Small Angels Mission Statement
Founded in October 2003, the mission of Small Angels Rescue is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice and rats. These animals are worthy of respectful and compassionate treatment. We advocate and facilitate responsible animal care and companionship.
Small Angels Vision Statement
- We envision a world where all small animals have loving, responsible, permanent homes.
- Our vision for Small Angels is to be a sustainable, reputable, strategic and ethical community for small animals.
Small Angels Value Statement
- All animals are sentient beings, regardless of size, and deserving of a safe, permanent home. All lives are equal.
- Our animals are best served in a home environment.
- We believe adoption is a key component to solving small animal abandonment.
- We believe small animals deserve exemplary quality of life, through proper habitat, nutrition, enrichment, companionship and veterinary care.
- Small Angels Rescue, Inc. strives to collaborate with like-minded people and organizations.
Small Angels Menu Policy
Consistent with our mission statement, Small Angels Rescue, Inc. strives to inspire respect and compassion for all animals and additionally respects the philosophy of many of our donors and volunteers. It is our policy therefore to serve only vegetarian/vegan food at volunteer appreciation picnic events. We recommend the same but do not control food options when outside organizations are the primary host or sponsor of an event. While we respect that dietary choices are personal, we ask that when attending our events and representing SARI, you follow these guidelines and respect organizational policy.
Small Angels Adoption Policy For Children
Small Angels Rescue, Inc. utilizes a careful and thorough screening process to ensure to the greatest extent possible that all of our adoptable animals are adopted into loving and responsible permanent homes. We believe that all small animals are sentient beings deserving of an exemplary quality of life that includes veterinary care when necessary, and that small animals do not make good “starter pets” for children. Small animals deserve and require the same level of responsibility and oversight as other family pets, and as such we do not approve adoptions for children. If applicants with children wish to adopt, we require that the adults in the home must want the animals for themselves (not just for their children) and that all care responsibilities to include feeding, watering, cage cleaning, daily out-of-cage time, and the monitoring for health problems rest solely with the adults. To underscore this policy, we require that the habitat is kept in a common area of the home rather than in a child’s room (exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the animal coordinator). Children and teens may assist with age-appropriate care, but the primary responsibility for the care of those animals must be entrusted to adults.