The League’s Special Funds

The Washington Animal Rescue League maintains numerous funds to support different aspect of animal rescue and protection.  Gifts to these funds are designated to provide critical support for these promising endeavors.

Love Fund

The Love Fund provides medical care for seriously sick and injured animals.  Some of these are shelter animals.  Others are the pets of low-income guardians who cannot afford the cost of major veterinary treatments.  Without the help of the Love Fund, these caring guardians would have no other choice but to surrender their sick or injured companion to a shelter for euthanasia.  Each year the fund assists hundreds of animals suffering from fractures, infectious diseases, gunshot wounds and other life-threatening conditions.  Donate to the Love Fund.

Shelter Animal Relief Effort

Many animal shelters across the country are faced with a lack of space, too few adopters, and insufficient resources to accommodate the thousands of homeless animals who come through their doors.  The Shelter Animal Relief Effort (ShARE program) provides relief and hope by transferring animals to the League from local animal control agencies as well as some as far away as the Gulf Coast.  More than half of the animals whom the League takes in come via ShARE.  Donate to ShARE.

Hope Fund for Dogs

By providing adopters of special dogs with life-long medical support and other incentives, the Hope Fund aids in the adoption of harder-to-place dogs.  These include older dogs, dogs with chronic but manageable health problems, and dogs with disabilities.  Donate to the Hope Fund for Dogs.

The Silver Whiskers Club for Cats

The Silver Whiskers Club helps older and special needs cats find loving homes by paying the adoption fees and providing their adopters with all the equipment their new companions need.  It also provides free lifetime medical care at the League's Medical Center. Donate to the Silver Whiskers Club.

Endowment Fund

The Endowment Fund provides an opportunity to be part of the League’s future.  Donations to this initiative help ensure that the League will always be able to help homeless, abused, abandoned, sick, and injured animals.  Donate to the Endowment Fund.