AAAcf Animal Rescue Usa
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About Acf Animal Rescue Usa
Every day, ACF feeds more than 2,000 rescued animals and responds to 12 to 25 animal rescues. Based in Austin, Texas, the organization supports abused, injured, homeless, neglected, and working animals in Pakistan through medical care, rehabilitation, shelter, and long-term support. Your donation also helps extend that care into communities through humane education, family support, and healing programs that connect people with rescued animals.
ACF’s work reaches beyond rescue and shelter. In Karachi, it supports TNVR drives, medical camps for working animals, hospice care, empathy education, and supervised animal interactions for orphanages, rehabilitation centers, and children with special needs. It is also developing a 2.25-acre, self-sustaining sanctuary with species-specific care areas and long-term refuge for animals.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Animal rescue and rehabilitation
Rescue, shelter, food, medical treatment, emotional rehabilitation, and long-term care for abused, injured, homeless, and neglected animals in Pakistan.
Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release (TNVR)
Neutering and vaccination drives across Karachi, combined with public education on responsible pet ownership and humane management of stray dogs.
Animal market medical relief camps
Veterinary medical camps organized in collaboration with the government to provide care and advocate for humane treatment in animal markets.
Donkey medical camps and working-animal care
Veterinary care and support for donkeys and other working animals, including harnesses, carts, and efforts to improve working conditions.
Beachside animal care
Free medical treatment for horses and camels working at Seaview beach, along with advocacy for improved working conditions.
Hospice and end-of-life care
Veterinary-supervised shelter, food, pain relief, emotional comfort, monitoring, and humane end-of-life care for animals with critical conditions.
Healing through animals
Supervised interactions, educational sessions, playtime, grooming, and other activities connecting rescued animals with orphanages, rehabilitation centers, and children with special needs.
Educational resources
Storybooks, flyers, brochures, and other materials that teach compassion, animal care, animal behavior, and responsible stewardship.
Community outreach and empathy programs
Public engagement, sanctuary visits, the Kid Hero Program, mindfulness sessions with rescued puppies, a petting garden, immersive experiences, films, and an animal-rights anthem.
Universal Basic Income
A social experiment providing financial support to enable individuals to thrive and contribute to a more compassionate society for people and animals.
Food and family support
Food rations for seniors, widows, people with special needs, and other vulnerable families connected to the organization’s human-animal welfare work.
Permanent animal sanctuary
Development of a 2.25-acre, self-sustaining sanctuary in Karachi with species-specific areas, recovery and rehabilitation facilities, ethical rehoming pathways, and long-term care.
About this work
Mission
ACF USA supports the rescue and rehabilitation of abused and injured animals in Pakistan, while spreading awareness and advocating for social change to create a more civil and compassionate society.
Who they serve
Abused, injured, homeless, neglected, and working animals in Pakistan, especially in Karachi. Human programs also support donkey owners, vulnerable families, orphanages, rehabilitation centers, children with special needs, community members, and people seeking connection with rescued animals.
Their impact
- ACF reports providing empathy training to more than 1 million people.
- ACF reports conducting 2,000 healing sessions through interactions between rescued animals and people facing hardship.
- ACF reports more than 200,000 animal rescue reporters participating in identifying and reporting animals in distress.
- The organization feeds more than 2,000 rescued animals every day.
- ACF reports responding to 12 to 25 animal rescues per day.
- The organization purchased a 2.25-acre sanctuary in Karachi and completed its foundational infrastructure, including land acquisition, boundary walls, electrical systems, piping, drainage, animal zones, and sewage systems.
How your donation helps
- Daily shelter operations
- Food for more than 2,000 rescued animals
- Animal rescue response costs, including fuel, staff, medical care, equipment, stretchers, and carrier boxes
- Medical treatment and rehabilitation for rescued animals
- Construction and functional completion of Pakistan’s first rescued animal sanctuary
- Permanent sanctuary systems and spaces for safe, humane, long-term animal care
- Veterinary care and medical camps for working animals and animals in markets
Need help?
How someone in need can access Acf Animal Rescue Usa’s services.
Communities in Karachi can request ACF’s TNVR services, and people can report animals in distress to support rescue responses. Orphanages, rehabilitation centers, and children with special needs can participate in supervised shelter interactions and educational activities.
In their words
“Unless we don’t help the most vulnerable in society, we cannot have a compassionate society.” — Ayesha Chundrigar
“A place that animals can call home for life.” — Ayesha Chundrigar, describing the permanent sanctuary
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Acf Animal Rescue Usa has shared.
Current needs
- Funding for the first phase of functional completion of the permanent sanctuary in Karachi
- Support for daily shelter operations
- Food for more than 2,000 rescued animals
- Funding for daily rescue responses and related fuel, staffing, medical care, equipment, stretchers, and carrier boxes
- Support for medical treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term care for abused and injured animals
Volunteer opportunities
- Participate as a volunteer animal rescue reporter by identifying and reporting animals in distress.
- Help locate dogs and participate in community engagement during TNVR drives.
- Visit the shelter and take part in supervised interactions with rescued animals.
- Support public education and awareness activities related to animal welfare and responsible pet ownership.
Recognition & press
In the media
- The Dodo featured ACF USA.
Press & mentions
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
How does ACF’s TNVR program work?
ACF responds to neighborhood requests in Karachi, then conducts trap-neuter-vaccinate-release drives. The program also shares information about responsible pet ownership and involves community members in locating dogs and spreading awareness.
Who can participate in healing-through-animals activities?
ACF describes supervised interactions and educational activities for orphanages, rehabilitation centers, and children with special needs. Activities may include gentle walks, grooming, playtime, and learning about animal welfare.
What does ACF provide through its hospice program?
Animals in hospice care receive shelter, food, pain relief, emotional comfort, and veterinary monitoring. A trained veterinary team evaluates each case, and humane euthanasia may take place under veterinary supervision when an animal’s pain becomes unmanageable.
What is planned for the permanent sanctuary in Karachi?
The sanctuary is intended to provide permanent refuge, recovery, rehabilitation, long-term care, species-specific spaces, ethical rehoming pathways, and international adoption readiness. Planned sustainability features include composting, on-site food cultivation, rainwater harvesting, and wastewater reuse.
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