Redland Rock Pit Abandoned Dogs Project, Inc. was founded in 2015 by ­­women with a single common bond—a love of dogs. The group initially came together after learning about an abandoned dog being kept in a wire cage at what is now known as the Rock Pit. This incident brought awareness to the sheer number and plight of abandoned dogs and their struggles to survive. Redland Rock Pit Abandoned Dogs Project, Inc. was formed with the premise and intent of getting abandoned dogs removed from abandonment, adopted and into rescues, keeping them fed, watered, and not forgotten, and immediately removing the most vulnerable from abandonment to prevent them from meeting a tragic demise.