F.O.R. Animals works in conjunction with the Rocky Mount, NC city animal shelter and is an independent non-profit organization.  We are not paid for our efforts by the animal shelter or the city and rely solely on donations from the public.  The city animal shelter takes in an average of 2,500 animals annually.  An average of 26% of these pets were reclaimed, rescued or adopted.  Very few of the animals have been spayed or neutered prior to entering the City of Rocky Mount Animal Control shelter which contributes greatly to the number of unwanted animals.

In October 2002, F.O.R. Animals was formed.  Members began reaching out to rescue groups in other parts of the country in an effort to find loving homes for the animal shelter's unwanted pets.

F.O.R. Animals set a goal to save 1000 of the shelter's animals in 2003.  That goal was surpassed on December 12, 2003 with 1049 animals being either rescued, reclaimed or adopted.  The current percentage of animals being either rescued, reclaimed or adopted is approximately 50%.  What makes this extraordinary is that all these animals make it to their designated rescues on a "transport train" made up of volunteers living up the east coast.  Most of these people have never met each other, pay highway tolls and drive 100+ miles every weekend.  All of the animals have made it to their destinations safely every time.  Rarely has a transport been cancelled due to a lack of drivers.

Click on the link below to see the available pets at Rocky Mount Animal Control:

http://www.rmanimal.petfinder.com

Click on the link below to complete our Adoption Application:

FOR Animals Adoption Application.doc

Working to make a

difference in the lives

of abandoned

and unwanted animals.

Friends of Rocky Mount Animals

In Partnership with

Rocky Mount Animal Control

I looked at all the caged animals in the shelter...

the castoffs of human society,

I saw in their eyes love and hope

fear and dread, sadness and betrayal,

and I was angry.

"God" I said,

"This is terrible!  Why don't you do something?"

God was silent for a moment and then spoke softly,

"I have done something"

was the reply,

"I created you"

Author:  Jim Willis 

Sponsorship/Donations

$5.00, $10.00, $25.00, $50.00, $100.00 or other amount

Memberships

$20.00

T-Shirts available only to members

Color:  Red

Small, Medium and Large $15.00

X-Large and XX $18.00 

Sponsorship/Donation/Memberships/T-Shirt purchase

 can be made in cash, or check - send to: 

P.O. Box 4936

Rocky Mount, NC  27803 

or through Paypal by clicking the button below:

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