Helping over 49,000 pets live better lives through veterinary care, adoption services, outreach programs, and a pet food pantry. 

One of saddest things is watching a pet owner walk out a shelter door in tears, leaving behind a scared and bewildered pet they love, but could not afford to keep. Second Chance is more than just a shelter, providing access to affordable veterinary care and a pet food pantry program to help keep people and pets together.  Since the shelter was founded 25 years ago, time and again owners coming to our shelter door to say goodbye to a beloved pet told us they could not afford to keep their pet. Some could not afford veterinary bills because their pet was ill, others had lost a job or a spouse and could no longer provide basic care and food.

Second Chance has 4 Community Veterinary Hospitals providing access to affordable veterinary care to underserved communities and bringing services directly to pets in the community through the Homebound to the Rescue program and local vaccine clinics. Our pet food pantry program distributes pet food to local food pantries so no pet goes hungry.

Second Chance Animal Services

We work to end the human/street dog conflict by creating a humane and sustainable environment for animals. 

Our mission is to end the human/street dog conflict by creating a humane and sustainable environment for animals with direct benefits to the people of Dharamsala, India.
What do we do?
We provide several key programs to achieve our goals: spay/neuter, rabies vaccination, rescue and adoption, street animal feeding, and community education for rabies safety and compassion.
We are a small but mighty NGO located in the rural village of Rakkar on the outskirts of Dharamshala. We currently have a staff of 14: 1 vet (1 to be hired), an NGO Director, vet assistants, catchers, and office staff. 


DAR focuses on five main programs designed to effectively achieve our mission and goals: 

ABC/AR (Animal Birth Control/Anti-rabies)  - This program is a systematic approach to creating a rabies-free environment and controlling the population of strays humanely, following the ICAM (International Campaign Animal Management coalition). 

Street Animal Rescue – This program provides an optimal environment for any small animal needing 24/7 care due to accidents, disease, cruelty, or abandonment. 

Street Animal Feeding - During India’s first lockdown due to Covid 19 in April of 2020, the animals living on the street lost their food sources: restaurant leftovers, garbage bins, and leftovers/scraps provided by shops and businesses. DAR convinced the local government to get special passes to groups of people who wanted to feed the dogs and other animals so they did not starve. One family in particular stepped up and today feeds 250 animals per day. As of April 2021, DAR provides the funds needed for food each month. Feeders are a crucial part of our community work. The more humans out there feeding and being kind to street dogs, the easier it is for us to catch dogs for sterilisation, vaccination, and rescue. When the community is daily feeding dogs and animals the suffering is decreased and a bond is formed. 

Humane Education and Community Outreach – Our school program, “Animal Buddies,” teaches young children how to be kind to stray dogs even if they are scared of them. It also teaches kids and teachers what to do if they get bit by an unknown dog, so that they are safe from rabies. This program has been on hold due to schools closed because of Covid. 

Adoption – We encourage local adoption but all potential families must go through an application process, approval, and follow up. 



Dharamsala Animal Rescue

A nonprofit crowdfunding platform that works directly with pet owners and animal shelters to help save pets in medical crisis.

Waggle serves and connects people who care for the wellness of pets—from those in financial need to those who can financially help and everyone in between. 100% of funds go directly to the veterinary partner providing care.

Waggle

BLLAR is an all-volunteer organization, with a mission of rescuing stray, abandoned & abused animals from shelters and the streets

Big Little Life Rescue is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501 (c3) organization, with a mission of rescuing stray, abandoned, and abused animals. Our goal is to seek out the most desperate situations for these animals locally and internationally. 
We aim to provide shelter, conduct TNVR (Trap/Neuter/Vaccinate/Release) programs, rehabilitation, medical treatment, foster care, and forever homes. We also believe in community education and increasing public awareness on the importance of excellent preventative health practice and population/disease control with sterilization and vaccination. 
Our group came together after years of volunteering in other organizations individually and a common life-long, deep love and respect for animals. Each of us see animals as beautiful, sentient beings, who are capable of unconditional love and acceptance. We believe that animals can feel and have complex experiences. We also believe that every animal deserves respect and kindness, no matter where they are located. To us, all lives are deserving of this - big or small. 
Our dream is to see the world with no stray animals. 
Until our dream comes true, we are committed to give every animal in our path a chance to be safe, to heal, and to know love. Big Little Life Animal Rescue depends solely on donations to continue its work. 
We are all professionals and animal lovers, based in MA, NY, ME, and PA, with full-time jobs, families, and pets, united by commitment to animal rescue.

Big Little Life Animal Rescue International Inc

Our vision is a world in which humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding.

FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organization for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need, and protects them. 

FOUR PAWS USA

Hull Seaside Animal Rescue

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