Animal Welfare Resources
Find organizations, services, funding, and professional resources that support companion animal welfare in Georgia and beyond.
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National Organizations
American Humane
From natural disasters to animal cruelty investigations, American Humane works on the front lines to protect animals and save lives in times of crisis.
ASPCApro
Provides training, research, and resources to help animal welfare professionals save more lives.
Best Friends Animal Society
Operates the nation's largest no-kill animal sanctuary and works nationwide to end the killing of dogs and cats in America's shelters.
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HumanePro by Humane World for Animals — Shelter & Rescue
A professional resource hub with the latest articles, tools, and guidelines supporting the lifesaving work of shelter and rescue professionals.
Maddie's Fund
A family foundation that has awarded more than $208.9 million in grants toward community lifesaving, shelter medicine education, and pet adoption efforts nationwide.
National Link Coalition
A multi-disciplinary, collaborative initiative researching and raising awareness of the link between animal abuse and human violence, serving as the National Resource Center on the subject.
Red Rover
Helps animals rescued from disasters or neglect and domestic violence survivors seeking safety with their pets, through emergency sheltering, disaster response, and financial assistance programs.
The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
The only international society of leaders actively leading and managing community animal shelters and animal control agencies.
Georgia-Based Organizations & Services
Ahimsa House
Addresses the link between domestic violence and animal cruelty, offering services and assistance to survivors of domestic violence with pets in Georgia.
Animal Law Source
Provides a collection of legal cases, statutes, and best practices for legal, law enforcement, veterinary, and animal sheltering fields, with a mission to transform how Georgia communities respond to animal issues through education.
Atlanta Humane Society
Provides animal welfare services across the southeastern United States — including adoption, education, advocacy, Georgia transport, rescue and emergency response, and cruelty response.
Southeastern U.S., with services and transport across Georgia
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CARE
A BIPOC-led organization supporting communities and their pets with a safety net focused on human and animal well-being.
Fix Georgia Pets
Funds targeted spay/neuter programs across Georgia by partnering with clinics, shelters, and rescues to reduce pet overpopulation.
Georgia Department of Agriculture, Animal Protection Division
Enforces the humane care of animals and regulates anyone who produces, sells, boards, grooms, or exchanges pet animals; also distributes spay/neuter grants from license tag revenues.
Georgia Pet Coalition
The "united voice for the animals" at the Georgia legislature, working with legislators and lobbyists to help protect pets.
Georgia Spot Society
A nonprofit dedicated to reducing the number of animals impounded and killed in Atlanta-area animal control facilities; its site also includes a resource list of Georgia shelters, rescue organizations, and spay/neuter options.
Humane World for Animals, Georgia
Works in Georgia to support animal welfare legislation and policy, fight animal cruelty, and engage citizens to promote the protection of animals.
League of Humane Voters
Works to get candidates elected to public office who will enact animal-friendly legislation.
Grants & Funding
Animal Grantmakers
A network of funders focused on animal protection and welfare.
ASPCApro Grant Funding Sources
A directory of funding sources for animal welfare organizations.
Candid Search
Search nonprofit, foundation, and grants data to research funders and identify potential funding opportunities.
HumanePro Grant Listings
A listing of current grant opportunities for animal welfare organizations.
Maddie's Fund Grants
Maddie's Fund's dedicated grant-giving program.
Petco Love
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal welfare charity offering grant funding for animal welfare organizations.
Petfinder Foundation
Grant funding for animal shelters and rescue organizations.
PetSmart Charities
Grant funding for animal welfare organizations through PetSmart Charities' partner program.
Food & Supply Assistance
Georgia Pet Food Banks/Pantries
A shared directory of pet food banks and pantries across Georgia, including information on the Humane World for Animals/Chewy pet-food-distribution partnership for qualifying organizations.
Healthy Canines, Inc.
Provides financial assistance to Georgia pet owners who find it difficult to pay for veterinary care due to illness, injury, or needed medication and equipment, helping keep pets in loving homes.
Transport
ASPCApro Animal Relocation & Transport
ASPCApro's hub for animal relocation and transport resources for animal welfare organizations.
Pilots and Paws
A volunteer network of pilots providing transport flights for animal rescue.
Professional & Peer Communities
AmPA! HASS Shelter and Rescue Support
A Facebook group for shelter and rescue support within the animal welfare professional community.
Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup
A Facebook group where animal welfare professionals connect and share resources.
HumanePro (Facebook)
A Facebook page for animal welfare shelter and rescue professionals.