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Desert Paws Rescue (Mesa)


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Desert Paws Rescue is a non-profit, no kill, animal rescue group. We are a 501 c3 company.

Our Purpose:
The purpose of Desert Paws Rescue is to rescue, rehabilitate (when necessary) and place domestic animals into stable homes, to educate the public about the responsibilities of pet ownership in an attempt to alleviate the problem of unwanted pets, and to build public awareness about the human-animal bond and its benefits to society.

Our Mission:
The mission of Desert Paws rescue is to provide a new beginning for unwanted cats & dogs who might otherwise be euthanized. We will provide a safe, loving foster environment for rehabilitation and medical needs, with the ultimate goal of placing them in their new forever homes. We will educate the public on the importance of spaying and neutering and how to choose the right pet for their family in order to reduce the population of unwanted pets in our community. We will do this in a compassionate, friendly and professional manner ensuring a rewarding experience for our adopters and to further benefit the animals in our care.


Call Us: (480) 380-5214

4920 South Power Road
Mesa, AZ, 85212, United States

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Feral Cat TNR Program
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High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter
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Comprehensive Adoption Programs
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Pet Retention
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Medical and Behavior Programs
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Public Relations/Community Involvement
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Volunteers
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A Compassionate Director
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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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Live in an active 55+ community in Mesa. Recently I’ve discovered two domesticated cats that were abandoned by snowbirds. They both are loving pets but due to leasing commitments, I am unable to adopt them. If your organization could assist me in re- homing them, I would gladly contribute to their care as much as I can afford as I am on a fixed income.
posted by [email protected], on 2021-12-28 18:22:52
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Black and white skinny cat with some of his tail missing, perhaps? 484-437-8444
posted by [email protected], on 2023-08-22 17:26:59
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I have 11 dogs n a puppy need taking in. me n my wife can no longer keep them since we are homeless now and living in our van....we love them dearly we just want them to go to loving homes...it breaks my heart to give them away but we need to....they range in age from 3 years old to 6/7 months...if yall can help it will be appreciated
posted by [email protected], on 2023-05-08 15:32:57
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I have 7 cats that need new homes asap. 6 of them are all varied shades of striped tabby(?) and one is black. There are 3 females from one litter that will be 1yr in October and 4 6 month old kittens from another litter; 3 male and 1 female. Their mother was a stray that I took in unaware at the time she was pregnant. My bf and I decided to keep the kittens after the mother disappeared until she showed back up a few months later with 4 more kittens and has not been seen since. I wanted to keep all of them but am unable to do something as my landlord is not renewing my lease due to late rent payments over this past year so we have find a new home and we simply cannot afford to take care of them any longer and no one will rent to 7 cats. They are all very friendly and well social and I do not want to have to re home them but I have no alternative. I don't want them left to fend for themselves if I end up homeless again so if you or someone else can take any or all at least I'll know they have a chance of finding a good home.
posted by [email protected], on 2021-09-06 14:15:46
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Hello - our son Taylor has a rescue dog "Buster" - large mix breed (lab and ?? 120 lbs) - very friendly and gets along well with other dogs (big and small) - Buster is part of our family, and our son does not want to part, but for the next 30-60 days has no where to keep him - we are looking for low cost boarding as an option where we could visit Buster and ocassionally take him out for play time, and then when Taylor gets into a new appartment/house he would take him back.... any suggestions or references would be greatly appreciated. PS - his budget is about 20 bucks a day and so far we are only finding boarding at 30/day
posted by [email protected], on 2021-07-20 19:04:54
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Hello I rescued a very little gray,blue eyed kitten from the engine compartment of a truck after hearing its cries. Trying to find a forever home for her please.
posted by Pauline Herrera, on 2021-05-24 04:42:40
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I have two new 24lb bags of Members Mark complete cat food. Several small feeding dishes and 60 cans of Friskies Pate, and a redwood cat house I would donate. Needs to be picked up please.
posted by [email protected], on 2021-05-17 00:13:46
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I have two new 24lb bags of Members Mark complete cat food. Several small feeding dishes and 60 cans of Friskies Pate, and a redwood cat house I would donate. Needs to be picked up please.
posted by [email protected], on 2021-05-17 00:13:29
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Found 2 Siberian Huskies (likely), traveling together. Found nearby Skyline Highschool. No Micro Chip, no collars. Contact [email protected] to identify your dogs!
posted by Jarrid Rockman, on 2021-04-27 18:46:34
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We have a Chihuahua mix that we found along a busy highway. We have no room as we have several dogs already. He is beautiful and friendly now that he is no longer scared. No chip, no collar, no tags of course. We have him posted on all the social media we can but afraid he was abandoned due to the location we found him. Can your shelter take him in? Steve
posted by [email protected], on 2020-04-30 18:21:50
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