START Rescue coordinates large-scale rescue-transport missions to save animals from overflowing and high-kill shelters, neglect, abuse, and abandonment.
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The Bakersfield Strays Coalition is working to prevent the dumping of dogs in Bakersfield, CA, through aggressive media and community outreach, building partnerships, and everyday boots-on-the-ground rescue efforts.
START provides spay and neuter services in low-income communities, giving families the support they need while protecting animals from the suffering and needless deaths caused by overcrowded shelters and life on the streets.
START works with overflowing / euthanizing shelters to improve the welfare of animals and save lives, prioritizing initiatives that we believe will have the greatest impact on animals at any given time.