So, you've watched the documentary - now what?

There are four key ways you can help with this issue, right now.

1. Adopt: Hundreds of desert dogs are in foster care and rescues right now, waiting for their forever family. The best outcome for any dog - and it starts with you.

Adoption Info: All For Love, FOCHP, Labelle Foundation, Lovebugs Rescue, Lovejoy Foundation

2. Foster: Not ready for permanent? Fostering is the backbone of dog rescue. Every open foster home saves a life that would otherwise have no place to go.

Fostering Info: All For Love, FOCHP, Labelle Foundation, Lovebugs Rescue, Lovejoy Foundation

3. Volunteer: Shelters near you are understaffed and overwhelmed. Walking dogs, socializing animals, and helping with intake makes a direct difference - no experience needed. To volunteer, search for your local animal shelter.

4. Donate: This work is expensive. The rescuers featured in this film give everything they have — vet bills, food, transport, trapping equipment. This is where you can help them. All the money donated here will go directly to Dream Fetchers.

If you haven't seen the film yet, check it out here.

Amid the stark beauty of California’s high desert, a grassroots network of volunteer animal rescuers work tirelessly to save dumped and abandoned dogs. Working with minimal resources, they track strays across unforgiving terrain, confront systemic shelter failures, and face burnout in the fight to save animals no one else will.

Where these donations will go:

Dream Fetchers: Project Rescue is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (tax ID #20-1220759) dedicated to rescuing abandoned and neglected dogs from California's high desert. The organization operates on a simple belief: every dog, regardless of background or breed, deserves to be safe, loved, and valued. Donations are tax-deductible and go directly toward saving lives, one paw at a time. Check out their website: www.dreamfetchers.org/dreamfetchers.org/DF_Rescue.html