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OHIO PET ADOPTION -
Animal Shelters in Ohio,
Ohio SPCA, SPCA Ohio,
Ohio Humane Society
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CAT RESCUE IN OHIO,
Ohio Cat Adoption
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DOG RESCUE IN OHIO,
Ohio Dog Adoption
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Central Ohio Greyhound Rescue
Central Ohio Greyhound Rescue (COGR)
(serving Columbus &
Central Ohio)
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Golden Endings Golden Retriever Rescue
Golden Endings Golden Retriever Rescue (GEGRR)
(serving the Central Ohio &
southeastern Ohio areas)
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Golden Retrievers in Need (G.R.I.N.)
Rescue Service, Inc.
Golden Retrievers in Need Rescue Service, Inc. (G.R.I.N.)
(serving Northeast Ohio)
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Golden Treasures Rescue
Golden Treasures Golden Retriever Rescue, Inc.
(serving the Bath area)
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GREATER OHIO BOXER RESCUE, INC.
Greater Ohio Boxer Rescue, Inc. (GOBR)
(serving the State of Ohio)
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GRRAND - Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs, Inc.
Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs, Inc.
(GRRAND)
(serving Greater Louisville,
Lexington,
Northern Kentucky &
Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Labrador Retriever Rescue of Cincinnati, Inc.
Labrador Retriever Rescue of Cincinnati, Inc. (LRRoC)
(serving Cincinnati, Ohio)
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OHIO Basset Hound Rescue
OHIO Basset Hound Rescue (OBR)
(serving Goshen & the State of Ohio)
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Ohio Pug Rescue, Inc.
Ohio Pug Rescue, Inc. (OPR)
(serving the State of Ohio)
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The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs
The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs
(serving the State of Ohio)
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HORSE ADOPTION IN OHIO,
OHIO HORSE RESCUE
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People have come together worldwide 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 would like to become a pet owner (Pet caretaker is the better
term; if you are a true pet lover you realize that pets should not be
treated as property and that your pets really own you.), believe you can
do so responsibly (See our
Pet
Health & Safety Tips.), and wish to adopt a pet in Ohio,
please consider pet adoption from animal shelters in Ohio or from an
Ohio SPCA, Ohio humane society or Ohio pet rescue. When you
adopt a dog, cat, or other pet, you provide love and care to an animal who
might otherwise never find a home. Tens of thousands of abandoned or
lost pets are euthanized annually in Ohio 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, donate to or volunteer at an
Ohio animal rescue.
Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson.
Original article published 17 February 2007.
Follow links to the right to learn more about animal protection organizations in
the State of Ohio, 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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