Animal Rescue

Animal rescue rescue can be simultaneously rewarding and heartbreaking. It is volunteer work that is badly needed. People involved in animal rescue typically form into groups or organizations that are dedicated to saving sick, injured or abused animals, and/or assisting with animal adoptions. Animal lovers who become involved with animal rescue frequently need to fund their own efforts. There are some not-for-profit organizations and privately funded groups who assist, but the money does not come close to meeting the need.

There are animal rescue efforts that focus on all species, but more often the groups specialize their efforts on just one: dogs, cats, horses, reptiles, birds. One of the most difficult animal rescues is equine. You may have seen volunteers evacuating terrified horses during a fire. This is not for the faint of heart and special training is required for large animal rescue.

Other rescue groups may be even more specialized and only rescue one breed within a species such as the beagle, golden retriever, greyhound, border collie, Labrador retriever, and doberman pincher. These are just a few examples.

Animal rescue groups often work closely with animal control officers, the SPCA, the Humane Society, law enforcement, veterinarians and publicly funded animal shelters. There can be an overlap in the functions of these organizations, but no matter how many of them there are, there always seems to be a larger unmet need by more animals.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_group6