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DALLAS, FT. WORTH, DFW, NORTH TEXAS -
ANIMAL SHELTERS, S.P.C.A.s &
HUMANE SOCIETIES
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DALLAS, FT. WORTH, DFW, NORTH TEXAS -
CAT RESCUE & CAT ADOPTION
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KittiCo Cat Rescue
KittiCo Cat Rescue
(serving the Dallas metroplex)
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Texas CARES
Texas CARES Cat Rescue & Adoption Center
(serving the Dallas, Fort Worth &
West Plano areas)
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Texas Pawprints
Texas Pawprints Cat & Kitten Rescue
(serving the Dallas & Fort Worth areas)
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DALLAS, FT. WORTH, DFW, NORTH TEXAS -
DOG RESCUE & DOG ADOPTION
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Adopt a Husky of Dallas, Inc.
Adopt a Husky of Dallas, Inc.
(serving the Dallas & Fort Worth areas)
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Dallas Fort Worth Labrador Rescue
Dallas Fort Worth Labrador Rescue (DFWLR)
(serving the Dallas, Fort Worth &
Plano areas)
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Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc. (DFWMGRR)
(serving the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex &
North Texas)
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Dallas/Ft. Worth Sheltie Rescue
Dallas/Ft. Worth Sheltie Rescue
(serving the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex)
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DFW Cocker Spaniel Rescue
DFW Cocker Spaniel Rescue (DFWCSR)
(serving the Dallas & Fort Worth areas)
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Great Dane Rescue of North Texas
Great Dane Rescue of North Texas (GDRNT)
(serving the Dallas & Fort Worth areas)
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Labrador Retriever Rescue of North Texas
Labrador Retriever Rescue of North Texas (LRRNT)
(serving the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex &
North Texas)
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North Texas Basset Hound Rescue, Inc.
North Texas Basset Hound Rescue, Inc. (NTBHR)
(serving the Fort Worth & Dallas metropolitan
areas)
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WEIMARANER RESCUE OF NORTH TEXAS, INC. & LONE STAR WEIMARANER CLUB, INC.
Weimaraner Rescue of North Texas, Inc. (WRNT) &
Lone Star Weimaraner Club, Inc. (LSWC)
(serving the Dallas & Fort Worth areas &
the State of Texas)
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People have come together worldwide and in the State of Texas to
assist a special class of friends unable to speak for themselves
— our pets and companion animals. These people have formed
humane societies and animal adoption and rescue agencies of local,
regional, national and even international scope. Most humane societies
and animal rescue agencies are not-for-profit organizations, relying
upon donations, grants and volunteer assistance. The focus and goals of
each agency vary, but as a group they serve to perform and promote the
following important functions:
- Protection, rescue and placement (through adoption or return to owner)
of lost, endangered and abused domestic animals;
- Education of pet owners and prospective pet owners regarding the
health, safety and proper care of pets;
- Operation of clinics to insure that even low-income pet owners can have
their animals innoculated against common diseases;
- Sponsorship of humane programs to limit or reduce populations of
domestic animals that have, through abandonment and subsequent
overbreeding, become feral (wild); such programs typically include
sterilization (neutering) and redomestication;
- Introduction and sponsorship of legislation regarding protection of
animals.
If you are a true pet lover you realize that pets should not be treated as
property and that your pets really own you. If you would like to
become a pet owner in Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, the DFW metro area or
North Texas and believe you can do so responsibly (See our
Pet
Health & Safety Tips.), please consider pet adoption from
a Texas animal shelter, humane society or a pet adoption and rescue
agency. When you adopt a dog, cat, or other pet, you provide love and
care to an animal who might otherwise never find a home. Hundreds of
thousands of abandoned or lost pets are euthanized annually in the U.S.
alone because no one comes to their aid and the cost to maintain them
in animal shelters is simply too high. Dogs and cats are the preferred
pets of Americans; sadly, this makes them the most abundant and hence,
as a group, the most neglected. Let’s each do our part to help all
of our “fur-footed” friends find the good homes they so richly
deserve; adopt a dog, cat or other pet or donate to a Texas pet
adoption agency.
Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson.
Original article published 14 May 2005, updated 24 March
2006.
Follow links to the right to learn more about Dallas, Fort Worth, DFW and North Texas
animal protection organizations, which include dog adoption and rescue
agencies, cat adoption and rescue agencies, and other pet adoption and
rescue agencies such as humane societies and S.P.C.A.s.
At the left margin, Related Links address topics of interest
pertaining to pets and companion animals. View the
Pet Adoption & Rescue SiteMap
for a complete list of animal adoption agencies, humane societies and pet placement topics.
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