A team of foster carers are working to reduce the number of abandoned dogs put down

A team of southeast Queensland foster carers is working to reduce the euthanasia rates of abandoned dogs across the state but finding the loveable pets the perfect home.

Half rottweiler-husky cross Bear with his A Mini Rescue foster mum Jenny Daly from Narangba. Photo: Luke Simmonds

Distance is no longer a barrier to finding your one true pet thanks to A Mini Rescue.

What started out as a small animal shelter in the Moreton Bay region has turned into a statewide project that saves the lives of cats and dogs from as far away as north Queensland.

Through online pledge pages, A Mini Rescue is able to transport animals from all over. The animals are then wormed, vaccinated and desexed.

Founder Fay Vogelzang said they had reduced Rockhampton Pound’s euthanasia rates from near 100 per cent to just 50 to 100 animals put down per year.

“They raise pledges from the public for transport for pets in non-city areas to rescue wherever that may be,” she said.

Once this process is done, Ms Vogelzang fosters the animals out to carers around the Moreton Bay Region until she finds the pets an adoptee.

A recent post on their Facebook page of a rottweiler-husky cross puppy named Bear received more than 700,000 interactions and generated 1000 applications for adoption.

Email fay@aminires cue.com.au or visit A Mini Rescue Facebook page for more information.