Old Souls Animal Rescue and Retirement Home

Old Souls Animal Rescue and Retirement Home Old Souls Animal Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit rescue founded to give geriatric, special needs, and hospice animal peace and love in their final days.
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07/14/2025

Checking in from the Friends of PACC Community Clinic. This is what it looks like when two blind dogs go to the vet together! Gracie and Little Mama on the move.

Ndogo is the newest member of the Old Souls pack! He arrived last night from Pima Animal Care Center, and he couldn’t re...
07/12/2025

Ndogo is the newest member of the Old Souls pack! He arrived last night from Pima Animal Care Center, and he couldn’t resist kissing Kelly to celebrate his Freedom Ride home to us! Thanks to a wonderful PACC Volunteer who alerted us that this big old boy was amazing and sweet but deteriorating in the shelter, we were able to pull him from the shelter before he made it to the euthanasia list. That volunteer’s donation to support his care is going to help so much to make sure his last chapter of life here at Old Souls is the best chapter!

Ndogo is Swahili for Tiny, a perfect name for a big giant boy. When he arrived here at Old Souls, he didn’t waste any time fitting right in. It feels like he has always been here. I mean, just look at the pic of him and our superstar summer intern Vega! He is perfect!

If you would like to meet Ndogo, consider volunteering at Old Souls. Sign up at www.oldsouls.org/volunteer.

It is impossible to get any work done around here.
07/09/2025

It is impossible to get any work done around here.

07/08/2025

On today’s episode of Livin the Dream, apparently we have unknowingly hatched 8 million tadpole babies of the Colorado River Toad. Let me be more clear … 8 million POISONOUS Colorado River Toad tadpoles in the upper pig lagoon!!!

07/07/2025

In today’s episode of Livin the Dream, episode number whatever, ants are overtaking Old Souls and we are being bitten like crazy. Oh, and there’s p**p under the carport! Seriously?!

Sleepy sleepy time straight through the fireworks.
07/05/2025

Sleepy sleepy time straight through the fireworks.

07/05/2025

PACC is hosting a great program tonite to distract the animals from the fireworks. Almost 200 people have come in to read to the animals! Our good friends at Bark n Berry Dog Ice Cream Parlor are also here giving out 550 scoops of ice cream to the dogs thanks to support from Tucson Veterinary Urgent Care. You can come read to the dogs during events like this or at any time by signing up to volunteer at PACC.

BARK 'N BERRY
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07/03/2025

Did anyone hire a furniture mover? In today’s episode of Livin The Dream, a tortoise took a chair from the front yard in an attempt to redecorate his new burrow.

We are excited to announce that we’ve been selected as a recipient of the Buffalo Exchange “Tokens for Bags” program fro...
07/02/2025

We are excited to announce that we’ve been selected as a recipient of the Buffalo Exchange “Tokens for Bags” program from July through December 2025!

You can now donate to Old Souls Animal Rescue just by shopping at the Buffalo Exchange here in Tucson (2001 E. Speedway Blvd).

Instead of a plastic bag, the Token for Bags program offers shoppers a 5 cent token to donate to one of three local charities with each purchase.

The program has generated over $982,840 for hundreds of local nonprofit organizations since 1994 and has kept over 19.65 million plastic bags from the landfill.

Stop in to shop and drop us a token!

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07/01/2025

In this episode of Livin The Dream, the goats destroy a shelter while a Haboob rolls in swallowing us in a dust storm.

There’s at least ONE saguaro in full bloom this summer here in Tucson, AZ!🌵🌸Thanks to this incredible community, we didn...
07/01/2025

There’s at least ONE saguaro in full bloom this summer here in Tucson, AZ!🌵🌸

Thanks to this incredible community, we didn’t just reach our $15k goal…we exceeded it!

To every single person who donated to our fundraiser, purchased the Old Souls Coloring Book, showed up to volunteer, shared our posts, or simply cheered us on…THANK YOU.

Special shoutout to for raising $860 through their June tips and yoga fundraiser for us!

For 15 years, we’ve opened our doors to the animals no one else would.

The sick, the elderly, the ones near the end of their journey.

Our mission has always been to make sure they know love, comfort, and dignity—no matter how much time they have left.

We’re still just a small, volunteer-run rescue.

No big donors or sponsors.

Just people like you, choosing to care.

Every dollar raised will help us:
• Provide critical care to the Old Souls already in our care
• Say “YES” to new animals waiting for help
• Begin work on the Old Souls Memorial Garden, a place to honor every soul that’s come through our doors

Thank you for being part of this work.

For believing that even the oldest, sickest, and most overlooked animals deserve to be cherished.

We couldn’t do this without you. ❤️

🚨🌵SAGUARO TRACKER ALERT 🌵🚨We’re at $14,226 toward our $15k for 15 Years of Old Souls goal - JUST $774 AWAY!To all who ha...
06/20/2025

🚨🌵SAGUARO TRACKER ALERT 🌵🚨

We’re at $14,226 toward our $15k for 15 Years of Old Souls goal - JUST $774 AWAY!

To all who have donated so far, THANK YOU!

Help us keep climbing so we can get this saguaro to full bloom! 🌸🌵

Here’s how you can help:

✅ Donate $15 to the Old Souls $15k for 15 Years fundraiser...or donate $100 and you will receive 5 tickets for the Millions For Tucson raffle in Dec 2025

✅ Buy the Old Souls Animal Rescue Coloring Book for just $11.99

✅ Share this post with friends, family, and local businesses that may be interested in our cause!

LINKS to our fundraiser & coloring book ARE IN OUR BIO!

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Tucson, AZ

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 12pm

Telephone

+17026664572

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Old Souls Animal Rescue and Retirement Home is a 501(c)(3) non-profit rescue founded to give geriatric and hospice animals a dignified end of life surrounded by love.

It's hard to imagine, but many animals are abandoned in their old age because they require more intensive care and are no longer playful and youthful. At Old Souls Animal Rescue and Retirement Home, we seek out these forgotten geriatric and special needs animals, particularly those who are within weeks or months of going to the Rainbow Bridge. We feel that after all they have been through, after all the loyalty they have shown their owners despite how they may have been treated, they deserve a dignified end of life in which they feel loved, comforted, and special. When animals come to Old Souls, they spend their time resting on orthopedic beds, eating delicious healthy food (sometimes homemade!), taking just enough medicine to keep them comfortable, and sharing their lives with other old dogs, cats, tortoises, pigs, horses, rabbits, and even chickens. They truly become part of a loving family, many times for the first time in their lives. Thanks to our specially made doggy doors that leads to grassy backyard areas, dogs, cats, and pigs of all sizes can let themselves in and out whenever they choose without navigating steps or having to push on a door. They also have a toy box full of stuffed animals, balls, and chew toys (for those who still have teeth!). We spend quality time with every individual animal every day so for at least a little while each day, each animal feels like they are our only animal.

Foster homes are critical for our rescue, especially forever foster homes - the more fosters we have, the more animals we can rescue. Sometimes when animals come to us, they live for only a few days, but other times, they surprise us and live well beyond their expected years. There are no cages at our rescue - everyone has the run of the house (although there's not much running!). They lounge on the couch, sleep in our bed, and sun themselves in the yard whenever they like. While rescuing these animals always results in tears, we believe that no old animal should have to die alone and scared in a shelter or homeless on the streets, so we give them the dignified end of life they deserve ... and in return they give us endless happiness and incredible memories of their loyal loving spirits.

We are a volunteer-run 501c3 non-profit organization, and we run the rescue out of our home. Paula works full-time for the University of Arizona to keep a roof over the heads of our Old Souls, and to keep some human food on our table, and Isaac works 24 hours a day (literally most days) as our Director of Operations for no paycheck, and without vacations, holidays, and sometimes even without a thank you from anyone. He manages vet visits, volunteers, cleaning, feeding ... you name it! We have volunteers for a few hours each day, and we are incredibly grateful for their help!