Adoption is just the beginning. Read house rules: https://t.co/KG8VRsZm40 Petfinder is an online, searchable database of animals who need homes. It is also a directory of nearly 11,000 animal shelters and adoption organizations across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Organizations maintain their own home pages and pet data. A RESCUE GROUP DEDICATED TO RESCUING ABANDONED, NEGLECTED, AND ABUSED ANIMALS, COMMITTED TO HELPING ONE OF THE POOREST COUNTY SHELTERS IN NORTH CAROLINA BY PULLING DOGS AND PUPPIES FROM THE SHELTER EVERY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AND BY HELPING WITH THEIR MEDICAL BILLS AND DONATING SUPPLIES. THE ORGANIZATION TRANSPORTS AND PLACES THE RESCUED ANIMALS IN FOSTER HOMES UNTIL THEY BECOME ADOPTED. THEY ALSO ASSIST WITH LOCAL ANIMALS IN NEED OF RESCUE DUE TO FAMILIES WHO CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR THEM AS A RESULT OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES AND INSISTS ON SPAYING AND NEUTERING OF ALL PETS, AS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE THE OVERPOPULATION OF PETS. ALL ANIMALS THAT ARE AGE APPROPRIATE ARE SPAYED OR NEUTERED PRIOR TO ADOPTION. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A STRICT SPAY/NEUTER FOLLOW UP POLICY FOR THOSE ANIMALS THAT ARE TOO YOUNG AT THE TIME OF ADOPTION.