Sweetpea Friends of Rutland Animals, Inc. is a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue devoted to rescuing, nurturing, and finding loving homes for stray, abandoned, and surrendered companion animals in central Massachusetts and beyond. Nestled on the border of Rutland and Paxton, MA, we depend on generous public and corporate donations to return the shelter to operation.…

In a previous blog post we told our organizational history and how we got to this point. In today’s post, we’re going to describe how we’re going to complete our return to operation. Our Plans for the Future Sweetpea Friends of Rutland Animals is moving forward with a clear, phased strategy to expand our life-saving…

Sweetpea’s mission is to rescue stray, abandoned, or mistreated dogs and cats from Massachusetts, with a focus on Central Massachusetts. We do not import animals from out of state. Part of our mission is to provide education and training to the community in support of the ethical and kind treatment of animals. We follow a…