Disaster Response Animal Rescue, or DRAR, is a not-for-profit, charitable organization with 501(c)(3) status. Our current mission is the immediate assistance of local rescue organizations.

If you live in the Athens or Atlanta areas, Pet Supplies Plus has bins set up in their stores just for this purpose. Unlike national rescue organizations, every penny, every bag, every can of food goes directly to animals in need in your community. These are the animals that need it the most.

Disaster Response Animal Rescue was born from a desperate need to save the animals left behind in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and to cut through the red tape which continued to hinder their rescue.

These lost and hopeless souls had no voice in this disaster; we gave them one.

If you are interested in donating your time, services, or home to an animal in need we would like to hear from you. Please email drarrescue@bellsouth.net. You CAN make a difference.

 

Prep Your Pet
For an Emergency



North Georgia has received a record amount of rain recently with some areas accumulating nearly 20 inches!

Flash foods can occur anywhere. Are you and your pets prepared? Please visit the following links for more information.


  1. •Protect Pets When Flooding Strikes 

  2. •Plan Now to Protect Your Pet in a Natural Disaster

  3. •Preparing Your Pets for Emergencies

  4. •Your Pet Needs You Even More When Disaster Strikes


  1. Rescue Links



Here are just a few of the local organizations that DRAR & PSP helps to support with pet adoption days and other events:


  1. •Athens Area Humane Society

  2. •Oconee Regional Humane Society

  3. •Circle of Friends Animal Society

  4. •Hope Animal Medical Center

  5. •Firehall 4 Animal Hospital


"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man."
- Mark Twain