Tails of Impact: Stories You Make Possible
Every day at North Country Animal League, compassion turns into action—and generosity turns into life-changing moments. Behind every rescued animal, reunited family, and second chance is someone like you who made it possible.
Tails of Impact is where we share those stories.
These heartfelt moments of resilience, love, and hope reflect the real impact of your support—pets finding safety, families staying together, and animals discovering their forever homes. Each story is a reminder that when a community comes together, lives are changed.
We invite you to read the stories you make possible—and, if you’re able, help create the next one.
Together, we can continue writing happy endings for animals and the people who love them.
Tails of Impact Stories
Keeping Families Together: The Heart of the Vermont Pet Support Program
At North Country Animal League, our work doesn’t begin—and shouldn’t end—at the shelter doors. Every day, we meet people who love their pets deeply but are navigating circumstances far beyond their control: domestic violence, housing Read more...
Tails from Other States
Vermont, Alabama, Texas, and Massachusetts, what do these states have in common? They are where our wonderful NCAL adoptable dogs have come from this past year! Part of our Tails of Impact Series Read more...
Neely’s Story: A Journey of Survival and Hope
Neely’s story began in Tennessee, with a traumatic start that no animal should endure. As a tiny kitten, she was heartlessly thrown from a moving vehicle, left injured and terrified by the side Read more...
From Alabama to Vermont: Maddison’s Journey to Finding Her Forever Home
Maddison arrived at NCAL as a young pup with two of her sisters from one of our wonderful rescue partners in Alabama. The pups were nervous and excited as they were handed off the Read more...