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Petfinder list:  www.petfinder.com/search/pets-for-adoption/?shelter_id=VA628&sort=recently_added

Houlagans Rest, Midlothian, VA
10138 Hull Street Road Suite D, Midlothian, VA 23112
Phone: 804-893-0406
Email: info@houlagansrest.com
Website:  www.petfinder.com/member/us/va/midlothian/houlagans-rest-corporation-va628/
Facebook:  www.facebook.com/houlagansrest/

Houlagans' Rest is a 501c3 rescue of last resort located in Richmond VA. The images of stranded, desperate animals left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina catalyzed my sister and me to become involved in animal rescue. Debbie answered an email pleading for drivers to take veterinary supplies to the Gulf and to return with homeless pets. Standing in the parking lot of the Pearl River SPCA, Debbie walked up with a little bag of bones disguised as a puppy so thin that his skin tented from his spine to his hip bones, he was one of the nine Catahoulah Leopard Dog mixes not chosen by other transporters. With supplies and man hours in short supply, the rule of triage dictated that the malnourished, ill litter would be euthanized. Determined shelter workers kept them alive and hoped for one last transport. We were it. That moment in the Pearl River parking lot launched our criteria for dogs coming into our care: homeless, unwanted by other rescues, and slated to die within hours. We became a Rescue of Last Resort. If you have any questions regarding adoptable dogs, fostering, or volunteering, please message us. We do out of state adoptions as well.