Neat Dog rescue organization
Recently I became aware of this shelter and thought others would enjoy looking at the site. If you can't have a dog, you could help one. These people keep the dog until it can be adopted, no matter how long it takes! If the dog is unsuitalble for adoption (too old and fragile, too tempramental, etc. then they keep them forever...the "shelter sweethearts".
http://www.hua.org/
Hearts United for Animals is a national no-kill animal shelter, sanctuary and animal welfare organization dedicated at the relief of suffering. HUA rescues animals from all over the country and specializes in long distance adoptions.
Speaking of which, free kitten in the Bay Area
My dogsitter woke to find a kitten in a basket, dropped off outside her home. Sometimes it's hard to be known as "the pet lover lady" in the neighborhood. she has 5 cats already; 3 outside cats and 2 indoors, 4 birds. She says she really can't take another cat but wants to find this one a good home.
This weekend while my dog was there, Mae (my mutt) went over and gave the kitten a big sloppy dog kiss. So potentially good with dogs :)
The kitten is dark gray with white on the neck and chest. Shown here with a phone for scale ;)
PM me if interested.