Brightside is committed to the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of all treatable and manageable animals at our facility and those receiving care through our foster care network. We work hard to find permanent homes through our adoption services and animal rescue partnerships. Since its founding, Brightside has not euthanized any healthy animals with treatable conditions.
Brightside is a member of the Anytown County Animal Welfare Coalition and has adopted the Asilomar Accords to clarify the standard of care and what constitutes ‘healthy,’ ‘treatable/manageable’ and ‘unhealthy/untreatable’ conditions in shelter animals. Each coalition member provides data to Shelter Animals Count: The National Database, to ensure transparency around our work.
Unlike other animal welfare organizations, Brightside has a jurisdictional responsibility to provide animal sheltering and pet licensing for all domestic animals in Anytown. We receive all animals that are legal to own within the city limits, including dogs, cats, pet exotic mammals, birds, and reptiles. Sadly, many arrive with significant medical and/or behavioral conditions. Brightside only places treatable, manageable animals up for adoption.
We endeavor to rescue all ‘unhealthy/untreatable’ animals through a range of services including standard of care diagnostics, soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, behavior modification and specialty interventions. Through these efforts, we have saved many of them — and we appreciate the donations and volunteers who make this life-saving work possible.