BONES Pet Rescue

P.O. Box 1009
Covelo, California 95428
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Local Phone: (707) 367-1543
E-mail: pepperwood@saber.net

BONES Pet Rescue, (Better Options for Neglected Strays), is a nonprofit rescue and sanctuary with a focus on elderly, disabled and hospice animals. BONES is home to all types of animals, but primarily dogs and cats. With the closest other animal services being over an hour away, BONES is called on to rescue younger, adoptable animals as well.

Since the year 2000 BONES has taken in some 5,000 animals that were sick, injured, stray, orphaned and in many cases, abandoned. They provided them with veterinary care, food, a comfortable place to live and in most cases, a new home with a loving family. Almost all the rest were able to have a lifetime home in the BONES sanctuary. These are the elderly, disabled and otherwise unadoptable animals; they are given medical care, a safe and comfortable home and lots of love.

BONES Animal Rescue

BONES (Better Options for NEglected Strays) in Covelo was started by a dedicated group of volunteers in rural Mendocino County who realized that between the area's economic issues and its isolation from animal services, critters in need were often in dire straits. They set about rescuing local pets and farm animals, and were soon so successful that they were able to start taking in some from other areas as well, not to mention launching a highly effective spay/neuter program.

BONES is committed to all the animals it takes in, "adoptable" or not. While many dogs and cats in its care, in foster homes or at the rescue's sanctuary, are probably short-term guests while awaiting their forever homes, some senior or special-needs pets are likely to be permanent residents. That includes the abandoned mother pig and her babies who now live at the sanctuary in safety instead of being sent to slaughter. And all adoptees have a permanent place to land back at the rescue should they ever need it. more »

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