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Los Angeles Dog Rescue

If you’re thinking of adding a new canine member to your family, please consider a dog from a rescue shelter or organization. Here are some cold hard facts to consider before purchasing a pet:

  • It costs U.S. taxpayers an estimated $2 billion each year to round up, house, kill, and dispose of homeless animals. (USA Today)
  • Over 56% of dogs and puppies entering shelters are killed, based on reports from over 1,055 facilities across America. (National Counsel on Pet Population Study)
  • An estimated 5 million cats and dogs are killed in shelters each year. That’s one about every six and one half seconds. (The Humane Society of the United States) Millions more are abandoned, only to suffer from illness or injury before dying. (Doris Day Animal League)
  • Seven dogs & cats are born every day for each person born in the U.S. Of those, only 1 in 5 puppies and kittens say in their original home for their natural lifetime. The remaining 4 are abandoned to the streets or end up at a shelter (The Humane Society of the United States)
  • The public acquires only 14% of its pets from shelters; 48% get their pets as strays, from friends, from animal rescuers, 38% get their pets from breeders or pet stores (The Humane Society of the United States)
  • In a study of relinquishment of cats and dogs in 12 U.S. animal shelters, 30% of the surrendered dogs were purebreds. The same study indicated that 55% of the surrendered dogs and 47% of the surrendered cats were unaltered. (Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science)

Thank you to the Bill Foundation for compiling this list of facts.

Here are some animal rescue organizations we think are great!

Much Love Animal Rescue Much Love Animal Rescue
Much Love Animal Rescue is a 100% nonprofit, no-kill organization dedicated to reducing overpopulation, abuse and neglect of domestic animals. Much Love is run entirely by like-minded professionals who volunteer their time and resources to help save the lives of these animals. Since 2000, we have successfully placed over 2,000 animals in loving homes. Much Love Animal Rescue was named “Best L.A. Animal Shelter” in 2007 by Animal Fair magazine.
Click here for more information.

Forte Animal Rescue
Forte Animal Rescue is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to finding solutions for the problem of pet overpopulation through its educational activities, animal adoption efforts, and outreach program.
Click here for more information.

Bill Foundation
Did you know there is a big problem here in Los Angeles? There are too many homeless dogs. Here at Bill Foundation we want to tell you all about it because we need your help to solve this crisis. Right now only 30% of lost dogs are reclaimed by their owners, the other 70% only have a 20% chance of finding a new home. Most are euthanized because there is simply no room.
Click here for more information.