Mission Statement for Small Paws Rescue Inc.
A Not-for-profit Animal Rescue Organization

The mission of Small Paws Rescue Inc., a charitable not-for-profit organization, is to rescue and supply any Bichon Frise or Bichon mix, nationwide, regardless of age or medical condition, with love, shelter, food, human companionship, medical care, and spay-neuter services through local veterinarians, until permanent placement is secured into a prescreened loving home.

Small Paws Rescue Inc., will accept into rescue any Bichon Frise, or Bichon Frise mix, who is either abandoned in a shelter, or living with an owner who can no longer supply care. We also participate in rescue and placement of Bichons who are culled from the Puppy Mills or purchased at Puppy Mill auctions.

We wish to eliminate the euthanasia of any healthy, adoptable Bichon Frise, in our country. We do not accept euthanasia as a means of population control for animals. We believe each Bichon's life is meaningful and each deserves a loving home. We take responsibility for each Bichon rescued and placed through Small Paws Rescue Inc. for the rest of his or her natural life.

Educating and informing the public about the commercial dog industry in America, and about responsible pet ownership, is also very important to us, as well as reviving the spirit of volunteerism across our country.

Small Paws Rescue Inc. is composed of hundreds of volunteers, across America, willing to foster, transport, or otherwise assist in this massive rescue effort. We are supported entirely by donations and fundraisers. No one is a paid employee. We are all volunteers.

Our vision: We hope to see a day when there is no longer a market for puppies, sold in the pet shops of American. Then and only then, will the suffering, endured by thousands of companion animals in the puppy mills of America, cease.

Our Future Goal: Our goal is to ensure that no Bichon Frise is forced to live his or her life in a Puppy Mill, or needlessly euthanized, anywhere in America, because of the lack of medical care or an available, loving home.

Our Accomplishments: Small Paws Rescue has rescued, vetted and rehomed over 600 Bichons since it's inception in September of 1998. Small Paws Rescue is the largest organized Bichon Frise rescue organization in the country, today.

Small Paws Rescue has been featured on the cable network Animal Planet. This episode tells of our commitment to obtain full medical services for even the most critically ill Bichons. We have never turned down any Bichon or Bichon mix in need of rescue.

We have also been invited to speak at national functions, to further educate the public about the need for breed rescue organizations to exist, the importance of spaying and neutering your pet, and about the suffering that continues daily, in the Puppy Mills of America.