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2. Animal rescue group - Wikipedia

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   An animal rescue group or animal rescue organization is a group dedicated to pet adoption. These groups take unwanted, abandoned, abused, or stray pets and attempt to find suitable homes for them. Many rescue groups are created by and run by volunteers, who take animals into their homes and care for them—including training, playing, handling ...

3. List of animal welfare organizations - Wikipedia

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   Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries , where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.

4. Animal shelter - Wikipedia

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   Animal shelter. An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would be penned or impounded until they were claimed by their owners.

5. Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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   Location. 765 Nonaville Road Mount Juliet, TN 37122 US. Area served. Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Leader. Zina and Michael Goodin [1] Website. ofsds .org. Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary (OFSDS), officially Old Friends Senior Dogs, Inc., is a nonprofit animal rescue group in Mount Juliet, Tennessee .

6. Best Friends Animal Society - Wikipedia

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   Best Friends Animal Society. / 37.125773; -112.543697. Best Friends Animal Society, ( BFAS) founded in its present form in 1993, [1] is an American nonprofit 501 (c) (3) animal welfare organization based in Kanab, Utah with satellite offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Bentonville, Arkansas, Houston, Texas, Los Angeles, California, New York City, and ...

7. Pet adoption - Wikipedia

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   Pet adoption is the process of transferring responsibility for a pet that was previously owned by another party. Common sources for adoptable pets are animal shelters, rescue groups, or other pet owners. Some organizations give adopters ownership of the pet, while others use a guardianship model wherein the organization retains some control ...