About Us
K-9 Stray Rescue League is a state and federally licensed non-profit group formed in 1990 primarily to save dogs on the euthanasia list at local animal shelters.
Purpose:
Most of the dogs at county and local shelters are there through no fault of their own. All they need is a loving, understanding, and responsible new home. We strongly encourage you to give these dogs a "New Leash on Life" by adopting from a local or county shelter, a humane society, or an organization like ours.
Medical:
K-9 Stray Rescue League makes sure that all of its dogs are spayed or neutered and are brought up-to-date on all medical needs. We don’t want to add to the over-population problem that currently puts so many innocent animals on death row (5-9 million are euthanized in the US every year.) If there are still remaining medical needs for a dog at the time of adoption, we give you a vet authorization to take him/her to one of our vets to make sure everything is current.
Selection Process:
Unfortunately, our group can only save a limited number of shelter dogs. Our number one criteria is a good disposition, size and breed are secondary. Since individuals and other rescue groups usually save the smaller dogs and purebred dogs, most of our dogs are the medium to large size mutts that have been overlooked. You will still find a purebred or smaller dog in our pound puppy population on occasion.
Organizations We Support:
In addition to helping dogs in need, our group also works with organizations that use dogs to help people in need. We have given numerous dogs to Leader Dogs for the Blind and U.S. Customs. Many of these overlooked dogs have made it through the intensive training programs and become active service dogs.
Thought for the Day:
A comparison of human and pet population growth rates in the U.S. results
in sobering statistics. The human birth rate is 10,000 per day; however,
2,917 puppies and kittens are born every hour. Thus, for there to be no
homeless pets, every person in the country would have to adopt seven
puppies or kittens.