Dog Rescues in the UK
Below is a list of dog rescues, to add your rescue please contact us.
| Babbington Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: Nottinghamshire Information: The rescue was founded in 1993, has a non-destruction policy and has on average more than one re-homing a day. All dogs are fully vaccinated and we now offer an ID chipping service. Home checks are carried out prior to re-homing. The rescue is financed by voluntary contributions. |
Contact Name: Tom & Sam Sanderson |
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| Castledon Kennels Greyhound Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: Essex Information: Castledon Greyhound Rescue provides a sanctuary for Greyhounds in need in the UK. Greyhounds come to us as retired racers, from shelters, as strays, and from owners who need to give up their dogs due to changing life circumstances such as: relocation, financial hardship, divorce, illness, or death. Castledon Greyhound Rescue provides the animals with veterinary care, spay/neuter, vaccinations, high quality food, love, and placement into a home for life under a contract that dictates their humane care |
Contact Name: Jodie |
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| Chancepixies | ||||
| Area Covered: Kent Information: At Bridledown kennels we have dedicated 18 kennels to service the care and welfare of stray and unwanted dogs in the area. We are contracted to number of the local authorities and Police stations with whom we work closely to provide accommodation for any dog that comes in to their care. We are pleased to have achieved preferred partner status and proud to provide this service. Uniquely, due to the layout of the premises, we are able to offer isolated blocks so there is dedicated space to receive any stray animals in the area. As they are isolated the risk of cross contamination between the strays and other guests are greatly reduced. We can never tell if their inoculations are up to date so isolation is essential. As this is a very well established kennel with regards to the boarding of stray animals we are thankfully able to reunite the vast majority of lost pets with their owners. Due to the kennels being well established any dogs who are not reclaimed for whatever reason have a very good chance of being re homed quickly as we have many enquiries each day from people who are looking for a new companion. We are proud to service the community in this way. |
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| Dogs In Need | ||||
| Area Covered: S E England Information: Dogs in Need rescues and re-homes dogs of all breeds all over the south east of England |
Contact Name: Sandy |
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| Dorset Animal Workers | ||||
| Area Covered: Dorset Information: Dorset Animal Workers Group is a rescue organisation local to the Poole/Bournemouth area run by Helen Griffiths and a group of dedicated volunteers. We are a non-profit making group and we all give our time, open our houses up as doggie accommodation and offer our cars as doggie taxis freely. All our dogs are kept in home and family situations with fosterers who have very kindly offered their help. From here they are placed in new homes. We are always looking for good, responsible homes for our dogs, but prefer to re-home within a 25 mile radius. Every potential new home will be homechecked by one of our homecheckers who will be looking for a securely fenced garden. If you think that you have the time, patience and a good home to offer one of our dogs please contact us. |
Contact Name: Helen Griffiths |
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| Dumfries and Galloway Canine Rescue Centre,Dovecotewell, Glencaple Dumfries | ||||
| Area Covered: Dumfries and Galloway and the surrounding area Information: This new re-homing centre opened on 1 March 2003 and re-homed 20 dogs in the first month. The rescue's volunteers help all sorts of dogs - lots of border collies, also greyhounds and lurchers, and works closely with Dumfrieshire Greyhound Rescue. |
Contact Name: Manager - Fiona Brightley |
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| Dumfriesshire Greyhound Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: South-west Scotland, Cumbria and the North-East Information: We rehome sighthounds throughout South-West Scotland, Cumbria and the North-East. During the last 4 years we have found homes for 214 greyhounds, lurchers, whippets and a Sloughi. |
Contact Name: Al |
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| Essex Greyhound Rescue |
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| Area Covered: South and south east of England Information: Julie re-homes ex-racing greyhounds and also many that have never raced. Many of the greyhounds that have shown no interest in racing are OK to go to homes with cats. |
Contact Name: Julie |
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| Evesham Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: Evesham and surrounding areas. please see the website for full details of areas covered. Information: Evesham Rescue finds homes for many lurchers and greyhounds and is currently has an appeal for help to raise funds to bring lurchers over from Ireland, where the situation for these lovely dogs is far worse than here. |
Contact Name: Pip Singleton |
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| Give a Greyhound a Home | ||||
| Area Covered: Aberdeenshire Information: GAGAH is a non-profit making organisation set up in 1999 to encourage people to choose a rescue greyhound/lurcher in preference to a privately bred one. The aim of GAGAH is to re-home greyhounds and lurchers and to raise awareness of what happens to them once they have served their purpose. |
Contact Name: Diana |
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| Greenfields Greyhound Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: Greenfields Greyhound Rescue specialises in the rehoming of ex racing greyhounds and other sighthounds in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, North Wales and Flintshire areas. Information: Greenfields Greyhound Rescue was set up in the hope that we could make a small difference to the thousands of racing greyhounds which are abandoned ever year. Experienced sighthound owners ourselves, we were very aware of the special qualities of this majestic breed and wanted to enable other people to enjoy them as pets. We tend to specialize in rescuing and rehoming retired racing greyhounds but sometimes have other sighthounds and lurcher available too. We are a small rescue and take pride in knowing all our dogs well which enables us to match the right dogs to the right home. Often when a greyhound retires from racing they have seen very little of life outside their racing kennels and usually have not even come across dogs of other breeds. We start to rehabilitate them by introducing them to other animals, washing machines, televisions etc so that when they are ready to find a home they find it easier to settle in. If you would like to rehome one of our dogs please click on the "Greyhounds for Rehoming" page |
Contact Name: Caroline or Hayley |
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| Greyhound and Lurcher rescue |
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| Area Covered: UK and Eire Information: Help to re-home greyhounds and lurchers in the Dorset area, also acts as a go-between for rescues in the UK and Eire and for people offering homes. |
Contact Name: Lin |
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| Greyhound Awareness League | ||||
| Area Covered: Scotland Information: Greyhound Awareness League is a Scottish charity (SC031037) who rescue and rehome greyhounds and lurchers. Dogs are fostered prior to rehoming and all are neutered. We also offer micro-chipping and hold regular fund raising events. |
Contact Name: Dave Melville |
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| Greyhound Gap |
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| Area Covered: UK and Eire Information: The aim of Greyhound Gap is to assist rescues and potential adopters to find the perfect home for the perfect dog by filling the gap between rescues and adopters in terms of distance, need for homechecking, transporting the dogs or simply knowing each other exists. |
Contact Name: Lisa |
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| Greyhound Lifeline | ||||
| Area Covered: Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex. Other areas are subject to home checker availability. Information: Greyhound Lifeline is an independent UK homing group whose mission is to find adoptive pet homes for retired racing greyhounds everywhere. We have our own retired racing greyhounds to find homes for and we also assist other rescue or homing organisations by promoting their "long-stay" greyhounds as well. |
Contact Name: Marie |
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| Greyhound Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: North Yorkshire Information: Rescues and re-homes greyhounds in the North Yorkshire area. |
Contact Name: Karen Schultz, Boudary Farm, Storwood, East Yorkshire YO42 4TA |
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| Greyhound Rescue (Fife) | ||||
| Area Covered: Central Scotland and the border counties Information: Greyhound Rescue (Fife) Celia's Greyhound Rescue is a small sanctuary for Greyhounds situated near the village of Kinghorn in Fife, Scotland. It is run by Celia, Jimmy, Fiona and Gordon and always has a small number of lovely Greyhounds available for rehoming, plus sadly, a constant waiting list of incoming dogs. We will never be able to accomodate the vast numbers of Greyhounds reaching the end of their racing career each year, but we do the very best we can to save as many as possible in our area. |
Contact Name: Celia and Jimmy, Fiona and Gordon |
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| Greyhound Rescue North East |
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| Area Covered: The north east and surrounding areas Information: Greyhound Rescue North East is a small UK voluntary organisation dedicated to the work of re-homing retired Greyhounds. We do not have public kennels, all our dogs are kept in private kennels until the right home comes along. Since we are based in the North East, preference will be given to people living in this area, although we will consider surrounding areas including North Yorkshire. As with most Greyhounds, ours have retired from the racing industry. |
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| Greyhound Rescue Scotland | ||||
| Area Covered: Whole of Scotland Information: Dedicated to the rescue and rehoming of retired and abandoned Greyhounds in Scotland. Dogs are neutered/spayed-microchipped and examined by a vet before being rehomed in homes that have been visited by one of our volunteers. |
Contact Name: Alan , Carol , Debra, Maureen |
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| Greyhound Rescue West of England | ||||
| Area Covered: From Cornwall across to Bedfordshire and northwest to Cheshire. Information: At any one time we are caring for between 40 and 60 dogs. Homechecks are always carried out first, and around 400 dogs were placed in suitable loving homes last year. |
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| Greyhounds in Need | ||||
| Area Covered: UK and Spain Information: We are an English registered charity founded by Anne Finch, concerned with the plight of greyhounds everywhere, and especially in Spain, where most of our work is done. |
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| Greyhounds4u | ||||
| Area Covered: South of England, but we will go as far as S.Wales, Devon and Cornwall to the west, Kent and Sussex in the east and Beds, Berks, and Oxfordshire to the north. Information: We are an independently run rescue who re-home ex-racing greyhounds, based in Surrey. We receive no charitable donations to fund our work and our homing centre is run by volunteers. The long term care and well-being of our dogs takes precendence over everything else. |
Contact Name: Debbie |
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| Greyhounds-r-us | ||||
| Area Covered: We are on the borders of Gloucestershire & Wiltshire so from the Midlands Southwards is usually our radius, but we have been known to travel further on occasion.
Information: We are active in finding homes for retired racing greyhounds and to a lesser extent - but of no less importance - rescuing abandoned and mistreated greyhounds and looking after them in certified kennels or approved foster homes until we can find suitable permanent homes for them. We liaise with local trainers who are concerned to ensure that their dogs are well cared for when they finish racing or are not suited to racing. We also work with these Irish groups : Ash Animal Rescue, Co.Wicklow, Eire Animal Care Society, Co.Cork, Eire West Cork Animal Welfare, Co.Cork, Eire It is difficult to find suitable homes for rescued greyhounds in Ireland so we offer assistance to the above groups by bringing their greyhounds and lurchers to the UK via Ash Animal Rescue Transport. - and we get calls from a variety of other sources. Most of the dogs come from around the Swindon and Reading areas and central south England - but as you will see this is not exclusive! |
Contact Name: Ruth or June |
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| Happy Dogs Ringwood | ||||
| Area Covered: Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire Information: We rescue and re-home all breeds of dogs in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset |
Contact Name: Lyn |
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| Harlow Retired Greyhound Trust | ||||
| Area Covered: All of Essex, also Hertfordshire and Suffolk Information: We have volunteers who cover all the above areas and always have retired greyhounds in need of loving homes. |
Contact Name: Pat |
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| Holly Hedge Animal Sanctaury | ||||
| Area Covered: Bristol and the surrounding area. Information: Holly Hedge Sanctuary was first registered as a charity in 1982, although it's founder, Pauline Leeson, has dedicated her whole life to animal welfare. Until 1992, when kennels were purchased and became Holly Hedge Sanctuary, Pauline worked from her own home and with the support of foster carers. Her aim has always been to provide a safe haven for animals until caring permanent owners can be found and this continues to be the purpose of the charity today. Holly Hedge rescues and re-homes dogs, cats and rabbits. We have several greyhounds or greyhound X’s longing to be chosen and they are all truly deserving cases. They are all sweet natured and loving and make gentle and loyal pets. They reward their owners with love, loyalty and affection, not to mention company whilst watching your favourite TV programmes. |
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| Italian Greyhound Rescue Charity | ||||
| Area Covered: The whole of the UK Information: We are a rescue Charity dedicated to rehoming Italian Greyhounds and crossed Italian Greyhounds. Italian Greyhounds are 'Toy dogs' in effect miniature Greyhounds. Due to their fine bone structure and sometimes sensitive personality they do not make good pets for households with young and boisterous children or large active dogs. |
Contact Name: Mrs Shirley Penrose-Hansell |
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| Last Chance Animal Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: Kent Information: Last Chance is a Kent based Animal Rescue Centre. We rescue and re-home dogs, cats, rabbits and Guinea Pigs of all ages. As a result of our success, we are permanently looking for loving homes for our animals. We carry out home checks. We operate a non destruction policy. We are a registered charity no. 1002349. Open 10am-3pm everyday except Tues. We are situated 2miles South of Edenbridge on B2026. |
Contact Name: Mrs. Adrienne Ramsey Trustee Last Chance Animal Rescue Hartfield Road Edenbridge KENT TN8 5NH |
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| Lewknor Blue Cross Adoption Center | ||||
| Area Covered: Oxfordshire
Information: Lewkor Blue Cross Adoption Centre is in London Road, (A40) Lewkor, Oxon, OX49 5RY. The centre cares for dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and other small animals |
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| Lurcher search UK | ||||
| Area Covered: Whole of UK Information: Has a database of lost lurchers and other dogs throughout the UK. Information on lost dogs is e-mailed to rescues around the UK. Please contact Kaye if you need her help. |
Contact Name: Kaye Fitzgerald-Gorham |
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| Many Tears Animal Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: We are based in Wales but re-home dogs all over the UK Information: We aim to rescue and rehabilitate primarily puppy farm dogs. We wish to provide a special; loving environment to help them adapt and find permanent homes of their own. With the help of animal lovers we groom and care for our very special orphans, teaching them to love and trust us as much as we do them. We try to link hands with all good rescues and work completely for the benefit of our charges. |
Contact Name: Sylvia |
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| Margaret Green Foundation Trust | ||||
| Area Covered: Dorset Information: We rescue and re-home all types of dogs in Dorset. |
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| Mutts in Distress | ||||
| Area Covered: Mutts in Distress is an animal shelter located at Normandale Kennels, in Little Hallingbury on the Herts/Essex border. Information: We rescue dogs from local pounds that would otherwise be destroyed, and offer them for rehoming. Please note though, that we only re-home dogs in the Harlow, Bishops Stortford, Saffron Walden, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Ware or Epping regions. We insist on making home checks before rehoming a dog, and it is difficult if you live further away. We also like to do follow up checks to ensure that the dog is happily settled in its new home. To view the dogs, please call at the centre between 11am-12.00am Mon to Sat.(not on bank holidays) but please note that you must have passed your home check before viewing. |
Contact Name: Pat |
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| North Lakes Lurcher and Longdog rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: I cover the whole of Cumbria and dogs are re-homed to any part of the country. Information: I run "North Lakes Lurcher & Longdog Rescue" , from my home in the Lake District.I set up the rescue 8 months ago ,after being asked to do so by the local council and dog wardens. It is a small rescue and the dogs are not kennelled out. The dogs come to me, live in the house and are assssed with children , other dogs , cats , sheep , hens , horses , stock , and life in general. If the dogs have never lived indoors, I house-train them and get them accustomed to the T.V. , hoover , etc. I find this really helps the dog to find a home a lot more quickly and easily.I get to know each dog very well and can tell prospective owners , how the dog reacts to most situations and any insecuraties the dog may have. All dogs leaving the rescue are vaccinated , chipped , wormed , de-flea'd and if not neutered , come with a free neutering voucher. I cover the whole of Cumbria and re-home to any part of the country , following a successful vets' reference and home check. Enquiries always welcome. |
Contact Name: Kathryn |
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| Oldies Club | ||||
| Area Covered: The whole of the UK Information: We can publicise the plight of older dogs, arrange homechecks UK-wide, put up posters in vets, training clubs, post offices and libraries up and down the country to help find the right place for an older dog. Our task is to get these dogs talked about until somebody offers them a home! We are working hand-in-hand with rescue centres and many dog-related websites who have already lent us their support and offered us space to promote our work. We are approached every day by more people keen to get involved. The plight of the oldies is something that is close to the heart of all rescuers and they are all delighted with what the oldies club has to offer. |
Contact Name: Oldies Club Rehoming Team |
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| Rescued Racers | ||||
| Area Covered: Most parts of the UK Information: Based is South Wales but will travel to most parts of the country to find a good home.All homes are checked, all greyhounds are spayed/neutered, fully vaccinated, wormed, microchipped and done for kennel cough as standard prior to adoption. Rescued Racers have any given time over 40 greyhounds of various ages looking for loving, permanent homes. Our registered charity number is 1115294. |
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| RSPCA Maidenhead and East Berkshire branch | ||||
| Area Covered: Maidenhead and East Berkshire Information: “The Maidenhead and East Berkshire branch of the RSPCA regularly have Greyhounds and Lurchers in need of loving new homes. We have all of our dogs vet checked, microchipped and neutered. The dogs are boarded in private kennels in Maidenhead, located approximately 2 miles from Junction 7 of the M4 or 6 miles from Junction 4 of the M40. We home-check all of our adopters and also carry out a follow-up check 6 weeks after re-homing to ensure all is well. As we don’t have our own kennels viewing is by prior arrangement only. The dogs can be seen Mon-Sat 9am-1pm/2pm-6pm & Sundays 9am-1pm; closed bank holidays – just give us a call and we can arrange for someone to meet you and introduce you to the dogs. We can be contacted on 07852 481079 or via email to sue@nszstewart.free-online.co.uk” |
Contact Name: Sue |
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| Sheya Greyhound and Lurcher Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: Manchester and North of England Information: Covers much of the north of england |
Contact Name: Julie |
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| Sighthound Welfare Trust | ||||
| Area Covered: All of the UK Information: Sighthound Welfare Trust (SWT) is a new not for profit organisation that has been established to improve the lives of sighthounds in the UK and also in Ireland and Spain. We will carry out a range of activities to benefit both rescue organisations and also the welfare of sighthounds. These include: Promoting homeless, lost, found and stolen sighthounds Promoting responsible ownership Raising awareness of a range of issues Maintaining a list of rescues in the UK and Ireland hat help to rescue/rehome sighthounds Producing publications on the care and ownership of sighthounds Producing publications on welfare issues relating to sighthounds Providing funding for sighthound welfare projects And hopefully much more besides. More information on our work will be updated once the organisation is fully functioning. For the most up to date information please see the media section. |
Contact Name: Wendy or Danny |
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| Sighthounds On LIne | ||||
| Area Covered: The whole of the UK and Eire Information: Sighthounds Online is a non profit voluntary organisation based in the UK that aims to help sighthounds across Europe. Our aims are as follows; 1) To relieve the suffering of unwanted, abused and neglected dogs, in particular sighthounds, by the provision of financial assistance and grants to any such animal rescue organisation and/or individuals as the trustees consider appropriate and by the provision of appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for such animals. 2) To educate and raise public awareness about the welfare issues pertaining to sighthounds and to make available information and advice by the provision of a website and forums. |
Contact Name: Anne |
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| Somerset and Dorset Animal Rescue | ||||
| Area Covered: Somerset and Dorset Information: Somerset and Dorset Animal Rescue rescues and re-homes all breeds of dogs. |
Contact Name: Liz |
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| South Godstone Animal Centre | ||||
| Area Covered: Surrey Information: South Godstone Animal Centre is an RSPCA rehoming centre in Surrey. It finds new homes for hundreds of unwanted dogs, cats and other small animals each year. Please come and visit us if you can offer a new home to one of our animals. Opening Hours: 11:30 to 16:00 (Closed Wednesdays) This site provides information on everything about South Godstone Animal Centre, including animals in need of a new home, information about the staff and up and coming fund raising events. |
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| South West Sighthounds | ||||
| Area Covered: West and Central England Information: The South West Sighthound Rescue is based in the Bristol area and re-homes all types of sighthounds in the west and as far as central England. |
Contact Name: Sue |
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| Stray Dogs Sanctuary - Poole |
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| Area Covered: Dorset, Hampshire and much of the south of England Information: Stray Dogs Sanctuary is based in Dorset. We take dogs of every breed, and our area covers Purbeck, East Dorset, Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and the New Forest, although we will always consider homes further afield, and have re-homed dogs over a very wide area. Since the rescue was started, we have rescued and re-homed many hundreds of strays and dogs from homes where for some reason the owner is no longer able to keep them. |
Contact Name: Judy |
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| Stubbington Ark |
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| Area Covered: Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Information: The Stubbington Ark is an RSPCA branch animal shelter which is run by the Solent Branch of the RSPCA The Solent Branch of the RSPCA is an independently registered charity. This means we are not funded by RSPCA Headquarters and as we receive no government funding or lottery grants. We have to raise all our own funds to keep the shelter running. Our aim is to rescue any animal from neglect, cruelty, accident or misfortune and provide them with an opportunity to enjoy a better life. The Stubbington Ark supports and maintains the objectives, principles and policies of the RSPCA and seeks to improve the welfare of animals by its own actions and by promoting responsible pet ownership. Our address is : The Stubbington Ark Animal Shelter 174-176 Ranvilles Lane, Stubbington, Fareham, Hampshire PO14 3EZ |
Contact Name: Janie Ratliff |
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| Tailends | ||||
| Area Covered: UK and Ireland Information: Tailends is based in Croyde in north Devon. Tailends exists to take in elderly or terminally ill dogs (often - but not exclusively - greyhounds). Our dogs come from situations of abuse or neglect and are unlikely to be re-homed in the normal way. The greyhounds have normally lived their entire lives in kennels - initially as racing dogs and then kept in bleak conditions out of sight of the general public and with no chance of a home. They have rarely received any veterinary care or pain relief. Some have been fed poor quality food and had infrequent access to clean fresh water. They have sometimes been housed, without coats or proper bedding, in kennels that provide limited protectionfrom the weather. They commonly suffer from crippling diseases, untreated infections or old injuries. Our Mission... Tailends provide immediate veterinary treatment, warmth, comfort, loving care, appropriate walks and good quality food. Sometimes we can successfully treat and considerably extend the life of the dog. Sometimes we can only ensure that they receive the best veterinary attention in their final days and are comfortable and loved for the first and only time in their miserable lives. Tailends is constantly struggling to meet the continually increasing costs of caring for elderly and ill dogs. The biggest commitment is for veterinary treatment and drugs. The policy at Tailends is to give our dogs the most appropriate treatment, thereby ensuring that they have the very best quality of life possible. Several of our dogs are on expensive heart drugs and most are on some form of pain relief for arthritis or painful old injuries. |
Contact Name: Angela |
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| The Ark Animal Rescue and Retirement Home | ||||
| Area Covered: Lincolnshire Information: We rescue all types of dogs as well as looking after dogs that are unsuitable for rehoming due to illness or other problems. |
Contact Name: Barbara |
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| The Greyhound Sanctuary |
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| Area Covered: The West Country ie Devon and the surrounding counties Information: The Greyhound Sanctuary is a small charity based in the West Country. Established in 2007 our main aim is to rescue and rehome abandoned, abused or unwanted greyhounds. We have four double kennel spaces at a local boarding kennels, Kinnings Farm Boarding and rescue in Chittlehamholt and are currently establishing a separate sanctuary. This will be an additional place of safety either for greyhounds for rehoming, or, if that is not possible, somewhere for them to spend the rest of their lives in peace. The Greyhound Sanctuary is a registered charity (Number 1119131) |
Contact Name: Sally Slater |
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| Tia Greyhound Trust | ||||
| Area Covered: All of Yorkshire. North of England and north Lincolnshire Information: Tia is always inundated with at least 80 dogs in need of homes. |
Contact Name: Deb |
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| Woodland Kennels | ||||
| Area Covered: West Dorset, also most of south Dorset and also east Devon. Information: We rescue and re-homes all types of dogs. |
Contact Name: Mary |
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| Woodside Animal Welfare Trust | ||||
| Area Covered: South Devon Information: Woodside Animal Welfare Trust rescues, cares for and re-homes all kinds of animals in the South Devon area.We are committed to continuing total daily and long-term care to as many animals as we can afford, prior to their monitored adoption. We never give up on any pet in our sanctuary unless it is beyond veterinary help or dangerous. |
Contact Name: Carole |
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