Here are some rescue groups in the Atlanta area that rescue all kinds of animals, from dogs to guinea pigs! These groups do wonderful work and we encourage you to support them. Next time you want to add a fuzzy, furry, feathered, or scaled friend to your household, make sure it's a rescued pet! For a complete list of all the Atlanta area rescue groups, you can visit the SPOT (Stopping Pet Overpopulation Together) website at www.spotsociety.org. Happy tails!
  
                 
                 
Lifeline Animal Project of Atlanta, Georgia is a non-profit organization dedicated to the welfare of animals. Our primary purpose is to end pet overpopulation and stop the euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats.
Petfinder.com is an on-line, searchable database of over 60,000 animals that need homes from almost 4,000 animal shelters and adoption organizations across the USA and Canada. Organizations maintain their own home pages and available pet database. Petfinder.com was resonsible for over a half million adoptions last year!
  Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to saving Golden and Labrador Retrievers that have been left in animal shelters.   
On a space available basis, we provide placement service for dog owners that must give up their Retrievers.  (Additional advice for owners wishing to find a new home for their dog is located under "Place a Dog")
Started in 1991, Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta is registered with the State of Georgia and is licensed by the State Agriculture Department as an animal rescue group.  Additionally, the Internal Revenue Service has granted Golden Retriever Rescue of Atlanta a federal income tax exemption under section 501(c)(3).
       
   
          KanineKids is located in Atlanta and is a private, non-profit organization 501-c3.) Our mission is for the purpose of providing for, and for promoting the wellfare, protection and humane treatment of animals. In other words, save dogs from euthanasia and abusive environments. We are a state licensed animal shelter.
We rescue all sizes, all breeds. KanineKids is located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. We do not have an adoption facility, our organization is comprised completely of volunteers fostering animals in their homes.
     
     
     
The mission of PAWS Atlanta, Inc. is to provide shelter, food and medical care for abandoned pets, and ensure they are placed in safe, loving homes.  The mission encompasses three goals: 
[1] to advance the no-kill philosophy
[2] to reduce pet overpopulation through spaying or neutering
[3] to educate the community regarding the responsible and humane care of pets.
   

Humane Society of North Georgia

The Humane Society of North Georgia is an adoption and referral service for pets that need homes. We take pets from the public when asked, and we go to the pound in Lavonia, and in Commerce and rescue the nicest adoptable dogs and cats we think you will like, and are glad to look for specific types of animals. We know it's painful to go "pound puppy shopping" because there are so many, so we do it for you! If you are looking for a small dog, check our listings, and go to our adoptions -- sometimes we get last-minute surprises that we don't have time to list!
     
Project CatSnip™ is Atlanta's first and only mobile feline surgical unit specializing in spay/neuter. Our purpose is to end feline overpopulation in Atlanta by making crucial spay/neuter and identification services affordable and accessible for those on restricted incomes or who are caring for doorstep, stray and feral cats. A mobile practice goes where the problems are and makes spaying/neutering accessible to more cat owners, especially those dealing with outdoor cats.
 
The Newnan-Coweta Humane Society and Shelter Rescue
Our mission: To rescue and place shelter pets in loving foster homes until their forever homes are found - to give them a second chance at life and love. We are an all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to saving shelter pets.
                                   
                       
         
The North Georgia Chapter of the House Rabbit Society is a nonprofit, all volunteer organization dedicated to the rescue, fostering and adoption of abandoned domestic rabbits. After adoption, HRS serves as an educational source for the proper care and treatment of pet rabbits.
      
 
ADOPT A GREYHOUND ATLANTA, INC. is a notfor-profit organization comitted to providing for the welfare of greyhounds by maintaining a shelter for retired racers, rescued grehounds or other sighthounds in need of shelter; providing for the care, feeding and medical treatment of rescued dogs; and educating the public on the issues of greyhound racing through lectures, public appearances, participation in community events and any and all other appropriate means.
   
The Coweta Pet Savers volunteers goal is to provide homeless dogs and cats with a second chance at life and companionship. Our organization goes beyond the confines of shelter walls to build an extensive network of knowledgeable, experienced, talented and caring individuals
 
  Launched in July 2002, The Animal Rescue Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need -- providing food for some of the 27 million unwanted animals given to shelters in the US every year. Each click on the "Feed an Animal in Need" button at The Animal Rescue Site provides a bowl of food for an animal at the world's largest pet adoption center, North Shore Animal League America, or at one of the Fund for Animals' world renowned animal sanctuaries, including the Black Beauty Ranch in Texas and the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in California.
Individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the "Feed an Animal in Need" button and help feed rescued animals. Over 10 million animals are put to death every year in the US alone because they are unwanted, abandoned, or abused. A click on the "Feed an Animal in Need" button will provide a bowl of food in a warm, caring environment for one of these animals at no cost to you.		  
                     
 
    Meows Without Moms Newborn Kitten Rescue (a non-profit organization) specializes in newborn kittens, providing "round-the clock" care, including warmth, food, medical treatment, and most of all, love, to those unable to care for themselves.  
 
   
PointerRescue.Org, Inc. (PRO) is a non-profit group of coordinators and volunteers across the United States, Canada and in other countries.  It is hoped that this site will provide a common place for the posting of information on Pointers in need of adoptive or foster homes, and a way for persons who would like to adopt or foster a Pointer to find a suitable dog.
                                       
 
We are an Atlanta, GA based 501 c 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to  saving homeless animals through non-lethal methods. We provide community programs that save companion animal lives and foster the human/animal bond. We invite everyone who has experienced the joy of companion animals to share in our mission and help make Metropolitan Atlanta a better place for all God's creatures
          The Humane Friends of West Georgia, Inc. has a mission to work together with local rescues, educate the public regarding the serious problem with the pet overpopulation situation, advertise available animals via the internet, assist the local shelters in any way needed, foster animals until they are adopted and most of all...show compassion for all.