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ANIMAL SHELTERS, S.P.C.A.s &
HUMANE SOCIETIES
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Washington, DC, Metro
Animal Shelters, S.P.C.A.s &
Humane Societies
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Maryland - Capital & Central Regions
Animal Shelters, S.P.C.A.s &
Humane Societies
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Northern Virginia
Animal Shelters, S.P.C.A.s &
Humane Societies
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Virginia (VA) Pet Adoption & Rescue Agencies
Pet Adoption & Rescue Agencies by Location, Ten Spider Pets
(pet adoption & rescue
agencies, humane societies, S.P.C.A.s &
animal shelters serving Northern Virginia
& Virginia)
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CAT RESCUE & CAT ADOPTION
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Washington, DC, Metro
Cat Rescue & Cat Adoption
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Northern Virginia
Cat Rescue & Cat Adoption
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DOG RESCUE & DOG ADOPTION
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Washington, DC, Metro
Dog Rescue & Dog Adoption
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Labrador Retriever Rescue, Inc.
Labrador Retriever Rescue, Inc. (LRR)
(serving metropolitan
Washington, DC, Northern Virginia &
Maryland suburbs)
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United Maltese Rescue
United Maltese Rescue, Inc. (UMR)
(serving metropolitan
Washington, DC, Northern Virginia &
Maryland suburbs)
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Northern Virginia
Dog Rescue & Dog Adoption
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Regional Dog Rescue & Dog Adoption
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ARMAC: Akita Rescue Mid-Atlantic Coast, Inc.
Akita Rescue Mid-Atlantic Coast, Inc. (ARMAC)
(serving Virginia, Maryland,
Washington, DC, & the Mid-Atlantic region)
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Golden Retriever Rescue Education and Training
Golden Retriever Rescue Education and Training, Inc.
(GRREAT, Inc.)
(serving the Baltimore /
Washington metroplex & the Mid-Atlantic
region)
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GREYHOUND WELFARE INC.
Greyhound Welfare, Inc. (GW)
(serving the metropolitan
Washington, DC, area [DC, MD, VA] &
New England [MA, RI, NH])
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Lab Rescue of the LRCP, Inc.
Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac (LRCP)
(serving metropolitan
Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, Maryland, &
the Mid-Atlantic region)
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HORSE & EQUINE RESCUE
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Northern Virginia
Horse & Equine Rescue
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RODENT RESCUE & ADOPTION
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Washington, DC, Metro
Rodent Rescue & Adoption
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Regional Rodent Rescue & Adoption
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mdguineapigs.org
Maryland Guinea Pig Rescue and Adoption
(serving Maryland, Northern
Virginia & South-Central Pennsylvania)
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People have come together worldwide and in the Washington, DC, metro
area 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 the Washington, DC, metro area, including Maryland
and Northern Virginia, and believe you can do so responsibly (See our
Pet
Health & Safety Tips.), please consider pet adoption from
a DC metro area 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. Millions 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 Washington, DC,
pet adoption agency.
Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson.
Original article published 14 May 2005, updated 13 June
2006.
Follow links to the right to learn more about Washington, DC, metro area
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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