Animals Rule Placement Foundation

2022 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:2022, THE YEAR MANY PET OWNERS RETURNED THEIR DOG TO THE ANIMAL SHELTERS, ONE THAT THEY ADOPTED IN 2020 AND 2021 DURING COVID-19 SO AS NOT TO BE LONELY AT HOME! OUR RESCUE OPERATION HAD NO RETURNS OF ANIMALS THAT WE ADOPTED, THANKS TO OUR SCREENING PROCESS, BUT WE DID TAKE IN A RECORD NUMBER OF OWNER-SURRENDERED DOGS TO HELP PREVENT THEM FROM RE-ENTERING THE ALREADY OVERLOADED SHELTER SYSTEM. WE WERE INUNDATED BY THOSE WHO RUSHED OUT TO ADOPT A DOG OR CAT IN 2020 AND 2021, AND THEN RETURNED THEIR ANIMAL AFTER THEY WENT BACK TO WORK WHEN THE ALL-CLEAR SOUNDED. THESE RETURNS THEN OVERCROWDED OUR CITY AND COUNTY SHELTER SYSTEM WELL BEYOND THEIR NORMAL CAPACITIES.ONCE AGAIN, 2022 BROUGHT ABOUT AN ALL-NEW WAY TO RESCUE AND ADOPT ANIMALS. WE WERE CONTINUOUSLY ADAPTING AND CHANGING OUR PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS TO COINCIDE WITH THE LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY PANDEMIC GUIDELINES. OUR RESCUE OPERATION AND ADOPTION NUMBERS THIS YEAR ARE STILL A LITTLE LOWER AND SLOWER THAN PRE-COVID-19 TIMES BUT STEADILY IMPROVING. WE FEEL THAT, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB!WE RESCUED A TOTAL OF 111 ANIMALS AND WE LOST 4 OF THOSE DUE TO MEDICAL CONDITIONS. THE BREAKDOWN OF THE REMAINING 107 DOGS ADOPTED IN 2022 IS AS FOLLOWS: 1) WE SAVED A TOTAL OF 15 DOGS ON THEIR LAST DAY AT OUR CITY AND COUNTY SHELTERS; 2) WE TOOK IN 59 OWNER-SURRENDERED DOGS AND THUS PREVENTED THEM FROM ENTERING THE SHELTER SYSTEM. THESE DOGS WERE SURRENDERED TO US FOR VARIOUS REASONS SUCH AS; HOUSING RELOCATIONS, LAYOFFS, UNEMPLOYMENT, RETURNING TO WORK AND STRAIGHT UP FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC.SOME OF THESE FAMILIES LOST THEIR HOMES AND COULD NOT AFFORD THE MOST BASIC VET CARE FOR THEIR DOGS. WE TOOK IN 29 STRAYS WHOSE OWNERS WE WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE, 2 DOGS FROM PANAMA AND 2 DOGS FROM OWNERS WHO PASSED AWAY. IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST 14 LOW INCOME/HOMELESS FAMILIES WITH PET FOOD AND VET ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OF THE 107 ANIMALS WE ADOPTED, 91 WERE DOGS, 9 WERE CATS AND 7 WERE GUINEA PIGS.WE ACCOMPLISHED ALL OF THIS WHILE STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC OURSELVES, HOLDING DOWN JOBS OF OUR OWN, MARRIAGES, FAMILIES AND MORTGAGES. BELIEVE US WHEN WE SAY THAT IT WAS ANOTHER CRAZY AND DIFFICULT YEAR. WE ARE ALWAYS DEDICATED TO THE WELL-BEING OF OUR RESCUE DOGS AND WE LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WHO PASS THROUGH OUR RESCUE OPERATION ON THEIR WAY TO FOREVER HOMES. PLEASE HELP US GIVE BACK AND HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF HOMELESS PETS. DON'T BUY, DON'T BREED, ADOPT!FROM THE ANIMALS RULE PLACEMENT FOUNDATION OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND VOLUNTEERS, WE THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO CHANGING MORE LIVES IN 2023.