Animal Humane Society proudly partners with other rescue organizations to provide medical services and placement options that help thousands of animals find new homes each year.
Animals that experience high stress in shelter environments and display fearful or aggressive behavior at AHS are often transferred to local rescue groups that can provide alternative types of refuge. Last year, we transferred more than 1,400 animals — 5.9 percent of our total placement number — to other local rescue organizations. Additionally, AHS works with rescue groups from other areas of the country where resources for animals are scarce and adoption rates are low. Last year, nearly 9,000 animals from other rescue shelters were brought to AHS in search of a new home.
These rescue partnerships contribute to our placement rate, which totaled to more than 95 percent in fiscal year 2018. Learn more about becoming a rescue partner and submit an interest form.
- All Dog Rescue
- Angel of Hope
- Animal Ark
- Being Advocates for Rescued K-9s (BARK)
- Can Do Canines
- Carver Scott Humane Society
- Corner of Kindness
- Doberman Rescue of MN
- Feline Rescue, Inc.
- Fostering Saves Lives
- Furball Farm Pet Sanctuary
- Happy Hound Rescue
- Happy Tails Animal Rescue
- Home For Life Animal Sanctuary
- Midwest Animal Rescue & Services (MARS)
- MN Pit Bull Rescue
- Mutts and More (MnPaw partner)
- People and Pets Together (MnPaw partner)
- Pet Haven of Minnesota
- Pet Project Rescue
- Protecting Paws Animal Rescue
- The Kitten's Cradle Ltd
- The Rescue Crew
- Rescued Pets are Wonderful (RPAW)
- Secondhand Hounds
- Safe Hands Animal Rescue
- Second Chance Animal Rescue
- Southwest Metro Animal Rescue
- St. Francis of Assisi Animal Rescue
- Suzie's Cat Refuge
- Tracy Area Animal Rescue
- Twin Cities Pet Rescue
- Warrior Dog Rescue
- Whisker Rescue
- Animal Allies
- Great River Rescue (MnPaw partner)
- Grey Face Rescue
- Heartland Animal Rescue Team
- Leech Lake Legacy (MnPaw partner)
- Minneapolis Animal Care and Control (MnPaw partner)
- Morrison County Animal Humane Society
- The Native American Humane Society (MnPaw partner)
- Northern Lakes Rescue
- Northland Spay Neuter Program (MnPaw partner)
- Pope County Humane Society
- Ruff Start Rescue
- Tri-County Humane Society
- Blue Earth-Nicollet County Humane Society
- Camp Companion
- Humane Society of Kandiyohi County
- Humane Society of Goodhue County
- La Crescent Animal Rescue
- Last Hope
- Mending Spirits Animal Rescue
- Paws and Claws Humane Society
- Prairie's Edge Humane Society
- Waseca County Animal Humane Society
- Watonwan County Humane Society
- 4 Pits Sake Rescue
- A Rotta Love Plus
- Adopt a Husky Minnesota
- Coast to Coast Dachshund Rescue
- Cocker Spaniel Resources
- English Springer Rescue America, Inc.
- Faerieland German Shepherd and Corgi Rescue
- Great Dane Rescue of Minnesota
- Great Plains Pointer Rescue
- Minnesota Boxer Rescue
- Minnesota Pit Bull Rescue
- Minnesota/Wisconsin Collie Rescue
- Northstar Shih Tzu Rescue
- Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions
- Recycla-Bull Terrier Rescue
- Retrieve A Golden of the Midwest (RAGOM)
- Shih Tzu Rescue of Minnesota
- Specialty Purebred Cat Rescue
- Toller Rescue, Inc.
- United Doberman Rescue and Canine Castaways of Minnesota
- United Yorkie Rescue
In addition to working with companion animal organizations, AHS also works with organizations that protect and care for wildlife and exotic or other domestic animals.
- Minnesota Companion Rabbit Society
- Minnesota Herpetological Society
- Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue
- Minnesota Pocket Pet Rescue
- Parrot Adoption Education Program (PAEP)
- Resource for Iguana Care and Adoption (RICA)
- The Piggy Place (Guinea Pigs)
- Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota (WRCMN)
- Wildlife Science Center
- Wildcat Sanctuary
- Lucky Paws Midwest
- The Honey Do Animal Rescue
- The Storm Shelter Sled Dog Rescue
Animal Transport Alliance
AHS, Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society, and the Wisconsin Humane Society joined together in September 2016 to form the Animal Transport Alliance, a partnership that works to transport dogs from the southern United States to shelters in Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The goal of this alliance is not just to move dogs, but to create a network of animal rescue mentorship and collaboration among source and destination shelters as well.