Dingo Dog brews for love any of us have a social cause we’re involved in or frequently donate money to. Tim Schwarzauer and Billy Gagon of Dingo Dog Brewery have decided to take it one step further and have devoted their craft brewing business to saving the lives of animals — one beer at a time. Dingo Dog Brewery is the “fundraising” arm of Dingo Dog Charitable Trust, which seeks to fund grants and donations to no-kill animal rescue and advocacy groups. Tim said his commitment to animal rescue groups started in August of 2005, after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The history-making natural disaster
spurred Tim and his family to get involved with national animal rescue groups in the area who were helping reunite animals and their owners and find new owners for abandoned pets. The national animal rescue groups organized bringing strays and abandoned pets from the worst hit
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All the money the brewery makes goes into the trust for distribution to nonprofit animal welfare groups.
areas to a temporary shelter at the state fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss. Tim said the national groups eventually moved on, but there was still a need to care for the large number of homeless animals in the area. Tim's family founded the Animal Rescue Fund of MS, a nonprofit, "no-kill" animal sanctuary. What began as a Katrina-related rescue has since grown into one of the largest "no-kill" sanctuaries in Mississippi. Tim and his large heart for animals eventually made their way to North Carolina. He said he and Billy Gagon began brewing together, and after a successful brewing competition and encouragement from friends and families, they decided to combine
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