Dixie Adoptables

Causes: Animal Protection & Welfare, Animals

Mission: Dixie Adoptables started very simply when Matthew and Jessica Roberts moved back home to Lucedale, MS and soon began finding stray animals. They were on the side of the road eating garbage and wandering up after being dumped. They couldn't turn a blind eye to their suffering, so they started taking them in, feeding them, and getting their medical problems taken care of. After realizing that more and more kept coming in, they began learning to find homes for strays. They built fences, pens, and eventually a completely separate building for animals that they took in. They began working with local veterinarians and businesses to have adoption events and fundraisers. In 2007, realizing that they were going to be rescuing animals long-term, they began the difficult process of filing for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. In 2008, Dixie Adoptables was officially certified as a nonprofit charity organization. Since then Dixie Adoptables has continued to take in abandoned and stray animals and do everything we could to find them new loving homes. Over the years, we have actively sought out other animal rescuers in the community and created a foster program while building up a loyal volunteer staff who are as dedicated to saving animals and finding them new homes as we are. In October, 2016, at the request of the City of Lucedale, Dixie Adoptables took over operations at the Lucedale Animal Shelter. This has given us an opportunity to help more animals and have an even larger public impact. In 2018 Dixie Adoptables acquired a bus, retrofitted it to hold up to 35 kennels, and formed Dixie Express Rescue Transport. Working with partner rescues in the northeastern United States, we are now able to find wonderful homes for many more animals and transport them on Dixie Express. This has greatly increased our ability to save many more deserving animals. We continue to work hard to find new ways to help animals in our community and could not do it without the dedication and hard work of our volunteers and supporters.