10 Local Animal Rescues To Know About By Writer and Contributor Emily McGinn
If you are looking to adopt a pet, or if you are simply looking for a place to volunteer or donate to help rescue animals, there are multiple rescues in and around the South Bay for you to start. Some of them also look for people to foster pets as they await adoption.
Here is a list of 10 animal rescues and foundations throughout the South Bay for those looking to get involved:
Based in Rancho Palos Verdes, this all-volunteer nonprofit pet rescue provides homes for cats and dogs and searches for permanent homes for these pets. People can get involved by donating, fostering or adopting.
This organization in Los Angeles works with animal rescue groups, city shelters and volunteers to help cats and dogs in local shelters. This society’s chief objective is to promote no-kill policies and initiatives for animals without homes. Best Friends Animal Society hosts adoption and fundraising events to further this mission.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA)
Since 1877, this nonprofit animal welfare organization has been assisting shelters and providing services to protect the well-being of animals throughout Southern California. They provide programs such as cruelty investigations, a disaster animal response team, violence prevention and humane education, and shelter services.
For 153 years, the City of Los Angeles Animal Services Department has been saving the lives of animals that end up in city shelters. They provide animal care services and connect people with pets for adoption and fostering.
LA Animal Services is one of the largest municipal shelter systems in the country. It serves about 60,000 animals and responds to 20,000 emergency calls each year involving animals or people in danger, according to its website.
This animal rescue group aims to rescue animals from kill-shelters and locations where pets are in poor living conditions. They aim to provide animal care and find permanent homes for rescued pets.
This all-volunteer organization focuses specifically on rescuing cats in the South Bay. Resources include medical care, safety and adoption services.
Noah’s Bark is “committed to finding permanent homes for unwanted and homeless pets,” according to its mission statement. Run by volunteers, Noah’s Bark serves dogs in the South Bay by rescuing sick and mistreated dogs from high-kill shelters — especially those that will likely not be adopted by the public. Noah’s Bark provides medical care, foster homes and permanent homes to these dogs.
In 2011, Nurse Marcella Janes founded Gone to the Dogs Rescue in Hermosa Beach with the goal of reducing the number of homeless pets entering shelters in the South Bay. They rehabilitate dogs through providing veterinary care, nutrition and training.
“Our mission is to rescue the sick, the injured, the seniors, the forgotten, the invisible……and make them the best dogs they can be,” the Gone to the Dogs website states. “We rehabilitate, care and transform the once broken, into the most loved, and cherished family pets.”
This Torrance-based nonprofit aims to act as a “safe haven for dogs until they find their furever home,” according to the Rover’s Retreat website. Staffed only by volunteers, Rover’s Retreat advocates for rescued dogs and provide medical care to them through donations from the community.
Based in Los Angeles, Perfect Pet Rescue helps connect community members with dogs for adoption. The organization also provides medical services such as vet check-ups and inoculations, and they provide dog training resources.
Bio:
Emily McGinn is a journalist based in the Los Angeles area. She enjoys reporting on and writing about a variety of topics from lifestyle to news, especially in her areas of specialty, environmental science and political science.