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Provide adoption services and shelter through fosters for pets, assist people in keeping their pets healthy and at home during financially stressful times, provide community education about animal welfare, and provide emergency shelter during disasters.

AAR is a no-kill shelter and adoption center managed and maintained by an all-volunteer staff. Its on-site clinic offers affordable spay-neuter and wellness to the public and maintains the health of the shelter animals. AAR's mission is to end the unnecessary euthanasia of adoptable, treatable, rehabilitatable, or manageable dogs and cats, and to place them in permanent homes for the duration of their lives.

Adopt A Rescued Friend Inc (AARF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, no kill, all breed canine rescue. Our Mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home companion animals with families who are ready for a lifetime commitment. All of our officers, directors and fosters are unpaid volunteers. The only compensation we receive is the knowledge that we are making a difference.

Adopt Rescue Dogs is a small,privately owned 501(c(3)corporation, located in rural East Texas. Its mission is the rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming of abandoned, neglected, and/or abused dogs. Most of the rescues come directly off the streets, with an occasional owner surrender, and all are evaluated by a vet for possible injuries,diseases,and parasites. After vetting, sterilization, and socialization, dogs are ready to adopt.

Our mission is to end the cycle of homeless animals by saving dogs from Central Texas shelters that have no hope of a better life, encouraging our community to spay and neuter their pets, and provide education and resources to help pets live a long and healthy life. Austin Dog Rescue is an all-volunteer foster home based 501c3 non-profit.

The mission of Alamo Area Partners for Animal Welfare (AAPAW) is to bring animal welfare organizations, veterinarians and the community together in partnership to improve the lives of animals in the San Antonio area.

Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) is dedicated to making Austin, Texas, a no-kill city. It promotes and provides the resources, education and programs that will make this goal happen.

Freedom Collie Rescue (FCR) was established to rescue and rehabilitate, physically and mentally, abandoned, abused or injured purebred Collies in need of forever homes in Texas and the surrounding states. Freedom Collie Rescue is based on these three qualities - compassion, honesty and dedication.

The mission of Alamo Rescue Friends (ARF) is to save the lives of San Antonio's impounded stray dogs by transporting them to safety with our shelter partners in New England, and to encourage the public's involvement in rescue efforts.

APET SPCA is a duly certified 501© (3) non-profit Texas corporation and has relied on private funding for operating its animal care and rescue mission. In 2007, APET SPCA received state funding for its low cost spay and neuter program. Local government funds from Wood County Commissioners, the cities of Hawkins, Winnsboro and Yantis, TX provide support to APET SPCA low cost animal programs, Animal Center and future expansions.

BARC is Houston's municipal animal shelter. Our mission is to promote humane animal care and protect Public Health and Safety in the City of Houston, including shelter, pet placement, ownership, education and enforcement. Critical to our mission is excellence in everything we do.