COMMUNITY INITIATIVE

The current situation in the animal welfare community is dire and FFFR is determined to help. We have not been able to take in any new dogs for a long time, and that is not likely to change for the foreseeable future. In addition to caring for the 10 dogs still in our rescue, we feel compelled to support the larger animal welfare community in CT in their efforts to save an increasing number of dogs. Dogs are being dumped, abandoned, neglected and abused in numbers that we have never seen before. Owners who need to surrender their dogs increasingly are hard pressed to find a facility to care for them that has the room and financial capabilities. Municipal shelters and non-profit rescue organizations are all stretched beyond the limit in their life-saving efforts.

FFFR is therefore starting a dedicated fund to help. All donations through the link on this page will go to assist municipal shelters and non-profit rescues in Connecticut with medical care and spay/neuter for the dogs in their care, as well as necessary training/rehabilitation, based upon both their need and our financial capacity - which depends wholly on donations we receive to this fund.

We will have an application process in place to assure that the funds are going to cover medical and spay/neuter costs, and whenever possible will be donating directly to the veterinary hospital or training facility caring for any specific dog.

Currently a generous, anonymous donor has agreed to match all donations up to $2000, to get this initiative off the ground! We can do nothing until the initiative is funded, and until we reach the $2000 mark, all your donations will be doubled! We are so grateful!

Please donate as generously as you can to help our own Connecticut dogs!