Why Dogs Come Into Care. There are many reasons dogs come into our care, marriage breakdown, financial problems, owners cannot cope when baby comes along, owner dies, owner moves into rented accommodation, unwanted Christmas gifts is a particularly sad reason. There are of course more disturbing cases were dogs have been neglected and occasionally subjected to extreme cruelty, we have taken in dogs that have been beaten, thrown from moving cars and tied to trees and abandoned the list is endless. Scope. Keith’s Rescue Dogs is primarily a Lincolnshire based charity but whenever we have the space we will take dogs from full pounds in other areas of the country, these dogs are rescued from what is in effect a “death row” of abandoned dogs, a lot of pounds destroy unclaimed dogs after just 7 days, the dogs are very often in a poor condition and usually traumatized, bewildered and grossly underweight, they can take several weeks to recover from the ordeal. Helping People. A lot of people fail to realize that Animal charities help people not just animals, for example we take in dogs from the elderly moving into residential or care homes, people with disabilities who can no longer care for their dogs and sadly sometimes people that are terminally ill, all these people are often more concerned about their pets welfare then their own, we can give them peace of mind that their dog will be well looked after and in time will find a loving new home, animal charities play a very important role in society in both helping people and animals alike. Misson Statment (1) The care and protection of dogs which are in need of care and attention by reasons of homelessness, maltreatment, poor circumstances, ill usage or similar causes, and prevention of cruelty to and suffering among dogs. (2) The Education of the public as to humane principles and correct treatment of dogs.