Amherst, Massachusetts · Est. 2014

We Help You Keep Your Pet.

Temporary challenges don't have to break the bond you share with your pet. Joyful Pets Rescue connects families with veterinary assistance, housing support, pet food resources, and more to help you stay together. When rehoming is the only path forward, we help with the vet care, transport, fostering, and placement needed to get your pet safely to their next family. We are a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and keeping families together is always step one.

Tax-deductible donations accepted. Joyful Pets Rescue, Inc.
A family with their pet, together thanks to financial assistance from Joyful Pets Rescue
Our Programs

How We Help

Keeping families together is always step one. When rehoming is the right path, we make sure every pet gets there safely.

Veterinary Care

We cover emergency veterinary costs, procedures, and medications so families can get their pets the care they need without giving them up.

Housing and Crisis Support

When a family faces housing challenges, hospitalization, or another crisis, we help with boarding fees and connect them with pet-friendly housing resources.

Stay Together Resources

Pet food banks, behavior support, military deployment assistance, senior pet guardian programs. We connect families with the right resources to keep them together.

Rehoming Support

When rehoming is the best path, we help with the vet care, transport, fostering, and placement needed to get them safely to a loving new home.

Foundation & Grant Partners

Partner With Us

Joyful Pets Rescue is actively seeking foundation and grant partnerships to scale our direct assistance programs. Every dollar funds a specific, trackable intervention for a pet family in crisis.

Emergency Veterinary Fund

Direct vet subsidies for low-income pet families

Stay Together Fund

Housing support, pet food, behavior resources, and crisis assistance to keep families and pets together

Rehoming Voucher Fund

Covers rehoming costs for families who cannot pay

Rehoming Support Fund

Vet care, transport, fostering, and placement to get pets safely to their new homes when rehoming is needed

Organization Overview

Legal Status501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Founded2014
HeadquartersAmherst, Massachusetts
Service AreaMassachusetts & National
EIN46-4980474
DonationsTax-Deductible