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
- Being Advocates for Rescued K-9s (BARK)
- Can Do Canines
- Carver Scott Humane Society (MnPaw partner)
- Doberman Rescue of MN
- Feline Rescue, Inc.
- Happy Tails Animal Rescue
- Home For Life Animal Sanctuary
- Mutts and More (MnPaw partner)
- People and Pets Together (MnPaw partner)
- Pet Haven of Minnesota (MnPaw partner)
- Pet Project Rescue (MnPaw partner)
- The Kitten's Cradle Ltd
- The Rescue Crew (MnPaw partner)
- Rescued Pets are Wonderful (RPAW)
- Secondhand Hounds
- Safe Hands Animal Rescue
- Southwest Metro Animal Rescue
- St. Francis of Assisi Animal Rescue
- Suzie's Cat Refuge
- Twin Cities Pet Rescue
- Animal Allies (MnPaw partner)
- 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 (MnPaw partner)
- The Native American Humane Society (MnPaw partner)
- Northland Spay Neuter Program (MnPaw partner)
- Paws and Claws Rescue & Resort
- Pope County Humane Society (MnPaw partner)
- Ruff Start Rescue (MnPaw partner)
- Tri-County Humane Society
- Wags & Kisses Rescue
- Warm Fuzzies Animal Rescue
- Blue Earth-Nicollet County Humane Society (MnPaw partner)
- Humane Society of Kandiyohi County (MnPaw partner)
- Humane Society of Goodhue County (MnPaw partner)
- Mending Spirits Animal Rescue
- New Leash Rescue
- Prairie's Edge Humane Society (MnPaw partner)
- Watonwan County Humane Society (MnPaw partner)
- 4 Pits Sake Rescue (MnPaw partner)
- Across America Boxer Rescue
- A Rotta Love Plus (MnPaw partner)
- Adopt a Husky Minnesota
- Cocker Spaniel Resources
- English Springer Rescue America, Inc.
- Faerieland German Shepherd and Corgi Rescue
- Great Dane Rescue of Minnesota & Wisconsin (MnPaw partner)
- Great Plains Pointer Rescue
- Minnesota Boxer Rescue
- Minnesota/Wisconsin Collie Rescue
- Northstar Shih Tzu Rescue
- Retrieve A Golden of the Midwest (RAGOM) (MnPaw partner)
- Shih Tzu Rescue of Minnesota
- United Doberman Rescue and Canine Castaways of Minnesota
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.
- Care About Wildlife
- Chicken Run Rescue
- Minnesota Companion Rabbit Society
- Minnesota Herpetological Society
- Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue
- Minnesota Pocket Pet Rescue
- Palomacy Pigeon & Dove Adoptions
- Parrot Adoption Education Program (PAEP)
- Resource for Iguana Care and Adoption (RICA)
- Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota (WRCMN)
- Wildlife Science Center
- Wildcat Sanctuary (MnPaw partner)
Animal Transport Alliance
Animal Humane Society launched the Animal Transport Alliance in September 2016. This partnership works to transport dogs from the southern United States to our Minnesota shelters. 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.