The Underdog Railroad
The Underdog Railroad is a partner of Best Friends, working together to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country
The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations, and other animal welfare groups — all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.
From The Underdog Railroad
The Underdog Railroad is a non-profit, volunteer based transportrescue dedicated to transporting dogs from over crowded sheltersthose at risk of going to a shelter to receiving sheltersrescues in areas that have room to care for them. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, MontanaWyoming are our primary destinations, although we focus our transports on IdahoUtah. Since its inception in March of 2017, we have transported or sent to rescue over 1,000 dogs (5 kittens1 rabbit too) at an average cost of $10.48 per animal. We strive to use our donated dollars to the best of our abilitiesthank you for your support of our mission of helping dogs out of over crowded CA shelters.
How is your community doing when it comes to lifesaving?
Our partners support each other and inspire their own communities to increase lifesaving of dogs and cats across the country.
Animals in California need your help
You can make a world of difference in the lives of cats and dogs in your community when you work with The Underdog Railroad and Best Friends to support homeless pets and save more lives.
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Who we are
Best Friends Animal Society works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups, and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill by 2025.
The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.
Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) organizations, they collaborate with Best Friends to save even more lives in every corner of the country.
Best Friends provides marketing help, fundraising events, webinars, grants, and other resources so that, together, we can Save Them All.
Interested in becoming a partner? Visit bestfriends.org/network »