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Funds, Supplies, Etc

Get involved with helping animals

Volunteer, Donate

Adopt or foster a dog or cat

Available Dogs & Cats

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Dogs

Dogs and puppies, rescued by RARE and ready for adoption.

Cute Kittens

Cats

Cats and kittens, rescued by RARE and ready for adoption.

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Small Animals

Rabbits and Guinea Pigs, rescued by RARE and ready for adoption.

RARE Adoption Process

How to Adopt

Details about adopting a dog, cat, or other animals from RARE.

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Home for christmas

Meet Claire Bear, who’s been waiting for her forever home since June 2023. To be exact, she's been with RARE for 442 days

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Claire Bear is a petite beauty with a stunning champaign brindle coat. She’s a true cuddle bug who loves to be close to her people and enjoys playing ball.

 

Though she’s a fantastic human companion, Claire Bear needs to be the only dog in her home due to her tendency to resource guard, but that doesn’t mean she can’t have playdates with other dogs! She loves playing with other dogs and does wonderfully in a resource-free environment!

 

She gets along well with cats, and would be great for a home with resident felines. She is also fully house and crate trained!

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Claire Bear’s Characteristics:

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-Petite with a champaign brindle coat

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-Loves playing ball and being close to her people

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-Needs to be the only dog due to resource guarding

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-Good with cats

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-House trained and crate trained

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Will you be the one to give Claire Bear the loving home she’s been waiting for? Let's make this holiday season extra special for her! 

HOME for Christmas

We have several dogs who have been with us a long time. 

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Some have spent the majority of their lives in our program.

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This fall, we're launching our Home for Christmas campaign and featuring these dogs in the hopes that they will spend this holiday season with their forever families. 

Animals Need Your Support Today!

Dogs for adoption and foster

Rural Animal Rescue Effort (RARE) is a 501 (c) 3 Non-Profit Organization based in middle Tennessee with a mission to rescue neglected and abandoned animals in rural areas with extreme overpopulation of companion animals.

We accomplish our mission by :​​
  • Finding fosters and adopters in more populated/metropolitan areas
  • Providing spay/neuter assistance 
  • Transport - Working with rescue partners nationally in order to save a higher quantity of animals more rapidly than we can find fosters and adopters for locally
  • Providing education within communities and schools 
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