Here is a list of senior dog rescue Vermont: (Last updated on Jul 3, 2022)
VT Dog Rescue
Sanctuary Name
VT Dog Rescue
Organization Type
501(c)3 non-profit
EIN
47-3786821
IRS Ruling Year
2015
Hours
10:00 – 18:00 (Mon-Fri)
10:00 – 16:00 (Sat)
Closed on Sunday
About
We do not have dogs on site. Dogs are placed in local foster homes and are available to meet with adopters upon request.
VT Dog Rescue is a rescue organization – not a pet shop or a breeder. Although we help our local community with dogs in need, most of our dogs come from high kill shelters in the rural Southern states. In these areas, it’s common for dogs to roam around town, fending for themselves day and night. Unfortunately, it’s uncommon for the dogs to be spayed or neutered. This has led to an overpopulation of dogs. When the dogs are caught by animal control or turned in by owners or neighbors, they are brought into shelters. When the shelters run out of space, they euthanize to make room for new intakes.
VT Dog Rescue does not have any paid employees. Our organization is run entirely by devoted volunteers who share their time and energy to make a positive difference in the lives of the dogs we rescue.
Our approach to the adoption process is friendly, warm, compassionate & understanding. We care about our dogs and we are thankful for our applicants. The adoption process is explained on this page.
With so many rescue organizations judging adopters, we strive to be the breath of fresh air, the rebels who rock the boat. A rescue with a heart and soul dedicated to placing homeless dogs in loving homes.
We work with local businesses to secure discounted prices for our adopters on dog related services such as grooming, training, boarding & daycare. Our volunteers create the handmade beds we send home with each dog and we provide useful resources in our Adoption Kits.
802dogrescue@gmail.com
Phone
802-482-2711
Address
PO BOX 597, Hinesburg, VT 05461-0597
Riverside Animal Rescue
Sanctuary Name
Riverside Animal Rescue
Organization Type
501(c)3 non-profit
EIN
20-2184387
IRS Ruling Year
2006
Hours
8:00 – 12:00 & 13:00 – 17:00 (Mon-Fri)
8:00 – 12:00 (Sat)
About
Riverside Rescue was formed in 2003 due to the overwhelming need for a local animal shelter. Gaining our 501 (c) 3 non-profit status in 2005, we have been able to help dogs, cats and other small critters in the northeast region of New Hampshire and Vermont. Our board of directors has put in place that we will remain a NO-KILL animal rescue shelter for all breeds of dogs and cats.
Operating solely on donations, every penny counts. More money goes out than comes in and we really all need to rally together to help get the funds to continue this much needed service. All of our staff as well as board members are volunteer positions and are NOT paid!
riversideanimalrescue@gmail.com
Phone
802-892-5300
Address
236 Riverside Ave, Lunenburg, VT 05906
Bennington County Humane Society Inc. (Second Chance Animal Center)
Sanctuary Name
Organization Type
501(c)3 non-profit
EIN
03-0212493
IRS Ruling Year
1962
Hours
11:00 – 15:00 (Tue-Sun)
Closed on Monday
About
Second Chance Animal Center, established in 1959 as the Bennington County Humane Society, is a private, limited-admission, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that serves the needs of homeless animals as well as the needs of pet owners in our community. Our service area includes all towns in Bennington County (Vermont), sections of Washington and Rensselaer Counties in New York State, and northern areas of Berkshire County in Massachusetts.
Mission:
Second Chance Animal Center is dedicated to providing compassionate shelter and adoption services for the animals in our care, improving the lives of companion animals in the communities that we serve via spay/neuter assistance, humane education, advocacy, and humane investigative advice and assistance to law enforcement agencies. (Approved March 4, 2015)
History:
Though incorporated as the Bennington County Humane Society, we changed our business name to Second Chance Animal Center in 2000 to better reflect our shelter philosophy and scope of services. We purchased our first shelter site in 1961 (Shaftsbury, VT), then built a new state-of-the-art facility in Arlington (VT) in 2018.
info@2ndchanceanimalcenter.org
Phone
802-375-2898
Address
1779 Vermont Rte 7a, Arlington, VT 05250
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For the Love of Dogs Vermont
Sanctuary Name
For the Love of Dogs Vermont
Organization Type
Unknown
EIN
84-3733957
IRS Ruling Year
2020
Hours
Unknown
About
For the Love of Dogs Vermont is a shelterless rescue located in the Mad River Valley, Vermont. We commit to rescuing dogs from numerous southern states, while we educate and raise awareness of dog rescue.
FLDVT is run entirely by volunteers and relies on donations and adoption fees to support its programs.
FLDVT works to rescue dogs at risk of being euthanized in “high-kill” shelters in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. FLDVT is a registered non-profit 501(c)3.
For many in the south, spay/neuter laws do not exist, and the dog overpopulation problem is critical. To date, with massive amounts of coordinating and collaborating and endless hours of dedication from the rescuers, fosters, transporters, volunteers, and donors, FLDVT rescues approximately 800 dogs per year. Our goal is to save more.
FLDVT makes sure our incoming dogs are tested for heart worms and are de-wormed, altered, and vaccinated. Our dogs are transported using USDA-licensed transporters who provide the dogs with quality care while on their way to us.
Our dogs are adopted into loving families directly from our partner organizations in the South. Occasionally, we will provide a foster home for one of our dogs until an appropriate placement can be found, but this is not the norm.
FLDVT supports local shelters in Vermont by supporting dogs with special needs and placing them with foster families who can provide short- and long-term care and rehabilitation until permanent homes are found.
FLDVT supports the Mad River Valley community, offering assistance for missing dogs and found dogs in need of medical attention and fostering until the owner is located.
FLDVT is dedicated to educating the public about spaying and neutering their pets as well as choosing adoption over buying a dog from a puppy mill and breeder.
fortheloveofdogsvermont@gmail.com
Phone
Unknown
Address
1112 Main St, Waitsfield, VT 05673
Franklin County Humane Society Inc. (Franklin County Animal Rescue)
Sanctuary Name
Organization Type
501(c)(3) non-profit
EIN
03-0275269
IRS Ruling Year
1982
Hours
17:00 – 19:00 (Tue-Thu)
15:00 – 19:00 (Fri)
10:00 – 17:00 (Sat)
Closed on Sunday & Monday
About
Franklin County Humane Society (dba Franklin County Animal Rescue) promotes the health, welfare and humane treatment of animals in Northwestern Vermont and provides temporary shelter for them with the ultimate goal of finding them good, permanent homes within the community.
Franklin County Animal Rescue has grown from a totally volunteer effort by a small group of concerned residents to an incorporated 501c3 non-profit organization that is privately owned and receives no government funding. The future of FCAR depends totally on caring, generous individuals to ensure its ability to shelter these animals until they can find their rightly deserved loving permanent homes.
After 50 years as Franklin County Humane Society, in 2015 the name was changed to Franklin County Animal Rescue to better reflect the current mission and purpose of the shelter; a focus on the homeless cats and dogs of the community. In an effort to give the shelter a more current, updated image, the logo was redone as well.
info@fcarpets.org
Phone
802-524-9650
Address
30 Sunset Meadows, St Albans City, VT 05478
Base on 71 reviews
North Country Animal League Inc.
Sanctuary Name
North Country Animal League Inc.
Organization Type
501(c)3 non-profit
EIN
03-0344067
IRS Ruling Year
1994
Hours
13:00 – 17:00 (Tue-Sat)
Open by appointment only
Closed on Sunday & Monday
About
Our Mission:
North Country Animal League’s mission is to promote compassionate and
responsible relationships between humans and animals. We do this through:
Adoptions
Education and Outreach
Spay/Neuter Programs
Support of Cruelty Prevention
Sheltering of Homeless Animals
Vision:
We envision a world that is nurturing and compassionate towards all sentient beings.
We envision a community that accepts responsibility for animal welfare and fosters a humane relationship between people and animals.
We envision being a recognized, understood, and vital asset in our community.
We envision being an organization which demonstrates excellence in its policies, practices and impact on animal welfare.
info@ncal.com
Phone
802-888-5065
Address
16 Mountain View Meadows Rd, Morristown, VT 05661
Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society Inc.
Sanctuary Name
Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society Inc.
Organization Type
501(c)3 non-profit
EIN
03-6006562
IRS Ruling Year
1943
Hours
12:00 – 16:00 (Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat)
12:00 – 19:00 (Thu)
Open by appointment only
About
Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society is a non-profit, no kill society dedicated to the care and placement of adoptable animals and enhancing the bonds between animals and people through education.
The mission is accomplished by:
– Providing shelter and care for homeless pets,
– Finding homes with caring people for the pets in the shelter,
– Advocating, within the bounds of Vermont State law, for mistreated and neglected pets and other domesticated
animals,
– Encouraging spaying and neutering programs to reduce pet overpopulation,
– Educating people of all ages about the care of pets, the training of pets and the place of pets and other
domesticated animals in the community.
info@lucymac.org
Phone
802-484-5829
Address
4832 VT-44, West Windsor, VT 05089
Addison County Humane Society Inc. (Homeward Bound)
Sanctuary Name
Organization Type
501(c)3 non-profit
EIN
03-0264068
IRS Ruling Year
1976
Hours
9:00 – 16:00 (Tue-Sat)
Closed on Sunday & Monday
About
Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society, is a private and independent 501(c)(3) open admission shelter dedicated to protecting the well being of homeless, abandoned and abused/neglected animals.
We serve over 1,200 animals per year, including those who enter the shelter and those who receive services through PetCORE and other community programs. Our community services are designed to combat pet overpopulation, provide support to low-income pet owners, and enhance the human-animal bond through education and outreach.
We are proud participants in the Shelter Animals Count project. Shelter Animals Count is a national campaign designed to increase accountability and transparency among animal sheltering organizations. A look at our numbers can be found here.
Our annual budget to operate the animal shelter and provide these programs is approximately $500,000. We receive no funding from federal, state or local government and no unrestricted funding from national humane organizations. With a staff of 13, we rely heavily on volunteers to enhance the lives of the animals while they are here and to help us have wide-spread impact in the community; on average we have 80 active volunteers annually.
We are extremely proud of the services that we offer and are very grateful to all of the staff, volunteers and donors who help to support Homeward Bound and allow us to make a difference in the lives of so many animals!
Our Mission:
To be a community-centered shelter that supports the human-animal bond through compassionate care, adoption, education, and advocacy.
Our Vision:
A community that is nurturing and compassionate towards all animals.
A community where no animal suffers from abuse or neglect.
A community where companion animals are treated as lifelong, valued family members.
shelter@homewardboundanimals.org
Phone
802-388-1100
Address
236 Boardman St, Middlebury, VT 05753
Base on 99 reviews
Humane Society Of Chittenden County
Sanctuary Name
Humane Society Of Chittenden County
Organization Type
501(c)3 non-profit
EIN
03-0193150
IRS Ruling Year
1943
Hours
13:00 – 16:00 (Tue-Fri)
10:00 – 15:00 (Sat)
Closed on Sunday & Monday
About
We at the Humane Society of Chittenden County believe that supporting, strengthening and sustaining the bonds between people and pets improves the well-being of individuals, families and communities. Our mission is to ensure that every pet has a loving home and that every pet owner has access to the resources they need to give those pets happy, healthy lives.
Our mission purpose is to
Provide for the health and well-being of companion animals that are in need and find each a loving home
Reduce the number of unwanted animals through spay/neuter programs
Offer affordable health and wellness services and resources to pet owners in need, targeting the underserved population
Promote the animal-human bond through outreach, humane education, and therapeutic programming
Advocate on behalf of animals in crisis and as an enforcer of their rights and protection through education, investigation, and legislative efforts.
HSCC is an independent, 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that receives no city, state or federal funding. We are not affiliated with any national organizations, such as the Humane Society of the United States. We rely solely on the limited revenue generated by our programs and fees, and on the tremendous generosity of our community. In fact, the majority of our annual revenue comes from charitable giving! We serve Vermont’s most populated county, Chittenden, as well as Grand Isle County.
Founded in 1901, HSCC has been serving both animals and people for well over 100 years. The original facility was built by June & Herb Davis, considered the modern-day founders of HSCC, but was outgrown by the late 1990’s. Our current facility was completed in October of 2002 and boasts nearly 12,000 square feet of animal care and adoption space, where we take in over 1,400 animals each year and welcome as many as 20,000 visitors annually. The majority of the animals at HSCC are cats and dogs, but we also provide care and services for small animals such as rabbits, ferrets, and guinea pigs.
bestfriends@hsccvt.org
Phone
802-862-0135
Address
142 Kindness Ct, South Burlington, VT 05403
Rutland County Humane Society Inc.
Sanctuary Name
Rutland County Humane Society Inc.
Organization Type
501(c)3 non-profit
EIN
03-6006930
IRS Ruling Year
2016
Hours
The Adoption Center is currently open by appointment only.
About
Our Mission Statement: RCHS is dedicated to advocating for and working towards a responsible and humane community. We provide shelter and adoption opportunities for pets that are homeless and promote animal welfare through community programs that benefit both animals and people.
With more than 60 years of history, the RCHS has a lot for which to be proud. It began in the late 1950s when 2 local women, Ellen Hollrock Porter and Olive Smith, were concerned about the many stray animals they saw and cared for. They assembled a group of people to discuss the idea of creating a humane society. Ed Wheeler, a farmer in Pittsford, began working with the group and became its first humane agent. His farm was used to house the stray and unwanted animals for many years until the shelter was built.
The RCHS was legally incorporated on April 29, 1959. Land was purchased from the Stevens Farm on Stevens Road in Pittsford for the new shelter and the groundbreaking took place in October, 1966. The $45,000 building was dedicated and opened on October 1, 1967. In 1975 a stable was built to house large animals and in 1998 renovations to the shelter were required and completed. In 2009 an addition to the shelter was constructed to bring the administrative staff into the building from the brown building next door (formerly the stable). Included in the addition was an upgrade to the HVAC system and the animal intake area was reconfigured to be more efficient.
Over the years the RCHS estimates it has cared for or assisted over 120,000 animals including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, and, in the early years, skunks, loons, fawns, goats and horses, to name just a few. Many initiatives took place over the years including fundraising events, humane education, Junior Humane Society programs, pet therapy, pet adoption, spay & neuter programs, dog training, membership and more. Support came from individuals and businesses throughout the county with monetary donations, supplies for the shelter, publicity and fundraising. The RCHS continues to implement programs to help the people and animals in Rutland County.
amelia@rchsvt.org
Phone
802-483-6700
Address
765 Stevens Rd, Pittsford, VT 05763
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