Rescue Dogs Lebanon-CANADA or "RDL-C" is a team of volunteers and friends working together to save dogs in Lebanon that have been dumped, abused, neglected or found as strays. This all began in early 2017. Since then, we have matched more than 300 dogs and some cats with Canadian families. We have a unique way of accomplishing our mission. We connect our adopters in Canada with our rescuers in Lebanon prior to adoption whenever possible.

All dogs are dewormed, de-fleaed, vaccinated and spayed/neutered (over 8 months old) prior to coming to Canada. Many of our cases are tough because they require complicated orthopaedic or other surgeries that are very costly. Along with that, we have to pay monthly boarding/food costs as well. Foster homes in Lebanon request to be paid and, although it may not be a huge amount, this all adds up!

Since air travel opened up again in July 2020 (Covid-19), we have worked very hard to fly as many dogs as we can to Canada so they can begin their new lives. Between July and October 2020, we brought over 61 dogs and 2 cats with “travel buddies” - some who volunteered and some whose plane tickets we covered.

The situation in Lebanon has always been extremely difficult for dogs and became even worse after the August 4th explosion. Humans and animals, alike, are suffering unspeakable hardships. We are now currently providing care for over 30 dogs in Lebanon. Donations and assistance from kind humans are always appreciated. We are a registered Not-For-Profit organization.