Our Team and Our Mission

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Live Love Animal Rescue’s mission is to save homeless animals by providing them a lifelong commitment to their well-being. We take in dogs from all situations and often find ourselves rescuing the most extreme behavior and medical cases.  Live Love Animal Rescue is dedicated to ensuring these dogs are healed and brought to the greatest possible quality of life and placed in loving, responsible, committed foster and then permanent homes. While in the care of foster homes, all dogs are healed, spayed or neutered, fully vaccinated, and receive behavioral training as needed prior to adoption. The ultimate goal is to find our rescued dogs a forever home of their own and for those that are too ill, they will remain in our rescue family as Forever Fosters and be cherished for all of their days.

We partner with local rescues, the shelter and city government to develop a network of volunteers and supporters that can transform Long Beach into a no-kill city for all animals.

Live Love acts with fiscal responsibility to ensure that we meet our commitments to our rescue dogs. We act with gratitude and respect to our network of volunteers, fosters and supporters that provide countless hours of work, support, and donations. Our rescue board, officers, volunteers and fosters act with courtesy, kindness, and respect as a member of the Long Beach community and greater rescue network.

Live to Rescue. Love to Care.

• AUG 21, 2021 LONG BEACH POST Best of Long Beach animal rescue winner has some of the best dogs for adoption by Kate Karp
• JUN 15, 2021 LONG BEACH POST Contrary to rumor, people aren’t returning their ‘pandemic pets.’ There are other problems, though. by Kate Karp
• NOV 21, 2020 LONG BEACH POST VIDEO: Dog tied up in a truck and his sister bask in a bittersweet rescue by Kate Karp
• NOV 18, 2020 LONG BEACH POST Man surrenders dogs after video showing one tied up in the back of a truck goes viral by Valerie Osier
• NOV 4, 2020 CITY LIFESTYLE LOS ANGELES and originally published in YORBA LINDA LIFESTYLE Old Dogs, New Homes by Angela Robinson
• SEP 5, 2020 GRUNION GAZETTE Long Beach Remains Dog-Friendly Through Pandemic by Stephanie Stutzman
• APR 8, 2020 LONG BEACH POST Two rescues have emptied the animal shelter. They couldn’t have done it without you, the fosters by Kate Karp
• APR 7, 2020 SIGNAL TRIBUNE Shelter dogs find new homes amid coronavirus health crisis by Daniel Green
• APR 4, 2020 LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM Nonprofit matches Long Beach shelter dogs with foster homes during coronavirus pandemic by Amy Orr
• APR 4, 2020 GRUNION GAZETTE Foster groups help dogs during pandemic by Amy Orr
• APR 1, 2020 LONG BEACH POST Two groups have essentially emptied the kennels at Long Beach shelter by Kate Karp
• MAR 31, 2020 FOX 11 Pet adoptions on the rise as Americans stay home due to coronavirus pandemic by Vanessa Borge
• MAR 26, 2020 PATCH All Long Beach shelter dogs get foster homes amid coronavirus by Emily Holland
• JAN 10, 2020 LONG BEACH POST Long Beach Animal Care Services data again shows adoptions up, euthanasia way down by Kate Karp
• OCT 22, 2019 PRESS-TELEGRAM My Turn: Navigating the painful world of double prejudice  by Mary Anne Perez
• SEP 27, 2019 LONG BEACH POST Another kind of open house: Coldwell Banker wants to find the right home—for a pet by Kate Karp
• SEP 26, 2019 BEACHCOMBER Local Senior Dog Rescue Receives Grant
• AUG 23, 2019 LONG BEACH POST Local rescue receives grant to provide golden years for senior dogs by Kate Karp
• AUG 9, 2019 Yahoo News! These Long Beach-based canines are up for adoption and in need of a good home
• AUG 8, 2019 LONG BEACH PATCH Senior Dogs At Live Love Animal Rescue Fetch $9,000 In Grants, by Press Release Desk
• AUG 7, 2019 THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE Local animal organization is awarded grant for work with senior dogs, by Staff Reports
• JUL 19, 2019 LONG BEACH POST Meet the new members of the Long Beach Animal Care Vision Task Force, by Kate Karp
• JUL 19, 2019 THE GRUNION Long Beach Pet Foster Efforts Find Forever Homes, by Amy Orr
• JUL 12, 2019 LONG BEACH POST Independence Day for dogs: Foster the 4th continues its mission to rehome them all, by Kate Karp
• JUL 1, 2019 THE GRUNION VIDEO: Grunion Staffer Fosters Long Beach Pup For Safe Fourth Of July
• JULY 1, 2019 ABC NEWS7 Fireworks often leave shelters inundated with stray dogs in Long Beach. Here's how you can help, by Rachel Jordan
• JUN 7, 2019 THE GRUNION Long Beach Fosters Dogs For The Fourth, by Amy Orr
• AUG 8, 2018 LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM Neighbors: Senior dogs to benefit from Long Beach rescue grant, by Miranda Andrade
• JUN 29, 2017 LONG BEACH PRESS TELEGRAM Long Beach animal care officials seek foster pet owners to clear space ahead of 4th of July
• NOV 2, 2016 LONG BEACH POST 40 Under 40 Winner: Emily Ghosh, by Keeley Smith