Animal Alliance is a registered, 501(c)3, non-profit organization with no salaried positions, we are an entirely volunteer organization. Animal Alliance rescues cats, dogs, kittens, and puppies on "death row" at several different shelters and animal control holding facilities and places them into the safety of our foster care network. We accept guardian surrenders on a case by case basis, as space allows.

There is nothing "wrong" with the animals we rescue, they are condemned to death simply due to the hideous pet overpopulation problem in our area. The shelters we work with have no choice but to euthanize (put to sleep) perfectly nice animals to make way for the endless stream of new animals that arrive at their door each day. Animal Alliance believes in the value of the lives of these creatures, and in giving them a second chance at life with guardians who will love and treasure them as members of the family.

Once in foster care, the animals are cared for by individuals and families committed to animal welfare. The animals are carefully observed so that we can place them into the most appropriate permanent living situation; we can assess if they are good with other animals, children, strangers, and so on, and generally have a solid understanding of their personality traits and temperaments. Each one of our pets remains in foster care until it is matched with a permanent home.

We are a strictly "no-kill" group, and do not euthanize pets in our care unless they are gravely ill and every attempt to heal them has been exhausted, or if they are uncontrollably aggressive with people or other animals (a very rare occurrence). To us, "no-kill" does not mean "no kill of 'adoptable' animals," which is the unfortunate "fine print" of the mission statements of some shelters and rescues.

No kill of "adoptables" means that animals considered unadoptable (maybe because they "failed" an arbitrary "temperament test," or are too old, or have fleas, or ear mites, or need to be groomed) are euthanized. We treat all treatable medical conditions and allow our adopters to consider adoption of all our foster animals, regardless of age.

Older, infirm, and tempermentally unsound animals are placed into longer-term foster situations where they can live out their lives in peace without the looming threat of death by lethal injection. Yes, it is more cost-effective to euthanize "unadoptables." But to us, every animal is adoptable, as long as it gets the proper vet care prior to placement into the right home.

In 2004, Animal Alliance placed nearly 600 animals into adoptive homes, all of whom were altered prior to adoption.

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