The Mission of Homeless Pets Foundation

The Mission

Homeless Pets Foundation saves dogs and cats who have run out of time at public shelters and brings people and animals together to enrich each others lives. Homeless Pets Foundation strives to create a world where every loving dog and cat has a home, where every lonely person has a companion animal, and where children learn to care.

The Homeless Pets Foundation was created in 1998 by Dr. Michael Good, an Atlanta-based veterinarian, to address the needs of companion animals. Their vision for Homeless Pets Foundation is an organization that can not only aid abandoned and homeless animals, but also promote the concept that people's lives can be enhanced by strengthening the bonds between humans and animals.

Homeless Pets Foundation will continue to respond to the immediate needs of animals who have been neglected, abused or deprived of love to ensure they find high quality homes. At the same time, Homeless Pets Foundation will embody the vision of a better future-one where animals are respected for the unique role they can and do play in making the world a better place for people to live and where there is a stable and loving home for every pet to complete its natural lifespan.

The Homeless Pets Foundation is currently split into three different entities. The first one, just known as the Homeless Pets Adoptions, concentrates on adopting animals through Town and Country Veterinary Clinic and managing the many dogs and cats in our program. The second part, Homeless Pet Clubs, partners with schools and workplaces and uses their social networking abilities to help adopt out animals. Finally, because shelter animals are higher in demand in the Northeast, Homeless Pets Transport, also known as the Underhound Railroad, helps move animals from the South to the North, ensuring the dogs or cats find a loving home.   

Since late in 1998 we have placed nearly 10,000 animals in loving homes.

Strategies

  • To provide the rescue, adoption and population control services necessary to ensure all companion animals a stable and loving home in which to complete a natural lifespan.
  • To support and lead other animal protection and human service organizations, locally and across the country, with solid program models that help save animals.
  • To create educational programs utilizing innovative methods to introduce the higher ideals of compassion toward animals and people, define responsible pet guardianship and make the case for the need to control companion animal overpopulation.
     

Core Values and Beliefs

  • A pet is a lifetime commitment; companion animals need stable and loving homes.
  • As living dependent beings, companion animals should get our utmost consideration when we make decisions that impact their existence or quality of life.
  • Companion animals help strengthen families and make better people - thus forging better communities and making the world a better place to live.