Twin Cities Pet Rescue

Since our founding in 2009, Twin Cities Pet Rescue has focused on rescuing animals in need and placing thousands of animals into loving homes across the Twin Cities metro area.

We have grown significantly since our founding, and we are rescuing animals responsibly so that TCPR will be around to help animals in need for many years to come. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that more than 6 million animals enter impounds and shelters each year, and only half make it out. We don’t believe that animals should die just because they are homeless. We are working hard to change that through animal rescue, education and community support. Thank you for supporting us!

All donations directly support the animals by funding veterinary care, food, and supplies allowing us to save more cats and dogs along with continuing to guarantee the high quality of care to animals who desperately need it.

Why Should you Support TCPR?

Twin Cities Pet Rescue is a small rescue that is primarily comprised of volunteers dedicating their time, energy, and compassion to these animals. We have a passion to rescue as many animals as possible, but we need your help to do so. Any amount helps and your donations are what keeps our rescue running!

$5 Buys a toy for a foster pet

$50 Buys monthly dog preventatives 

$100 Buys x-rays for a sick or injured pet

$500 Buys a dental cleaning with 2-3 extractions for a foster pet

$1000 Pays for one overnight stay at an Emergency Room clinical for a critically ill pet

$5000 pays for the average cost of one specialty surgery

2024 Summary

TCPR has had a very successful year thanks to all of the support from our volunteers, fosters, sponsors and everyone who has donated. So far this year we have...

Adopted out 53 dogs and 465 cats and taken in 61 dogs and 481 cats! Take a look at how that compares to the last two years:

All of these animals in our care have led to a large vetting cost! We have spent $88,034.76 on non-emergency vetting expenses and $21,300.49 on emergency or urgent vetting expenses so far this year.

In order to continue growing the number of animals we are able to take in, we have continued to grow the rescue with some big updates through 2024:

1. New Website: We have a brand new and improved website! You can check it out here: https://www.twincitiespetrescue.org/
2. New Office: In April we signed the lease for our office which gave TCPR its first ever home! This space has allowed us to provide more routine vetting “in house”, have a central location for supplies, and more! 
3. Wellness Clinics: In June we hosted our first low-cost community wellness clinic! Our Medical Director along with a team of volunteers were able to provide low-cost, high-quality vetting for pets owned by members of our community. We held additional clinics in September and November with plans to continue them quarterly moving forward.

2025 Goals

We are hoping to raise $10,000 for Give to the Max 2024. This money will help us:

1. Increase Intakes and Adoptions: This one is simple! We want to continue to grow and help more animals! As you saw with our large vetting bills above, we need to make sure we have the finances to be able to increase these intake numbers and be able to support any medical cases that arise.
2. Expand Office Capabilities: There are a lot of possibilities for things we can use our office for. We want to continue to expand what we offer at our office to further support the animals in rescue and our community.
3. Obtain a TCPR Vehicle: A TCPR owned vehicle would support rescue operations and lighten the load on our volunteers' personal vehicles
4. Continue Community Wellness Clinics: Our wellness clinics help families obtain vetting for their pets that they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford. Continuing our Low-Cost Community Wellness Clinics is important to us to be able to keep pets healthy, happy, and in their family
   homes.

Thank you to all of our volunteers, fosters, adopters, sponsors, and everyone who donates. Every dollar helps!