Welcome to PILOT for Pets!

What Is PILOT?

PILOT for Pets (PILOT) gives dogs in Massachusetts a chance at adoption by helping animal welfare organizations with limited resources transfer adoptable dogs to other Massachusetts animal welfare groups that have a better ability to find the pets a “forever home.” 

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How Does it Work?

In a nutshell, PILOT’s process involves a few basic steps:  a partner organization in need posts a dog on our database, the post is emailed to partner organizations that might be interested in taking the dog, PILOT volunteers work to find an organization who can place the dog, and PILOT volunteers transport the dog to the new organization.

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Be a Part of PILOT:

Information for Animal Welfare Organizations

Massachusetts animal welfare organizations are invited to join our efforts!  Organizations that have a dog in need of placement (sending organizations) and organizations that can take in and place an animal (receiving organizations) are a part of the PILOT program.

Click here to learn more about requirements to participate and how to sign up.

Information for Volunteers

Come and be a part of this great team!  PILOT needs all types of volunteers: those with animal welfare experience, and those just getting started.  Do you have a reliable set of wheels and are willing to transport crated animals throughout MA?  We want your help!  Do you have regular access to the Internet and a phone?  We can use your skills!  Do you have animal handling skills that we can put to work?  Let us know!  We need people skills too: we are looking for some organized, outgoing folks to fill some key volunteer roles that may not involve animal handling.