There were 107 registered animal shelters and pounds in New Jersey as of March, 2015.
According to the New Jersey Office of Animal Welfare, there were 107 registered animal shelters and pounds in the state as of March, 2015. There are well over 100 rescue groups and organizations working in the state to find homes for pets that have been rescued as strays, abandoned or given up by their owners.
Many of these groups depend on volunteers, people who give their available time and homes to caring for and fostering pets until permanent placements can be made.
Here is a gallery of homeless pets from northern and central New Jersey, just a handful of the thousands of animals in need of homes. Be sure to activate the captions to access all the information needed to contact these groups and adopt these pets.
More adoptable pets can be viewed here and here
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