CLUBS & RESCUE

Most of the following contacts are in Tennessee; however, additional contacts are provided outside Tennessee when such are deemed useful.

If you know of a Tennessee club or organization that is not listed and would like us to list,* please email us at: raotinc@aol.com Tell us about the club/organization you wan to see listed.  Please include its purpose, name and telephone number or email address of a contact person, and, of course, the  URL.

*Your suggestions will PROBABLY be included in our listing; however, we reserve the right to list or not list as we choose. Any club/organization that wants to be listed is advised that, should we receive a complaint about that club or the services the club provides, said club will be asked to respond to the complaint in writing and a determination will be made as to whether or not we will continue the listing.

The following is a list of:

Bird Clubs
Cat Clubs & Cat Rescue
All Breed Dog Clubs
Dog Specialty Clubs
Dog Obedience Clubs
Dog Registries
Fish/Aquarium Societies
Horse Rescue
Rescue Organizations- Local, State & National

Memphis - Greater Memphis Bird Club, 371 Dreger, Memphis, TN  38109, (901) 332-7258

Avian Rescue: http://www.avianrescue.org/index.html

FISH/AQUARIUM SOCIETIES:

Memphis - Mid-South Aquarium Society, dbeatty@netten.net

CAT CLUBS & RESCUE:

Cat Rescue:  http://FelineRescue.net Email:  FelineRescue@felinerescue.net

JOHNSON CITY - CFA - East Tennessee KuntryKat Club, Contact: Rhonda Davis (423) 753-5104

CHATTANOOGA - CFA - Choo Choo Cat Fanciers, Contact: Sec., Suzanne Ratliff (706) 935-5571

KNOXVILLE - CFA -Tennessee Valley Cat Fanciers, Contact: Karol Cooper (865) 693-6031

NASHVILLE - CFA - Music City Cat Fanciers, Contact: Pres., Fran Stephens (615) 228-3184

NASHVILLE - TICA - The Grand Ole Cat Club, Attn: Secretary, 2892 Academy Rd., Lebanon TN 37087, Gerald Burt, President (615) 453-1870, http://www.geocities.com/grandolecatclub/ 

ALL BREED DOG CLUBS:

DOG SPECIALTY CLUBS:

DOG OBEDIENCE CLUBS - FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN  COMPETITION OBEDIENCE TRAINING:

A.K.C SITE FOR OBEDIENCE & OTHER PERFORMANCE CLUBS: HP!* http://www.akc.org/dic/clubs/other/index.cfm

Knoxville Dog Training Club, Inc., Donna Weber Ringe, 1824 Vickers Ln, Sevierville, TN 37862

Murfreesboro Obedience Training Club, Donnie Brauen, 3866 Manchester Pike, Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Nashville Dog Training Club, Nancy Walker, 102 Tabb Dr., Joelton, TN 37080

Obedience Club of Chattanooga, Inc., Joan Porterfield, 3005 Lancaster Cir, Chattanooga, TN 37415

Shelby County Obedience Club, 

West Tennessee Working Dog Club, 

RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS:

List includes out of state organizations also, which, if contacted may have representatives in Tennessee.  Also, be advised that just because a website is listed under a rescue does not mean that it is connected with a recognized national breed rescue organization.

Cat Rescue:  http://FelineRescue.net Email:  FelineRescue@felinerescue.net

Check with A.K.C for breed rescue groups:   http://www.akc.org/breeds/rescue.cfm

Comprehensive List of Rescue Organizations (Kyler Laird's):  http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~laird/animal_rescue/

Another site that lists Tennessee rescue organizations and other useful links: http://www.bordercollierescuetn.com/

Chattanooga HART:  http://www.help.hart.net/

National American Bulldog Rescue Alliance (NABRA):  Email Samantha at:  SammyJ82170@aol.com http://www.geocities.com/amerbulldgrescue

Basenji Rescue & Transport, Inc. (BRAT), a nationwide basenji rescue group. http://www.basenjirescue.org Contact: Mike Swan at: MikeSwan@basenji.com

B.H. Cares (Basset Hound Club of America)
Tennessee: Randall Jackson randall.j.jackson@worldnet.att.net

Border Collie Rescue, East Tennessee http://members.aol.com/etbcrescue/index.html

Boston Terrier, http://www.bostonrescue.net 

Bull Dog Rescue: www.amazinggracebulldogrescue.com, Nikki Parks, nikkiparks@earthlink.net

Dalmatians
Tina Thomas Smith, (919) 269-4683, North Carolina
Additional Contact: Dalmatian Rescue of Middle Tennessee, http://www.dalrescue.petfinder.org
Petra & Kent Kirchstein, (615) 444-8551, Email: petra3k@yahoo.comor muckmoon@yahoo.com
Memphis area ONLY: Jana Brady, (901) 794-2591

Doberman Pinscher
West TN -- Memphis Doberman Rescue, hatchiedobe@yahoo.com
East TN -- East Tennessee Doberman Rescue, adopt@etdr.org, http://www.etdr.org

English Springer Rescue America
Chris Bishop—Adoption Counselor, springerrescueTN@comcast.net
http://www.springerrescue.org

German Shepherd Rescue and Adoption Service, P. O. Box 19272, Raleigh, N.C. 27619, Voice Mail (checked daily): (919) 547-4247, gsrescue@centernet.net

Great Dane Rescue Ministry of West TN, Contact: Pam Hampton, Atoka, TN 38004, (901) 837-1796, Email address: Hampsintn@aol.com

Irish Wolfhound Association of the Greater Smokey Mountains, Corresponding Secretary : Diane Koontz, Address: 418 Doc Norton Road, Walland, TN  37886-2001, Email: falcara@bellsouth.net

Southern States Rottweiler Rescue

Jack Russell Terriers, JackResque@aol.com,  http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/GA02.html

Shelties:  Middle Tennessee Sheltie Rescue, Ann @ (615) 832-7530, Email: rebelac1@juno.com

Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue: http://www.yorkshireterrierrescue.com/, 
Nashville: Mary Elizabeth Dugmore, National Chair, dugmore@bellsouth.net 
Memphis: Debbie Roberts, droberts@midsouth.rr.com

DOG REGISTRIES:

HORSE RESCUE:

List of horse RESCUES by state: http://www.crt-stable.com/equinerescue