For Immediate Release | June 2026
CONTACT: Alex Aliksanyan, Co-Founder & President
DogsInDanger.com | The Buddy Fund, Inc.
✉ alex@dogsindanger.com
🌐 www.dogsindanger.com
Google Silences Nonprofit That Saves Dogs From Death Row -
Tech Giant Funds Charity With One Hand and Blocks It With the Other
NEW YORK, NY - DogsInDanger.com, the nation's only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to saving dogs from being killed, is calling out Google after the tech giant's spam filters silenced the organization's emails to more than 50,000 Gmail subscribers - cutting off urgent life-saving alerts since 2022. Google has not responded to a single request for help.
DAISY - San Antonio, TX |
In a striking irony, Google itself awards DogsInDanger.com a Google Grant - free advertising dollars given to qualified nonprofits - while simultaneously blocking the organization from reaching the very supporters those ads help recruit. Every day, 3,000 dogs are killed in American shelters. For nearly two decades, DogsInDanger.com has mobilized 79,000 opt-in animal lovers - 50,000 of whom use Gmail - to adopt, foster, and rescue these dogs. That email list is the organization's lifeline. |
"When Google blocked our emails, they didn't just silence us - they silenced 50,000 animal lovers who asked to hear from us," said Alex Aliksanyan, co-founder of DogsInDanger.com. "But Google decided otherwise."
DogsInDanger.com meets every technical standard Google requires of bulk senders, including a senderscore of 9.5/10. Yet the emails continue to be blocked.
"Google's algorithm is not just silencing us - it is costing dogs their lives," said Brenda Bush, co-founder.
DogsInDanger.com is calling on Google to:
- Immediately review and restore the organization's email sender reputation
- Create a transparent appeals process for verified nonprofits blocked by spam filters
- Ensure organizations receiving Google Grants are not simultaneously blocked from communicating with their supporters
The Buddy Fund, Inc. / DogsInDanger.com is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, a Guidestar Gold Seal recipient, and a member of Animal Charities of America, Best in America Charities, and the Combined Federal Campaign.
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ABOUT DOGSINDANGER.COM: Founded in 2007, DogsInDanger.com is the only national nonprofit website dedicated exclusively to saving dogs from being killed in shelters, operated by The Buddy Fund, Inc., a 501(c)(3) based in New York.
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