for a puppy and $150.00 for a GSD over seven years old.. All dogs will have received annual vaccinations, be either spayed or neutered and tested, treated for heartworms and micro-chipped. While the fee might seem high, it helps offset our costs of providing veterinary care, food, medication, transport and more while the dog. Our dogs are spayed/neutered, vaccinated and are treated or will be treated for heartworms. Heartworm treatment alone costs $350 minimum per dog and most of the dogs we rescue are heartworm positive. If you would like to sponsor a dog's heartworm treatment, please let us know! Contact: Email: Toby Burroughs, President Please view our Adoptable Pet List.

• Mississippi Animal Shelters and Control Agencies

• Mississippi Spay & Neuter

• East Mississippi Animal Rescue, Meridian, MS -- This is one of the best animal rescue groups operating in the Queen City area. They are not a shelter; rather, they are a network of animal lovers who provide foster care for homeless animals while adoptions are arranged. Please check their current available List of Dogs for adoption.

• Happy Healthy Pet Adoption, Bay Springs, MS -- HHPA is located on Hwy 15 South in Bay Springs, Mississippi. HHPA primarily serves Jasper, Smith, and Jones Counties. We are committed to providing the best possible care and adoption services for homeless animals. Check their current available Adoptable Pet List.

• Laurel Animal Rescue League, Laurel, MS -- The Animal Rescue League of Laurel/Jones County has been a safe haven for abused, neglected and abandoned animals for over twenty years. They provide food, shelter, medical care, love and compassion for homeless animals in Jones County and surrounding areas that so desperately need our help. They house an average of 80 to 120 kittens, pups, cats and dogs. Our facility is a NO-KILL, non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization and receives no federal or state funding. Please view our Adoptable Pet List. The dog adoption fee is $35. The cat adoption fee is $25. All adult pets are spayed or neutered, are up to date with vaccinations.

• Pampered Pets Rescue and Transport, Hattiesburg, MS Please view our Adoptable Pet List

• Southern Pines Animal Shelter, Hattiesburg, MS -- The Southern Pines Animal Shelter has numerous dogs and cats available for adoption. Southern Pines Animal Shelter is an "open admission" shelter with the capacity to house up to 200 dogs and cats. In 2007 there were 9,197 lost, stray, and unwanted pets brought to the shelter -- of those, 7,182 were euthanized. Please save an innocent pet's life and adopt your next pet from the shelter. Our hours are from 10:00aM - 5:00PM Mon., Wed., Thurs., and Fri.; 10:00AM - 3:00PM on Tuesday; and 10:00AM - 12:00 Noon on Saturday. Adoption fee is $70.00 large dog or cats.

• Jackson Friends of the Animal Shelter, Jackson, MS (City of Jackson Animal Shelter-The City Pound and Around) -- Drive in and adopt a pet at the city shelter at 140 Outer Circle. Fees at the shelter are $50 for a dog, $40 for a puppy under three months, $20 for a cat, $10 for a kitten. All adoptions from the shelter come with a free/spay neuter from Jackson Friends. You can also adopt cats/kittens from our Jackson Friends kennels at Petsmart for $70 for one cat and $90 for two which includes spay/neuter. For animals who have been provided vet care by Jackson Friends, the adoption fee is $75 which also includes a free spay or neuter. Shelter hours: 10 to 4 M-F for adoptions; 8 to 4 for lost and found; 11 to 2 on Saturdays for volunteers socializing with dogs and the public and again on Sundays from 11 to 2 unless all the animal control officers are out in the field. Other times, closed. Please view our Adoptable Pet List.

• Mississippi Animal Rescue League, Jackson, MS -- The Mississippi Animal Rescue League is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that for over 40 years has dedicated itself to the prevention of cruelty to animals. MARL is supported solely by donations and receive no city, state or federal funds. Location and contact: MSARL, 5221 Greenway Drive Jackson, MS 39204. Phone: (601) 969-1631. Please view our Adoptable Pet List. Adoption fees include first shots, de-worming and spay/neuter. Cats and Kittens adoptions include a pet tote. Adoption fees are $75 per pet.

• Humane Society of South Mississippi, Gulfport, MS -- We are a non-profit organization chartered in 1952. We are dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals and relieving the suffering of unwanted, injured, or abused animals on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. We shelter, love, and care for over 17,000 animals yearly. Adoption Fees Puppies/Kittens/Purebreds $85.00 for adult Dogs and Cats $80.00. Please view our Adoptable Pet List. See their homepage at www.hssm.org/adopt-a-pet . Our Shelter is located at 2615 25th Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39503.

• Friends of the Animal Shelter in Hancock County, Waveland, MS -- We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2000 by a group of concerned citizens seeking to end euthanasia as a viable means of controlling the pet overpopulation in Hancock County. Over the past few years, FRIENDS has grown and developed programs, events and educational opportunities to enhance the health and well being of the animals in Hancock County. The Waveland Animal Shelter is located at 322 Gulfside Dr., Waveland. Phone (228) 467-0230. Adoptions fees are just $65.00 and include spay/neuter, first vet visit and microchip. Please see our Adoptable Pet List.

• Paws Rescue, Vicksburg, MS. -- Paws Rescue is committed to saving as many animal lives as possible by promoting life-long adoptions, maintaining an active volunteer foster program and by implementing strong community spay and neuter programs. Please visit our homepage at http://www.pawsrescuepets.org/. You may contact a Paws Rescue representative by emailing us at: Leigh, Alissa ARmstrong, lam58@earthlink.net. Additionally, you may reach us on the telephone at the following numbers: 601-529-1535; 601-405-1788; 601-636-2394. Please see our Adoptable Pet List

• City of Vicksburg Animal Shelter, Vicksburg, MS -- The City of Vicksburg Shelter has many nice dogs and cats that need homes. The animals are held for 5 days and some are held over longer if space is available in hopes they may be adopted. Adoption for an animal is $20.00. Hours of operation are as follows: 7am to 3.30 Monday thru Friday. Closed on Sat and Sun The shelter is very rescue friendly and has helped many animals go on to find new homes working with rescue. Please view our Adoptable Pet List. Location: City of Vicksburg Animal shelter, 100 Old Mill Rd., Vicksburg, MS 39180. Phone: 601 636 6982. Contact: Eldrigde Skinner ACO, paws@cablelynx.com.

• Tupelo-Lee Humane Society, Tupelo, MS -- The Tupelo-Lee Humane Society was founded in December of 1979. This group of individuals wanted to bring more attention to companion animal overpopulation and replace the local "pound" with a true animal shelter. Both goals were accomplished. Today the society has approximately 500 individual, family, and corporate members. The animal shelter is located at 2400 S. Gloster St. in what was formerly a veterinarian's clinic. TLHS currently contracts with and receives funding from the city of Tupelo to provide animal control (dog catcher) services for Tupelo. TLHS also receives funding from Lee County to take in stray animals that are brought to us by citizens from unincorporated areas of the county. There are no leash laws in the county, so we do not provide active animal control there. The Society also relies on funding from membership dues, donations, and fundraising. Dog/puppy adoption fee is $75.00; Cat/kitten fee is $65.00. The adoption includes: Spay/neuter,1st shot, bordetella for dogs, microchipping (with free registration) and up to 45 days of Shelter Care Insurance. Total value of over $200.00 in services. Rabies shots will be the responsibility of the new adopter. Location and contact: Tupelo-Lee Humane Society, 2400 S. Gloster St., Tupelo, MS 38801. Phone: 662-841-6500. Or On The Web: Website: http://www.tupeloleehumane.org/. Email: info@tupeloleehumane.org. MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/tupeloleeshelter. Please see our Adoptable Pet List.

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