Though most mainstream animal rescues cater to dogs and cats, some focus on other animals, including rabbits, horses, ferrets and reptiles.

Ann Church, founder of Ann's Ferret Shelter and Adoption in Manchester, Ohio runs the program out of her home. She also has two fosters that can take care of the ferrets until they find permanent homes. The program can hold anywhere from 75 to 100 ferrets at a time.

Church said they try to adopt out healthy ferrets within a month of receiving them. She'll re-train ferrets who are "biters," which can take around six months.

The program takes care of all of a ferret's medical costs, she said. Adoption fees are $25.

"We're not in it for the money," Church said. "There is no money here."

Damien Oxier, founder of Cincinnati-based Arrowhead Reptile Rescue, said he's loved reptiles since he was a kid. He started the rescue in 1991.

Oxier said he has about 25 volunteers. Some act as fosters, while others provide wildlife rehabilitation or do reptile presentations at area schools.

The non-profit organization takes care of medical costs for its reptiles before putting them up for adoption.

"Reptiles heal quite a bit slower than mammals," Oxier said.

Judy Quinlan, founder of Beechmont Stables and Rescue in Clermont County, said she and her husband have owned their current farm for six years.

The group rescues former race horses that face slaughter, and in the spring, take in foals whose mothers are used as nurse mares for race horse foals.

"Instead of needlessly killing these animals, Beechmont Stables would offer them a home, retrain them, adopt them out to families with good homes, or put them to work with area horse lovers, for riding and development of horsemanship skills," according the group's website.

Keni Morris, events coordinator for Pampered Pets Animal Rescue near Loveland, is fostering 10 rabbits in her home right now.

Morris got her first rabbit, a little black bunny named Bonnie, over an Easter holiday. She kept her outside at first, but after doing some research, learned that rabbits can make good house pets.

She said that anyone with questions about rabbit care can e-mail her at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .