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S.T.A.R.T. RESCUE

SAVING SHELTER ANIMALS through large scale RESCUE-TRANSPORT & more.

START Rescue coordinates large-scale rescue-transport missions to save animals from overflowing and high-kill shelters, neglect, abuse, and abandonment. We focus primarily on saving animals at risk of euthanasia in California, along with animals living just over the border in Mexico. 

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Sponsor a seat on the Rescue-RV 
and save a life!

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Animals rescue-transported to Date, by START Rescue

Next Transport
Mission Date NOV 2024

START's Other Life-Saving Programs

START-Sweetheart
Sponsorship Program

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The START Sweethearts are the exceptional big-hearted individual animals who have  intensive immediate needs to address before they can be adopted into loving homes. 

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These sweethearts are often found dumped in the deserts of California, starving, sick, or taken from the hands of an abuser.  

 

SPONSOR A SWEETHEART NOW.

 

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Bakersfield Strays Coalition
Working to halt dog dumping in Kern County

The Bakersfield Strays Coalition is working to SHUT DOWN the dumping of dogs in Bakersfield, CA through aggressive media and community campaigning, building partnerships, and everyday boots-on-the-ground rescue.

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO STOP DOG DUMPING?

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Spay/Neuter Program.

Spay / Neuter is the easiest way

to do the MOST good for animals. 

 

Sadly, spay/neuter is also one of the more difficult programs to find donors for. START Rescue's donors have funded over 16, 000 Spay/Neuter surgeries! With your support, we can keep building on this number and save thousands of additional animals from euthanasia in California, where the risk is higher than in any other state in America.

Spay/Neuter Program.

START Shelter Alliance Project (SSAP)

 

Alliances keep shelter animals alive.

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START works with overflowing and euthanizing shelters where there is an opportunity for us to improve the welfare of animals, and save their lives. 

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Our collaborations focus on several key areas:

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We prioritize initiatives that we believe will have the greatest impact on animals at any given time.

 

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H.O.P.E. Program

Homeless Owners & Pets Effort

Our START Rescue Resale store is not only a nonprofit thrift store. It has also become a resource for homeless humans and their pets in the neighborhood!

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START Rescue Resale THRIFTSTORE

SHOP awesome items. DONATE awesome items.

High-End Thrift, Couture, Antiques, vintage & more. Proceeds to the animals!

ONLINE & IN-STORE in Sherman Oaks, CA. Near Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. Selling Chanel, Prada, Valentino & knick knacks too!
 

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Meet The Beast

Rescue transport vehicle saving animals

Our customized 38-foot outfitted bus transports up to 150 animals that we’ve pulled from local shelters to the Pacific Northwest for a second chance at life.

Celebrate A Life with a Custom Crate Plaque on The Beast!

plaque for a crate in the rescue transport vehicle
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Extremely Limited Availability.

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