A Buddy For Life Inc
About A Buddy For Life Inc
Some animals need a foster home before they can even think about a forever one. That is where A Buddy For Life Inc comes in, placing dogs and cats, including medical and behavioral cases, with foster families and approved adopters. If you care about keeping animals from being discarded and helping them land somewhere safe, this is the kind of rescue that makes that possible.
A Buddy For Life Inc does its work without a shelter facility, which keeps the focus on foster homes and the people who open them. It is especially willing to take on dogs and cats with medical or behavioral needs, including animals that may stay in long-term foster care.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Foster-based rescue
Provides foster homes for dogs and cats, sometimes other animals, that have been discarded or need protection.
Adoption placement
Matches approved adopters with dogs and cats through applications, reference checks, meet and greets, and home visits.
Pet sponsorship
Offers sponsorship for featured animals in care.
Medical and behavioral case rescue
Takes on animals with medical or behavioral needs, including heartworm-positive dogs and other difficult cases.
Long-term foster care
Cares for animals that remain in foster care when a permanent home is not immediately found.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
We believe that every living creature deserves love and security, and to be treated with the respect and responsibility that come with belonging to a family. Our goal is to save the lives of as many dogs and cats as we are able to, making sure that each of those lives, in turn, touches another. To support that goal we find foster families to protect those who would otherwise be discarded and to teach the abused that they are worth our time and affection.
Who they serve
Dogs and cats, sometimes other animals, especially those that have been discarded, need foster care, or have medical or behavioral needs.
How your donation helps
- Medical care for rescued animals
- Surgeries and treatments for medical cases
- Food
- Cat litter
- Crates and bedding
- Other routine supplies
- Recurring monthly support for animals with medical needs
Our story
A Buddy For Life Inc began in 2006 as a small foster-based rescue created in honor of Buddy, a Chocolate Lab found wandering along a busy road. Its director started the rescue on her own, and it grew over time, including a period when it took on a government animal control contract. After that, the rescue returned its focus to fostering, adoption, and medical and behavioral cases.
Need help?
How someone in need can access A Buddy For Life Inc’s services.
Prospective adopters submit an application before meeting an animal. References are checked, a meet and greet is scheduled after approval, and a home visit is required before or at the time of adoption. If the right match is not available, the rescue works with other rescues and shelters to help find one.
Stories
The people behind the work.
In their words
We believe that every living creature deserves love and security, and to be treated with the respect and responsibility that come with belonging to a family.
We do not want to turn away someone who needs us because we do not have the money for extra medical care.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles A Buddy For Life Inc has shared.
Current needs
- Recurring monthly donations
- Funds for medical cases
- Support for food and cat litter
- Support for crates and bedding
- Support for veterinary care and treatment costs
Volunteer opportunities
- Provide foster homes for dogs and cats
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
Does A Buddy For Life have a shelter facility?
No. It is a foster-based rescue in New Castle, Delaware.
What animals does A Buddy For Life help?
It helps dogs and cats, sometimes other animals, especially those that have been discarded or need extra care.
What is required to adopt?
You need an approved application first. After that, there is a meet and greet with a foster family, references are checked, and a home visit is required before or at the time of adoption.
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