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  • Use the search box to find dog rescues, and they're adoptable dogs in your area.
  • Search dogs in rescues by size, color, gender and age.
  • Read more about each adoptable dog's personality traits, and favorite things to do.
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Learn How Adopt-a-Pet.com Helps Dog Rescues In North America

By Adopt-a-Pet.com

Adopt-a-Pet.com is the world's largest non-profit homeless pet adoption website. We are like an ad agency for dog rescues, helping them get exposure. Millions of people see our database of dogs each month, and we display many tens of thousands of homeless pets to potential adopters. Our website makes it easy for anyone with an internet connection to find descriptions and pictures of dogs by location, breed, gender, age, size, and color. Dog Rescues post they're animals, and we get them exposure, but we need your help! Please review our dog rescue listings for yourself, or tell a friend about our website if they are in search of a new dog to take home. In the mean time if you would like to learn more about adoption checkout our blog (http://blog.adoptapet.com/), or learn what you can do as a Adopt-a-Pet.com volunteer (http://www.adoptapet.com/public/help-animal-shelters.html).