VCA Shoreline Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center

Project Precious Rescue

PPR is a small scale rescue, and our animals are placed in carefully screened foster homes while they are waiting to find their forever homes - they do not have a facility/shelter.

Their Mission: "The mission of PPR is to rescue adoptable animals who may otherwise face homelessness or death, and find them loving forever homes. Our goal is to provide the best veterinary care, and we strive to place our animals in carefully screened homes that best match their needs. We rely solely on donations, and do not profit from our work. We rescue on our terms - dogs and cats, and do not discriminate against age/breed."

PPR believes every animal deserves a second chance!

ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Hotline

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center is staffed 24 hours with veterinary health professionals who have been specially trained in veterinary toxicology. If you think that your pet may have ingested a potentially poisonous substance, call the ASPCA 24 hour emergency Animal Poison Control Center hotline at (888) 426-4435. A $75 consultation fee is applied to your credit card.

Cat Tales

VCA Shoreline has recently partnered with Cat Tales Inc., a Connecticut-based, non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the quality of life and improving the well-being of abused, neglected and abandoned cats and kittens within our community.

CT SART - Connecticut State Animal Response Team

CTSART is based on a similar program in North Carolina, NCSART, which was founded after Hurricane Floyd claimed more than 3 million domestic and farm animals. Many could have been saved by a coordinated emergency response plan.

CTSART is based on the principles of the Incident Command System (ICS) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). Its functions involve a coordinated effort between governmental agencies and private organizations. Using ICS as a set of core principles, CTSART develops units addressing all aspects of disaster response on a regional basis within Connecticut.

Their structure is organized at the grassroots level as Regional Animal Response Teams(RART). RARTs are under the jurisdiction of local, Regional and state emergency management, and include animal control officers, cooperative extension, law enforcement, veterinarians, public health, agriculture and concerned citizens.

The Incident Command System (ICS) has been recognized by the Department of Homeland Security as the most effective system for managing emergencies. This system is a component of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).

Lucky Dog Refuge

Lucky Dog Refuge: A Safe Haven for the Dogs Most In Need

We are not just a rescue, we are a refuge; a safe haven for dogs from dire backgrounds. We focus on the dogs most in need of saving - those who have been abandoned by their families, the strays, the starving, the injured, the sick, and those in immediate need of help. We take them in, rehabilitate them, provide housing, vetting, training, and extra doses of love. Whether at our physical site in Stamford, CT, or placed with one of our rescue partners, every dog we commit to is guaranteed love and a beautiful life with the forever family they so deserve.

We pride ourselves on being a rescue that focuses on the dogs with medical needs - because they are the ones most at risk. Given how high the costs are, many rescues cannot afford to take on the medical cases and the dogs are left in pain to fend for themselves. But those dogs are the reason we started this rescue….and we need your help to survive and thrive. Medical cases are exceptionally expensive, and we average $2500/dog, with some cases costing up to $20,000 to save a dog. Donations, grants, partnerships, and sponsors are crucial to our ability to save these medical cases that are so desperately in need.

Since opening our doors in June 2020, we have found loving homes for over 700 dogs.

STARS - Stratford Animal Rescue Society

The Stratford Animal Rescue Society (STARS) is a non-profit group founded in September 2000 with the unanimous support from the Stratford Town Council. Our mission is to facilitate and expedite the adoptions of homeless animals into loving homes as well as, provide food, medical care and necessities for the animals impounded at the Stratford Animal Control Facility.

The Stratford Animal Rescue Society (STARS) works in collaboration with Animal Control for the Town of Stratford, Connecticut. STARS. was founded in response to the large number of adoptable homeless animals impounded at the Stratford Animal Control Facility. The group is funded by private donations, public fundraising and grants.

Through fundraising endeavors and public support, STARS is wholly dedicated to its mission. An impounded animal at the Stratford Animal Control Facility receives the following as a means of life longevity, pet overpopulation control and to make a more balanced animal for the purpose of permanent adoption.

Waggle

Waggle is the only pet-dedicated crowd-funding platform that partners directly with leading veterinary providers to reduce economic euthanasia in pets, thereby giving options to pet guardians and second chances to the pets they love.

The critical partnership between Waggle and veterinary partners ensures that recipients are vetted and truly in need – a claim other crowd-funding platforms can’t guarantee and makes Waggle unique. For added security, funds are released directly to veterinary partners and not to pet guardians.

Donors make a significant impact on the lives of pets and their guardians in a self-sustaining, radically transparent way. They can also choose to follow the treatment and recovery of the animal they have sponsored – and take pride in knowing that their donation has saved a life.