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Project Good Dog
Project Good Dog – helping more pets live better lives – and helping people too. We have partnered up with three correctional facilities: Hampden County Sheriff’s Office, NCII Gardner and Worcester County Sheriff’s Office to help pets that need training and/or additional assistance prior to adoption! This program was launched in April of 2015 and pairs behaviorally needy shelter dogs with inmates who provide them with 24/7 care and training. They work with the dogs on socialization, basic obedience, housebreaking, and sometimes a trick or two. Not only does it provide benefits to the dogs but it also has positive results for the handlers who learn patience, compassion, responsibility. Many of the inmates say that it also gives them a focus while they transition back into the community. The training the dogs receive while in the program helps them to be more adoptable and stay in their homes. For more information, visit www.secondchanceanimals.org.

Paws In Prison
We are a 501(c) (3) non- profit organization that rescues dogs from the streets of Dallas. We are an all-volunteer group that captures hard-to-catch dogs that have CARE for Animals is honored to partner with the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) as a rescue resource for Paws in Prison dogs. Paws in Prison is a special program that places shelter dogs within the prisons for approximately 8 weeks of 24/7 obedience training and socialization by ADC inmate handlers in preparation for the dogs' adoption through CARE. The dogs live with their inmate trainers/handlers, who, in turn, are themselves trained by professional dog trainers.

Paws in Prison dramatically increases the number of shelter dogs adopted by providing them with just a little help. The impact of similar programs throughout the United States is universally positive. Inmates learn training skills that support their own successful rehabilitation and reentry into society. Morale of both inmates and prison staff is greatly enhanced in participating facilities. Adoptable dogs otherwise left to languish or be euthanized in shelters due to a lack of socialization or training receive a second chance for a good life. For more information, visit www.careforanimals.org/paws-in-prison.cfm.

The Animal Rescue Site By Greater Good
GreaterGood began in 1999 to provide support for worthy causes through easy, online actions. Since its launch, GreaterGood has contributed more than $60 million to charities around the world. Each of our cause-related websites partners with nonprofits to provide support through many different easy actions, including a free, fast 'click', shopping, and through the Gifts That Give More™ online donation program.

Currently, all donations generated by GreaterGood activities are distributed by GreaterGood.org, a 501c3 nonprofit. Each year, GreaterGood.org grants go to more than 130 charities working in the United States and worldwide. Recent grants include, but are not limited to: providing meals for the hungry and supporting sustainable practices to end poverty; providing micronutrients and oral rehydration formula to bring ailing infants and children back to health; supporting breast cancer research and programs helping women receive free mammograms; rescuing and caring for abandoned pets or endangered animals until a permanent home can be found; helping families cope with autism; feeding homeless veterans and assisting them in finding housing and jobs; funding leading-edge diabetes research; encouraging reading and literacy through providing books, scholarships, and other educational services; and preserving rainforests and other wildlife habitat. For more information, visit www.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com.

Duck Team 6 Street Dog Rescue
We are a 501(c) (3) non- profit organization that rescues dogs from the streets of Dallas. We are an all-volunteer group that captures hard-to-catch dogs that have lived their lives as strays. We are not a shelter so we rely on fosters and other rescue organizations to assist us until we can find permanent homes for the dogs we capture.  We also provide full veterinary care including spay/neuter, microchips, and vaccinations for our “Duck Dogs.” For more information, visit www.duckteam6.org/donate/.

Baltimore Humane Society
The Baltimore Humane Society was founded to protect our region's pets and to address their suffering. Since inception, the Baltimore Humane Society has strived to reach its potential and to achieve its mission. Over the years, we've adopted a set of tenets that represent our commitments to the pets that come into our care. All of our efforts are centered around one word... humane. For more information, visit www.bmorehumane.org.

Dallas DogRRR
Dallas DogRRR - Rescue.Rehab.Reform is a group of dedicated, animal loving volunteers that help rescue dogs with our main focus being in SE Dallas. Through your donations we are able to maintain supplies, food, water, and provide shelter, rehabilitation, and medical care for our animals in need. Every single cent that you donate goes directly towards our day to day operations, ongoing vet bills, as well as boarding costs for the precious dogs that we do not have fosters for. Everything we do goes directly to helping our animals in need.For more information, visit www.dallasdogrrr.org.

Volunteer at Your Local Shelter

Want to be like the real-life heroes who rescue and foster dogs in the movie?  Get involved at your local shelter.  Opportunities abound!  Click the below link to find a shelter near you that needs your help!

Click here to  Find A Shelter (ASPCA)

Other Ways You Can Help

  • Support local low-cost spay/neuter programs with your time, talent, and money

  • Educate family, friends, and neighbors on the importance of spaying/neutering their companion animals.

  • Join an animal rescue group and help find homes for unwanted dogs and cats.

  • Urge legislators at all levels to support mandatory spay/neuter laws

BACKGROUND

Over two million inmates are currently incarcerated, with thousands more at minimum security facilities. Every year, between six to eight million dogs & cats enter animal shelters across the country. With extreme animal overpopulation, lack of shelters and resources, an estimated four million dogs and cats are euthanized annually in the United States. Instead of throwing these human and canine lives away, the creation of a partnership between prisons and shelters gives both inmates and shelter dogs a new lease on life. Prison dog programs are proving that the relationship between inmates and shelter dogs creates empathy, love and compassion; rescuing both human and canine lives which hang in limbo. In this unlikely partnership, homeless dogs gain the love, training and rehabilitation that will make them adoptable, and  inmates become empathetic, gain a sense of responsibility and purpose, allowing them to re-enter society as productive citizens.