DoggieRescue.com

DoggieRescue.com
Motto We are a no-kill shelter, rescuing and re-homing abandoned dogs from death row in Sydney's pounds
Formation 2001
Founder Monika Biernacki
Type Registered charity
ABN 49098918471
Location
Region
Australia
Services Dog rescue and re-homing
Leader Monika Biernacki
Main organ
DoggieRescue magazine
Website www.doggierescue.com

DoggieRescue.com, also known as Monika's Rescues, is a charitable organisation founded by Monika Biernacki in Sydney, Australia that saves abandoned dogs about to be euthanized in animal shelters, provides medical attention and seeks to re-home them with new families. The organisation has a "no kill" policy, which means that rescued dogs spend the rest of their life with an adoptive family or in the safety of the shelter.

By August 2014, DoggieRescue.com had arranged the adoption of 11,000 otherwise unwanted dogs.[1]

History

Monika Biernacki (born 2 January 1956) was interested in helping sick and homeless dogs from an early age. She had considered training as a veterinarian but she "couldn't handle putting animals down, or vivisection". She instead qualified and practiced as a geologist. After a local vet said he had to euthanize two healthy but unwanted dogs, she agreed to take the dogs and find them new homes. As her re-homing operation grew, Biernacki enlisted the support of volunteers and moved to larger premises, previously at Duffys Forest and Homebush, before settling at Ingleside. The organisation was registered as a charity in 1991.[2]

References

  1. Kay, Bryn (28 August 2014). "11,000th dog re-homed through Monika's Doggie Rescue". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  2. Dow, Steve (14 February 2010). "New leash of life". smh.com.au. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

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