I have always been an animal lover. As a kid, I dreamed of one day becoming a veterinarian, but talked myself out of it and went the business route instead. After 13 years working of working with people doing Human Resources, I decided I needed to follow my truest calling- helping animals.

My passion for strays was ignited back in 2019 when I was eagerly looking for a dog to add to my FUREVER family. Shelter application after shelter application, nothing prevailed!

That November we took a trip to Puerto Rico as we did every year to see our family- it was then that I realized the homeless animal situation had exploded! It was absolutely devastating. And on the eve of Thanksgiving I met Oberon, Michael...he was the sweetest alley dog covered in fleas and ticks I had ever seen. I knew I could not leave him there and had to do something to help! That morning, we took Oberon to the vet to get him the help he needed- ticks began falling off of him right away. When we got home, I picked off more than 100 ticks off every part of his little body one by one.

I hadn't know it at the time but JANETS JUNGLE WAS BORN!

It wasn't until after moving to Austin that I found the spark I needed to start this journey on an official level! The stray dog situation here was just as bad as I had seen in Puerto Rico those years ago... and the strays made it easy. THEY KEPT SHOWING UP AT MY DOORSTEP! There was no way I would turn my back on them. So I 2023 we filed to become a legitimate 501(c)3 non profit animal rescue!

RESCUE. REHAB. REHOME! That is the mission. Operating in the continental US, we are dedicated to saving the lives of street animals by taking them in, caring for them, and ultimately finding them their FUREVER family.

We currently operate out of our home on a daily basis. This fundraising is to help us build a more suitable & sustainable situation that will allow for us to house more animals.

Wont you be a part of the solution and partner with us?

JANETS JUNGLE ANIMAL REFUGE

Finding FUREVER homes for one homeless pet at a time

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