About The Center for Animal Rescue and Adoption

Mission Statement. The Center for Animal Rescue and Adoption provides individuals and organizations with tools and resources to save more animals

Accomplishments & Goals. Since its inception in 2002, The Center for Animal Rescue and Adoption has operated a grassroots in the Tucson community. With the help of our dedicated volunteers and generous donors, we are proud to have been instrumental in improving the lives of hundreds of dogs and cats, as well as their people. Our other goals iinclude:

• Building the capacity of community-based animal groups to be more effective in the development and management of their organizations, their programs and their resources to help save more animals
• Researching and developing pilot projects that can be used as models for communities interested in creative problem-solving and innovative solutions to help save more animals
• Facilitating cooperation and collaboration among organizations to help save more animals

Values & Guiding Principles. We believe that animals, like all sentient beings, are entitled to basic rights and legal protections. We believe that all animals have the right to be free from exploitation, cruelty, neglect and abuse. We believe that all animals have the right to an environment that satisfies their basic physical and psychological needs, including a healthy diet, protective shelter, and adequate medical care. We believe that we as humans have the responsibility to care for animals living in homeless and indigent situations, including providing humane intervention, such as spay/neuter as a means of controlling pet overpopulation that leads to animal suffering. We believe that our goals can be accomplished without causing unnecessary harm to non-companion animals.

Legal Status. The Center for Animal Rescue and Adoption is a 501c3 nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Arizona in 2002. Our federal tax ID number is 59-3771242. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

We participate in GuideStar, the online standard for nonprofit accountability.