With your support, Detroit Dog Rescue can continue rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming the dogs of Detroit.
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Detroit's First No-Kill Shelter |
Detroit Dog Rescue is focused on raising awareness for the plight of the forgotten, homeless and stray dogs of Detroit along with advocating for humane rescue alternatives such as no-kill sheltering, foster care and adoptions, pet identification and healthy pet population control through spay and neutering. Detroit Dog Rescue also specializes in community outreach, and we work closely with local, city and statewide organizations in order to educate and involve people in this cause. We also respond to calls to assist the Detroit Police Department, Highland Park Police Department, Hamtramck Police Department, Fire Departments, the City Administration, as well as hundreds of residents who have asked for our help.
About Detroit Dog Rescue |
Detroit Dog Rescue (DDR) was founded in February 2011, after the City of Detroit refused to allow access to a network television series that would have documented the lives of stray dogs trying to survive in an abandoned urban environment. There is a stray dog epidemic in the city, especially in the neighborhoods, just as there is in many cities across the United States that have had to deal with economic decline, dwindling populations and abandoned buildings. If other animal lovers around the world could see what we see on the streets of Detroit every day, we know that they would help us make a difference in this city, one dog at a time.
Detroit Dog Rescue helps between 80 to 120 dogs at any given time. On May 1, 2014, Detroit Dog Rescue opened the first no kill shelter in the City of Detroit. Our rescue is known for taking animals in trouble that most regard as unadoptable and investing the time and training needed to rehabilitate and re-home these dogs.
In June 2015, Mayor Mike Duggan met with our Executive Director, Kristina Millman-Rinaldi, to assemble an animal welfare reform committee for the City of Detroit. Detroit Dog Rescue’s efforts at a municipal level still have lasting effects today and Kristina has remained an animal advocate and advisor to multiple cities, states and organizations.
On October 20, 2015, history was made for DDR and the City of Detroit. For the first time, a transfer agreement between rescues and the city came into fruition. Under this agreement, Detroit Dog Rescue transferred the first dogs from Detroit Animal Control.
How Your Support Can Make An Impact |
Your donation is vital to our mission to sustain the first no-kill shelter in the City of Detroit and aid in the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of the abused, abandoned and homeless dogs.
| $5 | Feeds a puppy for five days |
| $10 | Provides rabies vaccine |
| $20 | Provides fuel for our trucks to get to life saving rescues |
| $50 | Provides one month of meals for a shelter dog |
| $100 | Covers a spay or neuter |
| $150 | Covers an entire intake procedure including: check-up, vaccinations and a spay or neuter |
| $250 | Provides full medical work to prepare for puppies of a pregnant dog found on the street |
| $500 | Covers life saving heartworm treatment for a dog |
| $750 | Covers the initial emergency costs for a dog who needs emergency trauma care. These dogs have often been shot, stabbed, hit by a vehicle or abandoned |
| $1,200 | The average price to rescue a dog in Detroit. This includes hospitalization, fluid IV, vaccinations, food, spay or neuter, respiratory therapy and training. |
| $2,500 | Covers the cost of a dog hit by a car who needs orthopedic or trauma attention |
Detroit Dog Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and licensed by the Michigan Department of Agriculture. DDR has been chosen as a trusted charity and holds a Gold Award of Transparency through GuideStar.
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