Rescue/placement service
"MCOA Rescue/Placement Service exists to aid in placing stray or abandoned
Mastiffs in adoptive homes which will provide a high level of care and where the
spirit of the MCOA Code of Ethics is observed. The Rescue / Placement Service
may assist Mastiff owners, who for any reason can no longer provide a home for
their Mastiff."
In December of 2005 the Mastiff Club of America formed a corporation in the state of Virginia with the goal that this entity would achieve tax exempt (501C-3) status and be a source of income for regional organizations involved in the rescue/placement of English Mastiffs. The internal Revenue Service did approve the charitable organization status.
The RFI is up and running with a Board of Directors chaired by the Vice President of MCOA, Dave Henson and members Don Crumb, Kelly Hawthorne, David Greenleaf and Toni Hyland. Their major tasks at this time are to develop a criteria for funding rescue groups, planning the fund raising activities for the National Specialty, planning other means of gathering income and making their presence known to rescue groups, the MCOA membership and the total mastiff community.
There seems to have developed over the past two years a perception that MCOA is out of the rescue business. This is not the case at all. With the RFI now active there will be support available from a dollar and cents standpoint and there has always been the Rescue Website available for those with questions, needs, or a willingness to take in a mastiff in need. If any member would like to get involved, contact your MCOA or RFI Board member..or just send money, it takes many dollars to do rescue right.
You can contact the RFI Board at the following email address:
Please send donations to:
Rescue Foundation, Inc.
P.O Box 166
Penfield, NY 14526
Or you may make a donation online by clicking here.
Volunteer
MCOA Rescue is in need of help from volunteers to assist in evaluating temperaments, transportation, and fostering our rescue mastiffs. If you can help in any way please fill-out, print, and submit the Volunteer Form.
Adopt
Please read the Policy Letter and the essay, "Is the English Mastiff the Right Breed for You?" before filling out the Family Profile. To adopt, please fill out, print and submit the Family Profile. Someone will contact you and your references will be checked and a home visit done.
Help a Mastiff in need
Mastiff needing to be rescued, contact us by e-mail (please indicate the city and state where the Mastiff is located in your e-mail) sent to rescue@mastiff.org.