Best Friends Animal Rescue Inc

A little bit of background of how this dog rescue group came into being as told by Jeane Howes, founder of Best Friends Animal Rescue.....

As a child, I lived in the north of England in the late 1960s. There were lots of stray dogs and my mother used to send me out with bags of bones to feed the hungry dogs. As some of these dogs would follow us home, they became part of the family and lived with us until their dying day. I always said to my mum that when I grew up I would buy a big house and she could fill it with stray dogs. Well that never happened in England.

After travelling for many years, I made Perth my permanent home in 1996. I volunteered at a couple of rescue centres for 5 years on weekends, working full time during the week. It was very clear to me that there were many more dogs needing someone to help and rescue them. I was always finding dogs who were wandering the streets because they were lost and/or homeless. To help with my strong desire to make a difference to these sad and sorry dogs, I did some training in vet nursing and animal behaviour.

Finally in 2006 I started Best Friends Animal Rescue. My mother got a year’s visa and came to Perth to help me. I bought a house on 5 acres with a large living area, a bit run down, but we didn’t care as long as we had somewhere that we could look after the homeless dogs. I had 14 dogs at the time, but it was a very quiet, peaceful house and the dogs knew that were cared for. My mother just loved it and was so pleased with the changes I could make to an animal’s life. My mother came again for another year, and I couldn't have done it without her. When she went back to England she was always talking about the dogs.

Now Best Friends Animal Rescue has a network of volunteers who foster the dogs, providing a loving and safe place until a suitable permanent home is found.

So far Best Friends Animal Rescue has re-homed over 700 dogs, mostly the older dogs that are the most difficult to find a new forever home. Our future is to build an elderly and special needs dog rescue and retirement home in the Perth Hills, to give a lasting, happy final home for the really old or sick to enjoy their final years.

Adoption expression of interest form:
https://bfarescue.com.au/adopt-a-dog/expression-of-interest/

Foster carer application form:
https://bfarescue.com.au/foster/

Volunteer application form:
https://bfarescue.com.au/volunteer/

If you are a foster carer please request to join this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/872173862816277/