Michigan Animal Rescue, Outreach & Community Resources
🐾 Michigan Animal Rescue, Outreach & Community Resources
At LC & Friends – Scales & Fur Unite, we believe every animal deserves safety, compassion, proper care, and a loving home.
Whether you've found a stray, need TNR assistance, need affordable veterinary care, want to adopt or foster, or need an outreach organization, these resources can help.
Please contact each organization before arriving. Intake availability, hours, programs, eligibility, and service areas can change.
🔍 LOST & FOUND — STATEWIDE
🐾 For the Love of Louie – Michigan Lost Pet Lookers
A Michigan-wide lost and found pet community dedicated to helping reunite missing pets with their families. Post lost or found animals, share sightings, and help spread the word throughout Michigan.
📘 For the Love of Louie – Michigan Lost Pet Lookers on Facebook
❤️ DOWNRIVER & DEARBORN
🐾 Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit — Dearborn
Adoption, fostering, lost-and-found assistance, community resources, and animal-welfare programs.
📞 313-943-2697
📧 friends@metrodetroitanimals.org
📍 16121 Reckinger Rd., Dearborn, MI 48126
🐾 Shelter to Home — Wyandotte
Foster-based nonprofit helping animals transition from shelters into foster care and permanent homes.
📞 734-556-3135
🐾 Wyandotte Animal Adoption Center — Wyandotte
Local adoption organization helping cats and dogs find permanent homes.
📍 1170 Grove St., Wyandotte, MI 48192
🐱 T.A.I.L.S., Inc. — Grosse Ile
Volunteer-based nonprofit helping animals through rescue, fostering, veterinary care, and adoption.
📞 734-672-6366
📧 tails.grosseile@yahoo.com
🐾 Taylor Animal Shelter — Taylor
Municipal shelter caring for lost, stray, and adoptable animals.
📞 734-374-1354
🐾 Brownstown Animal Shelter — Brownstown Township
Municipal shelter and animal-control resource.
📞 734-675-4008
🐾 Woodhaven/Trenton Animal Shelter — Woodhaven
Local shelter serving Woodhaven and Trenton.
📞 734-675-4956
🐾 Downriver Central Animal Control — Southgate
Animal-control and sheltering resource serving participating Downriver communities.
📞 734-246-1328
🐾 Friends of the River Rouge Animal Shelter — River Rouge
Community organization helping stray, lost, and adoptable animals.
📞 313-205-1732
🏙️ DETROIT
❤️ Detroit Pit Crew Dog Rescue
Hands-on rescue helping Detroit dogs suffering from serious injury, illness, emaciation, neglect, or abandonment.
📱 TEXT: 248-906-9022
🐶 Detroit Dog Rescue
Detroit-based rescue focused on rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption.
📞 313-458-8014
📍 24429 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48219
❤️ Rebel Dogs Detroit
Foster-based rescue helping abandoned, abused, stray, and at-risk dogs. Also provides community assistance to help families keep their dogs.
📞 313-338-4398
📧 info@rebeldogsdetroit.com
🐱 Detroit Community Cat Rescue
Helping Detroit's stray, abandoned, and community cats, including TNR work.
📞 313-405-7925
🐾 Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society
Sheltering, adoption, animal assistance, and affordable veterinary services.
📞 Shelter: 313-891-7188
📞 Veterinary Clinic: 313-369-9863
📍 13569 Joseph Campau Ave., Detroit, MI 48212
🐾 Michigan Humane — Detroit
Animal rescue, adoption, veterinary services, and community assistance.
📞 866-648-6263
📣 WARREN & ROUGE PARK OUTREACH
❤️ Being Vulgar for the Voiceless — Warren / Rouge Park
Warren-based animal advocacy and outreach group, including outreach in and around Rouge Park in Detroit.
🐾 Advocacy • Outreach • Rouge Park Outreach • Animal Assistance • Giving a Voice to the Voiceless
📱 Contact through their official social-media pages.
🐶🐱 WARREN & METRO DETROIT
❤️ I Heart Dogs Rescue and Animal Haven — Warren
501(c)(3) nonprofit helping abandoned, neglected, and abused dogs and cats. Includes a Safe Haven program for pets of domestic-violence survivors.
📧 bark@iheartdogs.org
📍 22415 Groesbeck Hwy., Warren, MI 48089
🐱 All About Animals Rescue — Warren
Major resource for TNR, affordable spay/neuter, wellness care, vaccinations, rescue, adoption, and education.
📞 586-879-1745
📧 clinic@allaboutanimalsrescue.org
📍 23451 Pinewood St., Warren, MI 48091
🐾 Pet Adoption Alternative of Warren (PAAW)
Foster-based nonprofit helping cats and dogs find permanent homes.
📞 586-825-3350
🐱 New Beginnings Animal Rescue — Royal Oak
Volunteer nonprofit focused on homeless cats and kittens.
📞 248-543-4070
🐾 Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society — Harper Woods
Animal protection and adoption organization.
📞 313-884-1551
🐾 WAG Animal Rescue — Livonia
Volunteer and foster-based rescue helping homeless cats and dogs.
🐾 Animal Welfare Society of Southeastern Michigan — Madison Heights
Animal shelter and rescue helping cats and dogs.
📞 248-548-1150
🐾 Haven of Love Dog Rescue — Westland
Rescue helping abused, abandoned, and unwanted dogs find permanent homes.
🌊 SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN & BERRIEN COUNTY
❤️ Friends of Berrien County Animal Services
Community animal-welfare organization helping pet owners and community-cat caregivers access spay and neuter services.
🐶🐱 Currently offering free spay/neuter assistance for eligible participating counties.
Assistance may include:
Free spay/neuter services
Assistance for owned animals
Assistance for outdoor and community cats
Vouchers for ABC Clinic
Assistance with qualifying appointments through The Meow Mission
🌐 Sign up through the Friends of Berrien County Animal Services website.
Please check current eligibility, participating counties, availability, and program requirements when applying.
🐱 The Meow Mission — Michiana / Southwest Michigan
Nonprofit dedicated to helping free-roaming and community cats through Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and community support.
🐾 TNR • Community Cats • Spay/Neuter • Trap Assistance • Education • Colony Support
Friends of Berrien County Animal Services may also provide funding for qualifying appointments through The Meow Mission.
🐱 TNR & COMMUNITY CAT HELP
🐱 The PAWS Clinic — Taylor
Affordable spay/neuter and Downriver TNR resource.
📞 313-451-8200
📍 21210 Goddard Rd., Taylor, MI 48180
🐱 All About Animals Rescue — Warren
TNR, community-cat assistance, affordable spay/neuter, and education.
📞 586-879-1745
📧 clinic@allaboutanimalsrescue.org
🐱 Detroit Community Cat Rescue — Detroit
Community-cat rescue and TNR assistance.
📞 313-405-7925
🐱 Tigerlily Cat Rescue — Metro Detroit
Foster-based cat rescue supporting community-cat/TNR efforts.
📞 586-431-5353
🐱 Friends of Berrien County Animal Services
Spay/neuter assistance for owned and outdoor/community cats, including vouchers for participating clinics and assistance through The Meow Mission.
🐱 The Meow Mission
Community-cat organization providing TNR, spay/neuter assistance, and resources for free-roaming cats in the Michiana/Southwest Michigan area.
🩺 AFFORDABLE VETERINARY & SPAY/NEUTER
The PAWS Clinic — Taylor: 📞 313-451-8200
All About Animals Rescue — Warren: 📞 586-879-1745
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society — Detroit: 📞 313-369-9863
Michigan Humane — Metro Detroit: 📞 866-648-6263
Friends of Berrien County Animal Services — Southwest Michigan: Free spay/neuter assistance may be available for eligible animals and residents.
The Meow Mission — Michiana/Southwest Michigan: Community-cat/TNR spay and neuter assistance.
🐰 SMALL ANIMAL RESCUE
🐰 Midwest Rabbit Rescue & Re-home — Metro Detroit
Rescue, rehabilitation, fostering, adoption, and education for domestic rabbits.
📞 248-912-7976
📧 midwestrabbitrr@yahoo.com
❤️ FLINT
🐕 Greater Flint Dog Outreach & Rescue 501(c)(3)
Flint-area outreach and rescue organization dedicated to helping dogs living outside and chained 24/7.
Provides food, straw, and proper shelter while working toward getting dogs moved indoors and adopted into loving homes.
🐾 Chained-Dog Outreach • Food • Straw • Proper Shelter • Rescue • Veterinary Care • Adoption
📱 TEXT ONLY: 248-767-3280
📍 FLINT AREA ONLY
🐈 FOUND A STRAY OR COMMUNITY CAT?
A friendly outdoor cat could be someone's lost pet, while an unsocialized outdoor cat may be an established community cat. For community cats, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) helps prevent future litters while allowing healthy cats to return to their territory.
The PAWS Clinic — Taylor: 📞 313-451-8200
All About Animals Rescue — Warren: 📞 586-879-1745
Detroit Community Cat Rescue — Detroit: 📞 313-405-7925
Friends of Berrien County Animal Services — Southwest Michigan: Spay/neuter assistance and vouchers may be available for outdoor/community cats.
The Meow Mission — Michiana/Southwest Michigan: TNR and community-cat assistance.
🐕 NEED OUTREACH HELP?
Detroit — Sick, injured or emaciated stray dog:
❤️ Detroit Pit Crew Dog Rescue — 📱 TEXT: 248-906-9022
Detroit — Dog rescue/community assistance:
❤️ Rebel Dogs Detroit — 📞 313-338-4398
Warren / Rouge Park — Animal outreach:
❤️ Being Vulgar for the Voiceless — 📱 Contact through official social media
Flint — Chained/outdoor dogs:
❤️ Greater Flint Dog Outreach & Rescue — 📱 TEXT ONLY: 248-767-3280
Southwest Michigan — Spay/neuter & community-cat assistance:
❤️ Friends of Berrien County Animal Services
🐱 The Meow Mission
❤️ HOW YOU CAN HELP
ADOPT • FOSTER • VOLUNTEER • DONATE • TNR • ADVOCATE • OUTREACH • SHARE • SPEAK UP
Adopting gives an animal a family.
Fostering gives an animal time.
TNR helps prevent future homeless litters.
Outreach reaches animals who may otherwise be forgotten.
Donations provide food, straw, shelter, supplies, and medical care.
Volunteering gives rescue organizations another set of hands.
Sharing gets animals seen.
Speaking up gives a voice to the voiceless.
🐾 Be Their Voice.
They may not be able to ask for help, but we can speak up, show up, and make a difference.
LC & Friends – Scales & Fur Unite