About MuttShack

MuttShack Foundation is a non-profit animal rescue organization dedicated to dog rescue, cat rescue  rehabilitation and dog care. 

A Good Samaritan, a "MuttShacker" rescues a dog from the street or a kill (or no kill shelter), and keeps him safe for a week or two in their home.  They become the dog's promoter and sponsor.

MuttShacks keep animals out of shelters and in safe foster homes, where they can be socialized, nurtured back to health and then be adopted to new loving families.  Fifty-six percent of dogs and seventy one percent of cats that enter shelters are euthanized. About 9.6 million animals are euthanized every year.

What Makes MuttShacks Different?
We don't spend our money on buildings, staff and infrastructures. We don't maintain a work force to feed and walk animals.  Instead our shelters are created in homes.  Many people have already experienced a dog rescue.  It is no different, except this time they have the support of experts, and a network of support to promote the re-homing of their rescued pet. 

Muttshack actively supports creations of dog parks, pet friendly venues, pet-friendly hotels and apartments and a society that loves to share their lives with animals. 

MuttShack officially launched April 3, 2005 with a triumvirate to support the cause! 

MuttShack Website
Features MuttShack Rescue Stories, State of the Nation's Pets Articles, Advice Columns, Petitions and Groundbreaking Case Studies.  Register your MuttShack and become an official Member.

MuttShack Blog
Review up-to-the-minute cutting-edge animal news!  Written by Journalists, Animal Behavior Experts, Dog Law Experts and Promoters.

MuttShack Community
It is a support network and venue to post pictures of your rescued dogs, find one-on-one support from experts and promote your dog rescue efforts!  Building up your own network allows you to send out e-mails to an expansive animal activist community, and share your rescue experience.

MuttShack Supporters:

Paper Trailers - make posters of shelter animals and MuttShacks and distribute them on local bulletin boards.

Keyboarders - work on the internet to promote MuttShacks on Newsgroups and Blogs. 

Bow-Wow-Know-Hows are experts in their fields - Veterinarians, Administrators, Legal Eagles and Animal Behaviorists who write articles published on the MuttShack Website, Blog and Newsgroup Community.

Donators - Muttshack relies on corporate and private donations through the Muttshack Foundation, a subsidiary of the National Heritage Foundation.

Thousands of animals can be saved if they can be kept out of overcrowded shelters for just a few days while they're found new homes.

"Create  MuttShack foster homes for abandoned and abused animals. 
Rescue, rehabilitate, and nurture them to health and find them new quality forever homes.  Stop killings of healthy animals in overcrowded shelters by re-homing, spaying and neutering.  Fifty-six percent of dogs and seventy one percent of cats that enter shelters are euthanized. About 9.6 million animals are euthanized every year."
  Amanda St. John, Founder.

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