S.V.D.R. MISSION STATEMENT

Save the hounds from the pound is our one and only goal and priority.

Our dream is that one day kill shelters will no longer exist and would be a memory of what once was. Our dream is that pet owners would be responsible with their pets providing pets safe loving homes, current vaccinations, spay/neuter, and micro chipped.

Unfortunately the reality is a pet is euthanized in this country every 11 seconds due to overcrowded shelters, lack of support and funding for shelters. The pet population in the United States is staggering and although there are thousands upon thousands of responsible pet owners there are also those that have ulterior motives from dog fighting to backyard breeding and those that have no regard to life especially the life of a pet.​

We are no longer open for intake but we are redirecting our attention to help grassroots organizations willing to help the dogs in need here within the East Tennessee Counties of Monroe and McMinn. 

More to come as we manage our way forward but for now please note we will no longer for the foreseeable future be in any position to accept any intakes of any kind.

Thank You,

S.V.D.R.

FOSTER PROCESS