There are many wonderful rescues and shelters that are doing amazing work. Here's a few that we think pretty highly of.

The Labelle Foundation is a Los Angeles foster based 501(c)(3) animal rescue devoted to saving, rehabilitating, and advocating for dogs.

Social Tees takes abandoned animals from kill shelters and houses them in a safe haven with vet care until they are placed in proper homes.

KK9R saves dogs in South Korea from the dog meat trade.

BBAR rescues sweet, loving, adoptable dogs from high kill, rural shelters in the southern U.S. states and get them adopted into wonderful forever homes.

NSAL is the world's largest no-kill animal rescued and adoption organization.