Detroit Dog Rescue

Detroit Dog Rescue is Detroit’s first and only no-kill shelter. Your tax-deductible gifts make a direct impact in the lives of the dogs we save every day. Abandoned, abused, orphaned, and alone, you can give them a chance.

Detroit Dog Rescue (DDR) was founded in February 2011, after the City of Detroit refused to allow access to a network television series that would have documented the lives of stray dogs trying to survive in an abandoned urban environment. There is a stray dog epidemic in the city, especially in the neighborhoods, just as there is in many cities across the United States that have had to deal with economic decline, dwindling populations and abandoned buildings.

Detroit Dog Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and licensed by the Michigan Department of Agriculture.