Many small and large rescue groups in the Seattle area work hard every day to help dogs and cats find new homes. Useless Bay Sanctuary will help dogs that may not get help at traditional rescues. We will focus on helping two categories of stray dogs. First, we will specifically try to help stray dogs running loose that are hard to catch. Jim Branson, who started Useless Bay Sanctuary, has five years experience catching stray dogs that are hard to catch. Once captured, we will work to locate the owner for thirty days. Then we will find a new home for the dog if the owner is not located. Most shelters would put a found dog up for adoption after three days, reducing the chances of the owner locating her dog. The second category of dog we will help is the stray dog someone has found, and the finder is unwilling to take the dog to the local shelter. This could be out of fear that the dog would be euthanized. We are a no-kill rescue, to the extent it is in the best interests of the dog. (We would not keep a dog alive, in agony due to an untreatable medical condition, just for the sake of keeping the dog alive.) Most rescue groups do not accept found stray dogs, and they refer the finder to the local shelter. We will accept found strays, as funding allows, and work to find the original owner. We will register the found dog with the local shelter, and keep the dog in foster care. If the dog is not neutered or spayed, we will have the dog fixed before putting him or her up for adoption at the end of thirty days. Dogs would go to new homes that have been checked and approved. The type of dogs entering this rescue would probably be at a higher risk of escaping from their new homes, so we would take preventive measures.
This rescue was started on August 24th, 2013, and we will be applying for 501c3 status within the next month or two. Please watch this page for updates, found dogs, adoptable dogs, and opportunities to volunteer or donate. Also, visit our Facebook page.
