SWFL Koi Fish Rescue

SWFL Koi Fish Rescue 1st Responders & Veterans together with a 501(c)(3), using koi keeping, and care as a form of therapy for service related PTSD.

We are not only rescuing koi, but we help set up ponds & Aquascapes as therapy. Helping the Helpers"Fin" their way to peace!

We are available for rescues - Grateful to serve our community!
07/29/2026

We are available for rescues - Grateful to serve our community!

02/27/2026

A special thanks to Taro Kodama Kodama Koi Farm for sending us some incredible Koi pellets - This is someone who supports the mission 🙏🏻🎉🎏🌊










02/27/2026

For many first responders and veterans, the hardest day isn’t the one on duty…
It’s the day you take off the uniform.

Purpose doesn’t just disappear — but it can feel that way.

That’s why our mission has morphed into something unique and special.

We help rehome and rehabilitate koi from ponds due to life transitions, or changing circumstances — and along the way, something powerful happened.

Veterans and first responders rebuild structure, brotherhood, and meaning through this amazing work:

- The water slows the mind.
- The fish demand focus.
- The mission restores
- It's purpose while helping the helpers.

We are a certified, family-run nonprofit led by those who have worn the uniform.

Rescue • Rehabilitate • Rebuild Lives

FishRescue.net

02/17/2026

🎏🚨👮🏻🧑🏻‍🚒🧑🏻‍⚕️🪖🐕‍🦺
We are on a mission to help those who have sacrificed while rescuing koi fish here in SW Florida -

Through this work, we support first responders and veterans by giving them purpose, connection, and healing through our rescues.

If you’d like to support and preserve this mission, we welcome your partnership.

Big things are happening, and lives are being impacted🕊️


🕯️Merry Christmas from SW Florida Koi Fish Rescue, a subsidiary of 1st Responders PTSD Connection🕯️ We’ve made it to ano...
12/23/2025

🕯️Merry Christmas from SW Florida Koi Fish Rescue, a subsidiary of 1st Responders PTSD Connection🕯️

We’ve made it to another Christmas, and that alone is something to be grateful for. We are honored to continue serving those living with PTSD — First responders and veterans — through our Koi Rescue program. The mission has never changed; only the path we are taking to get there. We remain committed to Rescue. Rehabilitate. Rebuild Lives.

FishRescue.net








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Port Charlotte, FL
Port Charlotte, FL

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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