Beagle Rescue, Education and Welfare (BREW)
VA · foster-based
Serves: VA, MD, DC, DE, WV, PA, NJ, NY
All-volunteer Northern Virginia rescue; medical rehab and rehoming across the greater DC/Mid-Atlantic region.
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Beagle rescue directory
Beagles end up in rescue for every reason — surrendered hunting dogs, laboratory releases, and owners who underestimated the baying. These groups take them in and find them homes. Below is our directory of beagle-specific rescues, organized by region. Featured a rescue and want a correction or addition? Tell us.
🐾 This directory is being expanded to all 50 states. Don’t see your area? Check Petfinder and your local humane society, and check back — we add rescues weekly.
Mid-Atlantic
Midwest
Midwest Beagle Rescue, Education and Welfare (Midwest BREW)
Wadsworth, IL · foster-based
Serves: IL, IN, MI, OH, PA, WI, MN, IA
501(c)(3) all-volunteer foster network rescuing beagles from high-kill shelters across the Midwest.
Mountain West
Colorado Beagle Rescue
CO · foster-based
Serves: CO
Colorado-based beagle rescue and rehoming.
National
Beagle Freedom Project
North Hollywood, CA · foster-based
Serves: National
The world's leading rescuer of beagles released from laboratory testing. Nationwide foster network plus an adoption center in Nowata, OK; facilitates out-of-state adoptions.
Northeast
SOS Beagle Rescue (Save Our Snoopies)
Serves: NJ, TN
Non-profit with chapters in New Jersey and Tennessee, sheltering homeless and abandoned beagles in foster homes.
Beagles of New England States (B.O.N.E.S.)
Wakefield, MA · foster-based
Serves: MA, CT, RI, NH, VT, ME
Founded 2003; 1,700+ beagles placed. No shelter — all beagles live in foster homes. Notable Sensational Senior Beagles program.
Pacific Northwest
Cascade Beagle Rescue
Portland, OR · foster-based
Serves: OR, WA
501(c)(3) all-volunteer rescue for neglected, abused and homeless beagles across Oregon and Washington.
Seattle Beagle Rescue
Seattle, WA · foster-based
Serves: WA
Registered 501(c)(3) partnering with high-kill shelters and rescue groups to bring beagles to the Pacific Northwest.
South Central
Houston Beagle and Hound Rescue (HBHR)
Tomball, TX · foster-based
Serves: TX
All-volunteer 501(c)(3) placing stray and homeless beagles and hounds in the Houston area.
DFW Beagle Buddies
TX · foster-based
Serves: TX
Dallas/Fort Worth 501(c)(3); no physical location — beagles live in foster homes until adopted.
The Beagle Bungalow
Tomball, TX
Serves: TX
Opened 2022 in Tomball, TX by longtime beagle-rescue volunteers.
Southeast
Triangle Beagle Rescue of the Greater Southeast
NC · foster-based
Serves: NC, VA
Based in North Carolina's Triangle; took in 79 beagles from the 2022 Envigo Virginia breeding-facility rescue.
SouthEast Beagle Rescue (SEBR)
Dunnellon, FL · foster-based
Serves: FL
All-volunteer, foster-based 501(c)(3) for unwanted, abandoned and abused beagles and beagle mixes.
Tampa Bay Beagle Rescue
FL · foster-based
Serves: FL
All-volunteer, foster-based 501(c)(3) specializing in purebred beagles and beagle mixes from shelters and abuse situations.
Browse rescues & shelters by state
14,991 adoption, rescue, and shelter organizations across 51 states.
- Alabama 176
- Alaska 73
- Arizona 317
- Arkansas 158
- California 2530
- Colorado 307
- Connecticut 200
- Delaware 11
- District of Columbia 12
- Florida 1379
- Georgia 405
- Hawaii 41
- Idaho 155
- Illinois 417
- Indiana 309
- Iowa 207
- Kansas 119
- Kentucky 148
- Louisiana 87
- Maine 67
- Maryland 295
- Massachusetts 397
- Michigan 401
- Minnesota 296
- Mississippi 62
- Missouri 244
- Montana 138
- Nebraska 70
- Nevada 168
- New Hampshire 43
- New Jersey 271
- New Mexico 167
- New York 409
- North Carolina 459
- North Dakota 54
- Ohio 402
- Oklahoma 185
- Oregon 249
- Pennsylvania 540
- Rhode Island 38
- South Carolina 154
- South Dakota 95
- Tennessee 289
- Texas 1190
- Utah 277
- Vermont 4
- Virginia 330
- Washington 401
- West Virginia 50
- Wisconsin 161
- Wyoming 34