Trundle (rescue number 24,843) says, "Please join us in celebrating our 25,000th rescue with this commemorative shirt." Over the past almost 25 years we have provided a soft place to land for so many. We are thrilled to reach this milestone and humbled to have had the support of so many volunteers, donors, adopters and staff through the years.

Meet Folly (and her BFF Finn). On November 20th, Folly was welcomed into MEOW with the honor of being rescue number 25,000. Even more special is that Folly and Finn (now Winne & Mitch) met their forever family on 12/4/21 and are settling in quite nicely.

Your support ensures that we can continue to make a profound difference in the lives of the animals in our care.

Our Mission

With respect and compassion for all animal life, MEOW promotes lifelong relationships between people and companion animals, providing shelter and care for each precious life until adopted into a forever home.

Our Vision

MEOW envisions a day when society will be free from the dangers and nuisances of irresponsible pet ownership, when every pet born will be assured loving care all of its natural life and will never suffer due to abuse, neglect or ignorance.

Our History

In the early 1990s, a small group of animal-loving friends made a commitment to create a better life for homeless animals. With little more than determination, they started MEOW, a non-profit organization with a no-holds-barred no-kill philosophy. MEOW is staffed almost entirely by volunteers. It?s still all about the animals.

Our Goal

MEOW?s goal is to help create a ?no-kill nation,? where people are responsible for their pets, where there are no helpless creatures abandoned in boxes or left to fend for themselves in parking lots, where there is no longer a need for any healthy companion animal to be euthanized. There are many worthy organizations and individuals working toward this end. The rescue network is communicative and non-competitive. Certainly, progress is being made. But there is so very far to go.