What is RTCA’s role in rescue?

Rat Terrier Club of America’s Rescue Position Statement

The Rat Terrier Club of America Board of Directors considers the rescue needs for our breed within this country to be very serious. One of the responsibilities that parent clubs encounter is that which comes with the much needed rescue efforts throughout our country. At this time, RTCA is a small club with limited resources and the ability to be involved with any sort of rescue effort is very constrained.

RTCA, as a U.S. based club, will provide space on its website to provide links to known and respected rescue groups within the U.S. As a courtesy to rescues located in the adjoining countries, we will consider including a link to known and respected groups outside the U.S.

RTCA does encourage members who have an interest in assisting rescue to raise funds towards that end goal. Upon receiving prior board approval, by submitting to the board the details of plan specifics for the fundraising event, all funds collected using the RTCA as a solicitation mechanism must go to our treasurer and be properly tracked as dedicated to rescue. If funds are collected for a specific cause, they will be disbursed by the treasurer for that cause. If they are for rescue in general, the disbursal would be decided by the board on a case-by-case basis with the most likely prospect of being divided equally between the existing and trusted rescue groups within our country.

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Lost or found Rat Terriers are also a concern in our club. If you've lost and/or found a Rat Terrier please email  rtca@ratterrierclubofamerica.org , and include a description of the dog, date, and vicinity. The RTCA will post the information up to 90 days, unless notified otherwise.

 


 

 

If you're interested in adopting a Rat Terrier or need help placing your Rat Terrier, these organizations listed below are currently doing rescues for our breed.


 

 

Rescue Organizations:
(listed alphabetically)
 

New Rattitude, Inc.   ~ https://newrattitude.org

New Rattitude, a nationwide non-profit charitable corporation, is a 100% volunteer-operated organization dedicated to the rescue and rehoming of abandoned, abused, neglected, sick, and unwanted Rat Terriers and Rat Terrier mixes. 

New Rattitude is made up of Rat Terrier lovers, both members and volunteers, who join together to rescue as many Ratties as we can, placing them in our network of private foster homes around the country. The dogs are nurtured by foster parents and provided with professional veterinary care and healthcare support while we work diligently to find them permanent adoptive homes. Adopters are screened, matched, and approved to ensure the adopted dogs will be safe, loved, and properly cared for the rest of their lives.

Our network of foster homes is supported by a “staff” of other members who handle a variety of tasks related to administration, application screening, fund-raising, transportation, publicity, volunteer recruiting and training, technology, and other programs deemed helpful to achieving the mission of rescuing and re-homing Rat Terriers.

New Rattitude was incorporated August 4, 2008, and gained tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit status from the Internal Revenue Service in October 2008. We are licensed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture and registered with the Georgia Secretary of State as a charitable organization.

Since we spend more on veterinary care than our low adoption fees cover, we are dependent on public support through charitable, tax deductible donations and fund-raising. And we can always use more dedicated volunteers! Please join us if you are able!

 

Rat Bone Rat Terrier Rescue - Ratbone Rat Terrier Rescue | Adopt a Rat Terrier Near You

Ratbone Rat Terrier Rescue, a 501c3 organization, was started in December of 2024 as a continuation of the original Ratbone Rescues started by Caroline W. back in the 1990s. The rescue has now been turned over to a new board of directors and primarily operates in the state of Florida. We do have volunteers located in other states but most of our pups are in Florida.

Florida has a high concentration of abandoned rat terriers and we do what we can to help the ones in need. We are a very small rescue, and we have less than 5 primary volunteers. We welcome volunteers for processing applications or even to fostering. Please use this link to fill out our application form and make sure in the comments you put that you are applying to volunteer. Our website is www.ratbonertr.org 

We typically have 20-30 rat terriers in our care at any one time coming from Florida, and other southern states. We welcome all donations to help us with vet bills and care for our sweet ratties. Donations can be sent via our website at www.ratbonertr.org/donate