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Animal Friends Rescue Project
Project Goal
$100,000.00

Description of the problem:


Over 8,000 homeless cats and dogs are euthanized in our community every year, close to four million are euthanized nationwide. Animal Friends Rescue Project provides a safety net to as many homeless animals as possible. This often includes orphaned kittens and puppies from a few days to a few weeks old that need time and a home until they are old enough to be altered and adopted out. We are also often asked to help homeless pregnant and nursing cats and dogs with their litters that need a quiet place to raise their babies until they are old enough to be adopted. Many of the animals that come to us are ill or injured and need medical treatment before going up for adoption. The shelters also ask us to help with shy and under socialized animals that need training and socialization before adoption. And finally, we are often called upon to help healthy, friendly cats and dogs that are at risk of euthanasia simply because they have been at the shelter the longest and there is no more space.

Description of the project / solution:


AFRP staff stays in daily contact with our local shelters in order to focus on the cats and dogs at the most risk of being euthanized. Once the shelters have identified the animals in the most need for the day or the week, we seek placement in a foster home for that animal through a network of over 120 foster volunteers. If the animal has a major illness or injury we will have them transported to one of the local veterinary hospitals that provide discounted medical care and free boarding for the animals we rescue. We are able to provide the tender loving care and time necessary for healing and rehabilitation for each animal that comes into our care. We have a lifetime commitment to the animals that are in our care while they are with us. Most of the animals we rescue get adopted within a month. For special needs animals it may be a year or more before they find their permanent home.  We find homes for our animals through adoption sites, adoption events, advertisements in local papers, and by posting photos and bios on our website as well as on several national pet adoption websites.

Amount that Channel G seeks to raise in order to help the organization achieve its goals:


We seek to raise $100,000 to help pay for medical expenses for the animals we rescue. Medical expenses include exams, diagnostic tests, medications, and minor and major surgeries. We spend an average of $170 in medical expenses for each animal we rescue. AFRP’s general fund will match any funds raised by Channel G to rescue over 1,200 cats and dogs with $100,000 raised.

Other support needed by this project:


Future projects for AFRP that will need funding or in-kind assistance include opening a fully staffed adoption center in Santa Cruz County, hiring our own veterinarian and securing space for an in house clinic to perform spay/neuter surgeries and major and minor medical treatment for the animals we rescue, and purchasing five acres or more within 45 minutes of our offices in Pacific Grove, CA to have a facility to board and train dogs and have a special needs cat sanctuary on site.