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Arizona Boston Terrier Rescue |
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Arizona Boston Terrier Rescue, Inc. (AZBTR) is an Arizona non-profit corporation
dedicated to the rescue and re-homing of unwanted Boston Terriers, education of
owners on responsible dog ownership, and education of the public on the Boston Terrier
breed.
AZBTR began life as the Rescue Committee of the Valley of the Sun Boston Terrier
Club, a club founded in 1974 by a group of Boston Terrier lovers and breeders. As
responsible breeders they knew that, in addition to improving and protecting the
breed, it was also their obligation to help individual Bostons that needed new homes.
Over the years, more and more Bostons needed help, and the Rescue Committee's operations
grew to the point that it made sense to form a separate Boston Terrier rescue with
the exclusive goal of helping dogs that needed new homes. Arizona Boston Terrier
Rescue, Inc. was born as a free-standing non-profit corporation in 2006.
Today AZBTR takes in adoptable Boston Terriers from many situations. We provide
for their medical and behavioral needs, then place them in loving, permanent homes.
All of our rescued dogs live with families in foster homes in Arizona. We operate
statewide and occasionally take in dogs from nearby states. We do not run a shelter
that you can visit. All of the rescue's operations are carried out by volunteers,
most of whom have families and full-time jobs. We are very busy!
The costs of the care we provide for Bostons adds up. We charge
an adoption fee
for each Boston, but it rarely covers all of the
costs, even for a simple case. We close the gap with fundraising activities throughout
the year and donations from Boston Terrier Lovers.
AZBTR follows a code of ethics that requires us to operate in a lawful
and responsible fashion. For example, we are committed to spay/neuter every dog
before placement in a new home.
AZBTR is a proud member of the Coalition of All Breed Rescue of Arizona.
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