Project Hope is IDA's sanctuary in rural Mississippi, where Director Doll Stanley and her staff and volunteers provide a safe haven for hundreds of animals - mostly dogs and cats - until they can be adopted out to loving homes. Project Hope also rescues many animals from abuse, and led IDA's animal rescue effort following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Project Hope's efforts rescued hundreds of starving, frightened animals from the abandoned streets and houses of New Orleans and other storm-ravaged areas.

IDA is counting on the support of our members to help Project Hope and the animals through a lean time. Project Hope's hurricane rescue work, including transport of cats and dogs to distant states, has kept the staff so busy that they haven't had time to hold regular adoptions at PETsMART for the past few months. Unfortunately, this means that the sanctuary's one steady source of donations hasn't been available. Along with travel expenses, food and vet bills, and legal expenses for cruelty cases, this has temporarily tapped out Project Hope's bankroll.

Learn more about the work of Project Hope.

Read more about previous Project Hope victories

• IDA-Project Hope Rescues Three Emaciated Horses

• IDA-Project Hope Rescues Two Horses with Panola County Sheriff's Dept.

• IDA-PH Gives Desperate Dog New Hope

• Help Project Hope Continue Its Lifesaving Work

• IDA's Project Hope Hurricane Relief Team Takes Animals to Northern Shelters

• IDA's Project Hope Animal Relief Team Remains on the Job

• IDA's Project Hope Hurricane Relief Team in Mississippi

• IDA's Project Hope Animal Rescue Team Among Handful of Groups in New Orleans

• IDA's Project Hope Continues Animal Rescue Work in New Orleans