The American Society For The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is the largest animal rights group in the country. They help protect pets in need and actually help pass legislation to fight and combat puppy mills, dog fighting, pet abandonment, and general animal negligence and abuse. Please visit their website to learn more.

www.aspca.org

The Lange Foundation, based out of Los Angeles, adopts pets that are on the verge of being euthanized from shelters. These pets have been put up for adoption in city shelter, but without someone to adopt them, the city is left with only one option. That is where the Lange Foundation steps in and gives these pets a second chance. They adopt these animals and nurture them until a home can be found. Please visit their website to learn more.

www.langefoundation.com

When you go to the mall and see cute little puppies sitting in their kennels, the owners of these pet stores never show you where they came from. That is because these puppies almost always come from puppy mills where dogs are literally tortured and kept penned up in tiny cages breeding incessantly their whole lives never once touching a blade of grass with their paws. Mainline Animal Rescue does its best to save and rehabilitate these dogs and find them a home. Please visit their website to learn more.

www.mlar.org

Our hometown heroes. The SPCA of Wake County, NC is a non-profit no-kill animal shelter that runs on donations and proceeds generated from adoptions. This shelter does it right. Glass walls, beautiful environments, and tons of rescued and abandoned animals that need your help. Please visit their website to learn more.

www.spcawake.org