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Purpose
The ATCA Rescue & Adoption Committee fulfills the Airedale Terrier Club of America, Inc. ("ATCA")
obligation to protect and advance the interests of the breed by providing services to lost,
abandoned, abused or unwanted purebred Airedale Terriers.
In our opinion, it is the duty of all Airedale lovers to respect and care for
all Airedales and to either help or find help for any being neglected or
mistreated.
The ATCA Rescue & Adoption Committee maintains and updates a network of
contacts across the country to aid in the re-homing of purebred Airedale
Terriers who are lost or abandoned. These contacts are volunteers located in
several states, as well as Canada, working to help Airedales in need, adopting
them to permanent loving homes.
The Goal of the Rescue Committee is to locate prompt and safe assistance for
any purebred Airedale Terrier with no responsible owner or breeder to meet his
needs.
National Airedale Rescue, Inc., is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and is
the Official Treasury of the Airedale Terrier Club of America (ATCA) Rescue &
Adoption Committee. Funds donated to National Airedale Rescue, Inc. are
distributed on an as-needed basis to Airedale Rescue volunteers and groups who
have agreed to abide by the Airedale Terrier Club of America Rescue & Adoption
Committee policies and guidelines.
We hope you enjoy looking at the Airedales depicted throughout our website.
They all lost their original home for one reason or another, were rescued and
rehomed.
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Officers, Directors, Consultants & Committee Members
Chair of Rescue Committee & President of Corporation
Elizabeth Berry,
Virginia
Vice President & Website Manager
Sidney Hardie,
Arizona
Treasurer and Microchip Program Manager
Rusty LaFrance,
Nevada
Secretary
Delia Hardie,
Louisiana
Directors
Barbara Curtiss, Connecticut
Joey Fineran, Pennsylvania
Christine Sheffer, New York
Consultant
Janice Tucker, North Carolina
Order Fulfillment and Donation Acknowledgments
Denise Lucas, New York
General Information Contact
Janice Tucker, North Carolina
Accounting and Consulting Services
George Duck Associates CPAs,
California
Airedale Terrier Club of America
The ATCA Rescue and Adoption Committee is a committee of the Airedale Terrier
Club of America.
This website is maintained independently by the ATCA Rescue and Adoption
Committee. The opinions and information on this website are not reviewed by the
ATCA Board of Directors.
Acceptance and use of the information contained on this website constitutes an
acknowledgment that the user hereby releases and indemnifies the ATCA, and its
officers, directors, members, and agents from any and all liability.
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For more information about the ATCA Please click on their logo to the left.
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Mission
The mission of the Rescue Committee is to facilitate the rescue,
fostering and careful placement of lost, abandoned, abused or unwanted
purebred Airedale Terriers in homes appropriate for the individual dog.
The Rescue Committee does no actual rescuing of dogs. Rescue is done
by individuals and/or groups whose sole purpose is the welfare and
happiness of any Airedale that needs a new home. These unpaid volunteers
fit their rescue activities around family and full-time jobs. Rescuers are
not agents of the national club. All of the responsibilities and liabilities
connected with Airedale Rescue are shouldered by the person or persons
performing any part of it.
The Rescue Committee maintains a roster of rescue volunteers (the
Airedale Rescue Network
) who have agreed to abide by the Airedale Terrier Club of America Rescue
& Adoption Committee
policies and guidelines.
The Rescue Committee provides information and education for those new
to rescue.
The Rescue Committee raises funds to reimburse rescue volunteers for
reasonable expenses incurred in connection with rescuing purebred
Airedale Terriers when local funds are insufficient.
The Rescue Committee urges all members of the ATCA to assist pet owners
who are having behavioral issues with their Airedale Terriers, as we
believe education and intervention can keep many Airedale Terriers from
losing their homes.
All donations to the Rescue Committee directly support the rehoming of
unwanted Airedales.
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Become a Regional Rescue Contact
There is a mistaken impression that people need to
be 'invited' to be on this list. Wrong! We are eager to have every
person with a desire to help and a commitment to rescue identified in
the list of
Regional Rescue Contacts.
Each person listed has
completed
a form
which details the specific ways in which he or she is able to help and in which he or she
agrees to abide by the policies and guidelines established by the Rescue Committee.
The original request for people to identify themselves went out in a mailing to all
ATCA members in November 1990 (700+ members at the time). Replies to this request
formed the foundation of the list, with additions made as we were contacted by people
doing rescue. Also, there were periodic requests In the rescue column of
The American Airedale for people doing rescue or Interested in becoming involved to
identify themselves so they could be included.
Once a rescue volunteer
completes the form,
this detailed information is included on a chart that is mailed to all rescue workers.
This chart lists contact information for all of the rescue workers - and provides more
detailed information about the kind of help they have indicated they can provide.
All rescue volunteers are invited to join an email discussion list, where they can share
ideas, request help with problems and stay up to date with Committee information.
Who gets contacted when a dog needs help?
Anyone who has access to this website is able to contact a rescue person
on the
Regional Contact List
in a specific area where help is needed.
If there is an active rescue person or group in an area, that's usually well-known by local
shelters, groomers, clubs, other breed rescue groups, etc., and dogs are referred directly
to that person. National rescue would not be involved and local rescue would proceed on its own.
The Chair of the ATCA Rescue Committee might be contacted by a variety of sources: Shelters,
breed rescues, or individuals call if there is no identified Airedale rescue presence in their
area and an Airedale in their custody is "Just too wonderful to put down." It happens with
increasing frequency since breed rescue has been promoted. When this happens, rescue networking
begins.
In 2003, a non-profit charitable corporation,
National Airedale Rescue, Inc., was established to provide a means for American
citizens and corporations to financially support Airedale rescue efforts,
whereby the financial contributions qualify as tax deductible contributions
in the eyes of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Funds donated to National Airedale Rescue, Inc. are distributed on an as-needed
basis to Airedale Rescue volunteers and groups who have agreed to abide by the
Airedale Terrier Club of America Rescue & Adoption Committee
policies and guidelines.
In November, 2003, National Airedale Rescue, Inc. received its
IRS certification
as
a qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable corporation.
In August, 2007, the Public Charity Status of National Airedale Rescue, Inc., was confirmed.
Acknowledgment: Much of the information on this page is based on a November 1, 1995, report by then-Chair Lynne Jensen to the ATCA Board of Directors.
Guidelines for Using the ATCA Rescue and Adoption Committee Logo
- The ATCA Rescue and Adoption Committee / National Airedale Rescue, Inc. Logo may be used on websites, but only as a link to the National Airedale Rescue website.
- The logo should not be used stand-alone, but should always be in close proximity to the
website address www.airedalerescue.net. Both the logo and the website address should provide links to the national website.
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