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18 Worcester Business Journal | June 30, 2025 | wbjournal.com care as innovative as you Animal rescue organizations Ordered by number of pets placed annually ((11)) Types of animals rescued Rescue organization Pets placed in 2024/ employees/ volunteers Shelter?/ foster? Dogs Cats Birds Rabbits Rodents Reptiles Services offered/ notes notes Administrator/ year founded 1 Second Chance Animal Services 111 Young Road, East Brookfield 01515 508-867-5525 • secondchanceanimals.org 1,342 85 275 Yes Yes ✔ ✔ ✔ Microchipping, pet food pantry, spay & neuter services, surrenders, vaccine clinic, veterinary clinic Operates four community veterinary hospitals; subsidized rates to underserved communities Sheryl Blancato executive director 1999 2 Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton 500 Legacy Farms North, Hopkinton 01748 508-435-6938 • baypathhumane.org 816 14 204 Yes Yes ✔ ✔ Pet food pantry, surrenders Animal welfare programming through Baypath Educates Program; current capital campaign to build new adoption, care and education center Liz Jefferis executive director 1977 3 Brown Dog Coalition & Rescue N/A, Hopkinton 01748 774-292-9607 • browndogcoalition.com 600 0 30 No Yes ✔ ✔ Microchipping, surrenders N/A Naomi Covino executive director 2015 4 Dog Orphans Humane Society 90 Webster St., Douglas 01516 508-476-1855 • dogorphans.com 489 3 75 Yes Yes ✔ ✔ Microchipping, spay & neuter services, surrenders N/A Ron Morse executive director 1971 5 Worcester Animal Rescue League 139 Holden St., Worcester 01606 508-853-0030 • worcesterarl.org 350 15 86 Yes Yes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Microchipping, surrenders, vaccine clinic N/A Kathy Jamieson executive director N/A 6 Milford Humane Society Inc. 289 West St., Milford 01757 508-473-7008 • milfordhumane.org 300 0 50 Yes Yes ✔ Surrenders N/A Barbara Farrington president 1990 6 Save A Dog 604 Boston Post Road, Sudbury 01776 978-443-7282 • saveadog.org 300 5 85 Yes Yes ✔ ✔ Surrenders Meals on Wheels for Pets program; teen volunteer program Shirley Moore president 1999 8 Pawfect Life Rescue Inc. 195 Old Millville Road, Uxbridge 01569 508-526-3118 • pawfectliferescue.org 256 4 80 Yes Yes ✔ Surrenders N/A Julie Uthoff president & founder 2013 9 Community Cat Connection Inc. 289 Thompson Road, Webster 01570 508-949-0779 • thecommunitycatconnection.org 185 3 81 Yes Yes ✔ Surrenders, trap neuter & release Community-based, no-kill; workshops and programs to educate public Marcia Azzaoui president 2004 10 Guardian Angels Cat Rescue Inc. P.O. Box 5533, Wayland 01760 508-651-1205 • guardianangelscatrescue.org 112 1 13 No Yes ✔ Microchipping, spay & neuter services, surrenders N/A Susan Carson president 2008 11 PittieLove Rescue Inc. P.O. Box 3532, Framingham 01701 508-577-9181 • pittieloverescue.org 76 0 8 No Yes ✔ Microchipping Dedicated to pit bull-type dogs Noreen Ford founder 2006 12 4 Precious Paws Rescue 74 Kennedy Circle, Northbridge 01534 508-293-1743 • 4preciouspawsrescueincma.com 64 0 4 No Yes ✔ Spay & neuter services, surrenders, trap neuter & release Specialize in pregnant cats and liters of kittens Ann Marie Thompson board president 2024 13 German Shepherd Rescue of New England P.O. Box 299, Wayland 01778 978-443-2202 • gsrne.org 39 0 200 No Yes ✔ Surrenders Dedicated to German Shepherd dogs Tina Russo president 1996 14 Crops and Flops Rescue Inc. P.O. Box 502, Westminster 01473 N/A • cropsandflopsrescue.org 30 0 12 No Yes ✔ Surrenders N/A Caroline Dawson CEO 2023 15 Cornerstone Farm and Rescue 460 Lake St., Bellingham 02019 508-431-7082 • cornerstonefarmandrescue.org 15 0 N/A Yes Yes ✔ ✔ ✔ Pet food pantry, surrenders, trap neuter & release N/A Richard Johnson owner 2023 Source: Each shelter via survey as of Q2 2025 and their websites. Note: N/A=not applicable or not available. (1) As of Dec. 31, 2024 or most recent 12-month period -Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com F O C U S THE DOG EDITION If your organization would like to be included on this list, please contact research@nebusinessmedia.com