SOAR

STARTING OVER ANIMAL RESCUE

ADOPT ANIMAL INTAKE UPCOMING EVENTS VOLUNTEER ABOUT US

ABOUT US

An all-volunteer run organization, we rescue from the heart.

Starting Over Animal Rescue (SOAR) was founded in early 2000 in response to the the severe pet over-population problem in Maricopa County. Each year, more than 100,000 dogs and cats are turned into shelters or surrendered to rescue groups by owners who no longer can or want to care for them. We take in, care for and find new homes for more than 1,000 of those animals each year.

We are are an all-volunteer run organization. None of the people involved with us is compensated financially. It is only because of each individual's compassion, dedication and heart that we are able to make such a big difference in the lives of so many.

It is our main priority to find not just a home, but the home: the right, loving permanent home for the animals in our care.

Each animal in our care is housed in a foster home. This is the least stressful environment for an animal who have lost his or her family, and it allows us to really get to know each individual animal. As it is our main priority to find not just a home, but the home: the right, loving permanent home for the animals in our care, this is crucial to us.

SOAR is an all-volunteer run private organization. It is only thanks to the hard work, compassion and dedication of our volunteers that we are able to provide the animals in our care a second chance in life and a chance to start over. We receive no government funding. We rely solely on the support of the public and adoption fees to continue our mission.

Please visit the ADOPT page to find out more about some of the adoptable animals in our care, and how you can go about being a part of these animals' future

Please visit our ANIMAL INTAKE page if you no longer are able to keep your animal and are looking for ways to find your animal a new home.

Please visit our UPCOMING EVENTS page to learn more about adoption, fundraising and other events.

Please visit our VOLUNTEER page to learn more about how you can get involved with SOAR and afford more animals the chance to start over

SOAR is a proud partner of the Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project in Maricopa County and Maddie's® Spay/Neuter Project in Maricopa County, which are sponsored by generous grants from Maddie's Fund®, The Pet Rescue Foundation (www.maddiesfund.org).

The goal of these innovative and forward-thinking grant projects is that by 2012, Maricopa County will be a community in which every healthy or treatable dog and cat in our animal shelters can be guaranteed a permanent home.

The two collaborative projects involve twelve animal welfare organizations and dozens of veterinarians. All of the organizations in the Maddie's Projects work independently on the specific goals of the projects in which they are involved, and the groups also join together as a coalition to share ideas, strategies, and successes that help further the projects' ultimate goal.

Please click here to see the 2008 statistics for SOAR.

Please click here to see the 2007 statistics for SOAR.

Please click here to see the 2006 statistics for SOAR

Please click here to see the 2006 statistics for the whole community.

About Maddie's Fund. Maddie’s Fund,® The Pet Rescue Foundation, (www.maddiesfund.org) is a family foundation funded by Workday and PeopleSoft Founder Dave Duffield and his wife, Cheryl. Maddie's Fund is helping to create a no-kill nation where all healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats are guaranteed a loving home.

To achieve this goal, Maddie's Fund is investing its resources in building community collaborations where animal welfare organizations come together to develop successful models of lifesaving; in veterinary colleges to help shelter medicine become part of the veterinary curriculum; in private practice veterinarians to encourage greater participation in the animal welfare cause; and in the implementation of national strategies to collect and report shelter statistics. Maddie’s Fund is named after the family’s beloved Miniature Schnauzer who passed away in 1997.

For more information about the Maddie's Projects in Maricopa County, visit www.commonpaws.org or call (602) 275-3366.