405 Animal Rescue is an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. An estimated 11 million cats and dogs are killed in United States shelters each year. Our organization strives to help beat those odds as much as possible by rescuing animals off death-row and euthanasia, rescuing unwanted animals, promoting spay and neuter, microchipping to increase the return-to-owner rate, socialize and rehabilitate mentally and physically abused animals, and much more. We go above and beyond to adopt our our wonderful, deserving animals out to approved homes to kick start them into their new lives, full of love, happiness and security.

Oklahoma has some of the worst animal welfare laws in the U.S. So many other states have spay and ne

Goal One: The stray cat population in Oklahoma is exploding daily. We would like to implement and Trap and Release program to help get these cats spayed or neutered and up to date on vaccinations.

Goal Two: We would love to be able to take in more pets that are at our local shelter. To continue to do so we have to be able to afford the vet care, food, and essential items they need and deserve.

Goal Three: We want to continue our partnership with local authorities in shutting down puppy mills but its costly. Most animals we recieve from these horrific places are injured, ill, imaciated, or unkempt.

We have been setup with a few different charities to help direct us in running non profits, defining roles and responsibilities, and 405 even paid for a class on fundraising.

Many of our fosters and volunteers came to 405 from other rescues or shelters because we knew there needed to be a change and wanted to be a part of that. 405 was started in April of 2020 and I can say that since day 1 it hasn't been easy. Covid hit and our rescue has never known a world without it. Most of us have full time jobs, some are students, and many of us have families. Covid turned our worlds upside down because so much of the funding we recieved disappeared. I personally was working overtime every week at the hospital and couldn't be around like I normally am. We even had to say goodbye to one of our most amazing fosters after she lost her battle with covid. She was our go to small dog foster. She was our baker and like a mom to so many of us. She was a shoulder to cry on when we saw things too horrible to describe. She was our rock. We had to adapt and change without her. Since covid has eased we are now finally able to have those extremely important group events that were canceled before. Our fabulous foster pets can now have major adoption events, which is great but also brings more challenges. Many of the fosters got used to being with someone 24/7 and have separation anxiety or are coming into the rescue after thier owners passed or couldn't care for them financially. 405 also brought in a few new board member who are more active in the roles they have take on. We have some amazing volunteers that are so passionate about our cause. We have already seen a huge change in people taking the initiative to improve the lives of our fosters and pets in our community. Through all of the hardships and changes we are learning and evolving so that we can provide these animals with loving safe homes until we can find them the forever homes that they all deserve.