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Born Free Pet Shelter (Homestead)


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Born Free Pet Shelter is a No Kill 501(c)(3) Non-Profit RESCUE organization that has been helping homeless dogs since 1981. Born Free is a rescue that is dedicated to providing our dogs with a happy and healthy quality of life while they await their opportunity to a permanent and loving home. In some cases, Born Free is home and serves as a sanctuary to those dogs that do not have the fortune of getting adopted. We are not funded by the government and for this reason our vet and food bills are very high. We depend largely on monetary contributions from individuals who believe in our mission. If you believe in our rescue and would like to help us in carrying out our commitment, please DONATE. Every dollar counts.

Located on a 5-acre refuge in the Redlands of South Florida, Born Free rescues dogs in distress and offers them the chance to lead happy and healthy lives until they are adopted.

We currently house over 150 dogs, ranging in age from 6 months to elderly. With the help of generous donations and the tireless efforts of our volunteers, we provide the love, care, and medical attention that they need.

Some of our dogs will live out their days at the shelter, but we have so many that would make wonderful companions if given the chance.


Mailing Address:
PO BOX 490823
Key Biscayne, FL 33149

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Feral Cat TNR Program
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High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter
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Rescue Groups
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Medical and Behavior Programs
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Volunteers
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Proactive Redemptions
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1. Feral Cat TNR Program

Many communities are embracing Trap, Neuter, Release programs (TNR) to improve animal welfare, reduce death rates, and meet obligations to public welfare.


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2. High-Volume, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter

Low cost, high volume spay/neuter will quickly lead to fewer animals entering the shelter system, allowing more resources to be allocated toward saving lives.


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3. Rescue Groups

An adoption or transfer to a rescue group frees up scarce cage and kennel space, reduces expenses for feeding, cleaning, killing, and improves a community's rate of lifesaving. In an environment of millions of dogs and cats killed in shelters annually, rare is the circumstance in which a rescue group should be denied an animal.


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4. Foster Care

Volunteer foster care is crucial to No Kill. Without it, saving lives is compromised. It is a low cost, and often no cost, way of increasing a shelter's capacity, improving public relations, increasing a shelter's public image, rehabilitating sick and injured or behaviorally challenged animals, and saving lives.


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5. Comprehensive Adoption Programs

Adoptions are vital to an agency's lifesaving mission. The quantity and quality of shelter adoptions is in shelter management's hands, making lifesaving a direct function of shelter policies and practice. In fact, studies show people get their animals from shelters only 20% of the time. If shelters better promoted their animals and had adoption programs responsive to the needs of the community, including public access hours for working people, offsite adoptions, adoption incentives, and effective marketing, they could increase the number of homes available and replace killing with adoptions. Contrary to conventional wisdom, shelters can adopt their way out of killing.


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6. Pet Retention

While some of the reasons animals are surrendered to shelters are unavoidable, others can be prevented-but only if shelters are willing to work with people to help them solve their problems. Saving animals requires communities to develop innovative strategies for keeping people and their companion animals together. And the more a community sees its shelters as a place to turn for advice and assistance, the easier this job will be.


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7. Medical and Behavior Programs

In order to meet its commitment to a lifesaving guarantee for all savable animals, shelters need to keep animals happy and healthy and keep animals moving through the system. To do this, shelters must put in place comprehensive vaccination, handling, cleaning, socialization, and care policies before animals get sick and rehabilitative efforts for those who come in sick, injured, unweaned, or traumatized.


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8. Public Relations/Community Involvement

Increasing adoptions, maximizing donations, recruiting volunteers and partnering with community agencies comes down to one thing: increasing the shelter's exposure. And that means consistent marketing and public relations. Public relations and marketing are the foundation of all a shelter's activities and their success. To do all these things well, the shelter must be in the public eye.


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9. Volunteers

Volunteers are a dedicated "army of compassion" and the backbone of a successful No Kill effort. There is never enough staff, never enough dollars to hire more staff, and always more needs than paid human resources. That is where volunteers come in and make the difference between success and failure and, for the animals, life and death.


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10. Proactive Redemptions

One of the most overlooked areas for reducing killing in animal control shelters are lost animal reclaims. Sadly, besides having pet owners fill out a lost pet report, very little effort is made in this area of shelter operations. This is unfortunate because doing so-primarily shifting from passive to a more proactive approach-has proven to have a significant impact on lifesaving and allow shelters to return a large percentage of lost animals to their families.


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11. A Compassionate Director

The final element of the No Kill equation is the most important of all, without which all other elements are thwarted-a hard working, compassionate animal control or shelter director not content to regurgitate tired cliches or hide behind the myth of "too many animals, not enough homes." Unfortunately, this one is also oftentimes the hardest one to demand and find.


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Good afternoon, I have two small dogs, can I volunteer in the shelter?. 305-500-1142 Thank you, Jack Leon
posted by [email protected], on 2023-10-13 17:24:51
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I lost my Yorkie/Bichon on April 15, 2022 around 6:30 am she is spayed and 15 years old. Silver light creamy tan color, missing teeth on top. Has a microchip. Her hinds are weak. I have had her since she was three months old and her hair is long. Please if you find her I’m an desperately looking for her. She has been with me since three months old!
posted by [email protected], on 2022-04-20 15:17:29
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I lost my chihuahua on March 18 in the morning, his name is choco.He is brown and have not tag or microchip. My number is (786)6109653.
posted by monica rodriguez, on 2021-03-24 21:40:26
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I lost my buddy rocky.he is 15 years old mix dog.he is broen with a blk streak down the center of his back. He is partialy deaf. Also has no hair at the base of his tail.tail is partialy deformed from a prior surgery. He has warts on his head and face. Hes a inside dog and very friendly.also has scars on his body from recent surgery as well. He went missing 1/28/2020. Any info is appreciated. Mark . 786 445 7868.we miss him terribly.we live off of 276 and 162 ave.
posted by [email protected], on 2020-02-01 14:38:55
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Hi my name is Robert, I hope you found your buddy Rocky. If not I need to re-home my american bulldog mixed. His name is Rocky. He's 18 mos old, white and brown in color. Let me know if interested. Can text pictures. 3053217356
posted by [email protected], on 2020-06-20 14:21:35
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Lost female pit bull in cutler bay!! Her name is mia white and grey, lots of grey on her face. Please help bring her home
posted by Sandra Alghawi, on 2020-03-03 02:35:05
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I lost my buddy rocky.he is 15 years old mix dog.he is broen with a blk streak down the center of his back. He is partialy deaf. Also has no hair at the base of his tail.tail is partialy deformed from a prior surgery. He has warts on his head and face. Hes a inside dog and very friendly.also has scars on his body from recent surgery as well. He went missing 1/28/2020. Any info is appreciated. Mark . 786 445 7868.we miss him terribly.
posted by [email protected], on 2020-02-01 14:36:27
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Looking for my 2 French bulldogs; COCO AND LUNA. My phone number 9548011607
posted by Juan Rodriguez, on 2019-12-03 17:51:28
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Hi, I have 2 mini schnauzers (brothers) that are 3 years old. My son went from mildly allergic to severely allergic. Looking for help to find a forever home and to hopefully keep them together since they have never been apart. Barby 305-216-0030
posted by barby2626, on 2018-11-13 19:06:49
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I have to move in 2 days and have no place to keep my pet dog rico I will be moving close but the place does not allow dogs if you guys can keep it only til feb 2019 which I will be buying a trailer and can pick him up if theres a fee I will pay for it and also bring food to provided for him please call me at 786-379-4137 this phone is on 24 7
posted by JuanaOrozco, on 2018-10-04 20:25:23
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