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Gateway Pet Guardians was founded in 2004 through the combined efforts of five extraordinary women with a passion for rescuing animals, but our story really begins about ten years earlier. One fateful day in 1995 while driving through East St. Louis, P.J. Hightower-an avid animal lover-took notice of the numerous stray dogs running through the streets. But instead of shaking her head in disappointment, muttering a, "If only I could." and simply continuing her journey like so many before her, P.J. did something about it. On that day and nearly every day thereafter - and every single consecutive day over the last ten years - P.J. has made the trip across the river from her home in St. Louis, bags of dog food in tow, and fed the dogs she saw on the streets. When she had the chance, she'd rescue them, take them to the vet, and try to find a good home for them all the while paying for it out of her own pocket. And so it continued for nine years. PJ and stray pitbull in east st louis 300x203 About Us Still on the street, this dog needs a foster home before he can be rescued. In 2004, four ladies who had become acquainted with and contributed to P.J. and her efforts, fellow animal lovers themselves, decided to form a fundraising organization to take donations that would help rescue many more stray dogs and cats from the horrors of street life as well as allow their own dollars stretch that much further, and Gateway Pet Guardians was born. Over the last six years the organization has blossomed into much more than its meager beginnings. With the help of volunteers and an administrator, we at Gateway Pet Guardians began raising enough money each year to begin filing a tax return. P.J. now goes through approximately 1,000 pounds of dog food per month and Gateway Pet Guardians currently rescues over 100 dogs and cats per year. We continue to evolve from a small organization to today's virtual animal shelter with expert management by our very first Executive Director and dozens of dedicated volunteers, an award winning documentary, and beyond to our future goal of building a physical animal shelter complete with a low cost spay/neuter clinic and education center in East St. Louis.

In August of 2010 we took all cats from our Cities Animal Control facility know as the Gasconade Shelter when they stopped housing cats or dogs. We respond to city cat calls and we work hand in hand with the TNR Group Metro Animal Resource Services. We are a private non-profit and receive no income from St Louis City.

ARFF MO's mission is to promote responsible pet care as an alternative to banning breeds of dogs. ARFF MO was formed in response to the Fayette, MO City Council passing a Pit Bull ban in February 2009.

All Paws Rescue, Inc. is an all volunteer non-profit animal rescue organization based in St. Charles County, Missouri. Our mission is to rescue homeless, abused and neglected dogs and cats, provide any necessary medical care or behavioral help they need, and then place them into loving permanent homes. All Paws is made up entirely of foster homes, which allows us to better evaluate each animal and... place them in homes that are well-suited to their needs and the needs of their future owners. All animals are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, heartworm tested (dogs) or FIV/FeLV tested (cats), and microchipped before being placed for adoption. In addition to our adoption program, All Paws also offers multiple services to our community, including low-cost spay/neuter services and placement assistance for owners needing to re-home their pets.

We are an animal shelter that provides sheltering for various municipalities as well as accepting owner surrenders.

Serendipity German Shepherd Dog Rescue, a 501(c)3 non-profit, 100% volunteer organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of German Shepherd Dogs who have been abandoned, abused or neglected. Based in St. Louis, Missouri we do our best to assist dogs throughout the entire Midwest area. If our program is full, we network with other German Shepherd rescue agencies and help transport dogs to safety in their programs. We do not have a shelter facility! Our rescue dogs are welcomed as a member of the family in foster homes throughout the States of Missouri and Illinois where they stay until they have been fully vetted, evaluated, and a new family found for them. The foster home assists us in the evaluation of the dog to make sure they are found a home that meets their individual needs and personalities. When a dog enters our program, they are examined by a veterinarian and receive vaccinations, de-worming, neuter or spay surgery, microchip implant, are tested for heartworm disease (and treated if necessary), and we address any other medical needs that each dog may have as individuals. Our adoption fees offset part of the cost of providing the dogs with this high standard of veterinary care.

Halfway Home Pet Adoptions offers a wide range of programs & services; including the sheltering of lost and homeless animals, pet adoption and placement, spay/neuter programs, low cost vaccinations, volunteer opportunities and much more. Halfway Home Pet Adoptions operates as the municipal shelter for the entire Kansas City Missouri area. As such, we receive an unfortunately sizeable number of cats and dogs each day.

The Mission of the Green Hills Animal Shelter is to provide a comprehensive community-based animal care, education and adoption program by providing a safe haven for abandoned, abused and neglected animals; educating the public on responsible pet ownership and the importance of spaying and neutering animals; and encouraging and facilitating the adoption of available animals by appropriate and responsible community members. The Green Hills Animal Shelter, a not-for-profit, volunteer organization, is dedicated to providing animal care, protection and adoption services for stray and abandoned animals in Trenton and neighboring towns. It is the only regional animal shelter within 75 miles of Trenton. It is available to service Trenton and surrounding counties and towns. What kind of Animal Shelter are you? We like to call ourselves a "promise" We like to call ourselves a "promise" shelter. We promise to do everything possible to find a home for every animal in our care. We will provide these animals with a safe environment. By serving as a temporary loving home, we increase their confidence and trust in humans. By providing a "home environment" such as housing in the Cat Village or Dog Dorms, we give them the housetraining and socializing they need to live with humans. By providing obedience and other classes to animal owners, we are creating a bond of love and trust between humans and their companion animals.

Greyhounds are notoriously over bred to support the racing industry. According to industry breeding reports published in The Greyhound Review, there were 77,852 litters registered by the National Greyhound Association between 1989 and 2000. Multiplied by a conservative average of 6.52 pups per litter, the result shows that more than 507,596 greyhounds were born curing that twelve-year period. Their lives are difficult from the outset. In order to track the dogs for racing, greyhound puppies are tattooed by three months of age and are individually registered by 18 months. Of those born, only 78% of those puppies were individually registered during the same twelve-year period. Because very few are ever found wandering, the 22% not registered are presumed dead. On average, a revolving baseline of 1,000 dogs is needed to sustain a racetrack operation. In 2000, approximately 26,500 greyhounds entered the racing system, and an equal or greater number of greyhounds, aged between 2 and 5 years old, exited the system. Approximately 13,000 dogs were retired to rescue groups for adoption, leaving approximately 13,500 unaccounted for. This sport has conservatively claimed the lives of more than 1,000,000 greyhounds in its 75-year U.S. history. KCREGAP is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization. KCREGAP is dedicated to finding loving homes for retired greyhounds. Since its inception, 4000 greys have been adopted into loving homes in the KC Metro area and beyond. The reality is that, because of poor track standards, many beautiful greyhounds come to us with health issues requiring veterinary attention. The adoption fee charged by KCREGAP does not cover the actual costs incurred in treating these dogs. Costs often climb into the thousands of dollars.