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Rescue Rebuild Heard It Through the Grapevine

With plans drawn and material purchased it was time to get started. The first step was to install new turf in two of their outdoor play yards. This new turf will be cool to the dogs' paws and also won’t require any upkeep! And what newly turfed play yard would be complete without sun shades? These sun shades drape over the play yard providing shade and comfort to the dogs from that hot, Texas sun. Now the dogs will be able to play longer outside letting their true personality shine through making them more adoptable! Because no play yard would be complete without new agility steps, we built out agility steps and new coyote rollers were installed making sure to keep the dogs inside the play yard.

The Kitty Winners of Our National High-Five Day Contest!

To celebrate the expansion of The Jackson Galaxy Project’s (JGP) life-saving Cat Pawsitive program, GreaterGood.org, the Petco Foundation, and Halo® pet food teamed up for the first annual Cat Pawsitive National High-Five Day Shelter Contest. Animal shelter staff and volunteers, along with the public, were invited to share their most creative feline high-five photos and videos on Facebook or Instagram.

Save Thousands of Pets at Ruff Start Rescue!

In 2017, 1,681 dogs and cats found forever homes through Ruff Start Rescue!

Give Lifesaving Mother’s Day Gift

This Mother's Day, we invite you to join us in celebrating by honoring the mother in your life with a life saving gift to refugee mothers in Thailand. In this region, infant and maternal mortality rates are far too high – 22 times higher than elsewhere. Together with Mae Tao Clinic, we are determined to improve access to prenatal care, safe labor and delivery, and postpartum care for new mothers and their babies. Here the reproductive health team safely deliver between 3-15 babies every day.

Dogs on Tribal Lands Need You!

Former pets cannot survive well on their own. Sometimes starving, sick or unsocialized animals travel in packs and become aggressive. Unsuspecting children at play and elderly citizens are in danger of being bit or killed.

Oakley Needs You After Being Hit by a Car

Poor Oakley was hit by a car and left on the road. A kind Samaritan brought him to a shelter, but because Oakley had no microchip or ID tag, he had to wait, untreated, in the shelter for a mandatory hold period of five days waiting for his owner to claim him. That never happened. […]

Help Rescue Five Circus Lions in Guatemala

It was after the suffering of these animals in Guatemala was exposed, the country banned the use of animals in circuses.

Protect Police K9s With Police Dog Ballistic Vests!

It's hard to believe that something as crucial as a ballistic vest to protect a police K9 is not always available. In reality, many police departments struggle with the cost of equipment and care for the dogs that protect our communities. GreaterGood.org is working with iHeartDogs.com and YOU to fill requests from officers for their K9 partners.

100 More Plants Needed to Restore Habitat Destroyed by Wildfire!

The project will create a healthy one-acre paradise for migrating hummingbirds, bats and monarch butterflies, as well as resident pollinators. Once established, this project will serve as a learning opportunity and model for future restoration projects working to develop nectar corridors by growing out several species of milkweed plants, developing best practices for growing these difficult to establish plants and collecting their seeds for future grow outs to establish more restoration sites.

Rescue Rebuild and the Animal Brigade of Mexico City

One special dog soon found himself on an airplane headed to San Diego. After numerous hours and phone calls, Rescue Rebuild’s own, Zach Baker, adopted a wiry Shepherd/Malinois mix named Copper! No more sleeping outside on the ground for this little guy. His life has been forever changed and now with these new improvements to Animal Brigade many dogs now have similar stories!