ABRA, Inc.

ABRA, Inc. (All Breed Rescue Angels) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Located in NW Indiana is a foster-based rescue group dedicated to saving shelter pets.
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We do NOT have a shelter or physical building location. All of our dogs and cats live with volunteers throughout (mostly) Lake and Porter Counties in NW Indiana. Our mission is twofold: to save as many dogs and cats from living their final days in shelters and pounds as we can, and to educate the public so that one day our rescue won’t be necessary. Our Rescue Angels open their homes to foster a d

og or a cat until we are able to get them adopted into a forever home. We pull the most urgent animals: those that have very limited time left, those who won’t be adopted out based on their breed, etc. We do not discriminate. All dogs and cats deserve a chance at love, regardless of age, size, breed, looks, health, etc. We are always in need of foster volunteers. The more foster volunteers we have, the more lives we can save! ABRA provides all vetting and necessary supplies. As a foster volunteer, you provide a warm and loving home! At ABRA, we believe in educating the public on the importance of:

• spaying/neutering
• proper training (the number one reason animals are dumped at shelters is because of behavioral issues that could easily be remedied with proper training)
• the prevalence of dogfighting in our area and its ramifications for the entire community
• proper diet, nutrition and medical care

11/18/2024

Our semi-annual soap sale is on now!
5 gallon buckets of laundry detergent and fabric softener
Pods (laundry detergent and dishwasher)
Scent Beads

We don't need an order form, just send your order via:
Zelle [email protected], last four digits 4302
Paypal: [email protected]
Venmo: -Inc
Mail checks to: ABRA, P.O. Box 1426, Crown Point, IN 46308

Include your name, phone number and choices in the memo section.

Orders must be received no later than November 29th.
Orders will be ready for pickup in Schererville about a week later.

As always, all funds raised will pay for food and vetting for our adoptable cats and dogs.

Thank you for making this one of our most popular fundraisers!

11/17/2024

One of the best parts of being at 3 Little Birds Market last weekend was that we got some applications for adoption!
One of the vendors, 's Hot Sauce , applied for our sweet kittens, Niffler and Nargle. Yesterday, the dynamic duo went to their forever home! Looks like they are loved so much already!
We are so grateful to Kathleen for inviting us to the market season after season, and so grateful to the Maletta family for adopting two kitties.
And heck yeah, I bought some hot sauce last weekend! Hot sauce makes everything better!

11/17/2024

Well, here we are begging once again. This mother/daughter pair was adopted out almost 5 years ago and needs to be returned. Through no fault of their own, we need to find them a foster home in the next week. If anybody has a spare room where these girls can be fostered please let us know ASAP.

Clara is mama, she’s the tabby. Six years old.
Moe is the white and tabby, she’s 5.
They’ve been together always but we’ll separate if we have to 😭

11/17/2024

Please keep sharing our best good boy, Fred. He’s in boarding and needs a comfy chair and most importantly, a person to cuddle. He’s best as an only pet, he is extremely loyal and loving with his people.

Fredly, The Brown Velvet Velcro Mutt

Fred is such a dollbaby. He's got a history and it wasn't always a happy one, but Fred is focused on his future! The sweet guy wants nothing more than to be a companion to a person he can call his own. Fred loves loves loves his people. He's not fond of sharing his food or toys or even people with other animals and has some resource guarding issues (not with people! Only with other animals). Once upon a time this boy had to fight for resources, so it's not too surprising.

He is sweet, a true people pleaser, the best snuggler in all the land, a perfect medium size, and all around a good boy!
Fred is currently in boarding and we urgently need a foster or forever home for him. Fredly's ideal home would be one where he's the one and only, but we promise he's the only companion you'll need!

Fred is 3 years old, weighs 50 pounds, is fully vetted, and fully wonderful. Please share Fred and help us find him his perfect match!

11/16/2024

Unless there’s already a playful cat in the household, we always encourage adopting a pair of kittens. They are so social and they need a buddy!
Litha and Declan are just old enough now to start playing with toys and each other!

11/15/2024

Back by popular demand! For everyone who has been asking, here’s our Soap Sale!! Laundry detergent 5 gallon buckets, pods, dishwashing pods, fabric softener and the ever popular scent beads!

Your orders help us to vet all of our adoptables, including Beltane’s babies who are 5 weeks old and will soon be available for adoption!

Orders due by Nov. 29th.

11/14/2024

Intake is closed, indefinitely.

We have dozens and dozens of wonderful animals waiting to be adopted, and our focus is making sure they are living their best lives until they do get adopted. We are carrying a heavy load, and we can't take on any more.

Please don't send us posts, tag us in posts, message us about strays that animal control has told you to "leave it where you found it," or pets whose owners are getting rid of them.
We know our limits, and each message does nothing but further our emotional despair knowing there is literally nothing more we can do.

When animal control won't come out and pick up the stray mama dog and her puppies, call city hall. Start making your voices heard to the people who decide budgets and do the hiring and make the decisions. Demand better from the people you've elected. Most ACs don't have nearly enough resources, and they won't get any more until people demand a better system.

Instead of fining people trying to take care of colonies and community cats, how about fining all the people with unaltered animals who keep having litter after litter?

And for the zillionth time, get a pet appropriate for your age. We are so tired of the "nana is going into assisted living and nobody wants her cat" messages. They go hand-in-hand with the "I want to get a kitten for my 84 year old grandma" messages.

When we started, our goal was to save animals from euthanasia at overcrowded shelters (for those who are living in the dark, we get daily emails from shelters with "code red," "urgent," and "final call" lists of dogs and cats - too many people think animals in shelters aren't at risk. It's astounding how many don't know the harsh truth.) But in recent years we are so bombarded with "I found a stray and the shelter told us to contact you" and "I can't keep my pets because " messages that it's hard to even w**d through them all to even GET to the urgent shelter messages.

We are exhausted. We are tired of excuses. Rescuers everywhere are drowning.

11/13/2024

Just a few of our adoptables. Dozens and dozens of wonderful, sweet, loving and deserving cats and dogs are waiting on forever families (or individuals).
Don't ignore the black ones, don't overlook the tabbies, don't disregard the adults and seniors. Their capacity to love knows no bounds, yours should, too!

11/12/2024

Fredly, The Brown Velvet Velcro Mutt

Fred is such a dollbaby. He's got a history and it wasn't always a happy one, but Fred is focused on his future! The sweet guy wants nothing more than to be a companion to a person he can call his own. Fred loves loves loves his people. He's not fond of sharing his food or toys or even people with other animals and has some resource guarding issues (not with people! Only with other animals). Once upon a time this boy had to fight for resources, so it's not too surprising.

He is sweet, a true people pleaser, the best snuggler in all the land, a perfect medium size, and all around a good boy!
Fred is currently in boarding and we urgently need a foster or forever home for him. Fredly's ideal home would be one where he's the one and only, but we promise he's the only companion you'll need!

Fred is 3 years old, weighs 50 pounds, is fully vetted, and fully wonderful. Please share Fred and help us find him his perfect match!

11/12/2024

C'mon, Porter County. Get your cats fixed and the community cats and feral cats. Stop waiting for someone else to do it. This problem is OUT OF CONTROL. Spare future suffering!
Go to the Public Vet page and register now!

https://www.facebook.com/PublicVet/posts/pfbid02F5oYRYYzoTRZPKGV15NrX2z4aLWBGUwzFe6nEimrW3bWtDwWLDhbqPJLJAQP86ZJl

11/10/2024

Don't forget to order your wreaths! Tomorrow (November 11th) is the last day to order!

Thanks so much for your support!

https://sherwoodfundraiser.com/ABRA2024

11/09/2024

Good Saturday morning, friends!!

Come out to 3 Little Birds Market today from 9:00 to 3:00 for an amazing vendor market, lunch, a cocktail, music and some free snuggles from some of these babies!

11/08/2024

3 Little Birds Market
Come see us until 8:00pm! The puppies might even wake up 🤣🤣

11/08/2024

Tonight and tomorrow, 3 Little Birds Market is where you want to be (at the Porter County Expo in Valpo).
Unique and creative vendors, food trucks, cocktails, music and so many sweet bebes to come visit! We will be set up in the lobby tonight (Friday) from 5:00 to 8:00pm and tomorrow from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
Come do some holiday shopping and get some natural serotonin from our adoptable munchkins!

*Puppies and kitties will be on rotation. None of them will be there for longer than 3 hours, that's a lot for them and after 3 hours they are ready to head back to their foster homes for a good meal and a long nap! So if you come tonight AND tomorrow you'll see all new bebes!*

11/07/2024

Here are a few more faces for you to meet at 3 Little Birds Market on Saturday from 9-12! And many more!
Come on out for cuddles, shopping, food and more!!

11/06/2024

Wreath sales are open through November 11! Pickup is December 7th in Crown Point (details on the sales website). All funds raised help us feed and vet the dozens of animals in our care.
https://sherwoodfundraiser.com/ABRA2024

11/05/2024

Good Charlotte would like to help us thank KIA for their commitment to making a difference in the community! We are so appreciative!
And extra special thanks to whoever nominated us and everyone that voted. You are the absolute best!

Please go to Southlake KIA's page, as they have a new contest for November.

The only thing that sucks about these contests is that every group is deserving. We were up against some of my favorite organizations.

Never forget that in times of crisis, be it a natural disaster or whatever the case may be, it is everyday Americans coming together to make the biggest difference. We've been able to save thousands of animals, not because of any government assistance (ZERO), but because as a whole, everyday people pull together to help those in need - time and time again.

Address

P. O. Box 1426
Crown Point, IN
46308

Website

http://www.ABRAangels.com/

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Unless there’s already a playful cat in the household, we always encourage adopting a pair of kittens. They are so social and they need a buddy! Litha and Declan are just old enough now to start playing with toys and each other!

Ben's foster family found him the perfect holiday shirt! He was completely on board to model it for all of his followers (NOT). Fospice dog Ben is till living his best life (he is a hospice foster, Benny has lymphoma and will spend the rest of his life with his foster family). His personality is still split between 95% sweet old lady inviting you in for tea and 5% *shakes fist at the sky* GET OFF MY LAWN! Don't be a Grinch like Ben here :) Order some Christmas cheer from our wreath sale and help care for our long-term and fospice babies. Last day to order is November 11th. https://sherwoodfundraiser.com/ABRA2024

It’s National Cat Day! You should adopt Josie. And don’t forget to eat at Culver’s in Crown Point tomorrow (10/30) between 3:00-8:00 and mention us!!

Professor Snape and Professor Lupin are busy hitting the books and testing out the merchandise at Paradise Pet Boutique. Go check out these 14 week old brothers. They are going to bring loads of magical fun to some lucky family. #abraangels #rescuekittens #adoptablekittens #rescue #adoptdontshop #paradise_pet_boutique

White Stallion Ranch drawing

This gets me in the feels. I cry at the drop of a hat anyway, but this really gets me. Can you imagine being in labor for over 12 hours and having twelve puppies? THEN spending the morning at the vet, having emergency surgery, coming home from the hospital and nursing all those babies (I promise the doc said it was ok)? That’s EXACTLY what Athena is doing. She’s barely a year old. When everyone is clamoring for her puppies 8 weeks from now, PLEASE keep Athena in mind. This gorgeous, sweet girl deserves the very best forever home of her own.

😭😭😭😭 We need all the good mojo thrown our way right now. Athena has been at the vet since early this morning, we've done x-rays and ultrasounds and consulted two doctors, she's getting ready for an emergency spay. She passed very little placenta yesterday while she gave birth to 12 babies, and her uterus looks "very suspicious." We've decided we can't risk her health, while also trying to weigh what is best for her 11 surviving babies. This is stressful for everyone involved, and all we can do is hope we make the right decisions for this beautiful family. HUGE thanks to the volunteers that pushed everything aside to go help bottle feed all the babies. They need to be fed every 2-3 hours. The HOPE is that everything goes perfectly, and Athena can be home with her babies tonight. The estimate for Athena's surgery and testing today is $1100-$1500. We've been hit with a lot all at once lately, so I'm going to put the donate button up, along with a link to our wishlist. We are incredibly grateful for everyone's support, please know that it truly makes a difference. We are right smack dab in the middle of trying to get a colony of 30 cats fixed, hoping to get at least one more colony on the schedule, we have two pregnant kitties due any day, and all of the babies already in our care... This is truly the craziest things have been in a while. We will keep posting updates about Athena and her puppies 🤞🤞🙌🙌 https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2AILE2H9I5R35?ref_=wl_share

Rest in peace, our sweet little Spirit. We knew the odds were against us, but we gave it our all. Thank you to the good samaritan who didn't just walk away, to the volunteers who helped, and to his foster mama who was up with him round the clock since Saturday morning. Newborns are so very delicate and it's so hard when they don't have their mom. Spirit passed away in his foster mama's arms earlier today :( While we are heartbroken, we are so grateful he didn't die alone, outside and alone. He was loved beyond measure 💔 Thank you so much Paradise Pet Boutique. Please, if you feed them, fix them. Too many being born with no chance of survival. Help stop the cycle of suffering.

This is Patty! She’s a chonky senior walrus mix that loves everyone she meets. She’s tested well with dogs and cats, too! She urgently needs rescue. Who wants to foster this rotund shorty? She had pyometra, a life threatening illness that is easily preventable by getting your dog spayed. She had surgery to save her life and now needs a home to recover!

It's coming...will you be ready???

Let the ghoul times roll at our 6th annual rescue gala. Because Halloween deserves more than one day a year and there are animals to save. It will be a night to remember. You've got plenty of time to prepare....