Bentley (formerly known as Roscoe Bentley) was rescued in Pine Bluff, AR by one of Last Hope K9 Rescue’s partners, Rescue Road, in October 2020. Bentley arrived in Massachusetts in November 2020 and was fostered by Meg, one of LHK9’s long-term fosters. Even though he was...
Over the past several years, Last Hope has partnered with two correctional facilities (in Cranston, RI and Bridgewater, MA) for our “Paws in Prison” program. This initiative pairs LHK9 dogs with inmates in a minimum-security unit for a mutually beneficial relationship. The dogs get to...
As a part of our 10,000 lives saved celebration we will be featuring the stories of some of our fosters, both Northern and Southern, old and new. As a rescue that does not have a shelter facility, fosters are a vital part of our rescue. Meet...
Burgh (formerly known as Meredith) is a deaf lab mix who came into rescue in Arkansas in the summer of 2016 and lived with Lauren, a foster whose husband and 7 dogs were all also deaf. Lauren taught Burgh signs to help humans communicate with...
Blog Article by: Nicholas Murphy Rowan, affectionately nicknamed Ro Ro Girl by her foster mom, is a lovably emotive Pit Bull mix, in search of her forever home. When it comes to cuddling, there is no such thing as personal space in Rowan’s dictionary. This means...
The following Animal Welfare Bills are specific legislation that Last Hope supports and are currently awaiting their turn in front of the MA State Legislature. If these bills pass they would greatly improve the lives of pets and their people across the state. The Rescue Bill (H.755)...
Article originally appeared in The Daily Press on November 14, 2019 By Alex LaSalvia [caption id="attachment_19170" align="alignleft" width="400"] Photo By: Sofia Koyama/Daily Free Press Staff[/caption] It was love at first lick for terrier-mix Gia and her future owner Belle Dante. Dante, 25 of Somerville, first met Gia at the Haunted...
MASSACHUSETTS-BASED LAST HOPE K9 RESCUE TO HOST FUNDRAISING EVENT: SIPS & SEAFOOD Proceeds to Directly Benefit Rescue Dogs BOSTON (July 30, 2019) – Last Hope K9 Rescue (LHK9), New England’s largest entirely volunteer-run, foster-based non-profit dog rescue will be hosting its signature fundraising event, Sips & Seafood,...
You're invited to Last Hope K9 Rescue's 2019 signature event: Sips & Seafood. Tickets are on sale now! Please visit our Facebook event page at bit.ly/lhk9sips and follow along for updates. Interested in sponsoring, donating an item for the auctions, purchasing ad space, and/or volunteering? Please email SignatureEvents@lasthopek9.org....
By: Steph Phenix Associate Director & Foster At the end of this year’s service trip I struggled to find the words to summarize my experience. How do I describe the feeling of watching the project we planned over the past 4 months finally being executed? How do...